Valerie Lawson research papers aggregated collection of records

fonds

1940-2008

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

9661121

1.82metres of textual material (9 boxes and 1 folder), and 1 out sized box

Valerie Lawson is a journalist and the author of three books 'Out of the sky she came : the life of P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins' (1999), 'Connie Sweetheart : the story of Connie Robertson’ (1990) & ‘The Allens Affair’ (1995)

Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899-1996), was an Australian novelist, actress and journalist. In 1924, she emigrated to England where she wrote under the pen name P. L. Travers. In 1933, she began writing her series of children's novels about the magical English nanny Mary Poppins.

Constance (Connie) Robertson (1895-1964) was a journalist who began her career working on the Bookfellow, a literary magazine owned and edited by her father A.G. Stephens. In 1917 she began work on the Sun, becoming social editress of it and the Sunday Sun. She edited Women's Budget in 1930-36. From 1936 she was editor of the women's supplement of the Sydney Morning Herald and later of the Sunday Herald and the Sun-Herald.

Collection 01: Valerie Lawson - letter received from P.L. Travers, 22 August 1994

Collection 02: Valerie Lawson research papers for book 'The Allens affair: how one man shook the foundations of a leading Australian law firm

Collection 03: Valerie Lawson research papers for her books on P.L. Travers and Constance Robertson, 1899-2006