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- 1915-1979 (Creation)
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134 items ; 34 cm.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1897 in London England. Grew up in Ipswich, Queensland. Awarded a State scholarship to the University of Queensland in 1914. Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1917. Returned injured from World War One in 1918, serving with the 25th Battalion. Received a travelling scholarship after his return from France, and studied at Oxford University. Member of the Canberra Branch of the Australian Fellowship of Writers. Poet. Public speaker. Worked as Deputy Film Censor in the 1950s. Died in 1987.
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Biographical history
Born 6 February 1894 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Autobiographer, book publisher, poet, short story writer, lexicographer, soldier. Studied at the University of Queensland, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1921 followed by a Master of Arts in 1923. Graduated with first class honours. Awarded the university travelling scholarship with he took up at Oxford. Received an honorary D. Litt from the University of Queensland in the 1970s. Died on 1 June 1979.
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Archival history
From the A. E. Pearse collection.
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Items 1-130: Correspondence, typescript (photocopy) and mss., from Eric Partridge to Archibald Pearse, 1915-1979
Item 131. Copy of letter from A. Pearse to Eric partridge, 1972 Dec 2
Items 132-134. Copies of articles and reviews of Partridge's dictionaries.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Restricted copying - the originals of photocopied letters are housed in the Lilly Library, Indiana University, U.S.A. These letters are not to be photocopied or published without permission of Lilly Library.
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- English
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Pearse mss., 1916-1979, Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington), LMC 1820
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- Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979 (Subject)
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Revised
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Revised, AM, 14-Sep-2021.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.