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Fryer, John Denis, 1895-1923
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Wood cut

  • F2643
  • Item
  • [c.191-?]

Print from a pen drawing. Inscribed 'To J.D. Fryer, from Jack Lindsay'. Signed N.L. in left bottom corner.

Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969

Letter: Brisbane, Queensland, to [Kelvin] Crump.

  • F3253
  • Item
  • [19--]

Letter (incomplete) reminiscing about John Denis Fryer, after whom the Fryer Memorial Library was named, and his fiance Mary Alexis Macmillan.

Sinclair, Mavis

Kathleen Campbell-Brown Papers

  • F3847
  • File
  • 1969-1985

These papers contain corresondence to Kathleen Campbell-Brown, material relating to the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund, the use of interest from the fund to purchase material for the Fryer Library, and material relating to Karl and Gertrude Langer. The papers can be divided into papers relating to the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund and papers relating to Karl and Gertrude Langer.
Mary Alexis Macmillan Fund:
Correspondence relating to the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund:
• Aerograms, four, from Kathleen L Fryer (cousin of John Denis Fryer), Ipswich, Suffolk, 1970. –
• Betty Patterson, Moorooka, writing about the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund, 1970. –
• University Legal Officer, regarding tax deductions of money donated to the fund, 1970. –
• Copy of letter from the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation regarding the John Hardie Lavery Fund and the Mary Alexis Macmillian Memorial Fund, 1970. –
• Alumni Association, inviting Campbell-Brown to the Fryer Library to the handing over by the Committee of the books purchased with the first instalment of interest from the Fund, 24 Nov 1970. –
• Elizabeth S Gilmore, Springsure, 1971. –
• F.D.O. Fielding, University Librarian, with an accompanying list of new books bought from the Fund for the Fryer Library, 29 Sep 1971. –
• Margaret O’Hagan, Senior Librarian, Fryer Library regarding the lithographic negatives for the motif designed for the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Collection book-plate, 23 Jul 1976. –

Papers relating to the Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund:
• Typescript, Queensland Association of University Women regarding the Fund, by K. Campbell-Brown, Convenor, 2 leaves, 13 Nov 1969. –
• Handwritten note regarding the fund on University of Queensland letterhead, 2 leaves, [undated]. –
• Typescript report, duplicated copy, regarding the establishment of the Fund, signed by Ruth George, for the Committee, 1969. –
• Typescript, 2 copies, both with handwritten emendations, titled “The Mary Alexis Macmillan Memorial Fund”, which includes information about the design of the bookplate to accompany material purchased from the Fund; attached is a handwritten note “article prepared for Courier Mail. It appeared quite different. Monday 19 Nov 1970 KCB”. --
• Newspaper cuttings relating to John Denis Fryer and the Mary Alexis Macmillan memorial Fund, 1970. –
• Letter from C.O.B. Wilson to the Fryer Librarian with a donation to the fund, 19 Nov 1970. –
• Four foolscap leaves, duplicated, listing donations to the Fund, 1970. –
• Enveloped address to Miss K. Campbell-Brown Dept of French, Main Building, with ‘Bookplate’ handwritten on front. It contained: a memorandum to Miss Campbell-Brown, returning the bookplate and a spare print for reproduction in the December Alumni News, signed by Susan Addison, Public Relations and Alumni Office; bookplate reproduction; bookplate; handwritten note with the name of the plant – Xanthorrhoea.
• Bookplate mockup: Drawing by Karl Langer and the wording for the bookplate, stuck together and pasted to the back cover of the manilla folder.

Papers relating to Karl and Gertrude Langer
• Letter from K Langer to the Mayor of Toulouse (in French), 1963. –
• Typescript, ‘Tribute to Dr. Karl Langer’, by Gareth E. Roberts, 2 leaves, accompanied by 2 b&w photographs of Karl Langer, 11 x 9 cm, ca. 1969. --
• Letter, handwritten, 2 leaves, to Mrs [sic] Campbell-Brown, from [indecipherable] Rosse, regarding death of Karl Langer, 23 Nov 1969. –
• Minutes of the Inaugural meeting of the Karl and Gertrude Langer Memorial Committee, 17 Jan 1985. –
• Photocopy of handwritten draft, 4 leaves, for ‘Folio of paintings’, with envelope with initials K.C.B., [undated]. –
• Newspaper cuttings. –
• Article by Betty Churcher from Art and Australia about Gertrude Langer, accompanied by two letters, Nov 1993. –
• Two Christmas cards from Karl and Gertrude Langer to Kathleen Campbell-Brown. --
• Postcard Karl and Gertrude Langer to Kathleen Campbell-Brown. –
• 5 negatives in envelope with ‘for Fryer Library’ handwritten on front. –
• 5 b&w photographs: 2 of Karl Langer, 2 of a church, and 1 of the view of the fountain in the lakes at the University of Queensland St. Lucia Campus.

Campbell-Brown, Kathleen Mildred Jean, 1903-1996

John Denis Fryer Papers

  • UQFL23
  • Collection
  • 1876-2021

The collection contains correspondence, school and university records, photographs; papers, commissions and badges relating from military service in the First World War for Jack Fryer and his brothers who served in World War One. There are papers relating to the Fryer Family and the establishment of the Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature.

Fryer, John Denis, 1895-1923

Letters from John D Fryer

Letters from John D Fryer.
Folder 1a
Chronologically arranged notes taken from the collection of letters below
• John Fryer, St John’s College, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane to ‘Dear Lizzie’, 13 May 1915
• John Fryer, Enoggera, Brisbane to ‘Dear Lizzie’, 20 Jun 1915
• John Fryer, A69 Warilda, Sydney to his father, 8 Oct 1915
• ‘Souvenir of Perth, W.A.’, John Fryer to Mrs CG Fryer, 15 Oct 1915
• John Fryer, Zetoun Camp, Egypt, to his mother, [1915]
• John Fryer, No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, to his mother, 14 Dec 1915
• John Fryer, No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt to Elizabeth [Liz] Fryer, 16 Dec 1915
• John Fryer, France to Walter Fryer, 22 Jul 1916
• Field Service Post Card, John Fryer to Mrs CG Fryer, 23 Jul 1916
• Field Service Post Card, John Fryer to Master W. P. Fryer, 25 Jul 1916
• Field Service Post Card, John Fryer to Mrs CG Fryer, 25 Aug 1916
• John Fryer, New College, Oxford to his mother, 17 Dec 1916
• John Fryer, postcard to Liz, [nd.]
• John Fryer, New College, Oxford, to Liz, 17 Jan 1917
• John Fryer, France, to his Mother, 17 Mar 1917
• John Fryer, [France?], to ‘all at home’, 26 Mar 1917

Folder 1b
• John Fryer, France, to his mother, 9 April, 1917
• John Fryer, Cranston’s Waverly Hotel, Southampton Row, London to Liz, 9 Jun 1917
John Fryer, France, to his mother, 11 Jun 1917
• John Fryer, France, to his Father, 6 Aug 1917
• John Fryer, St John’s College, Brisbane, to his mother, 1 Mar 1921
• John Fryer, St John’s College, Brisbane, to his mother, 2 Aug 1922
• John Fryer, “Ardoyne”, Corinda to his mother, 5 Oct 1922
• John Fryer to his Mother, “Ardoyne”, [Rest and Hosp?], 17 Oct 1922
• John Fryer to his Mother, “Ardoyne”, Corinda, 7 Nov 1922
• John Fryer to his Mother, “Ardoyne”, Corinda, 25 Nov 1922
• John Fryer, France?, to his Mother, n.d.
• John Fryer, Springsure, to his Mother, 2 Aug 1919
• John Fryer, Springsure, to his Mother, 5 Oct 1919

Fryer, John Denis, 1895-1923