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Draft letters in pen carbon manifold book

Croxley pen and pencil carbon book. Includes: handwritten lists on back of front cover and first page; and 4 draft letters to: The Secretary, British Medical Association, Queensland Branch (20 Jun 1928); Letter to Amor Ltd (?) (23 Jun 1928); Letter to Chiurazzi (foundry in Naples) (23 Jun 1928); Letter to the Secretary, National Art Collections Fund (21 Jun 1928).

Draft of biography of Vida Lahey in pen carbon book

Written in a Quill Pen Carbon Book is the carbon copy handwritten draft of the biography of Vida Lahey by Daphne Mayo. Original pages have been removed. Orginal and carbon copy page numbers 1 and 2 missing; carbon copy pages span from page 3 to page 26, with some emendations. It is a draft of an article written for the Society of Women Writers Of NSW Literary Competition, in 1969, by "Lilian MacArthur". On page 100 are notes by Daphne Mayo include length of time to read, suggested amendments to the text and possible reference to Vida Lahey's daily routine.

Vida Lahey : artist

Original typescript manuscript of biography of Vida Lahey. The cover has a b&w photograph of Vida Lahey painting with the caption 'Vida Lahey M.B.E.'. This article written for a literary competition of the Society of Women Writers of N.S.W. in 1969. Daphne Mayo wrote it under the pyseudoynm 'Lilian MacArthur' (a combinaton of her first name and the second name of her father, William MacArthur Mayo). It gives an account of Vida Lahey's family history, her artist development, her art, her involvement in encouraging art in Queensland and art for children.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Commission by American Serviceman Captain Robert Carson. Note: looks like photograph of newspaper clipping. Portrait of a man de Bergerac?

Study of female forms used in Mayo’s sculpture

Oil on paper on card. Study of female forms used in Mayo’s sculpture, scale disregarded. Size of picture is 51 x 41 cm; with backing board and window mount, 81 x 71 cm. Formed part of the Queensland Art Gallery Exhibition Daphne Mayo : let there be sculpture, in 2011.

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