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Daphne Mayo Papers File
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Correspondence and Records relating to works of art, 1970s

Letters and telegrams (approximately 10) from 8 Apr 1970 to 4 Mar 1976. Correspondents include: D.M. Cameron (Member for Griffith) with copies of letters from the Attorney-General, Canberra, regarding copyright of sculptures in public places; Macquarie Galleries; Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature regarding acquiring a donation of a sculputure by Mayo; and Judith McKay.

Notes for the biography of Vida Lahey

Handwritten notes for the biography of Vida Lahey by Daphne Mayo. The notes are written on scraps of paper, envelopes (addressed to Daphne Mayo), and paper. It includes 6 pages of typescript, with handwritten emendations, entitled 'The development of Art in Queensland'. Vida Lahey wrote this article for the Exhibition of Queensland art : catalogue : Queensland National Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10th September to 7th October, 1951. On one envelope there is a draft of a letter by Mayo to Mavis asking her to read and criticise her article on Vida which isn't finished and was not typed (a requirement for submission). There is one sheet of paper with a brief account of Daphne Mayo's life: mentioning her studies; travels; the Godfrey Rivers Bequest (and the purchase of 'The Cypriot' by Dobell); the Queensland Art Fund; and the raising of funds to match the Darnell bequest and the impacts of that task.

Statue of Sir William Glasgow

Images relating to the sculpture of Sir William Glasgow: 25 photographs, various sizes; 2 negatives. Some duplicates. One attached to hand-written note. Various sculptures of Sir Glasgow showing progress of works.

Sir William Glasgow Statue

Mayo undertook the commission for a memorial to Sir William Glasgow. The sculpture has Glasgow in the uniform of an officer of the Light Horse holding a pair of field glasses. The finished bronze statue is about 2.5 metres high. Sir William Glasgow Memorial was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 May 2004. This file includes: pamphlet for the Major-General Sir William Glasgow Memorial Appeal (1960); Draft agreement between Douglas Martin Fraser of Mundoolun and Daphne Mayo for a cast bronze statue of the figure of the late Sir William Glasgow, with emendations, unsigned, 1961; typescript regarding the agreement with Mr D. M Fraser, including recommendations for amendments regarding personal insurance, undated, unsigned; newspaper cuttings; receipts from Edward Lumley & Sons; handwritten draft letters and notes by Mayo on envelopes and scraps of paper; invoice for bronze casting; and correspondence. Correspondents include: D.M. Fraser (including letters from dating from 1957, prior to the Statue being commissioned); and a letter from Queensland Railways dated 16 Jun 1978 regarding the re-siting of the Statue of Sir William Glasgow.

Correspondence and Records relating to works of art, 1960s

Letters (approximately 38) from 29 Jan 1960 to 7 Oct 1968. Correspondents include: The Australian Women's Weekly; G.A. Blackburne, Architect; Art Bronze Foundry, London; University of Queensland; The Council of Knox Grammar School; Queensland Cane Growers' Council; Commonwealth Art Advisory Board; Battaglia & C., Milano (addressed 'To the valued Sculptrix'). On the back of one letter (21 Jul 1964), addressed to Vida Lahey, there are notes "My complaints" regarding one of her works (possibly the Glasgow statue).

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