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Correspondence and Records relating to works of art, 1940s

Approximately 100 letters (including telegrams) from 29 Apr 1940 to 21 Nov 1949. Correspondents include: A.B. Burton; Public Library of New South Wales regarding the doors; Hennessy, Hennessy & Co.; Brisbane Crematorium; Moir & Sutherland; T.C. Davis (High Commissioner for Canada) regarding his purchase of "Blackie"; Rev. Colin C. Chittleborough of St. Jude's Rectory, Brighton; Queensland National Art Gallery regarding the "Lloyd Rees" Sculpture; David Jones' Art Gallery; Mary Corkery, Artists' Agent; Royal S.A. Society of Arts; John Eldershaw regarding the bust of Professor Duhig; Mary P. Harris; National Gallery of Victoria.

Student works

Lion Architectural ornament ca. 1911 (1 photograph); Winged victory 1912 (2 photographs Mayo standing next to sculpture); Hercules ca. 1913 (1 photograph); Study for life ca. 1912 (2 photographs); The castaway ca. 1913 (4 photographs); Little God pan ca. 1913 (2 photographs); Sketch group wresting ca. 1914 (1 photograph); Girl and crab ca. 1914-15 (1 photograph); Manson Bailey 1914-1915 ) (2 photographs); Baby head 1917 (2 photographs); Father Breen Memorial 1917 (3 photographs, one has a fold mark).

Sketch pads and exercise books relating to her artistic work

1 album with slots for art reproduction prints (some have prints inserted) and notes, 22 x 28 cm. 14 sketch, note or memo books with writings, notes relating to her art; sketches; glaze recipes; colour. Most sketch books have not been fully used. Three have names of towns written on the cover and associated sketches: Bolonga/Venice ; Assisi; and Siena. One notebook has notes on motifs and newspaper cuttings inserted at the end. Another notes on dynamic symetry. Another, lined notebook, has notes on State Schools free education and at the other end of the notebook a list of letters to write and bills to pay for Jan 1956. Some have scales for sculptures such as 'Little black baby', 'S. Paterson', and 'Prof. Waterhouse'.

Sketch pads relating to her artistic work

6 large sketch pads and 1 account ledger. Sketch pads have notes and drawings (in pencil, pen). Account ledger (33 cm) has notes on firings of sculptures with dates ranging from 1946 to 1956, lists of names and addresses, and general notes.

Drawings and notes

Folder containing drawings, sketches, paint on paper works. Includes: Henry Mayo Bateman pencil on paper sketch with note: Tenderest Memories. Little Daphne by Cousin Binks (HM Baateman), ca. 1922; and scale layout for sculpute of a "baby".

Draft of biography of Vida Lahey

Handwritten draft of the biography of Vida Lahey by Daphne Mayo. This is a draft of an article written for the Society of Women Writers Of NSW Literary Competition, in 1969, by "Lilian MacArthur". Contains original pages from Quill Pen Carbon Book numbering 1-26.

Daphne : Nov 1937 to Nov 1940

Daphne : Nov 1937 to Nov 1940 written on cover of All Schools exercise book. First page has name and address list including Daphne Mayo's address in Sydney and Fulham Road in London. Exercise book used as a ledger to record transactions for the rental property consisting of 3 flats, a cottage, studio and tennis court, associated expenses, money banked, names of the tennants, weekly rent. Some of these records can be attributed to her parents, mostly likely her father, Bill Mayo, as Daphne was in Europe in the late 1930s. From 14 August 1938 the cottage is rented to 'Mayo'. The Studio to rented to Vida from September 1938.

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