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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).

Correspondence, General, 1960 to 1969

Correspondence from 12 Jan 1960 to 13 Nov 1969. Correspondents include: Brisbane Arts Ball Committee; Queensland Trustees Limited; Queensland National Gallery Society; Queensland Art Gallery; Central Technical College, Brisbane; Brisbane Women's Club; Brisbane Fountains Committee; Design Arts Centre; letters from doctor regarding recommended foods, blood tests results; Commonwealth Department of Customs and Excise, Brisbane; Society of Women Writers.

Property records, 1960 to 1968

Correspondence, notes, invoices and receipts, for property in Highgate Hill, Brisbane. May include properties Mayo rented.

Notes and draft letters by Daphne Mayo while a Trustee

Notes and draft letters by Daphne Mayo while a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery. Includes a notebook with a draft letter to Joh Bjelke Petersen on the first page (and then notes related to other aspects of her life like her rental properties).

Queensland Art Gallery

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