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Correspondence, Personal, 1930 to 1939

Letters, telegrams and postcards sent to Daphne Mayo between 7 Jan 1930 and 28 Dec 1939. Not all years have correspondence.
1930 - 19 letters and 3 telegrams. Correspondents include: Wal (Walter Taylor) (4 letters); 'Golly' (Nell Mary Lette Hubble) (5 letters); Ina (Selina) Rivers; Kathleen ; Rose; Frank; and several letters of congratulation.
1931- 8 letters and 2 telegrams. Correspondents include: Everilda Birch; Wal (Walter Taylor) (3 letters); 'Golly' (Nell Mary Lette Hubble); Ina Rivers; and Bertha Hubble (about the death of Nell Hubble).
1933 - 3 letters and 1 postcard. Correspondents include Aunt Rose; and Wal (Walter Taylor) (2 letters, one of which proposes marriage and Daphne has a draft response to him on the back of the letter).
1934 - 4 letters and 1 letter card.
1935 - 3 letters.
1937 - 3 letters.
1938 - 2 postcards, 1 telegram.
1939 - 7 letters. Correspondents include: Auntie Daisy; Rosie.

Correspondence, Personal, 1940 to 1949

151 letters, 11 telegrams, 2 letter cards, 1 card, 5 postcards and 11 photographs sent to Daphne Mayo between 7 Jan 1940 to 30 Dec 1949. Contents by year:
1940 - 20 letters, 1 postcard. Correspondents include: Ina Rivers (2 letters); Nita (3 letters); Margaret Preston (2 letters, to Miss Lahey and Miss Mayo, one with a response by Mayo on the back).
1941 - 13 letters, 1 postcard. Correspondents include: Rosie (4 letters) ; Marjorie S. Harrington (4 letters).
1942 - 12 letters, 2 lettercards. Correspondents include: Rosie (2 letters); Wal (Walter Taylor) (2 letters)
1943 - 7 letters, 1 postcard, 1 telegram. Correspondents include: Rosie (4 letters); Ina Rivers.
1944 - 13 letters, 2 telegrams. Correspondents include: Rosie (3 letters); Mavis; Josephine; Robert Carson (2 letters).
1945 - 22 letters, 1 postcard, 4 telegrams. Correspondents include: Rosie (3 letters); Mim (Mim Shaw); Rowland Suddaby (with b&w photograph); Captain Robert Carson (1 letter pocket calendar for 1946 and 1 b&w photograph; 1 letter with 9 b&w photographs); Barney Usherwood (2 letters).
1946 - 24 letters, 1 telegram. Correspondents include: Barney Usherwood (3 letters); Rosie (5 letters).
1947 - 17 letters. Correspondents include: Rosie (4 letters); May Usherwood (2 letters); Constance.
1948 - 7 letters, 1 postcard.
1949 - 16 letters, 3 telegrams, 1 card. Correspondents include: Chris (Dr Christine Rivett); Claudine (3 letters to 'Q.E.').

Correspondence, Personal, 1950 to 1959

153 letters, 22 telegrams, 2 postcards, 10 cards and 1 lettercard sent to Daphne Mayo between 1 Jan 1950 and 21 Dec 1959.
Contents by year:
1950 - 29 letters, 6 telegrams, 1 postcard, 3 b&w photographs. Correspondents include: Jean (3 letters); Claudine (1 letter to "Dear Q.E.", 1 postcard); Norman St Clair Carter; Christine Rivett (1 telegram, 2 letters); Mary Gilmore.
1951 - 20 letters, 4 telegrams, 1 card. Correspondents include: Jan; Claudine ( letters to "Dear Q.E."); Jean (Jean Wilson) (4 letters).
1952 - 12 letters, 1 card. Correspondents include: Mary Gilmore (1 letter); Jan.
1953 - 7 letters, 1 telegram.
1954 - 17 letters, 3 telegrams, 1 postcard, 2 cards. Correspondents include: Mary, Claudine; Robert Haines; Christine Rivett; Constance (Constance Paul) (2 letters); many expressing sympathy for the death of her father (he died on 20 December 1954).
1955 - 9 letters, 1 lettercard.
1956 - 10 letters, 2 cards.
1957 - 4 letters, 3 cards. Correspondents include: Kathleen.
1958 - 14 letters, 1 telegram. Correspondents include: Hillegei (a relative of Daphne's) (3 letters) ; Constance Paul; Christine Rivett.
1959 - 20 letters, 7 telegrams, 1 card. Congratulations from many correspondents regarding her M.B.E. : Royal Queensland Arts Society, Robert Campbell, John Douglas Story, Robert and Mavis Cummings, Lloyd and Marjorie Rees, T.R. Groom (Lord Mayor of Brisbane), William (Bill) Bustard. There is some correspondence regarding the death of her mother.

Correspondence, Personal, 1960 to 1969

66 letters, 22 telegrams, 2 postcards, 1 card and 3 lettercards sent to Daphne Mayo between 10 Sep 1960 to 30 Dec 1969. Main correspondents include: Hilliegei, Jayne Lahey, Bettys, Mary and Dr Christine Rivett (on the 24 Apr 1961 certifying Mayo is splendidly fit).

Correspondence, General, 1914 to 1929

Correspondence from 9 Jul 1914 to 28 Jun 1929. Correspondents include: Wattle Day League (9 Jul 1914); Lewis McDonald (20 May 1919); Charles Venden Rees; Royal Academy of Arts; British School at Rome; William Moore; Royal Queensland Art Society.

Correspondence, General, 1930 to 1939

Correspondence from 4 Apr 1930 to 29 Dec 1939. Correspondents include: Queensland Club; W. Rubery Bennett; MacQuarie Galleries; Society of Artists; Queensland Wattle League; William Moore; Government House, Brisbane; Sculptors' Society of Australia; Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council; Brisbane City Council; Carnegie Corporation; National Gallery of Canada; McGill University.

Correspondence, General, 1940 to 1949

Correspondence from 15 Feb 1940 to 22 Dec 1949. Correspondents include: Queensland Combined Art Committee; Who's Who in Australia; Industrial Arts Society, Sydney; Society of Artists; Premier's Department (Signed W. Forgan Smith); High Commissioner for Canada (T.C. Davis); Mary Corkery; Teachers' College; doctor and pathology reports; Commonwealth Office of Education; Royal Queensland Art Society (including 'Constitution and Rules').

Correspondence, General, 1950 to 1959

Correspondence from 8 Jan 1950 to 19 Oct 1959. Correspondents include: Society of Artists; Leonard S. Beckett (Dental surgeon); F.G. Parker & Andrew / F.C. Bryant / Stephens & Tozer (Solicitors) re Estate of late AGnes Emma Saxelby; Australian Broadcasting Commission; A.H. Sagar (Dental Surgeon); Society of Sculptors and Associates; Combined Creditors' Association; Queensland National Art Gallery; Lord Mayor, Brisbane; Queensland Trustees Limited; Central Methodist Mission; Brisbane Crematorium Limited regarding the disposal of ashes of the late Lila Mary Mayo.

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.

Correspondence, General, 1970 to 1979

Correspondence from 3 Feb 1970 to 28 Nov 1979. Correspondents include: G.S. Madden, Williams and Bicknell (Solicitors) regarding copyright infringement of Mayo's work; Brisbane Women's Club; Society of Sculptors Queensland; University of Queensland Union; Dr. Frank Fisher regarding Mayo's health; The Cultural Centre (Queensland); Melbourne College of Education; National Library of Australia with transcript of interview on 10 May 1963 with Mrs Hazel de Berg; Macquaries Galleries; Home Help; Important Women Artists; Queensland Trustees Limited; and letters from Judith McKay

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