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Portrait bust of Vida Lahey

Life sized portrait bust of Vida Lahey in plaster, painted brown. Lahey is wearing a tied scarf. Not signed or dated. Vida Lahey visited Mayo at her Sydney Studio in George Street in late 1957 when sittings were made.

1960 to 1963

Ledger book (cover missing) with 1960 to 1963 on initial page and a list of names and address. From second page it records income received and expenses ('paid out') from property, profession and dividends from 25 Oct 1961 to 7 Jun 1963. At the back of book are 'Costs in connection with house at 74 Victoria Street' from 16 Aug 1960 to Sep 1961. Pasted in towards the end are dividends from April to Sep 1965.

Study for Major General Sir William Glasgow Memorial

Scale model, or maquette, of Major General Sir William Glasgow in plaster. Glasgow is 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

July 1963 to 1965

Ledger book (cover missing) with July 1963 to 1965 on initial page as well as a small list of names and address, notes on quotations, general lists and notes. It records income received and expenses ('paid out') from property, profession and dividends from 6 Aug 1963 to 30 Jun 1965. Includes details for rental on five flats.

July /69 to June /70

Ledger book with July /69 to June /70 on cover, inside cover has business cards pinned to it, first page with names and address. It records income received and expenses with notes. Towards end of book has income from investments; notes on making paper mache; notes on making a surf board. Final pages are notes about Vida Lahey comprising: list of Exhibitions with places and dates; publications lodged with Oxley Library; extracts from her [Vida Lahey] letters and manuscripts; list of exhibitions by V. Lahey.

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.

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.

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