Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1984-1995 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Helen Mills was a close personal friend of Gwen Harwood.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Gwen Harwood is one of Australia's best-known poets. She was born in Brisbane in 1920 and lived there until her marriage in 1945, when she moved to Hobart, Tasmania. Harwood's poetry and critical writing appeared regularly in Australian literary journals from the 1960s. She published eight books of poetry. In 1989 she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to literature. She wrote under the names of Francis Geyer, Walter Lehmann, Miriam Stone and T.F. Kline. She died in 1995.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Letters from Gwen Harwood, 1984-1995
Collection alternatively titled as: Helen Mills Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, postcards and photographs sent by Gwen Harwood to her friend Helen Mills.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Folder 1: Poem;
Folder 2-3: Postcards;
Folder 4-6: Postcards & Letters;
Folder 7: Photographs, Postcards & Letters;
Folder 8: Photocopies.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
The Australian women's register, AWH003790
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Harwood, Gwen (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 01-Jun-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.