Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1911-1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
12 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edward Vivian Timms was born on 7 April 1895 at Charters Tower in Queensland. He was educated in Sydney and served in World War I, taking part in the landing at Gallipoli. Invalided home, he married in 1916 and began to write with his wife's encouragement. He published his first novel, 'The Hills of Hate', in 1925. In addition to twenty-two novels, Timms wrote many short stories and innumerable plays, serials, scripts and adaptations of novels for the cinema and radio. In World War II, he served at Cowra internment camp. He died on 14 June 1960.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1911-1976
Collection alternatively titled as: Edward Vivian Timms Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Drafts of novels, short stories, film scripts and radio plays by Edward Vivian Timms and his wife, Alma. Also includes correspondence with publishers, royalty records, information on Timms' wartime service at Cowra internment camp, newspaper cuttings and ephemera.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted 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
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Timms, Edward Vivian, 1895-1960 (Subject)
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Description control area
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Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.