Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1927-1974 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5 boxes, 1 parcel
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Percy Reginald ("Inky") Stephensen was born in Maryborough, Queensland and educated at the University of Queensland, where he earned Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He was involved with the Fanfrolico Press in London, and in 1929 set up the Mandrake Press. Stephensen returned to Australia from England, and in 1936 his essay "The Foundations of Culture in Australia" was published. He co-founded the nationalist Australia First Movement (AFM) in 1941. From 1941 to 1945 Stephensen was interned without trial. Stephensen married Winifred Sarah Venus, née Lockyer in 1947. He died on 28 May 1965.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1927-1974
Collection alternatively titled as: Percy Reginald Stephensen Collection
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Most of the material in this collection was donated by Walter Stone, and includes a scrapbook compiled by him, of manuscripts, letters, press clippings and photographs covering most of Stephensen's life.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, biographical material, manuscripts of lectures and published articles.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired
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
'Guide to the Papers of P R Stephensen, The University of Queensland Library, Fryer Library'. (2001). Guide to Australian literary manuscripts. University of Western Australia Library & Australian Literary Manuscript Collections Project.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Fanfrolico Press (Subject)
- Stephensen, P. R. (Percy Reginald), 1901-1965 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 24-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.