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Date(s)
- 1980-1995 (Creation)
- 1957 (Creation)
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4 folders.
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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.
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79 letters, handwritten and typescript; 44 postcards; twelve cards; one empty envelope and one colour photograph. From 1986, many of the letters are addressed jointly to Robin F. Haines. People mentioned are many but include, among others, family members; Craig Powell; Eddie Tanner; Peter Bennie; Thomas Keneally; Peter Conrad; Axel Clark, Christopher Brennan and Larry Sitsky; Philip Martin; Bernard Hickey; Anne Jennings; Judith Wright; A.D. Hope; Jim and Norma McAuley; Angus & Robertson; Rodney Hall; Rex Hobcroft; Richard Walsh; Tony Riddell; Michael Roe; Rodney Hall; Geoffrey Dutton; Hal Porter; Allison Hoddinott; Barbara Hanrahan; Vivian Smith; Don Kay; James Penberthy; Vincent Buckley; Vikram Seth; Bob and Blanche Hawke. Includes two letters addressed to Gwen Harwood ('Granny') from Rachel Harwood, John Harwood's daughter. The colour photograph is from 1985 and shows two unidentified people, a man and woman, with their back to the camera standing under a tree; it was sent with a letter from Gwen Harwood.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Box 1
Folder 2
20 letters, one postcard, one card, 1957, 1980 to 1981.
Folder 3
26 letters, four postcards, one colour photograph, 1982 to 1985.
Includes the two letters addressed to Gwen from granddaughter, Rachel (John Harwood's daughter).
Folder 4
26 letters, 28 postcards, five cards, 1986 to 1989.
Folder 5
Seven letters, eleven postcards, six cards, one empty envelope, 1990 to 1995.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
Language of material
- English
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Notes area
Note
Box 1 Folders 2-5.
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Name access points
- Harwood, Gwen (Subject)
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Created, Kymberley Bax, 9-Apr-2024.