RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS University Library GUIDE TO THE LINDSAY FAMILY PAPERS DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Reference ID: Lindsay Family Papers Title: Lindsay Family Papers Date: [1897-1964] Creator: Colin Blake Berckelman Language Represented: English Repository: Rare Books and Special Collections. University of Sydney Library. Extent: Box One [small]: 1, 2, 5, 9-13, 15, 19-21, 23/1, 23/2, 24. Box Two [large]: 3, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16-18, 22. Genres and Forms: Material including press clippings, correspondence, periodicals, and illustrated material. Abstract: The Lindsay Family Papers Collection chiefly consists of material relating to Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) and his work. These are primarily press clippings, and printed material relating to his life, his art, and his writing. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance Colin Blake Berckelman Access The Rare Books and Special Collections Library is a closed access collection. Readers may not browse the shelves. To use material from the collection go to the Rare Books Office and fill out a request slip for each item you require. Staff will collect the material for you which you must read under supervision in the Rare Books Reading Room. You must provide identification (for example, University of Sydney library card, driver’s license) while you are using the material. Biographical Note “Lindsay, Percival Charles (1870-1952), Sir Lionel Arthur (1874-1961), Norman Alfred Williams (1879-1969), Ruby (1885-1818), and Sir Ernest Daryl (1889- 1976).Artists and writers. Talented and influential family whose creative work and bohemian lifestyles challenged the Australian public and prompted debate about the strictures of Australian society toward art and morality.” Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press; London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1966-[2000]. Volume 10, pp.106-115. Local Catalogue Headings: Lindsay, Norman Lindsay family Australian Art Australian Literature Australian Poetry Censorship Organisational Call Item Author Associated People Date Headings Number Berckelman Notes 9.11 "The Freelance Melbourne…". Manuscript. One 9.12 Questions on plays. Manuscript. One page. 9.13 "The Magic Pudding…" Manuscript. One page. 9.14 Handwritten notes. Manuscript. One page. 10.5 Archival note on publishing history- Keane of Kalgoorlie 18.60 Bibliographical Norman Lindsay notes. Typescript. One 18.61 "The Boomerang". Norman Lindsay Manuscript. One page. 18.62 Catalogue for Norman Lindsay Program of 18.63 Collectors Notes. Manuscript. Four pages. 20.5 Catalogue for War Posters. Manuscript. One Page. 21.24 Cataloguing materials. Manuscript. Two pages. 23.15 Bibliography. Norman Lindsay Typescript. Four pages. 23.16 "Enter the Magician" Norman Lindsay Manuscript. 23.17 Bibliography. Norman Lindsay Manuscript. Four pages. Biography 19 Monograph on D. Souien Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay Book Jackets 2 "The Silver Branch". Dulcie Deamer Norman Lindsay [1948] Two identical items. 3.1 Dust jacket designs Douglas Norman Lindsay [1946] for Ned Kelly. Stewart Two identical items. 10.1 Proofs for cover of Arthur Wright [1907] Keane of Kalgoorie. Percy Lindsay Full Colour. 10.2 Proofs for cover of Arthur Wright [1907] Keane of Kalgoorie. Percy Lindsay Red/Yellow. 10.3 Proofs for cover of Arthur Wright [1907] Keane of Kalgoorie. Percy Lindsay Blue. 10.4 Proofs for cover of Arthur Wright [1907] Keane of Kalgoorie. Percy Lindsay Yellow. 17 "Billy Bluegum" Edward Dyson Norman Lindsay Correspondenc e 9.1 Unsigned, to Hugh Hugh McCrae 18-April-1905 McCrae. Typescript. One page. 9.2 To Whitcombe and C. B. Berckelman 16-November-1936 Tombs from C. B. Berckelman. Typescript. One page. 9.3 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 27-April-1937 Berckelman from T. Werner Laurie. Typescript- one page with pinned catalogue on back. One page. 9.4 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 05-May-1937 Berckelman from Faber and Faber. Typescript. One page. 9.5 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 17-December-1937 Berckelman from Brentano's Book Stores. Typescript. One page. 9.6 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 01-November-1938 Berckelman from John Lane. Typescript. One page. 9.7 To C. B. C .B. Berckelman 20-August-1940 Berckelman from Perth Art Gallery. Typescript. One page. Letter. 9.8 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 23-August-1940 Berckelman from E. E. Colclough Colclough. Queensland National Art Gallery. Typescript. One page. 9.9 To C. B. C. B. Berckelman 29-February-1948 Berckelman from Australian War Memorial. Typescript. One page with pinned memorandum on the front. 9.10 To C. B. C.B. Berckelman 04-March-1948 Berckelman from H. H. L. White L. White- Commonwealth National Library. Typescript. One page. 11 Autograph letter- Lionel Lindsay Lionel Lindsay. Manuscript. One page. 18.7 To C. B Berckelman C. B. Berckelman 27-April-1937 from John Lane The Bodley Head. Typescript. One page. 23.1 Letter from Francis Francis Webb Webb to Norman Norman Lindsay Lindsay. Photocopied manuscript. 23.2 Letter from Norman Norman Lindsay Lindsay to Francis Francis Webb Webb. Photocopied manuscript. 23.3 Letter from Norman Norman Lindsay Lindsay to Douglas Douglas Stewart Stewart re. Francis Webb. Photocopied typescript. 24.1 Letter to Douglas Douglas Stewart [1962] Stewart from Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay. Manuscript. 24.2 Letter to Douglas Douglas Stewart [1962] Stewart from Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay. Manuscript. 24.3 Letter to Douglas Douglas Stewart [1962] Stewart from Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay. Manuscript. Illustrations 21.3 "The Yellow Lady" Norman Lindsay [1920] 21.4 "The Dream Norman Lindsay [1920] Merchant" 21.5 "The Talking Norman Lindsay [1920] Breasts" 21.6 "La Toilette" Norman Lindsay [1920] 21.7 "Whispers" Norman Lindsay [1921] 21.8 "Adventure" Norman Lindsay [1921] 21.9 "Adventure" Norman Lindsay [1921] 21.10 "Homeage to Norman Lindsay [1928] Sappho" 21.11 Print most likely to be from "A Homeage to Sappho" 21.13 "Pensive" Norman Lindsay 21.14 Print. Three women Norman Lindsay in a play. 21.15 Print. Young lovers Norman Lindsay caught by a hag. 21.16 Hag harrasses Norman Lindsay nude. 21.17 Print Norman Lindsay [scene from Hamlet] 21.18 Print of lovers kissing. 21.19 Photograph of H. A. C. Chivalric poem from The Bulletin 23.14 [Icarus] Norman Lindsay Miscellaneous 18.4 "Complimentary C. J Saunders 25-January-1912 Dinner to Mr C. J. From collection of Saunders" F. A. Coghlan. Menu. 18.16 Index Card for Margaret Coen 01-February-1946 Margaret Coen's Norman Lindsay exhibition. Typescript. 18.20 Subscription Norman Lindsay 23-December-1952 Christmas Card Bulletin. 18.59 "Apollo's Vanguard" Norman Lindsay Description of painting 21.1 Envelope with prints Norman Lindsay [1897] inside. One original. John Flexmore One photcopied Paper, ink and photgraphy. 21.20 Book plate. "Ex Norman Lindsay Libris P. K." 22.1 Scrapbook file. Norman Lindsay 23.10 Envelope containing Norman Lindsay [1952] Bulletin gift subscription card Periodical 12 Australian Art [1947] Illustrated 15 New Triad 01-April-1928 16 Holly Leaves. The [1946] Christmas Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 23.6 Writer's Pie Norman Lindsay [1933] 23.7 Bulletin Magazine. [1935] Supplement. 23.9 All We Survey [1942] [Red Cross fundraiser] Photographs and Slides 5 Family Portrait 18.57 Photograph of Norman and Rose Norman and Rose Lindsay Lindsay 18.58 Photograph of Norman and Rose Norman and Rose Lindsay Lindsay- arms around each other 21.2 "Billy Bandicoot" Norman Lindsay [1917] Slide 21.22 Photograph of Lawrence Hargrave Lawrence Hargrave memorial 21.23 Glass plate Norman and Rose negatives of 18.57/8 Lindsay Press Clipping 7.1 "Cup Day at Norman Lindsay 01-November-1907 Bluegumbewabba- The Course" Source: Lone Hand 7.2 "Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay 01-August-1914 Aged 25" Source: Lone Hand 7.3 "The Big Tillbiddy Edward Dyson Norman Lindsay 01-August-1914 Revival" Source: Lone Hand 7.4 "A Genuine Uplift of Norman Lindsay 21-August-1918 Art"` 7.5 "Norman Lindsay At Norman Lindsay 01-December-1922 Work" Source: The Home 7.6 "Art and the People" "E" Norman Lindsay 21-July-1923 Source: Daily Telegraph 7.7 "Jealousy in Art Norman Lindsay 29-November-1923 Circles" Gayfield Shaw Source: Daily Guardian 7.8 "Where the Beer- "Leonidas" [1925] bottles grow" author, Norman Lindsay illustrator 7.9 "Luncheon to Norman Lindsay 01-June-1925 Kreilser and Moscovitch Given by Hon. Hugh D. McIntosh" Source: The Home 7.10 "Items of Lindsay Family [1927] Lindsayana" 7.11 "Modernism in Art" Lionel Lindsay 01-November-1927 Source: New Triad 7.12 "Norman Lindsay's Norman Lindsay [1931] Vital Personality Electrifies U.S." 7.13 "Family Portrait" Lindsay Family 01-August-1931 Source: The Home 7.14 "Chiefly Lindsay" Lindsay Family 01-September-1931 Source: The Home Zlato Balokovic 7.15 "Culture in Australia" Norman Lindsay 23-September-1931 7.16 [John Curtin] John Curtin 27-December-1942 7.17 "Lindsay's Nudes Norman Lindsay 01-November-1944 Go To The Wall" Source: The Sun 7.18 "Teachers Ban Norman Lindsay 02-November-1944 Painting of Nudes" Source: Telegraph 7.19 "Picture of Nudes Norman Lindsay 03-November-1944 Big Draw at Exhibition" Source: Telegraph 7.20 "Students' Art Show Norman Lindsay 04-November-1944 Visit Stopped By Lindsay Nudes" Source: Telegraph 7.21 "Novels of the week: Norman Lindsay 18-August-1945 The earthy Jane Lindsay Lindsays" Source: Daily Telegraph [review, "Cousin from Fiji" and "Kurrajong"] 7.22 "Dickens without a Norman Lindsay 14-June-1947 happy ending" Source: The Sun [review, "Great Expectations" 7.23 "My Cousin Philip" Peter Lindsay Philip Lindsay 14-June-1947 Source: Sydney Morning Herald 7.24 "Billy Bluegum and ed. Kenneth Norman Lindsay 05-July-1947 Civilisation" Slessor 7.25 "Dickens and His Norman Lindsay 12-July-1947 Women" ["Great Expectations"] 7.26 "Illustrator Lindsay" Norman Lindsay 13-July-1947 Source: Sydney Morning Herald [review "Great Expectations and Billy Bluegum" 7.27 "The Red Page" 23-July-1947 Source: Bulletin 7.28 "Who's Writing Norman Lindsay 30-August-1947 Australia's Books?" Source: Daily Telegraph 7.29 "Review of 'Halfway D.E.