Papers of Lady Maisie Drysdale [manuscript]. 19uu-19uu.
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Drysdale, Maisie, Lady, 1915-2001
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Maisie (then Newbold) studied art at the George Bell School, Melbourne in the mid 1930s. Fellow students included Peter Purves-Smith and Russell Drysdale. Maisie married Purves-Smith in 1946. Prior to his participation in WWII he had begun to develop a name for himself as a talented and innovative artist. Purves-Smith died in 1949 and after his death, Maisie undertook librarianship studies in Melbourne. After completing her studies, she held several positions in the public library systems of tha...
