Correspondence with Bill Blake and Christina Stead, [1949-1974] [manuscript]. 1949-1974.

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Correspondence with Bill Blake and Christina Stead, [1949-1974] [manuscript]. 1949-1974.

104 letters exchanged between Harry and Anne Bloom and Bill and Christina Blake (Stead) in the period 1949-1974, including a single letter from Ruth Hall (Blake's daughter) to Harry Bloom. The letters reveal the close friendships between the parties and record their individual thoughts and feelings on happenings in their everyday lives.

5 cm. (5 folders)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7066319

Libraries Australia

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Stead, Christina, 1902-1983

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Novelist. Christina Stead is the author of "The man who loved children" (1940) and other books. Thistle Harris (1902-1990) was a botanical writer, landscape designer and photographer. In 1951 she married David Stead, father of Christina Stead. From the description of Letters to Thistle Harris [manuscript]. 1939-1942. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825756 Christina Stead was born and educated in Australia, but spent most of her life abroad. During the 1930s she...

Blake, William J. (William James), 1894-1968

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Novelist and social theorist. Husband of Christina Stead. From the description of Imperialism - the last phase [manuscript]. 1948. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225849938 ...

Bloom, Harry, 1900-1975.

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Harry Bloom and his wife, Anne, were close friends of Bill Blake and Christina Stead with whom they maintained a frequent correspondence for 25 years. From the description of Correspondence with Bill Blake and Christina Stead, [1949-1974] [manuscript]. 1949-1974. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225632513 ...