Family papers [manuscript]. 1911-1960.

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Family papers [manuscript]. 1911-1960.

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Contains mainly unpublished typescripts of works by members of the Gepp family including autobiographical notes on the career of Herbert Gepp; copies of a narrative entitled "Youth as it flies" by Gepp's daughter Mardi Gething detailing her experience during World War 1939-1945 as a pilot in the air transport auxiliary; and a draft by Kathleen Gepp entitled "First the desert". Also includes newspaper cuttings, 1933-1954, relating to the knighthood and death of Herbert Gepp; letters to Kathleen Gepp from Henry Miller, 1960, regarding the possible publication of her work, and a letterbook kept by Lady Jessie Gepp during a trip to Great Britain, 1911-1912.

7 cm. (5 folders)

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7067161

Libraries Australia

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Gepp, Herbert William, Sir, 1877-1954

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Mining metallurgist, manager, public servant and industrialist, Herbert Gepp joined the staff of the Australian Explosives and Chemical Co. at Deer Park, Victoria in 1894. The company was later taken over by Nobel's Explosive Co. and Gepp was manager in 1902. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1944-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225680834 Herbert Gepp was appointed Manager of the Australian Explosives and Chemical Company in 1902 and joined the Zi...

Gepp, Kathleen

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Gepp family.

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Gepp, Jessie

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Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...

Gething, Mardi.

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