Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

Sydney Ure Smith 1914-1948. Papers include application for Directorship of National Gallery of Victoria; 3 letters received 1948; certificates and awards, 1921-1937; Report for Art in Australia Limited, re investigations in U.S.A. by Catts-Patterson Co. Ltd. 1933; bibliography of publications edited, written or published by Sydney Ure Smith (carbon typescript) with 2 notebooks containing lists of etchings 1914-1919, 1919-1934, and biographical notes. (MS and TS); diagram illustrating his plan for art development in Australia; character sketch of James Morgan, editor of Eden Observer 1910-1916. Sam Ure Smith 1952 ALS from William Dobell with TS reply. Miscellaneous papers, 1885-1903. Copy of marriage certificate of John Smith and Elizabeth Catherine Ure, 1885, and bills and receipts of Sydney Smith, 1902-1903.

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Smith, Sydney Ure, 1887-1949

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Publisher and artist, pioneer of art publishing in Australia. Publisher of quarterly, Art in Australia, he also wrote books on Australian artists, including Streeton, Lambert, Grüner and Heysen. President of Society of Artists, 1921-1948. He received an OBE for service to art in 1937. From the description of Papers and biographical notes [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793825 Eldest son of John and Catherine Ure Smith. He founded the publishing h...