Papers of James Stuart MacDonald. 1918-1952.

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Papers of James Stuart MacDonald. 1918-1952.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, speeches, cuttings, photographs and official papers, mostly dating from the late 1920s to 1952. The largest category are the notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts relating to the history of art, contemporary art, Australian artists, the National Gallery of Victoria and other cultural, historical and political subjects. There are a number of files containing minutes, reports, correspondence and other papers concerning the National Gallery of Victoria and, to a lesser extent, the National Gallery of New South Wales and the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board. The principal correspondents are Dame Mary Gilmore, Sir John Longstaff, Sir Lionel Lindsay, Sir Arthur Streeton, Hans Heysen, L. Bernard Hall, Will Ashton and Daryl Lindsay.

1.12 m. (8 boxes) + 1 fol. item.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7072991

Libraries Australia

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MacDonald, James S. (James Stuart), 1878-1952

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Artist, art critic and gallery director. Director of National Art Gallery of New South Wales (1928-1936) and National Gallery of Victoria (1936-1942). From the description of Papers of James Stuart MacDonald. 1918-1952. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225808052 ...

National Gallery of Victoria.

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Artists

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