Guide to the Papers of Henry Handel Richardson
MS 133
National Library of Australia
| Date Completed: | 1975 |
| Last updated: | December 2008 |
This finding aid was revised and published with the assistance of the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust
Table of Contents
Summary
Introduction
Scope and Content
Access
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Related Material
Access Terms
Biographical Note
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Walter and Mary Richardson papers
Series 2 General correspondence
Series 3 Letters to Mary Kernot
Series 4 Novels
Series 5 Short Stories
Series 6 Articles
Series 7 Songs
Series 8 Diaries and other documents
Series 9 Biographical material
Series 10 Professor J.G. Robertson papers
Series 11 Photographs
Series 12 Paul Solanges papers
Series 13 Press cutting albums
Series 14 Editions of Richardson's works
Series 15 Books used in researching The young Cosima
Container List
Container list : Microfilms
Appendix 1 : Correspondence Index
Appendix 2 : Item list for Series 12, Paul Solanges papers
Summary
| Creator: | Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946 |
| Title: | Papers of Henry Handel Richardson |
| Date Range: | 1852-1983 |
| Reference number: | MS 133 |
| Extent: | 13.15 metres (22 boxes + 32 security binders + 5 folio boxes + 93 books + 2 elephant folio items) |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia Canberra |
Introduction
Scope and Content
The collection contains drafts including manuscripts of Neils Lyhne, The young Cosima, Myself when young, The end of a childhood and Ultima Thule. There are also typescripts of Maurice Guest, The getting of wisdom and Myself when young as well as final copies of Maurice Guest, The getting of wisdom, The fortunes of Richard Mahony and The young Cosmina. The collection also contains correspondence including letters to the writer Oliver Stonor (1929-1946), copies of 50 letters to Jacob Schwartz (1931-1933), photocopies of letters to Mary Kernot (1911-1946), letters to her sister Lilian Neustatter (1896-1911, 1942) and correspondence with Paul Solanges (1910-1914, including notes on his translation of Maurice Guest). There is also correspondence and papers of her parents Mary and Walter Richardson (1854-1877), music scores, albums of newspaper cuttings, diaries, photographs and books.
Access
Available for research, except for Series 12, Folders 1-7 (Solanges correspondence), which require permission for research. Since May 1986 the original manuscripts of MS 133 have been withdrawn from use and readers are asked to use the microfilm copies in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room. A list of these films (mfm G 22,962 - 22, 993) is an appendix to this finding aid. Microfilms can be ordered by reel number via their catalogue record at http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/567873
Provenance
The original collection of Richardson Papers was purchased from Miss Olga Roncoroni, the executrix of Richardson's will, in 1946 and consisted of the typescripts of most of her books, as well as the notes that she compiled when doing the research for The fortunes of Richard Mahony. In 1971 a major consignment of papers was purchased from Richardson's nephew, Dr Walter Neustatter of London. It comprised correspondence, notebooks, photographs and other items relating to Richardson's parents. In 1972 another large group of papers was presented by Miss Olga Roncoroni. It contained personal papers and documents belonging to Richardson, diaries, letters, articles, and material collected by Richardson when writing The young Cosima.
Between 1946 and 1971 additional Richardson Papers were received from a number of sources. They include letters from Richardson to Oliver Stonor, 1929-1946; typed copies of letters from Richardson to Jacob Schwartz, 1931-1933; and photographic prints of letters from Richardson to Mary Kernot, 1911-1946, the originals of which are held by the Mitchell Library. Papers relating to Richardson's husband, Professor J.G. Robertson, include his biographical notes about Richardson, photocopies of lectures, and galley proofs of a book. The letters from Richardson to Mary Kernot were closed until 20 March 1996.
In 1983, the Library received Richardson's correspondence with Paul Solanges, 1910-1914, about his translation of Maurice Guest, and notes on the translation, as well as diaries and albums of newspaper cuttings maintained by Richardson and her heirs, and a number of editions of Richardson's books. In 1993, the Library acquired from the University of Tasmania the collection of books used by Richardson in researching her book The young Cosima.
In 1996, 44 letters to Richardson from her sister Lilian were acquired from the latter's granddaughter, along with two letters from Walter Neustatter and additional photographs.
In 2001, original manuscript scores of music composed by Richardson donated under the Cultural Gifts Program by Professor Clive Probyn and Dr Bruce Steele. They in turn had acquired them from Margaret Capon as part of the Monash University Henry Handel Richardson Project in 1996. The music was used for the publications Henry Handel Richardson: the music and Songs of Henry Handel Richardson, both of which were edited by Bruce Steele and Richard Divall and published in 2000.
Related Material
Other related collections of Richardson material held in the Library are as follows:
MS 1174 Papers of Vance and Nettie Palmer
MS 3871 Letters from Richardson to Mrs Hilary Eves
MS 5156 Letters from Richardson to Raymond Toole Stott
MS 5199 Letters from Richardson to Edna Purdie
MS 5678 Papers of Dorothy Green
MS 5770 Letters from Richardson to Norah Hoult
MS 6584 Letters from Richardson to Mary McHugh
MS 7519 Letters from Richardson to Harold Kamp
MS 7870 Letters from Richardson to Edna Purdie, Lucie Daye and Harry Price
MS 8705 Letter from Richardson to Guy Innes
TRC 54 Oral History recording of Arnold Gyde, Olga Roncoroni and Walter Neustatter, speaking about Richardson at a symposium held in Australia House, London, 11 May 1953 (edited highlights, broadcast by the ABC about December 1953; 27 minutes).
Access Terms
Personal Names
Neustatter, Lilian, 1871-1944; Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946; Stonor, Oliver, 1903-; Schwartz, Jacob; Kernot, Mary Amelia, 1869-1954; Richardson, Walter Lindesay; Solanges, Paul, 1946-1914;
Biographical Note
Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson was born in East Melbourne on 3 January 1870, the daughter of Dr Walter Lindesay Richardson and Mary née Bailey. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne. In 1888 she left Australia with her mother and sister and in 1889 began to study music at the Königliches Conservatorium der Musik in Leipzig with the intention of becoming a professional pianist. Richardson received her certificate from the Conservatorium in 1892 but decided to concentrate on writing rather than music.
On 30 December 1895 Richardson was married in Dublin to J. George Robertson, who was at that time studying literature in Leipzig. They lived in Munich and then Strasbourg before settling in London in 1904, Robertson having taken up the position of Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of London in 1903. He held this post until his death in 1933. In 1934 Richardson moved from London to Sussex, where she spent the rest of her life.
Richardson's first novel, Maurice Guest, based on her experiences as a music student in Germany, was published in 1908. It was at this time that she decided to take the pen-name of Henry Handel Richardson. Her second novel, The getting of wisdom, was published in 1910 and was to a certain extent autobiographical, being based on her experiences as a pupil at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne. The writing of her greatest work, The fortunes of Richard Mahony, occupied most of Richardson's time during the next twenty years. It dealt with the fortunes of an Irish doctor who emigrated to Victoria in the early 1850s and it followed closely the facts of her father's life. To gather material for the novels, Richardson and her husband visited Australia for a few months in 1912, the only time she returned to Australia. The work was a trilogy, with Australia Felix appearing in 1917, The way home in 1925, and Ultima Thule in 1929. The three novels were published together in 1930. With the completion of the trilogy, Richardson was accorded critical and popular acclaim; the publication of her earlier novels had attracted little interest.
In 1931 appeared Two studies, a limited edition containing the two stories Mary Christina and Life and death of Peterle Luthy, followed in 1934 by the publication of The end of a childhood and other stories. Richardson's last novel, The young Cosima, based on the life of Cosima Liszt, was published in 1939. In the same year she began writing her autobiography, Myself when young, in which she intended to recount the story of her life up to 1903. This work, left unfinished at her death on 20 March 1946, was published in 1948, with a final section on the years 1895 to 1903 written by her secretary Olga Roncoroni.
Select References
Buckley, Vincent. Henry Handel Richardson. Second Edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Clark, Axel. Henry Handel Richardson: fiction in the making. Brookvale, NSW: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Green, Dorothy. Henry Handel Richardson and her fiction. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1986.
Howells, Gay, compiler. Henry Handel Richardson: a bibliography to honour the centenary of her birth. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1970.
Kramer, Leonie. Henry Handel Richardson. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1967.
Palmer, Nettie. Henry Handel Richardson: a study. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1950.
Purdie, Edna and Roncoroni, Olga, editors. Henry Handel Richardson: some personal impressions. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1957.
Richardson, Henry Handel. Myself when young; together with an essay on the art of Henry Handel Richardson by J.G. Robertson. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1948.
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Walter and Mary Richardson papers
This series contains material relating to Henry Handel Richardson's parents, Walter Lindesay Richardson and Mary Richardson (née Bailey). It includes correspondence between Walter and Mary Richardson (1854-1877), letters from Lucinda Cheyne, Walter Richardson's mother, to Walter and Mary Richardson and his sister Lucinda (1857-1863), letters from Elizabeth Bailey, Mary Richardson's mother, to Walter and Mary Richardson (1868-1869), and letters to Walter Richardson from patients and friends.
There is a scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings, engravings and lithographs, Walter Richardson's goldmining licence, handwritten notes, and photographs of Melbourne and of members of the Richardson Family. A handwritten article by Richardson about Ballarat, a diary that he kept on his voyage out to Australia in 1852, and diaries kept by Mary Richardson on a voyage to Australia in 1874 and to England in 1888 are also included.
Some papers relate to Walter Richardson's medical career: his register of midwifery cases (1851-1868), four articles for Australian medical journals, and his Doctor of Medicine certificate from the University of Melbourne. Walter Richardson's two notebooks contain a few newspaper cuttings, a few autobiographical notes, accounts of seances, handwritten copies of articles, and quotations about medical subjects, Swedenborg, various aspects of spiritualism, theology and Christianity, and other topics. Also included in the series is an account book belonging to Walter Richardson, the Richardson family tree, and Walter Richardson's will. Only non-correspondence items are listed below.
For correspondence, see Appendix 1, Name Index to Correspondence. An abstract of the correspondence in this series (without item numbering) is available on request.
Item 268 Walter Richardson: diary of voyage from England to Australia, 1852. Mary Richardson: diary of voyage from Australia to England, 1888.
Item 271 Yarra Bend Asylum, record of Walter Richardson: typescript copy made at Mental Hospital, Mont Park, 1953
(Photocopy held at 271a).
Series 2 General correspondence
The series contains a small amount of family correspondence and the letters that Richardson wrote to Oliver Stonor and Jacob Schwartz. There are two letters written by Richardson as a child; correspondence between Richardson and her mother (1896); correspondence between Richardson and her sister Lilian (1896-1911, 1942); and letters from her husband, George Robertson, to members of his family (1895-1912). Some later correspondence is concerned with a threatened libel action against Richardson over a statement in the first edition of The fortunes of Richard Mahony about the newspaper The Ballarat star (1917-18). Letters and postcards from Richardson to Oliver Stonor cover the period 1929 to 1946 and deal with such subjects as Richardson's novels and the criticisms they received, the writing of The young Cosima, and various aspects of literature. Richardson's letters to Jacob Schwartz, of which there are typed copies, mainly discuss the publication of her Two studies and Christkindleins Wiegenlied (1931-1933). Also included in the series is correspondence between Olga Roncoroni and St. John Ervine, about the publication of Myself when young and various broadcasts about Richardson (1947-1949), and correspondence between Miss Roncoroni and George Ivan Smith, concerning the sale of Richardson's papers to the Australian government (1946-1947). There are also a few letters from admirers of Richardson's work, including a letter from H.G. Wells to Richardson concerning The getting of wisdom, and a copy of a letter from T.E. Lawrence to Jacob Schwartz, discussing Two studies.
Item 1-528 For details, see Appendix 1, Name Index to Correspondence.
Series 3 Letters to Mary Kernot
The letters from Richardson to Mary Kernot, a school friend from the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, date from 1911, shortly after the publication of The getting of wisdom, to 1946, the year of Richardson's death. The letters were closed until 1996. These are photographic copies only (originals held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, at ZML MSS 45). The Mitchell Library also holds the letters from Mary Kernot to Richardson (ZML MSS 325), a microfilm of which is available on interlibrary loan.
There are also a few letters by Mary Mitchell, Nettie Palmer and Olga Roncoroni in this series. For more details, see Appendix 1, Name Index to Correspondence.
Series 4 Novels
Niels Lyhne
Handwritten final draft of Richardson's translation of Niels Lyhne by the Danish novelist J.P. Jacobsen. The series also contains a preface by Richardson which was omitted when the translation was published in 1896 by Heinemann under the title Siren Voices.
Item 1-320 Niels Lyhne: manuscript.
Maurice Guest
Two typed drafts with handwritten corrections and alterations. One is the final draft of the novel, the other is an earlier draft with many sections crossed out.
Item 321-326 Photocopies of items 328-333.
Item 327-525 Maurice Guest, Part I: typescript.
Item 526-706 Maurice Guest, Part II: typescript.
Item 707-898 Maurice Guest, Part III: typescript.
Item 899-1089 Maurice Guest, Part I: typescript.
Item 1090-1267 Maurice Guest, Part II: typescript.
Item 1268-1451 Maurice Guest, Part III: typescript.
The getting of wisdom
Two typed drafts with handwritten corrections and alterations. One is the final draft with only a few alterations. The earlier draft has four title pages, each with a different title. (None of the titles was used in the published work.)
Item 1452-1649 The getting of wisdom: typescript I.
Item 1650-1841 The getting of wisdom: typescript II.
The fortunes of Richard Mahony
Typed final drafts with handwritten alterations of Australia Felix, The way home and Ultima Thule. The title page for the draft of Australia Felix bears the title The fortunes of Richard Mahony, under which the novel was first published in 1917. There is also a proof copy of the 1930 Norton edition of The way home and three pages of an early handwritten draft of Ultima Thule. The series contains some of the papers that Richardson wrote or collected when she was engaged on the historical research that preceded the writing of the novel. There are four notebooks containing handwritten notes made from the writings of William Westgarth, William Howitt and William Kelly, and other works about Australia, and in particular, Victoria, in the second half of the nineteenth century; an index to these notes, handwritten notes about Lister's life and developments in medicine in the nineteenth century; typed notes made during Richardson's visit to Australia in 1912 recording her impressions of the country and information she collected; a map of Melbourne in 1888 and a large photograph of Ballarat.
Item 1842 [vacant number]
Item 1843-2355 Australia Felix: typescript.
Item 2356-2677 The way home: typescript.
Item 2678 The way home: proof of 1930 Norton edition (1 vol).
Item 2679-3016 Ultima Thule: typescript.
Item 3017-3019 Ultima Thule: manuscript.
Item 3020-3035 Manuscript notes
Item 3036 Map of Melbourne, 1888
Item 3037-3043 Manuscript notes.
Item 3044 Typescript notes (23 pp)
Item 3045 [vacant no.]
Item 3046-3050 Dust jackets
Item 3051 Manuscript notebook (1 vol)
Item 3052 History of Ballarat: notebook (1 vol)
Item 3053 History of Ballarat: notebook (1 vol.)
Item 3053a Alphabetical index notebook.
The young Cosima
A handwritten early draft (in pencil) of The young Cosima and the typed final draft of the novel with minor handwritten corrections and alterations comprise the two drafts of this novel. The material used by Richardson in writing this novel includes two notebooks containing handwritten notes on Franz Liszt's letters, two notebooks and other handwritten notes on Liszt, Cosima Liszt, Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner. Also included are cuttings from newspapers and periodicals dealing with Wagner and Liszt, pamphlets about Wagner and the Richard Wagner Museum at Tribschen, Lucerne, and postcards and photographs of Starnberg, the Richard Wagner Museum at Tribschen, and Cosima and Richard Wagner. See Series 15 for the books used by Richardson in researching this work.
Item 3054-3580 The young Cosima: manuscript.
Item 3581-3888 The young Cosima: typescript.
Item 3889-3920 The young Cosima: manuscript notes.
Item 3921 Letters of Liszt to L.J. Wittgenstein, Vol. 1: notebook.
Item 3922 Letters of Liszt to L.J. Wittgenstein, Vol. 2: notebook.
Item 3923 Liszt, oddments: notebook.
Item 3924 Small notebook.
Item 3925-3949 Printed matter relating to The young Cosima.
Series 5 Short Stories
Drafts of most of Richardson's short stories are contained in this series. There is a typed final draft with a few handwritten alterations of the story 'Death', the title of which was later changed to 'Mary Christina'. There is also a typed German translation of this story with handwritten alterations and a newspaper cutting from the Swedish newspaper Nya dagligt allehanda (13 September 1931) containing a Swedish translation of the story, entitled 'Döden'. A handwritten draft of 'The bath: an aquarelle' is signed by Richardson, as are typed final drafts of 'Three in a row', 'Conversation in a pantry', 'Two hanged women', and 'Mary Christina'. All these drafts have handwritten alterations and there is a second typed draft of 'Two hanged women', which is a near final draft.
As well as a handwritten draft of the story 'The end of a childhood', the series contains the typed final draft with a few handwritten corrections of the book of short stories entitled The end of a childhood and other stories which contains the following stories: 'The end of a childhood', 'The bathe: a grotesque', 'Three in a row', 'Preliminary canter', 'Conversation in a pantry', 'The bath: an aquarelle', 'The wrong turning', 'And women must weep', 'Two hanged women', 'Life and death of Peterle Luthy', 'The professor's experiment', 'Succedaneum', and 'Mary Christina'.
Series 6 Articles
This series consists of articles by Richardson as well as articles about her and her work. Typed final drafts with handwritten alterations of 'The magic of the new concert room' and 'Cosima Wagner as daughter and wife' are both signed by Richardson. The title of the latter article was changed to 'The story of Wagner and von Bülow - and the woman behind the music', when published in the Radio times, 29 August 1930. Articles Richardson wrote about her work include a typed draft with handwritten alterations of 'My favourite among my books' and typed final drafts with handwritten alterations of articles entitled 'Some notes on my books', which discuss the writing of most of her novels and short stories. The series also includes a short autobiographical article by Richardson. Professor J.G. Robertson's critical essay, 'The art of Henry Handel Richardson', a typed copy of an article about Richardson's work by S.B. Liljegren, and a handwritten copy of criticism of Richardson's work by Henry Lüdeke comprise the articles of literary criticism in this series. A typed draft of an article by Louise Theis written after an interview with Richardson has handwritten alterations and corrections by Richardson on it and is entitled 'How writers work: Henry Handel Richardson'. Other articles in the series include a review of Myself when young by Guy Innes, and two articles by Olga Roncoroni, one describing a certain morning in the life of Richardson and the other discussing Roncoroni's impressions of the film Rhapsody (1954), which was based on the novel Maurice Guest.
Item 5-12 'Cosima Wagner as daughter and wife' (later 'The story of Wagner and von Bülow - and the woman behind the music'): typescript.
Item 113-114 'Our greatest novelist: Henry Handel Richardson's life story', by Guy Innes: typescript.
Series 7 Songs
Richardson wrote the music of several songs, the words of which were written by Thomas Hardy, Laurence Hope and other English and German poets. Photocopies of the scores of some of these songs were received in 1973.
The Library's music collection holds better photocopies of a number of these and other scores by Richardson at MUS N mba 783.2 R522. The titles of these songs are: 'There was an old New England cat'; 'Regret not me'; 'Wenn du zu meinem Schätzel kommst'; 'Lied des armen Narren'; 'Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf'; 'Christkindlein's Wiegenlied'; 'Unter der Linde'; 'Hoch verehr'ich'; 'Genügen'; 'Reisespruch'; 'Tryste Noel'; 'Come away, death'; 'So we'll go no more a-roving'; 'The King's men'.
This series also contains two manuscript scores received from Richardson's literary executrix in 1994, and manuscript translations of German carols, discovered in a 1917 edition of The fortunes of Richard Mahony in Illinois in 1993.
In 2001, original manuscript scores of many of Richardson's works were acquired by the Library and have been added to this series. Items 87-154 refer.
Item 95-96 'In's Heu' (aus ? Scherers Jungbrunnen) and 'Drei Reiter am Tor' (aus? Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Item 107 Typescript of a translation by Richardson of 'Song of the sheep' [text of 'Sleep baby sleep]
Item 111-112 'Wiegenlied fur meinen Jungen (Richard Dehmel) and 'Wiegenlied' (Ottmars Volkssagen, Bremen 1800)
Item 149 Typescript of translation by Richardson of 'Three riders from the Tower' (Drei Reiter am Tor)
Series 8 Diaries and other documents
Most of the material in this series was received in 1973, with a further acquisition of Richardson's later diaries in 1983.
Richardson kept diaries for the years 1897-1902, 1916, 1931-46, and there are also diaries covering particular events, such as Mary Richardson's final illness in 1896, and Richardson's trip to Norway in 1911, as well as notebooks referring to certain events in the period 1940 to 1944.
Material in this series relating to Richardson's early years includes programmes for the annual concerts, 1885 and 1886, of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, at which Richardson performed, a diary she kept in 1887 and 1888, Mary Richardson's steamship ticket when she and her two daughters left Australia in 1888, the programme for the main examination at the Königliches Conservatorium der Musik at Leipzig, March 1892, and Richardson's certificate from the Conservatorium, dated April 1892. Official documents consist of Richardson's notice of marriage and death certificates. Richardson's address book, her first housekeeping book and some short pieces of prose written in 1896 and 1897 are included in this series. Finally there are two medals awarded to Richardson for her work: the Australian Literature Society medal for the best Australian novel, 1929 (Ultima Thule), and the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935.
Series 9 Biographical material
A handwritten draft and the typed final draft with handwritten alterations of Richardson's autobiographical work Myself when young form the main part of this series. The final draft also includes a typescript of Edna Purdie's foreword to the book, and the section 1895-1903, written by Olga Roncoroni. George Robertson's handwritten and typed notes which he made with the intention of writing a biography of Richardson are also included in this series. Handwritten autobiographical notes by Richardson cover the period 1870 to 1933, with some gaps having been filled in by Olga Roncoroni, who also prepared lists containing dates and facts relating to Richardson's life, which she used at a symposium held in London in 1953.
Series 10 Professor J.G. Robertson papers
Included in this series are John Robertson's diary for 1896, handwritten notes on various subjects including The fortunes of Richard Mahony, his Doctor of Philosophy certificate from Leipzig University, letters relating to his Order of St. Olav insignia and a page giving brief biographical details about him. As examples of his work in the field of German literature, there are photocopies of ten lectures he gave in 1933 on the theme of Wagner as a poet and a thinker, and the proofs of the third edition of his A history of German literature. This edition of his work was published in 1959 and was revised and enlarged from Professor Robertson's second edition of 1931 by Edna Purdie.
Series 11 Photographs
The series contains photographs of Richardson dating from her childhood up to 1930, as well as photographs of her parents, her grandmother Elizabeth Bailey, her sister Lilian, her husband, and her nephew Walter Neustatter. Also included are photographs of a memorial plaque at 90 Regent's Park Road, London, where Richardson lived from 1910 to 1934, and photographs of the presentation of Richardson's paper weight and silver cream jug to Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies in 1966. Items 49-64 were received in 1996 from Richardson's grand-niece Angela Neustatter. For other photographs, see Pictorial Section.
Series 12 Paul Solanges papers
In 1910, Paul Solanges, a retired littérateur, wrote to Richardson and offered to translate Maurice Guest into French. They corresponded frequently on the work of translation, and Solanges sent notes of his queries about particular points for reply by Richardson. After the completion of the first draft, Solanges revised the chapters and progressively forwarded them to Richardson, who had her notes typed for the final revision by Solanges. The work was interrupted by Solanges' death in 1914 and the First World War. A small amount of correspondence took place between Richardson and Solanges' daughter Marthe until 1920. The translation, correspondence and notes were returned to Richardson in 1914 by Solanges' family. The translation itself was last known to be in the hands of Heinemann publishers, London, in 1947.
This series contains the correspondence and notes, as well as transcriptions of the Richardson letters by Margaret Capon and translations of some Solanges letters by Dorothy Green. Photocopies of the correspondence and notes are also included.
Since the items in this series were numbered after they were microfilmed, a detailed item listing of the letters is included at Appendix 2.
Item 538-592 Paul Solanges, manuscript queries re Maurice Guest translation, and HHR's responses 1910-1912
Item 667-680 German reviews of Maurice Guest, 1909-13: English translations prepared for use by Paul Solanges in approaching editors 1913-1914
Item 685 J.E. Baring, solicitors: letter to Margaret Capon re copyright in Solanges correspondence 1982
Item 688-881 HHR: letters to Paul Solanges, 1910-1914: typescript transcriptions by Margaret Capon 1982
Series 13 Press cutting albums
Albums of press cuttings compiled successively by Richardson and her two literary executrices, Olga Roncoroni and Margaret Capon. They were acquired by the Library in 1983.
Series 14 Editions of Richardson's works
Editions of Richardson's works (many of them annotated), and a few proof copies, received from her executrix in 1983. The item list below includes publisher and publication date, as well as inscriptions. Many of the inscriptions show pet names used between Richardson and her husband, such as BS, DDB, Pip. Richardson's usual publishers were William Heinemann in London and Norton in New York.
This series has not been microfilmed. Note also that a proof copy of The way home is included in Series 4.
Editions of translations of Richardson's works, received from Olga Roncoroni in 1972, are held in the Library's general collection. A list of these (without call numbers) is available on request.
Maurice Guest
Item 1 Heinemann, inscribed 'To SB from the Author' 1908
Item 2 Heinemann 1908
Item 3 Heinemann, inscribed 'with corrections by HHR which she would have liked to have seen done in later editions' 1908
Item 4 Heinemann 1909
Item 5 Heinemann, inscribed 'Annotated copy, June 1911' 1909
Item 6 New York: Duffield 1909
Item 7 Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popular Fiction 1909
Item 8 Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1912, Vol 1 (German translation). 1912
Item 9 Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1912, Vol 2 (German translation). 1912
Item 10 Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1912, Vol 1 (German translation, paperback). 1912
Item 11 Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1912, Vol 2 (German translation, paperback). 1912
Item 12 New York: Duffield 1922
Item 13 New York: Random House, 1936 (Modern Library edition) 1936
Item 14 Heinemann 1931
Item 15 Heinemann 1935
Item 16-18 Heinemann (three copies) 1950
Item 19 Portway, Bath: Cedric Chivers 1974
The getting of wisdom
Item 20 Heinemann, 1910, inscribed 'To dear BS, Oct 4th 1910' 1910
Item 21 Heinemann, 1910, inscribed 'With all kind remembrances from the author, Oct 5th 1910' 1910
Item 22 Heinemann, 1910, inscribed 'To the Kid from Danny, otherwise HHR, Lyme, April 1920' 1910
Item 23 Heinemann, 1910, signed by Olga Roncoroni
Item 24 Heinemann, 1931, inscribed 'To DDB from Pip, May 1931'
Item 25 Norton, 1931, inscribed 'Shammy from Tod, January 1932'
Item 26 Heinemann 1961
The fortunes of Richard Mahony [Part 1]
Item 27 Heinemann 1917
Item 28 Heinemann, 1917, inscribed 'To Aunt Grace, with affectionate regards from Henry Handel Richardson, August 1917' 1917
Item 29 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'Copy from which cuts were made for Trilogy' 1929
Item 30 Heinemann 1929
Item 31 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'For DDB from P, Sept 1929' 1929
The way home [The fortunes of Richard Mahony, Part 2]
Item 33 Heinemann, 1925, inscribed 'To Aunt Grace, with best love from HHR, April 1925' 1925
Item 34 Heinemann, 1925, inscribed 'Miss Puss from Danny, April 1925' 1925
Item 35 Heinemann, 1925, inscribed 'To dear old Nub, from Pip, May 1925' 1925
Item 36 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'Presented to Hastings Public Library by Olga M. Roncoroni, May 1967' 1929
Item 37 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'Copy cut down for complete trilogy printing' 1929
Ultima Thule [The fortunes of Richard Mahony, Part 3]
Item 38 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'To my own dear DDB, without whose patience & support this book would never have been written, Pip, January 1929' 1929
Item 39-41 Heinemann, 1929 (three copies) 1929
Item 42 Heinemann, 1929, inscribed 'Copy cut down for trilogy printing'
Item 43 Norton 1929
The fortunes of Richard Mahony [Trilogy edition]
Item 44 Heinemann, 1930, inscribed 'For dear BS from P, Nov 1930' 1930
Item 45 Heinemann, 1930, inscribed 'Baba from Tod, Nov 1930' 1930
Item 46 Norton 1931
Item 47 New York: The Readers Club 1941
Item 48 London: The Reprint Society 1954
The end of a childhood
Item 49 First proofs
Item 50 Proof copy
Item 51 Heinemann 1934
Item 52 Norton 1934
The young Cosima
Item 53 Corrected proof copy
Item 54 Corrected proof copy, signed by Olga Roncoroni
Item 55 Heinemann, n.d.
Item 56 Norton 1939
Item 57 Angus and Robertson 1976
Item 58 Den unge Cosima, Copenhaven: Hagerup, 1940 (Danish translation). 1940
Item 59 Ungarsk blod, Oslo: Bergendahls Forlag, n.d. (Norwegian translation)
Short stories and other writings
Item 61 'The bath', in The best short stories of 1930, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, London: Jonathan Cape 1930
Item 62 'The bath', in The best British short stories of 1930, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, New York: Dodd Mead and Co. 1930
Item 63 'Three in a row', in The best British short stories of 1934 edited by Edward J. O'Brien, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1934
Item 64 'The coat', in The best British short stories of 1940, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1940
Item 65 'The wrong turning', in Lovat Dickson's magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2 December 1933
Item 66 'Sister Ann', in Good housekeeping April 1949
Item 67 'The life and death of Peterle Luthy', in Twelve best stories from Good housekeeping, selected by Alice M. Head, London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, n.d.
Item 68 Extract from Australia Felix in An anthology of modern fiction, edited by Frank Swinnerton, London: Thomas Nelson 1937
Item 69 'Letters of Henry Handel Richardson to Nettie Palmer', edited by Karl-Johan Rossing, in Essays and studies on English language and literature XIV, Uppsala, 1953. Annotated by Olga Roncoroni. 1953
Series 15 Books used in researching The young Cosima
A collection of books relating to Richard Wagner and his circle, used by Richardson in researching her book The young Cosima. This collection was acquired from the University of Tasmania in 1993. Since a catalogue of these books was published in 1973, the numbers in that catalogue are here used as item numbers, with the addition of a number where more than one volume is indicated by a catalogue number. The item list is in summary form, and readers should refer to the catalogue at item 72 for full details.
Twenty-three books used by Richardson in researching The fortunes of Richard Mahony, received by the Library in 1946, are held in the Library's general collection. A list of these (without call numbers) is available on request.
Primary sources
Item 2/1 Du Moulin Eckart, Richard. Cosima Wagner: ein Lebens- und Charakterbild. Vol. 1. 1929
Item 2/2 Du Moulin Eckart, Richard. Cosima Wagner: ein Lebens- und Charakterbild. Vol. 2. 1931
Item 3/1 Du Moulin Eckart, Richard, trans. Catherine Alison Phillips. Cosima Wagner. 1930 (English edition). Vol. 1. 1930
Item 3/2 Du Moulin Eckart, Richard, trans. Catherine Alison Phillips. Cosima Wagner. 1930 (English edition). Vol. 2. 1930
Item 4 Millenkovich-Morold, Max. Cosima Wagner: ein Lebensbild 1937
Item 5 Wagner, Cosima, ed. Max Freiherr von Waldberg. Cosima Wagners Briefe an ihre Tochter Daniela von Bülow, 1866-1885, nebst 5 Briefen Richard Wagners 1933
Item 6 Wagner, Cosima, ed. Paul Pretzsch. Cosima Wagner und Houston Stewart Chamberlain im Briefwechsel, 1888-1908 1934
Secondary Sources - Richard Wagner
Item 7 Chamberlain, Houston Stewart. Richard Wagner. 1933
Item 8 Chamberlain, Houston Stewart. Richard Wagner der Deutsche, als Künstler, Denker und Politiker. N.d.
Item 9 Glasenapp, Carl Friedrich. Das Leben Richard Wagners, in sechs Büchern. Vol. 4. 1908
Item 10 Kapp, Julius. Richard Wagner, sein Leben, sein Werk, seine Welt in 260 Bildern. 1933
Item 11 Kapp, Julius. Wagner, eine Biographie. 1922
Item 12/1 Koch, Max. Richard Wagner. Vol. 1. 1907
Item 12/2 Koch, Max. Richard Wagner. Vol. 2. 1913
Item 12/3 Koch, Max. Richard Wagner. Vol. 3. 1918
Item 13 Lippert, Woldemar. Richard Wagners Verbannung und Rückkehr, 1849-1862. 1927
Item 14/1 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 1. 1936
Item 14/2 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 2. 1936
Item 14/3 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 3. 1936
Item 14/4 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 4. 1936
Item 14/5 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 5. 1939
Item 15 Newman, Ernest. Fact and fiction about Wagner. 1931
Item 16 Vanselow, A. Richard Wagners photographische Bildnisse. 1908
Item 17 Wagner, Richard. Briefe an Hans von Bülow. 1916
Item 18 Wagner, Richard, ed. Daniel Spitzer. Briefe Richard Wagners an eine Putzmacherin. 1906
Item 19 Wagner, Richard, ed. Erich Kloss. Briefwechsel zwischen Wagner und Liszt. 1910
Item 20 Wagner, Richard. Familienbriefe von Richard Wagner, 1832-1874. 1907
Item 21 Wagner, Richard. Fünfzehn Briefe Richard Wagners mit Erinnerungen und Erläuterungen von Eliza Wille geb. Sloman. 1935
Item 22/1 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 1. [1912?]
Item 22/2 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 2-3. [1912?]
Item 22/3 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 4-5. [1912?]
Item 22/4 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 6-7. [1912?]
Item 22/5 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 8-9. [1912?]
Item 22/6 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 10. [1912?]
Item 23/1 Wagner, Richard. Mein Leben. Vol. 1. 1911
Item 23/2 Wagner, Richard. Mein Leben. Vol. 2. 1911
Item 24 Wagner, Richard, ed. Dr. Hans Scholz. Richard Wagner an Mathilde Maier (1862-1878). 1930
Item 25 Wagner, Richard, ed. Dr Julius Kapp. Richard Wagner an Mathilde und Otto Wesendonk: Tagebuchblätter und Briefe. [192?].
Item 26 Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Richard Wagner an Mathilde Wesendonk: Tagebuchblätter und Briefe, 1853-1871. 1904
Item 27/1 Wagner, Richard. Richard Wagner an Minna Wagner. Vol. 1. 1908
Item 27/2 Wagner, Richard. Richard Wagner an Minna Wagner. Vol. 2. 1908
Item 28 Wagner, Richard, trans. Caroline V. Kerr. The story of Bayreuth as told in the Bayreuth letters of Richard Wagner. N.d.
Secondary Sources - Hans Guido von Bülow
Item 29/1 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol 1. 1899
Item 29/2 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 2. 1899
Item 29/3 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 3. 1911
Item 29/4 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 4. 1898
Item 29/5 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 5. 1900
Item 29/6 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 6. 1904
Item 29/7 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 7. 1907
Item 29/8 Bülow, Hans von, ed Marie von Bülow. Briefe und Schriften. Vol. 8. 1908
Item 30 Bülow, Marie von. Hans von Bülow in Leben und Wort. 1925.
Item 31 Bülow, Hans von, ed. Richard Graf Du Moulin Eckart. Hans von Bülow: neue Briefe. 1927
Item 32 Liszt, Franz, ed. La Mara. Briefwechsel zwischen Franz Liszt und Hans von Bülow. 1898
Item 33 Reimann, Heinrich. Hans von Bülow: sein Leben und sein Wirken, Band 1: Aus Hans von Bülows Lehrzeit. 1908?
Additional Literature - Richard Wagner
Item 34 Adler, Guido. Richard Wagner; Vorlesungen gehalten an der Universität zu Wien. 1923
Item 35 Brink, Louise. Women characters in Richard Wagner: a study in "The ring of the Nibelung". 1924
Item 36 Dippold, George Theodore. Richard Wagner's poem The ring of the Nibelung explained and in part translated. 1888
Item 37/1 Finck, Henry T. Wagner and his works: the story of his life, with critical comments. Vol. 1. 1893
Item 37/2 Finck, Henry T. Wagner and his works: the story of his life, with critical comments. Vol. 2. 1893
Item 38 Golther, Wolfgang. Richard Wagner als Dichter. [1905?].
Item 39 Griesser, Luitpold. Nietzsche und Wagner: neue Beiträge zur Geschichte und Psychologie ihrer Freundschaft. 1923
Item 40 McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Wagner. 1922
Item 41 Wagner, Richard. 'Operntexte' [collection of libretti, 1891]: (1) Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, (2) Der Fliegende Holländer, (3) Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, (4) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, (5) Parsifal.
Item 42 Wagner, Richard. Der Ring des Nibelungen. Copy 1. 1876
Item 43 Wagner, Richard. Der Ring des Nibelungen. Copy 2. 1876
Item 44 Wagner, Siegfried. Erinnerungen. 1923
Item 45 Wolzogen, Hans von. (1) Thematischer Leitfaden durch die Musik zu Richard Wagners Tristan und Isolde..., 1888; (2) Führer durch die Musik zu Richard Wagners Festspiel Der Ring des Nibelungen: ein thematischer Leitfaden, n.d.; (3) Thematischer Leitfaden durch die Musik des Parsifal..., n.d.
Item 46 Young, Filson. The Wagner stories. 1912
Additional Literature - General
Item 47 Busoni, Feruccio, ed. Friedrich Schnapp. Briefe an seine Frau. 1935
Item 48 Gundolf, Friedrich. Arnim: Vortrag gehalten in der Gesellschaft am 3 März 1929. 1929
Item 49 Hadow, Sir William Henry. Studies in modern music: Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner. 1902
Item 50 Karpath, Ludwig. Begegnung mit dem Genius. 1934
Item 51 Tytler, Sarah. Musical composers and their works, for the use of schools and students in music. [189?]
Item 52 Kretschmar, Hermann. Führer durch den Concertsaal I: Sinfonie und Suite. 1890
Item 53 Kulke, Eduard. Erinnerungen an Friedrich Hebbel. 1878
Item 54 Liszt, Franz, ed. Daniel Ollivier. Briefe an Marie Gräfin d'Agoult. 1933
Item 55 Merian, Hans. Illustrierte Geschichte der Musik im neunzehnten Jahrhundert. 1902
Item 56/1 Naumann, Emil. Illustrirte Musikgeschichte: die Entwicklung der Tonkunst aus frühesten Anfängen bis auf die Gegenwart. Vol. 1. [1880-1885?].
Item 56/2 Naumann, Emil. Illustrirte Musikgeschichte: die Entwicklung der Tonkunst aus frühesten Anfängen bis aud die Gegenwart. Vol. 2. [1880-1885?]
Item 57 Neitzel, Otto. Der Führer durch die Oper des Theaters der Gegenwart, Text, Musik und Scene erläuternd. Vol. 1. 1890
Item 58 Nohl, Ludwig. Liszt, erster Teil. [189?]
Item 59 Göllerich. August. Liszt, zweiter Teil. [189?]
Item 60 Plattensteiner, Richard. Der Grillparzer Franz und seine Kathi (das Schicksal einer Dichterliebe): ein Bilderreigen. 1916
Item 61 Raabe, Peter. Franz Liszt, erstes Buch: Liszts Leben. 1931
Item 62 Strauss, Richard. Briefwechsel mit Hugo von Hoffmannsthal. 1926
Item 63 Schrader, Bruno. Händel. [1894?]
Item 64 Schrader, Bruno. Mendelssohn. [1897?]
Item 65 Procházka, Rudolf Freiherr. Robert Franz. [1894?]
Item 66/1 Weingartner, Felix. Lebenserinnerungen. Vol. 1. 1928.
Item 66/2 Weingartner, Felix. Lebenserinnerungen. Vol. 2. 1929
Item 67 Werfel, Franz. Verdi: Roman der Oper. 1925
Item 68 Wittmann, Maximilian Emil. Cherubini. N.d.
Item 69 Ziegler, Dr. Eugen von. Richard Strauss in seinen dramatischen Dichtungen: Guntram, Feursnot, Salome. 1907
Item 70 Ziegler, Dr. Theobald. Friedrich Nietzsche. 1900
Catalogues
Item 71 D.H. Borchardt. Catalogue of a collection of books used by the late Henry Handel Richardson (Mrs J.G. Robertson) for her biography The young Cosima. Hobart: University of Tasmania Library 1950
Item 72 D.H. Borchardt. Catalogue of a collection of books relating to Richard Wagner and his circle, used by Henry Handel Richardson as sources for The young Cosima (1939) and housed in the University of Tasmania Library. With a note on the annotations by Maureen Mann. Melbourne: Monash University English Department Bibliographical Checklists, No. 2. 1973
Container List
| Series | Items | Folders | Container |
| 1 | 1-100 | Security binder 1 | |
| 1 | 101-200 | Security binder 2 | |
| 1 | 201-267 | Security binder 3 | |
| 1 | 268-269, 272 | Box 1 | |
| 1 | 270-271, 273-291 | Security binder 3 | |
| 1 | 292, 294-296, 299 | Box 1 | |
| 1 | 293 | Folio box 5 | |
| 1 | 297-298, 300-308 | 1 | Box 2 |
| 2 | 1-25 | Security binder 3 | |
| 2 | 26-171 | Security binder 4 | |
| 2 | 172-345 | Security binder 5 | |
| 2 | 346-483 | Security binder 6 | |
| 2 | 484-528 | Security binder 7 | |
| 3 | 1-922 | Box 25 | |
| 4 | 1-179 | Security binder 6A | |
| 4 | 80-239 | Security binder 7 | |
| 4 | 240-320 | Security binder 8 | |
| 4 | 321-326 | Box 6 | |
| 4 | 327-420 | Security binder 8 | |
| 4 | 421-579 | Security binder 9 | |
| 4 | 580-729 | Security binder 10 | |
| 4 | 730-898 | Security binder 11 | |
| 4 | 899-1059 | Security binder 12 | |
| 4 | 1060-1219 | Security binder 13 | |
| 4 | 1220-1385 | Security binder 14 | |
| 4 | 1386-1564 | Security binder 15 | |
| 4 | 1565-1730 | Security binder 16 | |
| 4 | 1731-1885 | Security binder 17 | |
| 4 | 1886-2045 | Security binder 18 | |
| 4 | 2046-2199 | Security binder 19 | |
| 4 | 2200-2429 | Security binder 20 | |
| 4 | 2430-2589 | Security binder 21 | |
| 4 | 2590-2744 | Security binder 22 | |
| 4 | 2745-2909 | Security binder 23 | |
| 4 | 2910-3035 | Security binder 24 | |
| 4 | 3036 | TW map drawer 1 | |
| 4 | 3037-3050 | Security binder 24 | |
| 4 | 3051-3053A | Box 3 | |
| 4 | 3054-3149 | Security binder 25 | |
| 4 | 3150-3239 | Security binder 26 | |
| 4 | 3240-3329 | Security binder 27 | |
| 4 | 3330-3419 | Security binder 28 | |
| 4 | 3420-3504 | Security binder 29 | |
| 4 | 3505-3580 | Securty binder 30 | |
| 4 | 3581-3703 | Security binder 31 | |
| 4 | 3704-3888 | Security binder 32 | |
| 4 | 3889-3920 | 26 | Box 7 |
| 4 | 3921-3924 | Box 7 | |
| 4 | 3925-3949 | 27 | Box 7 |
| 5 | 1-33 | 1 | Box 8 |
| 5 | 34-70 | 2 | Box 8 |
| 5 | 71-156 | 3 | Box 8 |
| 5 | 157-310 | 4 | Box 8 |
| 6 | 1-54 | 1 | Box 8 |
| 7 | 1-53 | 1 | Box 8 |
| 7 | 54-56 | 2 | Box 8 |
| 7 | 57-86 | Folio box 5 | |
| 8 | 1-70 | 1 | Box 9 |
| 8 | 71-86 | 2 | Box 9 |
| 8 | 87-102 | 3 | Box 9 |
| 8 | 103 | Box 9 | |
| 8 | 104-118 | Box 13 | |
| 9 | 1-273 | 1 | Box 10 |
| 9 | 244-369 | 2 | Box 10 |
| 9 | 370-504 | 3 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 1-22 | 1 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 23-24 | Box 10 | |
| 10 | 25-138 | 2 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 139-262 | 3 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 263-394 | 4 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 395-417 | 5 | Box 10 |
| 10 | 418-420 | 6 | Box 11 |
| 10 | 421-607 | 7 | Box 11 |
| 10 | 608 | Folio drawer 1 | |
| 11 | 1-48 | 1 | Box 11 |
| 11 | 49-64 | 2 | Box 11 |
| 12 | 1-64 | 1 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 65-117 | 2 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 118-181 | 3 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 182-253 | 4 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 254-316 | 5 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 317-411 | 6 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 412-474 | 7 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 475-537 | 8 | Box 12 |
| 12 | 538-592 | 9 | Box 13 |
| 12 | 593-680 | 10 | Box 13 |
| 12 | 681-687 | 11 | Box 23 |
| 12 | 688-881 | 12 | Box 23 |
| 12 | 882-977 | 13 | Box 23 |
| 12 | 14-17 | Box 23 | |
| 12 | 18-23 | Box 24 | |
| 13 | 1-6 | Box 21 | |
| 13 | 7-8 | Folio box 1 | |
| 13 | 9-10 | Folio box 2 | |
| 13 | 11-12 | Folio box 3 | |
| 13 | 13 | Folio box 4 | |
| 13 | 14-18 | Box 22 | |
| 14 | 1-9 | Box 14 | |
| 14 | 10-19 | Box 15 | |
| 14 | 20-29 | Box 16 | |
| 14 | 30-38 | Box 17 | |
| 14 | 39-46 | Box 18 | |
| 14 | 47-59 | Box 19 | |
| 14 | 60-69 | Box 20 | |
| 15 | 1-72 | TW bookcase |
Container list : Microfilms
| NLA Reel No. | Roll | Series | Item No. |
| G 22,962 | 1 | 1 | 1-205 |
| G 22,963 | 2 | 1 | 206-295 |
| G 22,964 | 3 | 1 & 2 | 296-308 + 1-91 |
| G 22,965 | 4 | 2 | 92-437 |
| G 22,966 | 5 | 4 | 1-525 |
| G 22,967 | 6 | 4 | 526-898 |
| G 22,968 | 7 | 4 | 899-1267 |
| G 22,969 | 8 | 4 | 1268-1649 |
| G 22,970 | 9 | 4 | 1650-1991 |
| G 22,971 | 10 | 4 | 1992-2509 |
| G 22,972 | 11 | 4 | 2510-3016 |
| G 22,973 | 12 | 4 | 3017-3053 |
| G 22,974 | 13 | 4 | 3054-3416 |
| G 22,975 | 14 | 4 | 3417-3888 |
| G 22,976 | 15 | 4 | 3889-3949 |
| G 22,977 | 16 | 5, 6 & 7 | 1-310 + 1-127 + 1-53 |
| G 22,978 | 17 | 8 | 1-4 |
| G 22,979 | 18 | 8 | 5-102 |
| G 22,986 | 25 | 8 | 104-105 |
| G 22,987 | 26 | 8 | 106-109 |
| G 22,988 | 27 | 8 | 110-113 |
| G 22,989 | 28 | 8 | 114-118 |
| G 22,980 | 19 | 9 | 1-504 |
| G 22,981 | 20 | 10 | 1-262 |
| G 22,982 | 21 | 10 | 263-417 |
| G 22,983 | 22 | 10 & 11 | 418-607 + 1-48 |
| G 22,992-3 | 31-32 | 12 | 1-537 |
| G 22,986 | 25 | 12 | 538-680 |
| G 22,984 | 23 | 13 | 1-6 |
| G 22,985 | 24 | 13 | 14-18 |
| G 22,990 | 29 | 13 | 7-11 |
| G 22,991 | 30 | 13 | 12-13 |
| G 22,986 | 25 | 15 | 72 |
Appendix 1 : Correspondence Index
All letters in the collection have been name-indexed. The numbers before the solidus (/) refer to the series, while those following the solidus refer to the individual items. Underlining indicates authorship, non-underlining indicates receipt of a letter. Letters to Richardson have been indexed only under the name of the author, and not under that of Richardson. For an individual listing of the Richardson-Solanges correspondence (Series 12/1-537), see Appendix 2.
Appendix 2 : Item list for Series 12, Paul Solanges papers
Since Series 12 was item-numbered after it was microfilmed, the list below shows dates of letters and their corresponding item-numbers. Note that letters from Richardson are rarely accompanied by their envelopes, whereas letters from Solanges and his daughter are usually accompanied by their envelopes, which are numbered before the letters they contained.