Guide to the Papers of Maie Casey
MS 1840
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: November 2025
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Casey, Maie
- Title
- Papers of Maie Casey
- Date Range
- 1802 - 1999
- Collection Number
- MS 1840
- Extent
- 6.45 metres (40 ms boxes + 1 medium folio-box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, notebooks, speeches, drafts, articles, poetry, subject files, Ellis Rowan source material, art work, photographs and other papers relating to Maie Casey's interests in art and family history, her books An Australian story (1962), Melba revisited (1975) and Rare encounters (1980), her involvement in the International Sculpture Competition (1953) and her role as the wife of the Governor of Bengal and Governor-General of Australia. There are also some papers of John Cotton, Theodotus John Sumner, Sir Charles Ryan and Ellis Rowan.
Major correspondents include Princess Alice, Kazu Aso, Princess Marthe Bibesco, Rosemary Dobson, Donn Casey, Princess Pantip Chumbhot, Sir Paul and Alix Hasluck, Anthea Hastings, Elizabeth Hudson, Sir Charles and Natasha Johnston, Angela Limerick, Frank Logan, Peter Masefield, Shudha Mazumdar, Cynthia Nolan, John Oldham, Elizabeth Salter, Sir David Scott, Clement Semmler, Louise Walker, and Patrick White.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2997181).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Maie Casey, National Library of Australia, MS 1840, [series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated by the Casey family in three small instalments in 1971, 1973 and 1980 and one large instalment in 1996.
Related Materials
Letters of Maie Casey are held in the following collections: Bruce Tracey (MS 2495 and MS 2935); Harold Marshall (MS 9075); Sir Richard Blackburn (MS 7363) and Kenneth Slessor (MS 4000).
Other Casey Family papers are held at:
MS 2217 Casey, Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron, 1890-1976 (Papers, 1910-1940, 3cm)
MS 5335 Casey, Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron, 1890-1976 (Programme, 1976, 1cm)
MS 6150 Casey Family (Papers, 1820-1978, 11m)
An oral history interview with Lady Casey is held by the Oral History Section at ORAL DeB 336-337.
Arrangement
The Maie Casey Papers were arranged by Connie Hauser, Lord Casey's secretary, after Lady Casey's death. Much of this arrangement has been preserved, particularly in series 4 (art papers), 6 (Ellis Rowan) and 8 (photographs). The alphabetical sequence in series one is an amalgamation of two alphabetical sequences constructed by Connie Hauser, together with loose correspondence from the collection. Authors of many of the letters have been identified, presumably by Ms Hauser.
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice:
This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. The ICIP comes in the form of cultural dress and dance, weaponry and bodily scarring.
Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this collection may contain images and names of deceased persons.
Content Advisory Notice:
Please be advised that this collection contains images that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate today. Including Nazi swastikas.
Biographical Note
Ethel Marian Sumner (Maie) Ryan was born on 13 March 1892 in Melbourne and died on 20 January 1983. She was the daughter of Alice Elfrida Sumner and Surgeon-General Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan (1853-1926) (brother of Cecil Godfrey Ryan and Ellis Rowan) and the sister of Rupert Ryan. Her paternal grandparents were Charles Ryan and Marian Cotton (daughter of John Cotton).
Maie Ryan spent her early life in Collins Street, Melbourne, where her father had his residence and surgery. She was educated privately. When she was 14 she left Australia to attend St George's boarding school, Ascot, England. During World War I she worked in London before accompanying her brother to Cologne. She returned to London in the 1920s and in 1926 she married Richard Gardiner Casey, who at that time was Australian political liaison officer in London.
The Caseys returned to Australia in 1931 and after Casey's election to the House of Representatives, settled in Canberra. Lady Casey accompanied her husband on his postings to Washington as first Australian diplomatic representative to the United States, 1940-42; to Cairo as Minister of State in the Middle East, 1942-44 and to Calcutta as Governor of Bengal, 1944-46. The Caseys had two children, Donn and Jane.
Lady Casey was a painter, illustrator and patron of the arts. She attended the Westminster School of Art in London and in Australia was associated with the George Bell School in Melbourne, and Joan Lindsay. She illustrated Helen Jo Samuel's biography of Ellis Rowan Wild flower hunter (1961) as well as her own book, An Australian story.
She took up flying while living in Canberra in 1938 and flew in Australia and the United States. She was associated with the Royal Victorian Aero Club and a founder of the Australian Women Pilots' Association. She was also a member of the American women pilots' club, the Ninety Nines.
She was also first President of the Indian Institute of Art in Industry, 1945-46 and a member of the jury, International Sculpture Competition, London, in 1953.
Lady Casey published three autobiographical accounts: An Australian story, 1837-1907 (1962), a history of four generations of her family in Australia; Tides and eddies (1966), an account of her early married life; and Rare encounters (1980), reminiscences of Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Dame Nellie Melba and her mother-in-law, Mrs R.G. Casey. She also published a biography Melba re-visited (1975); two volumes of verse, Verses (1963) and From the night (1976); co-edited Early Melbourne architecture 1840-1888 (1953) and wrote the libretto for a musical based on an episode in the life of Daisy Bates, The young Kabbarli (1972).
Articles written by Lady Casey include 'Charles Snodgrass Ryan' (Medical Journal of Australia, 19 Sept. 1959: 390-393), 'An introduction to the Nan Kivell Collection' (Art in Australia, v.5, no. 4, Mar. 1968): 586-595), 'A tribute to Sidney Nolan' (Art in Australia, v.5, Sept. 1967: 434), 'George Bell in Bourke Street', (Art in Australia, v.4, Sept. 1966: 120-124) and 'John Cotton 1802-1849' (Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, v. 4, part 2, Jan. 1963: 85-91).
She was awarded the Kaiser-I-Hind Medal, the Africa Star, and the Amelia Earhart Medal and was made a Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1982.
See also Glittering surfaces: a life of Maie Casey by Diane Langmore (Allen & Unwin, 1997).
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence, 1903 - 1999
General correspondence of Lady Casey mainly comprising personal correspondence. It also includes a small amount of family and financial correspondence, correspondence relating to social engagements, historical and family research and correspondence on Lady Casey's books and writings (see also series 3). The correspondence includes some carbons and drafts of replies by Lady Casey, two cassette letters, photographs, cuttings, programs, typescripts of speeches, poetry and short stories and other papers associated with the correspondence. Major correspondents are listed below.
Correspondence: Abbott-Askin, 1961 - 1982 (File 1) - Box 1
The correspondence of Lady Casey falls into three sections: a large sequence of correspondence, most of which was annotated and arranged alphabetically by Lord Casey's secretary; an expanding file which has been retained in its original alphabetical order and separate correspondence files maintained by Lady Casey.
Correspondence: Astor-Avon, 1942 - 1981 (File 3) - Box 1
Correspondents include Austcare, Valarie Austin, E. Arundel, Australian-American Association, The Australian Poll Hereford Society, Austin Society of Authors, Churchill Avon and the Australian Women Pilot's Association. Includes photographs.
Correspondence: Baglins-Bartram, 1945 - 1983 (File 4) - Box 1
Correspondents include Enid Bagnold, Balcombe Griffiths Architects, A.E. Baldwin, Jane Ballantyne, Angus Barlow, Alfred H. Barr, Graeme, Margaret Barrow and Grace Bartam.
Correspondence: Barwick-Bolton, A, 1943 - 1982 (File 5) - Box 1
Correspondents include Garfield Barwick, Ian Bassett, Lady Bastyn, Jean Batten, Bill Beasley, W.A. Beattie Colion Beaumont-Edmonds, George Bell, H. Weeden Benson, Katherine Biddle, S.R. Birch and Rosemary Dobson (Bolton). Also includes magazine articles.
Correspondence: Rosemary Dobson (Bolton), 1964 - 1976 (File 6) - Box 1
Includes poetry written by Rosemary Dobson.
Correspondence: Rosemary Dobson (Bolton), 1975 - 1982 (File 7) - Box 1
Includes poetry written by Rosemary Dobson and newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Boobbyer-Boxton, 1955 - 1982 (File 8) - Box 1
Correspondents include The Borzoi Club of Victoria, Max Bourke, Doreen Brabourne, Kay A. Brick, Alfred Brookes, Brunswick Library, The Ninety-Nines, Joe Burke and Alan and Sidney Butler. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Cacciapouli-Casey, 1964 - 1982 (File 9) - Box 2
Correspondents include Arthur A. Calwell, Clyde R. Cameron, M Carney, and D. A. Casey. Includes magazine articles and photographs.
Correspondence: Casey, Donn, 1944 - 1983 (File 10) - Box 2
Includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles and cassette tape.
Correspondence: Casey, Donn, 1973 - 1982 (File 11) - Box 2
Includes two filsie clips; drawings of the Casey Convertiplane Prelim Configuration designs; newspaper articles; photographs.
Correspondence: Cassab-Churchill, 1963 - 1982 (File 12) - Box 2
Correspondents include John Casson, A.D.M. Catto, Central Australian Aviation Museum and Adam Charan'd.
Correspondence: Chum hot, Princess Pantip, 1959 - 1983 (File 13) - Box 2
Includes photographs and magazine articles.
Correspondence: Clark-Cox, 1964 - 1982 (File 14) - Box 2
Correspondents include Sir Rupert Clarke, Francis Clade, Peggy Cockran, Philip Ziegler, Lady Diana Cooper and Robert Cotton. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Crawford-Curtis, 1964 - 1982 (File 15) - Box 2
Correspondents include Dorothy A. Crisp, Dom Critchley, Sir Walter Crocker, Heather Curtis and Alan H. Croxford.
Correspondence: Dahlan-Dobson, 1955 - 1982 (File 16) - Box 2
Correspondents include H.E. Dahlan, Michael Dale, Helga Dalgleish, Esq W. A. Dargie, Joyce Delacombe, Frances Derham, Mukul Day and Ruth Dobson. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Dey-Dutton, 1962 - 1982 (File 17) - Box 3
Correspondents include Glenn Dolberg, the Hon. Charles Douglas-Home, Russell Drysdale and Sir Edward Dunlop. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Eggleston-Euston, 1968 - 1982 (File 18) - Box 3
Correspondents include Warren Osmond, Jim Elliott, T.W. Ellis, Peter Evans, H.V. Evatt and Winifred Elvin.
Correspondence - F, 1942 - 1982 (File 19) - Box 3
Correspondents include Pauline Fanning, Dr Marcus Faunce, John Ferguson, W.H. Foun, Harold Freedman and John Fullerton Esq.
Correspondence: G, 1942 - 1982 (File 20) - Box 3
Correspondents include Asian Development Bank, Paul Gerven Esq, Ellen M. Gee, Hugh Gilcrest, The Art Gallery of Western Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Correspondence: H-Harvey, 1912 - 1982 (File 21) - Box 3
Correspondents include Penne Hack-forth-Jones, R.J. Hamer, Major G. Hamilton-Edwards, and The Hon. Averell Harriman. Also includes A cadet in the Baltic: the letters of Frederick Edwards, Paris in my youth and other poems and transcript of book chapter titled Nelson's character and his legacy to Britian.
Correspondence: Hasluck-Hastings, 1964 - 1982 (File 22) - Box 3
Correspondents include Sir Paul Hasluck, Alex Hasluck and Anthea Hastings. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Hauser-Herring, 1969 - 1982 (File 23) - Box 3
Correspondents include Dr Cameron Hazlehurst, Margaret Hazzard, Sir Robert Helpmann, Kate Houghton Hepburn and Margaret Herring.
Correspondence: Hickey-Hope, 1971 - 1982 (File 24) - Box 3
Correspondents include Joan O'Donnell, A.D. Hope and Emily Hope. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Horton-Huxley, 1965 - 1982 (File 25) - Box 4
Correspondents include Mervyn Horton, Vera Houghton, R Hosking and Paul Huege De Serville.
Correspondence: I-J, 1963 - 1982 (File 26) - Box 4
Correspondents include Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria, Commander Sir Robert Jackson, John Jannu and Sir Charles Johnston.
Correspondence: K, 1965 - 1981 (File 27) - Box 4
Correspondents include Fumihiko Kai Esq, Alfred Kenneth Kemp, J Kensington Esq, Anne Kerr, Michael Killian, Bill Killpatrick, Alison King OBE and the Reverend H. Kirby.
Correspondence: Lane-Limerick, 1966 - 1982 (File 28) - Box 4
Correspondents include Pat Lang, Mandy Lascaris, Mara Legge, Lady Peggy Lewthwaite, Captain Harold Lilja and Angela Limerick. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Lidcombe-Lyceum Club, 1942 - 1982 (File 29) - Box 4
Correspondents include Jean Littlewood, E V. Llewellyn, Frank, Ray and Sue Logan and L H. Luscombe. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: McAuley-MacGowan family, 1940 - 1982 (File 30) - Box 4
Correspondents include The University of Tasmania, Kenneth McCullough, Scott McGie, The Society of the Friends of St. George and the MacGowan family. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: McHaffie-MacMillian, 1966 - 1982 (File 31) - Box 4
Correspondents include V McHaffie, H.K. McKenzie, John Ross Esq, Reta Mclean and Harold MacMillan. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Macquarie-Mawdesley, 1956 - 1982 (File 33) - Box 5
Correspondents include N.E. McCallum, Margaret Mallory, M H Marshall and Christina Mawdesley.
Correspondence: Menzies-Myers, 1951 - 1984 (File 36) - Box 5
Correspondents include R.G. Menzies, Gwen Meredith, Jean Milbourne, Rev C.R. Miles, the Australian National Gallery, Edid Moodlie Heddle, Dicky, Patricia and John Mountbatten and the Australian Women's Weekly. Includes newspaper clippings and booklet Two Decades of American Painting.
Correspondence: N, 1931 - 1982 (File 37)
Correspondence and booklets.
Correspondence: O, 1961 - 1982 (File 38) - Box 5
Correspondents include the Royal Victorian Aero Club, John Oldham, The Australian National University and William D. O'Ryan.
Correspondence: Packer-Parsons, 1961 - 1982 (File 39)
Correspondence and booklets.
The character & strength of T.S. Parrot in the development of the engineer arm of the military forces - Australia, 1966 (Item 39.2) - Box 5
Compiled by Harrie T. Hamilton Parrot.
The contributional story of staff Sergeant Major Harrie F. Parrott, 964 A.I.F., n.d. (Item 39.3) - Box 5
Compiled by the eldest son of the late Col. T.S. Parrott.
Serving aboard A.M.A.T. "Zealandia" and trooping during World War II a volunteer on active service with the United States Army Transport Corps South West Pacific theatre 1939-45 World War, n.d. (Item 39.4) - Box 5
Authoritative and personal account by Harrie T. Parrot, Member Institute of Marine Engineers.
Correspondence: Paspaley - Q, 1945 - 1982 (File 40) - Box 5
Correspondents include Mary Patten, Lady Pethick-Lawrence of Peaslake, J Plimsoll, Baroness Casey of Berwick and Potter Partners. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Returned Services League, 1948 - 1982 (File 41)
Correspondence and articles.
The George Adlington Syme oration: Syme and the surgeon's image, June 1977 (Item 41.1) - Box 6
Written by B. K. Rank. Reprinted from The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol. 47, No. 3.
Correspondence: Richardson-Ryrie, 1928 - 1981 (File 43) - Box 6
Correspondents include Grace Richardson, V Richardson, Blanchette Rockefeller, Mary Rodgers, Charles Ruyskamp and J.A.G. Ryeiw Esq. Includes poster Dominic Ryan: recent work at the Fulham Studios.
Correspondence: Sadler-Scott, 1913 - 1982 (File 44) - Box 6
Correspondents include B.W. Santamaria, H.R. Rayner Esq and Sir David Scott.
Correspondence: Scott, Charles, David, Hope, Rachel, William, 1966 - 1982 (File 46) - Box 6
Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Schwab-Sebus, 1976 - 1981 (File 47) - Box 6
Correspondents include Harry C. Schwab, N. D Gerald, Camilla, Andrew and Miranda Selous.
Correspondence: Semmler, Clement, 1966 - 1982 (File 48) - Box 6
Content Advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains nudity.
Includes newspaper clippings and photographs.
Correspondence: Shackleton-Smart, 1944 - 1982 (File 49) - Box 7
Correspondents include Lord Shackleton and Amal Shah. Includes House of Lords official report, Vol. 429, No.71. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings.
Correspondence: Smart-Southern, 1963 - 1982 (File 50) - Box 7
Correspondents include Marjorie Smart, C.J. Chetwood, Dorothy Richards and Esther K. Soong.
Correspondence: Spears, Lady Mary, Louis, Barbara and Michael, 1964 - 1969 (File 52) - Box 7
Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Spender-St John Councillor Victoria, 1945 - 1982 (File 53) - Box 7
Correspondents include Lady Spencer, Bill Spowers, Mrs W.A. Spowers, Mrs F.C. Spurgin, Clare Spurgin and St John Council for Victoria.
Correspondence: Stargarat-Sydney Morning Herald, 1953 - 1982 (File 54) - Box 7
Correspondents include Janice Stargarat, Mrs J. Lamond, Ruth Stillman, A.A. Street and Louise Sutton.
Correspondence: T, 1960 - 1982 (File 55) - Box 7
Correspondents include Lord Talbot, Lady Temple, Myint Thein, Lindsay Thompson, Bruce D. Tracey Esq and Elizabeth Turnbull.
Correspondence: U-V, 1966 - 1982 (File 56) - Box 7
Correspondents include Christopher Uhl Esq, Paul Cunningham Esq, Baron Joseph van der Elst, Marshall Baillieu Esq, Meriel Wright and the Victorian Ballet Guild. Also includes The Victorian Artist: newsletter of the V.A.S., Vol. 853, Issue 108 and Vol. 853, Issue 109.
Correspondence: Wade-Waller, 1966 - 1982 (File 57) - Box 8
Correspondents include Mrs Arthur Wade, Roland Wakelin, Louise Walker, and Allison and Gillian Waller. Includes photographs.
Correspondence: Wallis-Whitaker, 1946 - 1999 (File 58) - Box 8
Correspondents include Mrs David Wallis, Hugh Waters Esq, Joan Waugh, E. M. Wheatley and David Whitaker. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Whitlam-Wright, 1945 - 1982 (File 60) - Box 8
Correspondents include K.W. Wilder, Jane Williams and K.G. Woollacott. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Y, 1969 - 1980 (File 61) - Box 8
Correspondents include the Young Women's Christian Association.
Correspondence: Unidentified, 1942 - 1985 (File 62) - Box 8
Correspondents include Mrs Richard G. Casey. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file A-B, 1933 - 1976 (File 63) - Box 8
Correspondents include Hilda Abbott, Ethel Barnes, Jean Batten, Rosemary Bolton and The Borzoi Club of Victoria. Includes newspaper clippings and pin from The Borzoi Club of Victoria.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file C-F, 1971 - 1976 (File 64) - Box 8
Correspondents include Adam Charnaud, Lady Chichester and Michael Clarke.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file G-H, 1970 - 1976 (File 65) - Box 9
Correspondents include Jennifer Gedge, Alex Hasluck, G.C.L. Hazlehurst, The Australian Ballet, C.H. Hollinshed and Mervyn Horton. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file I-Mc, 1944 - 1976 (File 66) - Box 9
Correspondents include Charles Johnston, T.J. Kirk. Keith Knox, Sue Logan, Shudha Mazumdar and Marion MacGowan. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file N-R, 1964 - 1976 (File 67) - Box 9
Correspondents include S.R. Birch, Oscar Nemon, Helen Nutting, White Reid and Elizabeth Riddell.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file S, 1970 - 1976 (File 68) - Box 9
Correspondents include P.L. Sayles, Hope Scott and Clement Semmler. Includes newspaper clippings and booklet William Johnstone: Genesis new works in plaster.
Correspondence: Alphabetical expanding file T-Y, 1966 - 1976 (File 69) - Box 9
Correspondents include Ron Talbot, Marion Thomas, Pat Trevare and Louise Walker. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Family letters, 1860 - 1953 (File 70) - Box 9
Correspondents include Cecil Ryan, Charles Ryan and Ada Scott.
Correspondence: Miscellaneous notes and letters, 1896 - 1974 (File 71) - Box 9, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Correspondents include Collins Publishers and Jessie Brawford. Includes newspaper clippings. This file contains 2 slides. These slides have been re-housed and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Correspondence: Women's voluntary services, 1942 - 1943 (File 73) - Box 10
Correspondence from Lt Col. R.S. Ryan. Also includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Family file - Middle East, 1942 - 1944 (File 74) - Box 10
Correspondents include Lady Freyberg O.B.E., Mrs Squire, and Miss Cora Hancock. Also includes insurance certificate for R.G. Casey for a boat trip from Cairo to Calcutta.
Correspondence: Governor's wives conference, 1942 - 1982 (File 75)
Correspondence and booklets.
Correspondence: Calcutta, 1942 - 1946 (File 76)
Correspondents include Mrs J.R. Bryans and Miss D. Davis. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Various letters from Calcutta, Australia and America, 1944 - 1951 (File 77) - Box 10
Correspondents include Sir Robert Knox, Lady Lewis, Mrs Squire, Elizabeth Hudson and Miss Cora Hancock.
Correspondence: Begg, Jean, 1944 - 1976 (File 78) - Box 10
Correspondents include the Young Women's Christian Association. Includes stories of Jean Begg.
Correspondence: Foreign references, 1947 - 1974 (File 79) - Box 10
Correspondents include Kathleen Hill and P. Chaudhuri.
Correspondence: Princess Alice, 1948 - 1982 (File 80) - Box 10
Correspondents include Taka Aso and Princess Alice. Includes photographs.
Correspondence: Princess Alice, 1970 - 1982 (File 81) - Box 11
Includes newspaper clippings and photographs, including photographs of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Correspondence: Miscellaneous letters, 1950 - 1979 (File 82) - Box 11
Correspondents include D. McGuinness, Eric W. Moorhead, K. A. Hindwood, Dr R. I. Garrod, Alan Paton and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Includes Red Cross first aid certificate, newspaper clippings, booklet Bibliography to accompany Victorian ornithology, and poster Victorian Ornithology: a chronology showing characteristics of the periods.
Correspondence: India, 1953 (File 83) - Box 11
Correspondents include Durgabai Deshmukh, K.C.K.E. Raja and Mr Plimsoll. Also includes brochure A healthy child is a happy child.
Correspondence: Miscellaneous letters, 1923 - 1970 (File 84) - Box 11
Correspondents include Sir Eugen Millington-Drake, Oxford University Press, Miss Jean Begg C.B.E. and Mrs Gedong Bagois Oka. Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Miscellaneous letters, 1903 - 1978 (File 85) - Box 11, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Correspondents include Brian Stonier, Jim Davidson, Marray Bail Esq and the CSIRO. Includes newspaper clippings and memorial service booklets for Ethel Marian Sumner (Maie) Casey and Richard Gardiner Casey. This file contains 3 slides. These slides have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Correspondence, 1959 - 1978 (File 90) - Box 12
Correspondents include Princess Valentine Ghika-Comanesh, Louise Walker, Adette Bibesco and Ruth Dobson. Also includes correspondence with George Bibesco regarding the death of Marthe Bibesco and his attempts to become an Australian citizen and newspaper clippings.
Correspondence, 1964 - 1982 (File 91) - Box 12
Correspondents include Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
Series 2. Diaries and notebooks, 1940 - 1983
Series 3. Writings, 1890 - 1982
Writings of Maie Casey. Other writings are interspersed in files throughout the collection. Other correspondence relating to writings is in series 1.
Subseries 1. Early writings, n.d.
Handwritten stories, n.d. (File 1) - Box 13
Includes Who will be mistress, The pearl maiden and Bimble and co.
Handwritten stories, n.d. (File 2) - Box 13
Includes The spirit of the village, Society magazine and Puck or the butterfly.
Handwritten stories, n.d. (File 3) - Box 14
Includes Curly, a little boy, The Queen of the forest and The princess of Alaska.
Subseries 2. An Australian story, 1974 - 1980
An Australian story, n.d. (File 3) - Box 15, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This material may contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. The ICIP comes in the form of cultural dress and dance.
Drawings by Maie Casey.
This file contains a 130mm negative. This negative has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Photographs and notes, 1847 - 1958 (File 4) - Box 15, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This material may contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. The ICIP comes in the form of cultural dress and dance.
Part 1 of 2. Includes newspaper clippings and black and white photographs.
This file contains 120mm negative. This negative has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Photographs, 1880 - 1885 (File 5) - Box 15
Part 2 of 2. 4 black and white mounted photographs of Sunny Park, Brunswick.
Handwritten notes and photographs, 1903 - 1973 (File 6) - Box 15, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes handwritten notes, family trees and correspondence. This file contains two 120mm negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocate to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Subseries 3. Melba re-visited, 1962 - 1981
Subseries 4. Rare encounters, 1945 - 1982
Correspondence, 1976 - 1981 (File 3) - Box 17
Correspondents include The Hon. Mrs Michael Joseph, Rodney Davidson Esq and the Royal Australian Historical Society. Includes photographs and newspaper articles.
Correspondence and transcripts of Montgomery of Alamein, 1945 - 1980 (File 4) - Box 17
Includes newspaper clippings.
Correspondence, 1960 - 1982 (File 5) - Box 17
Correspondents include The Right Honourable Harold Macmillan, O.M. and the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Includes photocopies of a biography of Edwina Mountbatten and newspaper clippings.
Subseries 5. Speeches, 1937 - 1980
Broadcasts and notes, 1937 - 1947 (File 1) - Box 17
Broadcasts include Spears mobile clinics in Syria and the Lebanon, Annual general meeting at the National Indian Association and War hospitals in the Middle East.
Broadcasts and notes, 1942 - 1951 (File 2) - Box 17
Broadcasts include Ethel Spowers memorial exhibition, Calling all women and Lang lang, C.W.A. National Day.
Speech notes, 1947 - 1956 (File 3) - Box 17
Includes newspaper clippings and booklet Exhibition of war souvenirs.
Speeches and notes, 1948 - 1970 (File 4) - Box 18
Speeches include Christmas tree festival, An auspicious occasion and An introduction to the Nan Kivell collection.
Speeches and notes, 1960 - 1969 (File 5) - Box 18
Speeches include Remarks made by Her Excellency the Lady Casey when opening the biennial conference of the C.W.A. of Australia, The function of the Governor-General of Australia and Graduation ceremony, Canberra Community Hospital.
Subseries 6. Articles, 1941 - 1977
Contemporary Australian Art, 1941 - 1959 (File 1) - Box 18
Includes correspondence, photographs, programs and notes.
Charles Snodgrass Ryan, 1898 - 1969 (File 2) - Box 18
Includes correspondence, articles and The medical journal of Australia.
An introduction to the Nan Kivell collection, 1959 - 1977 (File 3) - Box 18
Includes articles, newspaper clippings and correspondence.
An introduction to the Nan Kivell collection, 1957 - 1969 (File 4) - Box 18
Includes correspondence and photographs.
George Bell Studio, 1952 - 1969 (File 5) - Box 19
Article for Art and Australia. Includes booklet The geographical magazine and newspaper clippings.
Subseries 8. Other writings, 1890 - 1979
Other writings by Lady Casey, 1970 (File 1) - Box 20
Includes personal tribute to nurse Annie Moriah Sage, A few notes and stories of our friends in Japanese prison camps and newspaper clippings.
Other writings by Lady Casey, 1965 - 1977 (File 2) - Box 20
Includes personal tributes to Sir Willaim Dobell, Ruth Whiting and Freda Thompson. Includes newspaper clippings.
Papers relating to The young Kabbarli and Margaret Sutherland, 1964 - 1973 (File 4) - Box 20
Content advisory notice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this file may contain images of deceased persons.
Includes booklet For Margaret Sutherland on her seventy-fifth birthday: a unique season of her works presented by the National Gallery of Victoria in the Great Hall, November 24 to 30, 1972 and newspaper clippings.
Papers relating to John Cotton and A day of the garter, 1939 - 1977 (File 5) - Box 20
Includes draft copies of A day of the garter and biographical papers about John Cotton.
Series 4. Art papers, 1944 - 1987
Subseries 1. Indian art, 1944 - 1949
Files on art subjects maintained by Maie Casey while in India, 1944-46. The papers relate to the Indian Institute of Art in Industry (of which Maie Casey was president, 1945-46), the Exhibition of Bengal Art (Apr. 26-May 3 1945, Government House, Calcutta) and Maie Casey's attempts to organise similar exhibitions in Britain and Australia.
Art in industry, 1944 - 1946 (File 1)
Includes booklets and correspondence.
The Indian Institute of Art in Industry: memorandum of association and rules and regulations, n.d. (Item 1.1) - Box 21
the Indian Institute of Art in Industry: a precis of its aims, scope, and programme and its practical value to industrialists, January 1946 (Item 1.2) - Box 21
Bengal Art Exhibition - Calcutta, 1944 - 1945 (File 2) - Box 21
Includes correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Subseries 2. International Sculpture Competition, 1951 - 1953
Files relating to Lady Casey's involvement in the competition conducted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1953 on the subject 'the unknown political prisoner'. The competition was won by Reg Butler. Australian finalists included Margel Hinder, Tom Bass and John Joseph Bruhn.
London visit, 1951 - 1953 (File 1) - Box 21
Includes correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings. Includes magazine Art news, Vol. 5, No. 3. Originally numbered series 4, file 7.
Sydney trip, 1952 - 1953 (File 2) - Box 21
Includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. Originally numbered series 4, file 8.
Sculpture exhibition, 1953 (File 3) - Box 21
Includes correspondence, newspaper Art news, Vol. 5, No. 4, and newspaper clippings. Originally numbered series 4, file 9.
Subseries 3. Art files, 1938 - 1987
Files on artists and art organisations. The files contain correspondence, typescripts of articles, photographs of works, catalogues, publications, original drawings and water-colours and notes.
Mary Cecil Allen, 1962 - 1972 (File 2) - Box 22
Includes correspondence and annotated transcript of Frances Derham's story. Originally numbered series 4, file 13.
Mary Cecil Allen, 1974 (File 3) - Box 22
Includes transcript of Personal notes on Mary Cecil Allen and correspondence. Originally numbered series 4, file 14.
Australian artists, 1938 - 1982 (File 4) - Box 22
Includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. Originally numbered series 4, file 15.
Cecil Beaton, 1964 - 1980 (File 5) - Box 22
Includes correspondence. Originally numbered series 4, file 16.
George Bell Studio, 1971 - 1981 (File 6) - Box 22
Includes correspondence and check list for The George Bell School: students, friends, influences and Address by His Excellency Sir Zelman Cowen, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, on the occasion of the opening of the George Bell Retrospective Exhibition at the University of Melbourne Gallery. Originally numbered series 4, file 17.
Sir William Dobell, 1970 - 1982 (File 7)
Originally numbered series 4, file 18.
Emily Hope, 1973 - 1980 (File 8) - Box 23
Includes correspondence and drawings. Originally numbered series 4, file 19.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1950 - 1982 (File 9) - Box 23
Includes correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Museum of Modern Art. Originally numbered series 4, file 20.
Jamini Roy, 1964 - 1987 (File 11) - Box 23
Includes correspondence and photographs. Originally unnumbered. Includes material added by Jane Macgowan. Originally numbered series 4, file 22.
Royal Society of Arts, 1977 - 1979 (File 13)
Originally numbered series 4, file 24.
The Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce: Journal, November 1979 (Item 13.1) - Box 23
No. 5280.
The Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce: list of members with geographical index, 1977 (Item 13.2) - Box 23
Corrected to 11th July.
Eugene Von Guerard, 1968 - 1972 (File 14) - Box 23
Includes notes, correspondence and photocopies of Francis Edwards bookseller's notes. Originally numbered series 4, file 25.
Lorri Whiting, 1964 - 1979 (File 15)
Originally numbered series 4, file 26.
Exhibition catalogues, 1942 - 1969 (File 16)
Originally numbered series 4, file 27.
Exhibitions catalogues, 1941 - 1979 (File 17a)
Originally numbered series 4, file 28.
A speical exhibition of contemporary painting in the United States, 1941 (Item 17.4) - Box 24
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bulletin of the Naitnal Gallery of South Australia, 1949 (Item 17.5) - Box 24
Vol. 11, No. 1. Serial No. 37.
Hector Guimaru, n.d. (Item 17.7) - Box 24
By F. Lanier Graham. Published by The Museum of Mordern Art, New York.
Catalogue of the Shepparton Art Collection, 1949 (Item 17.8) - Box 24
Published by the Shepparton City Council.
George Raper: an artist of the First Fleet, 1964 (Item 17.10) - Box 24
Reprinted from the Journal and Proceedings of the the Royal Australian Historical Society.
In honour of Sir John Ferguson, 1965 (Item 17.14) - Box 24
Exhibition arranged by the National Library of Australia.
The Leonardo Carton, 1962 (Item 17.17) - Box 24
Published by the National Art-Collections Fund in aid of the Leonardo Appeal.
Treasures from the royal collection, 1962 (Item 17.19) - Box 24
Published by the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
Treasures from the royal collection, 1962 (Item 17.20) - Box 24
Published by the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
Dali: art in jewels, n.d. (Item 17.23) - Box 24
Exhibition of the collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation.
"Some interesting Australians: a loan collection of portraits, n.d. (Item 17.24) - Box 24
Published by the Georges Gallery Melbourne.
Indian, Thai and Khmer sculpture, 1968 (Item 17.27) - Box 24
Published by the David Joness' Art Gallery, Sydney.
Kathleen O'Connor, 1967 (Item 17.28) - Box 24
Published by the Western Australian Art Gallery for the Festival of Perth Exhibition.
Art exhibition pamphlets and newspaper clippings, 1941 - 1968 (File 17b) - Box 24
Exhibition pamphlets include Contemporary Israeli graphic art, Leonardo Da Vinci, Henry Bastin, Fred Williams and others. Includes a signed copy of the pamphlet Paintings of Central Australia by Charles Bush.
Photographs of artworks, 1966 (File 18) - Box 25
Black and white photographs. Includes correspondence about the photographs. Originally numbered series 4, file 29.
Photographs of artworks, 1959 (File 19) - Box 25, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes black and white photographs. Originally numbered series 4, file 30. This file contains 6 negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Miscellaneous art papers, 1970 - 1981 (File 20) - Box 25
Includes correspondence, photocopy of William Buelow Gould - convict artist in Van Diemen's Land and booklets Exhibition of French tapestries and Wives of Westminster. Originally numbered series 4, file 31.
Miscellaneous art papers, 1953 - 1961 (File 21) - Box 25
Includes correspondence, notes, pamphlets and newspaper clippings. Originally numbered series 4, file 32.
Miscellaneous art papers, 1949 - 1981 (File 22) - Box 25
Includes newspaper clippings and drawings. Originally numbered series 4, file 33.
Series 5. Subject files, 1905 - 1986
Files relating to Maie Casey's involvement in various organisations, her family property 'Edrington', a visit to Asia with her husband as part of a Ministerial delegation to the Colombo Plan Conference in 1955, and other matters. The files include newsletters, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, pamphlets and cuttings. Correspondents include Helen Keller.
Australian Neurological Foundation, 1976 - 1980 (File 1)
Includes correspondence, newsletters and meeting minutes.
Berwick Library, 1978 - 1982 (File 2) - Box 26, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes correspondence and photographs. This file contains 2 polaroid photographs. These photographs have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Blind, 1944 - 1969 (File 3) - Box 26
Includes newspaper clippings, braille sheets and correspondence.
Blind (File 4)
Blindness and conservation of sight, 1943 (Item 4.3) - Box 26
By C. Edith Kerby and Evelyn C. McKay.
Pamphlets relating to blindness, n.d. (Items 4.5) - Box 26
Includes Public responsibility for an eye health program and Consrvation of sight.
Meeting the special problems of blindness in providing finacial aid to the blind, January 1948 (Item 4.8) - Box 26
By the American Foundation for the blind.
Pamphlets relating to blindness, 1934 - 1947 (Items 4.14) - Box 26
Includes The Kansas program for medical eye care, Psychological aspects of blindness, The adjustment of the newly blind, Medical-social aspects in the rehabilitation of the blind and Vegetable gardening in the dark: flower gardening in the dark.
Edrington, 1923 - 1982 (File 5) - Box 26, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes correspondence, notes and maps of Berwick and the Edrington Estate. This file contains 2 negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Journey, 1955 - 1956 (File 6) - Box 27
Includes correspondence, addresses, schedules and newspaper clippings. Also includes The Democrat, Vol. 1, No. 1 and Australian correspondence scholarship: Colombo plan.
Joan Lindsay, 1931 - 1986 (File 7) - Box 27
Includes correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings. Also includes The Age: monthly review, Vol. 5, No. 9.
National Library tape (Hazel De Berg interview), 1967 - 1975 (File 10) - Box 27
Transcript of interview.
Nursing (including Annie Sage Memorial Fund), 1969 - 1970 (File 11) - Box 27
Correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Nursing (including Annie Sage Memorial Fund) (File 12)
Report of the working party on the recruitment and training of nurses, 1947 (Item 12.1) - Box 27
Published by the Ministry of Health.
Observations submitted to the Ministry of Health on the ministry's working party's report on the recruitment and training of nurses, 1948 (Item 12.2) - Box 27
Published by the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust.
Memorandum on the report of the working party on the recruitment and training of nurses, December 1947 (Item 12.3) - Box 27
Published by the Voluntary Hospitals Committee for London.
Memorandum on the report of the working party on the recruitment and training of nurses: submitted to the minister of health, February 1948 (Item 12.4) - Box 27
Published by the British Hospitals Association.
Philippe duc d'Orleans, 1905 - 1974 (File 13) - Box 27
Includes newspaper clippings and photocopies of biographical material.
Series 6. Ellis Rowan, 1869 - 1982
This series contains a small amount of original Rowan letters, copies of Rowan correspondence, books by Rowan, files of correspondence, articles, photographs, and other material relating to Rowan and a draft of Helen Jo Samuel's biography of Rowan Wild flower hunter (1961).
Correspondence, 1869 - 1916 (File 2) - Box 28
Includes correspondence from Ellis Rowan's grandparents, the British Administrator and German New Guinea giving Rowan permission to take away birds of paradise for 'scientific purposes'.
Newspaper clippings, 1877 - 1906 (File 3) - Box 28
Clippings mainly concern Rowan's paintings, exhibitions and Press opinions of Mrs F. G. Rowan's water colour flower drawings, 2 copies.
Correspondence and drawings, 1890 - 1970 (File 5) - Box 28
Includes The story of Ellis Rowan, 11 copies.
Correspondence, 1960 - 1980 (File 7) - Box 29, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes photographs. This file contains 4 slides. These slides have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Correspondence, 1973 - 1982 (File 9) - Box 29, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Includes photographs. This file contains 3 negative strips. These strips have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Typescript draft of Wild flower hunter, n.d. (File 10) - Box 29
Written by H. J. Samuel with corrections by Lady Maie Casey.
Typescript draft of Wild flower hunter, n.d. (File 11) - Box 29
Written by H. J. Samuel with corrections by Lady Maie Casey.
A flower hunter in Queensland and New Zealand, 1898 (Item 13) - Box 30
Note to Maie Casey from H. B. Rowan gifted in 1952.
Series 7. Writings by others, 1933 - 1982
Drafts of Old Beaumaris passes by and Giali, n.d. (File 2) - Box 30
Also includes Clive Langdon's account of early travel into Victoria.
Typescript of Catch the sunlight, 1976 (File 4) - Box 30
By Peter Masefield. Biography of Brigadier General Lord Thomson of Cardington. Chapters 1-9.
To ride the storm: the story of the airship R.101, 1982 (File 7) - Box 31
Photocopy of book. Includes book summary.
Typescript of Picture of Anna, n.d. (File 10) - Box 31
Missing title page and book three. Corrections by Maie Casey.
Series 8. Photographs, 1842 - 1972
Casey Family photographs. Bundles of photographs kept in files or envelopes have been kept together.
Family photographs, 1842 - 1919 (File 1) - Box 32, Binder MS Cold Store 412
The file contains 3 negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Family photographs, 1891 - 1940 (File 4) - Box 32, Binder MS Cold Store 412
This file contains 1 negative. This negative has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Family photographs, 1942 - 1968 (File 5) - Box 32, Binder MS Cold Store 412
This file contains 42 negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Photographs including photos of the Northern Territory and Cairo during World War 1, 1906 - 1965 (File 6) - Box 33
Duntroon, Kiandra, Canberra and Parliament album, 1932 - 1935 (File 8) - Box 33, Binder MS Cold Store 412
This file contains 3 negatives. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
India, 1912 - 1946 (File 13) - Box 34, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Originally numbered series 8, file 12. This file contains 1 negative. This negative has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
India, 1944 - 1945 (File 14) - Box 34, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Originally numbered series 8, file 13. This file contains 2 negative strips. These negatives have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Maie Casey, 1939 (File 18) - Box 35, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Originally numbered series 8, file 16. This file contains 3 slides. These slides have been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Miscellaneous photographs, 1902 - 1940 (File 20) - Box 35, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property notice:This material may contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. The ICIP comes in the form of cultural dress, weaponry and bodily scarring.
Content advisory notice: Please be advised that this file contains images that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate today. Including Nazi swastikas.
Originally numbered series 8, file 18.
This file contains 1 negative strip. This strip has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Miscellaneous photographs, n.d. (File 21) - Box 36, Binder MS Cold Store 412
Originally numbered series 8, file 19. This file contains 1 negative strip. This strip has been rehoused and relocated to the Cold Store for preservation purposes.
Miscellaneous photographs in black album, 1937 - 1940 (File 22) - Box 36
Originally numbered series 8, file 20.
Series 9. Family papers, 1802 - 1963
Papers of the naturalist John Cotton (1802-1849). Cotton's daughter Marian married Charles Ryan, father of Surgeon General Sir Charles Ryan. (See also Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1). Also includes papers of Theodotus John Sumner (1820-1884) and Sir Charles Ryan.
Journal of Ellis Rowan, 1828 - 1832 (File 1) - Box 37
See also series 6/2 for a small quantity of papers of Ellis Rowan.
Typescript transcripts of a diary of John Cotton, 1828 - 1963 (File 3) - Box 37
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Typescript transcripts of a diary of John Cotton, 1802 - 1948 (File 4) - Box 37
Includes correspondence.
Drawings and watercolours, n.d. (File 5a) - Box 38
Includes birds, landscapes, portraits and crustaceans.
Letter of Theodotus John Sumner, 1856 - 1958 (File 7) - Box 38
Written from Stony Park, Brunswick, Victoria.
Series 10. Other papers, 1903 - 1982
Identity documents, 1926 - 1974 (File 1) - Box 39
Includes passports, marriage certificates, international driving permits and vaccination certificates.
Miscellaneous papers and articles, 1943 - 1959 (File 2) - Box 39
Includes Bulletin of the National Gallery of South Australia, Vol. 11, No. 1 and photocopy of Classified list of guests invited to dinner, lunch and cocktails at Government House, Calcutta and Darjeeling.
Miscellaneous papers (File 3)
Includes various programmes, articles and papers.
Programme for the visit of their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Lady Caset to Western Australia, 9-14 March 1969 (Item 3.1) - Box 39
Programme for the visit of their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Lady Casey to Northern Queensland, 6-12 September 1968 (Item 3.2) - Box 39
State visit to Australia by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Korea and Madame Park Chung Hee, 16-19 September 1968 (Item 3.3) - Box 39
State visit to Australia by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I Emperor of Ethiopia, 13 May-17 May 1968 (Item 3.4) - Box 39
Miscellaneous papers (File 4)
Printed material (File 7)
For a floral inebriation: flowering chamber of the Chishaku-in temple at Kyoto, 1980 (Item 7.2) - Box 40
By Sacheverell Sitwell.
Nocturnae silvani potenti: leading into an age of amber, n.d. (Item 7.10) - Box 40
By Sacheverell Sitwell.