Guide to the Papers and correspondence of Henry Handel Richardson
MS 133
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
- Title
- Papers and correspondence of Henry Handel Richardson
- Date Range
- 1852 - 1983
- Collection Number
- MS 133
- Extent
- 13.15 metres (18 ms boxes + 4 archives boxes + 33 security binders + 1 small folio box + 1 medium phase box + 1 large folio box + 2 map folios + 2 volumes + 1 scrapbook + 2 folio packets + 93 books)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Drafts, including manuscripts, of Neils Lyhne, The young Cosima, Myself When Young, The End of a Childhood & Ultima Thule. Original typescript versions of: Maurice Guest, The Getting of Wisdom, & Myself When Young. Final copies of: Maurice Guest, The Getting of Wisdom, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony & The Young Cosima. Notes & photos for The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Letters to writer Oliver Stonor 1929-1946, copies of 50 letters 1931-1933 to Jacob Schwartz & photocopies of letters 1911-1946, to Mary Kernot. (Many of the original handwritten drafts of her works were destroyed in Henry Handel Richardson's lifetime). Original manuscript music scores by Richardson; correspondence with Paul Solanges 1910-1914 & notes on his translation of 'Maurice Guest'; albums of newspaper cuttings; editions of her books and books used by her in researching 'The young Cosima'. Also, a copy of a record, (1953) of Walter Lindesay Richardson MD at the Yarra Bend Asylum 1878-1879.
Conditions Governing Access
Available 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 Since May 1986 the original manuscripts of MS 133 have been withdrawn from use and readers are asked to use the microfilm copies in the Main Reading Room. A list of these films (mfm G 22,962 - 22, 993) is attached to this finding aid as Appendix 3. Microfilms can be ordered by reel number via their catalogue record at https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn567873
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Henry Handel Richarson, National Library of Australia, MS 133, [series/item number]'.
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 mostof her books, as well as the notes that she compiled when doing the research forThe fortunes of Richard Mahony. In 1971 a majorconsignment of papers was purchased from Richardson's nephew, Dr Walter Neustatter ofLondon. It comprised correspondence, notebooks, photographs and other items relatingto Richardson's parents. In 1972 another large group of papers was presented by MissOlga Roncoroni. It contained personal papers and documents belonging to Richardson,diaries, letters, articles, and material collected by Richardson when writingThe young Cosima.
Between 1946 and 1971 additional Richardson Papers were received from a number ofsources. They include letters from Richardson to Oliver Stonor, 1929-1946; typedcopies of letters from Richardson to Jacob Schwartz, 1931-1933; and photographicprints of letters from Richardson to Mary Kernot, 1911-1946, the originals of whichare held by the Mitchell Library. Papers relating to Richardson's husband, ProfessorJ.G. Robertson, include his biographical notes about Richardson, photocopies oflectures, and galley proofs of a book. The letters from Richardson to Mary Kernotwere closed until 20 March 1996.
In 1983, the Library received Richardson's correspondence with Paul Solanges,1910-1914, about his translation of Maurice Guest, andnotes on the translation, as well as diaries and albums of newspaper cuttingsmaintained by Richardson and her heirs, and a number of editions of Richardson'sbooks. In 1993, the Library acquired from the University of Tasmania the collectionof books used by Richardson in researching her book The youngCosima.
In 1996, 44 letters to Richardson from her sister Lilian were acquired from thelatter's granddaughter, along with two letters from Walter Neustatter and additionalphotographs.
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 Materials
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).
Biographical Note
Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson was born in East Melbourne on 3 January 1870, thedaughter of Dr Walter Lindesay Richardson and Mary née Bailey. She was educated at thePresbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne. In 1888 she left Australia with her motherand sister and in 1889 began to study music at the Königliches Conservatorium der Musikin Leipzig with the intention of becoming a professional pianist. Richardson receivedher certificate from the Conservatorium in 1892 but decided to concentrate on writingrather than music.
On 30 December 1895 Richardson was married in Dublin to J. George Robertson, who was atthat time studying literature in Leipzig. They lived in Munich and then Strasbourgbefore settling in London in 1904, Robertson having taken up the position of Professorof German Language and Literature at the University of London in 1903. He held this postuntil his death in 1933. In 1934 Richardson moved from London to Sussex, where she spentthe rest of her life.
Richardson's first novel, Maurice Guest, based on herexperiences as a music student in Germany, was published in 1908. It was at this timethat she decided to take the pen-name of Henry Handel Richardson. Her second novel,The getting of wisdom, was published in 1910 and wasto a certain extent autobiographical, being based on her experiences as a pupil at thePresbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne. The writing of her greatest work, The fortunes of Richard Mahony, occupied most of Richardson'stime during the next twenty years. It dealt with the fortunes of an Irish doctor whoemigrated to Victoria in the early 1850s and it followed closely the facts of herfather's life. To gather material for the novels, Richardson and her husband visitedAustralia for a few months in 1912, the only time she returned to Australia. The workwas 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. Withthe completion of the trilogy, Richardson was accorded critical and popular acclaim; thepublication of her earlier novels had attracted little interest.
In 1931 appeared Two studies, a limited editioncontaining the two stories Mary Christina and Life and death of Peterle Luthy, followed in 1934 by thepublication of The end of a childhood and other stories.Richardson's last novel, The young Cosima, based on thelife of Cosima Liszt, was published in 1939. In the same year she began writing herautobiography, Myself when young, in which she intendedto recount the story of her life up to 1903. This work, left unfinished at her death on20 March 1946, was published in 1948, with a final section on the years 1895 to 1903written by her secretary Olga Roncoroni.
Select References
Buckley, Vincent. Henry Handel Richardson. SecondEdition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Clark, Axel. Henry Handel Richardson: fiction in themaking. 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 thecentenary 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 HandelRichardson: some personal impressions. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1957.
Richardson, Henry Handel. Myself when young; together with anessay on the art of Henry Handel Richardson by J.G. Robertson. Melbourne:Heinemann, 1948.
Item 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.
Walter Richardson: diary of voyage from England to Australia, 1852. Mary Richardson: diary of voyage from Australia to England, 1888 (Item 268)
Yarra Bend Asylum, record of Walter Richardson: typescript copy made at Mental Hospital, Mont Park, 1953 (Item 271)
(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.
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, refer to Appendix 1, Name Index to Correspondence.
Series 4. Novels
Subseries. 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.
Subseries. 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.
Subseries. 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.)
Subseries. 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.
Subseries. 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.
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.
'Cosima Wagner as daughter and wife' (later 'The story of Wagner and von Bülow - and the woman behind the music'): typescript. (Item 5-12)
'Our greatest novelist: Henry Handel Richardson's life story', by Guy Innes: typescript (Item 113-114)
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.
'In's Heu' (aus ? Scherers Jungbrunnen) and 'Drei Reiter am Tor' (aus? Des Knaben Wunderhorn) (Item 95-96)
Typescript of a translation by Richardson of 'Song of the sheep' [text of 'Sleep baby sleep] (Item 107)
'Wiegenlied fur meinen Jungen (Richard Dehmel) and 'Wiegenlied' (Ottmars Volkssagen, Bremen 1800) (Item 111-112)
'O nous acheterons' (V. Hugo), 'Der alte Magyar' (F. Nietzsche), 'Reisespruch' (L. Tieck) (Item 120)
Typescript of translation by Richardson of 'Three riders from the Tower' (Drei Reiter am Tor) (Item 149)
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.
Royal Norwegian Embassy, London: letters to Olga Roncoroni re JGR's Order of St Olav, 1946 (Item 1-3)
Freies Deutsches Hochstift, Frankfurter Goethemuseum: Goethe plaque and small medal, 1932 (Item 419)
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.
Paul Solanges, manuscript queries re Maurice Guest translation, and HHR's responses, 1910-1912 (Item 538-592)
German reviews of Maurice Guest, 1909-13: English translations prepared for use by Paul Solanges in approaching editors, 1913-1914 (Item 667-680)
Newspaper obituary of Paul Solanges by Giuseppe Colombo, Corriere della Sera, February 1914 (Item 683)
J.E. Baring, solicitors: letter to Margaret Capon re copyright in Solanges correspondence, 1982 (Item 685)
HHR: letters to Paul Solanges, 1910-1914: typescript transcriptions by Margaret Capon, 1982 (Item 688-881)
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.
Subseries. Maurice Guest
Subseries. The getting of wisdom
Subseries. The fortunes of Richard Mahony [Part 1]
Subseries. The way home [The fortunes of Richard Mahony, Part 2]
Subseries. Ultima Thule [The fortunes of Richard Mahony, Part 3]
Subseries. Short stories and other writings
'The bath', in The best short stories of 1930, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, London: Jonathan Cape, 1930 (Item 61)
'The bath', in The best British short stories of 1930, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, New York: Dodd Mead and Co, 1930 (Item 62)
'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 63)
'The coat', in The best British short stories of 1940, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940 (Item 64)
'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 67)
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.
Subseries 2. Primary sources
Du Moulin Eckart, Richard, trans. Catherine Alison Phillips. Cosima Wagner. 1930 (English edition). Vol. 1, 1930 (Item 3/1)
Du Moulin Eckart, Richard, trans. Catherine Alison Phillips. Cosima Wagner. 1930 (English edition). Vol. 2, 1930 (Item 3/2)
Subseries 3. Secondary Sources - Richard Wagner
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart. Richard Wagner der Deutsche, als Künstler, Denker und Politiker. n.d. (Item 8)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 1, 1936 (Item 14/1)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 2, 1936 (Item 14/2)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 3, 1936 (Item 14/3)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 4, 1936 (Item 14/4)
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, ed. Otto Strobel. König Ludwig II und Richard Wagner: Briefwechsel. Vol. 5, 1939 (Item 14/5)
Wagner, Richard. Fünfzehn Briefe Richard Wagners mit Erinnerungen und Erläuterungen von Eliza Wille geb. Sloman, 1935 (Item 21)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 1, [1912?] (Item 22/1)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 2-3, [1912?] (Item 22/2)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 4-5, [1912?] (Item 22/3)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 6-7, [1912?] (Item 22/4)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 8-9, [1912?] (Item 22/5)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Wolfgang Golther. Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen in zehn Bänden. Vol. 10, [1912?] (Item 22/6)
Wagner, Richard, ed. Dr Julius Kapp. Richard Wagner an Mathilde und Otto Wesendonk: Tagebuchblätter und Briefe, [192?] (Item 25)
Subseries 5. Additional Literature - Richard Wagner
Brink, Louise. Women characters in Richard Wagner: a study in "The ring of the Nibelung", 1924 (Item 35)
Dippold, George Theodore. Richard Wagner's poem The ring of the Nibelung explained and in part translated, 1888 (Item 36)
Finck, Henry T. Wagner and his works: the story of his life, with critical comments. Vol. 1, 1893 (Item 37/1)
Finck, Henry T. Wagner and his works: the story of his life, with critical comments. Vol. 2, 1893 (Item 37/2)
Griesser, Luitpold. Nietzsche und Wagner: neue Beiträge zur Geschichte und Psychologie ihrer Freundschaft, 1923 (Item 39)
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 41)
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 45)
Subseries 6. Additional Literature - General
Hadow, Sir William Henry. Studies in modern music: Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, 1902 (Item 49)
Tytler, Sarah. Musical composers and their works, for the use of schools and students in music., [189?] (Item 51)
Naumann, Emil. Illustrirte Musikgeschichte: die Entwicklung der Tonkunst aus frühesten Anfängen bis auf die Gegenwart. Vol. 1, [1880-1885?] (Item 56/1)
Naumann, Emil. Illustrirte Musikgeschichte: die Entwicklung der Tonkunst aus frühesten Anfängen bis aud die Gegenwart. Vol. 2, [1880-1885?] (Item 56/2)
Neitzel, Otto. Der Führer durch die Oper des Theaters der Gegenwart, Text, Musik und Scene erläuternd. Vol. 1, 1890 (Item 57)
Plattensteiner, Richard. Der Grillparzer Franz und seine Kathi (das Schicksal einer Dichterliebe): ein Bilderreigen, 1916 (Item 60)
Subseries 7. Catalogues
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 71)
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 (Item 72)
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 |