• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002093

Ada A. Holman – papers, 1866-1936, together with papers of William Arthur Holman, 1912-1932

  • Repository Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    State Library of New South Wales
  • Reference MLMSS 112
  • Date Range 1866 - 1936
  • Description

    1866; ‘The noblest aim’, being ms. poem by E. Kidgell. [Ebenezer Kidgell, journalist, was the father of Ada A. Holman] Date unknown; ‘Abolish servants’, being ms. typescript by Icona Klasta [a pseudonym of Ada A. Holman] Date unknown; ‘Australia sighs my heart’, song lyrics by Ada A. Holman 1901-1936; Letters received by Ada A. Holman. Correspondents include Bertram Stevens, G.A. Wood, Norman Lindsay, Nellie Melba, Ethel Turner, Henry Lawson and Dorothea Mackellar 1905-1934; Letters received by Ada and Portia Holman from William Arthur Holman [Portia Holman (1903- ) daughter of Ada A. and William Arthur Holman] 1912-1926; Letters received by William Arthur Holman. Correspondents include Edmund Barton and H.G. Wells 1901-1925; Certificates issued to W.A. Holman 1910; Commissions issued to W.A. Holman 1901-1932; Miscellaneous printed items including invitations and menus

  • Formats Textual records
  • Quantity 1 box 0.15 m

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  • Primary
    • Holman, Ada Augusta (1869 - 1949)