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Papers of Leonard Mann
MSS 268

Collection Title

Papers of Leonard Mann

Collection Identifier

MSS 268

Inclusive date(s)

1926 to 1980

Extent and Medium

4 boxes

Category

Literature

Subject: Person(s)

Collection Description

Drafts of annotated unpublished fiction and non-fiction works of Leonard Mann along with correspondence and newspaper clippings

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Mann

Leonard Mann was born in Toorak, Victoria in 1895 and attended Moreland State School before winning a scholarship to Wesley College. In 1913, he left his scholarship to work as a clerk in the Defence Department and began reading for the Bar. Mann enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) with the 39th Battalion in 1917, experiencing trench warfare on the Western front during the First World War. After being discharged from the AIF in 1919, Mann returned to Melbourne to complete his law degree at the University of Melbourne. As well as working as the Secretary of the Employers' Federation during the 1930s, in 1932 he privately published Flesh in Armour, a novel about the soldier's experience of World War I. Over the next forty years Mann published seven novels and four volumes of poetry. During the Second World War, he held a senior position in the aircraft industry

References:
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Mann, Leonard (1895-1981) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mann-leonard-14907 retrieved 2 October 2020

Austlit : Leonard Mann https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18520 retrieved 11 September 2020

Acquisition Details

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Scope and Content

The papers of Leonard Mann contain drafts of his unpublished works with notes, comments and annotations, including his novel 'The will and the flesh', and treatises 'Creative work and culture in modern societies' and 'Australian politic economy' (or 'Australian economic policy'). The papers also comprise newspaper clippings of short stories and one folder of correspondence; correspondents include Beatrice Davis, Nettie Palmer, John Brack and Frank Dalby Davison

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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