[UMA-SR-000002111] Correspondence of Joseph Burke

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000002111Extent177 itemsScope and ContentThis correspondence series covers 64 years of Professor Burke’s life and gives some insight into the close personal relationships he established with his many professional and personal friends and associates. Burke was a prolific letter writer who had a flare for interweaving personal anecdotes and views with routine issues. Noted in this series are his documentary evidence of his relationships with the Lindsay family and various well known Australian Artists of the mid twentieth century. What become apparent in the Joseph Burke correspondence series after his appointment to the Herald Chair of Fine Art was his increased reliance on his secretary to take care of his administrative needs in both personal and his professional academic life. This is evident with his correspondence with a myriad of colleagues, associates, family, close friends and general routine personal correspondence. In the final fifteen years of his life there is evidence of deterioration with writing style in his notes and untyped letters.ArrangementOriginal box orderAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesSearch within this Series

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CreatorBurke, Joseph T.

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Date1863-1990

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Finding Aid Reference1State of ListFully listed

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Accession[1978.0039] Personal papers of Joseph Terence Burke

University of Melbourne Archives

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[UMA-SR-000002111] Correspondence of Joseph Burke