[1980.0080] Papers of David Orme Masson

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IdentifierUMA-ACE-19800080Extent12 boxesLinear Meterage2.61Scope and ContentThis collection consists of the correspondence of David Orme and Mary Masson with their families: correspondence from Orme Masson’s sisters, Flora and Rosaline; to and from his children, Irvine, Marnie and Elsie, their spouses and children; and from others to the family on the death of its members. There is a small collection of documents from the working
life of David Orme Masson.Archival HistoryThis collection consists of correspondence of David Orme Masson with family members which were arranged by Masson’s Biographer, Len
Weickhardt during his research for Masson of Melbourne.
Correspondence was arranged by Weickhardt according to correspondent and in chronological order in most cases, and each letter was described in detail. This current listing follows the order established by Dr Weickhardt and his descriptions of individual letters are held on lists within files. Not all files contain such a detailed list. The term “[no list]” signifies that the Weickhardt has not provided a sheet which describes each of the letters within the file. Notes are included where what is in the file deviates from what is on Weickhardt’s lists.
When this listing project commenced, the correspondence had been considerably disordered since Weickhardt’s time, partly due to Weickhardt’s research itself during which his photocopies of correspondence had been inserted back into files and correspondence moved around between files. Photocopies were checked against originals and removed, except where originals could not be found, and every attempt was made to place originals back according to the original lists or
to note deviations from the lists. Some names of correspondents have been abbreviated by the biographer in his lists, these include David Orme Masson which has been shortened to DOM and Mary Masson to MM. Confusion is sometimes introduced by the habit of reusing family names, for example, Flora which was the name of DOM’s sister, his daughter and coincidentally, his daughter-in-law. Within the family, nick names were used to help clarify this situation: DOM was always Orme, and Mary Masson was called ‘Molly’ by her sisters-in-law. Orme and Mary’s daughter, Flora Marjorie was always Marnie, and J. Irvine Masson was always Irvine. Bronislaw Malinowski was shortened to Bronio. All other names are provided in full.
Copies of family tree diagrams by Prof. Richard Selleck are attached for clarification.Collection CategoryUniversity, individualsAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this AccessionSearch within this Accession

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CreatorMasson, David Orme

Dates

Date1881-1937

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Previous System ID1980.0080State of ListFully listed

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[1980.0080] Papers of David Orme Masson