MS Acc09.131 comprises news clippings, ephemera, letters and notes from various friends including Betty Howard, Thelma Afford, Dulcie and Andrea Stretton, Nancy Keesing and Mark Hertzberg; various books containing letters, including a history of Parramatta by Keith Macarthur Brown with a series of letters from the author; association copies of books inscribed to Maxine Poynton-Baker and Sydney Tomholt from authors such as Ray Mathew, Guy Howarth, Tom Inglis Moore, R.D. Fitzgerald, Frank Dalby Davison, Hugh McCrae, Sumner Locke Elliot and others (4 boxes, 1 small carton).
The Acc10.068 instalment comprises letters from Maxine to John and Tommy (i.e. Sydney Tomholt), February-June 1944; letters from Tommy to Maxine, 1936-1951 (some black and white photographs enclosed); correspondence with various friends including Brydie (surname unknown), Marie (surname unknown) and Miss Eve Braby, 1956-1972; and, letters to Maxine (some to Maxine and Tommy) from Betty Howard, 1970-1981.
The instalment also includes a chocolate box containing clippings, photographs, letters and telegrams to Maxine, 1932-1951, including many from Tommy; card box containing black and white photographs, many depicting Tommy and Maxine, 1936-1945, an invitation to the wedding of Nancy Keesing in 1955, and various Christmas cards; and published books, most annotated or signed by authors or holding loose news clippings or photographs (2 boxes).
Maxine Poynton-Baker (née Murray-Jones), was the longtime friend and companion of the Australian playwright and critic, Sydney John Tomholt.
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