The Henry Lawson collection
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The Henry Lawson collection
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Collection Description
Our Lawson Collection was formed by the Sydney book collector, Harry F. Chaplin over many years - up to the early 1970s. It's held in our Rare Books and Special Collections and comprises first editions of most of Henry Lawson's books. Many are autographed presentation copies.
At the heart of our Lawson collection are the original manuscripts, letters and notes; and the recollections by friends and contemporaries such as Dame Mary Gilmore, Sir Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay and Hugh McCrae which Harry Chaplin brought together.
This selection of material from the Lawson Collection has been chosen to illustrate some of the chapters of Henry Lawson's life and how his contemporaries remembered him. A number of original Lawson manuscripts, written in his own hand with corrections, are also included.
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The reformation of Johnson by Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7499)
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The Scots : a dirge by Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7498)
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Recollections of Henry Lawson written by Zora Cross](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7497)
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Essays on Henry Lawson, Louisa Lawson and Rod Quinn written by E.J. Brady](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7496)
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An address on Henry Lawson delivered by Professor J. Le Gay Brereton on 2nd September, 1927, the fifth anniversary of the poet's death](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7495)
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Letters relating to Henry Lawson from Mary Gilmore](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7494)
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Henry Lawson's household book : Leeton 1916](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7493)
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Letters from Henry Lawson to Arthur Blakeley](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7492)
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A Lawson collection : items of Lawson interest](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7491)
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Letters from Henry Lawson to George Robertson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7490)
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Letters from Henry Lawson to C.J. Dennis](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7489)
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Notes from Henry Lawson to Lala Fisher](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7488)
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Notes from Henry Lawson to Lionel Lindsay](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7487)
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Letter from Henry Lawson to Reverend John Walker from Darlinghurst Gaol](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7486)
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Letters relating to Henry Lawson and Isabel Byers](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7485)
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Letters from Henry Lawson to Fred Shenstone from Darlinghurst Gaol](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7484)
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Letters from Henry Lawson to Fred Shenstone](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7483)
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Letters relating to Henry Lawson and John Le Gay Brereton](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7482)
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Letters relating to Henry Lawson's stay in England](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7481)
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Henry Lawson I.O.U.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7480)
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Dind's Hotel by Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7479)
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Women's hearts and tongues by Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7478)
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Italiano by Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7477)
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Photographs of Henry Lawson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15089)
The Henry Lawson collection. University of Sydney Library, accessed 23/03/2026, https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7470