§ Dr Roger SLACK (1919-2007) and Edwin MULLINS (1933-2024) P...

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§ Dr Roger SLACK (1919-2007) and Edwin MULLINS (1933-2024) Photographs, archival material and correspondence relating to Alfred Wallis A very interesting archive of correspondence and research material relating to Alfred Wallis. Multiple letters from Edwin Mullins (the noted arts critic and author of ‘Alfred Wallis, Cornish Primitive Painter’ 1967) to Dr Slack, spanning initial contact in 1965 and relating to Mullins’ use of Slack’s archival recordings which were invaluable research material for his book on Wallis. Contents: Letter from Alfred Wallis’s great granddaughter Emily Ward Woolcock discussing her reminiscences of her Great Grandfather 3 x photographs of Alfred Wallis Typed inventory of the contents of Alfred Wallis’s cottage in St Ives 2 x hand written family trees of Alfred Wallis by Roger A letter from Ted Cathey? Thanking Dr Slack for a recording of his parents in which they discuss their recollections of Alfred Wallis Typed account of Wallis’s prosecution for receiving stolen goods in 1894, within an envelope addressed Dr Slack, with ‘compliments and thanks Arthur Caddick’ Alfred Wallis/ Peter Lanyon Tate Exhibition private invitation card 1968 1968 Edwin Mullins letter to Roger discussing his and Helen Rapp’s radio programme about Alfred Wallis ‘Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) Fisherman, Painter ‘ (broadcast Radio 3 May 1968) 1977 letter from a psychiatrist, asking Dr Slack to read his paper on the art of his patient (Adam Christie) Roger’s, the paper not included but Roger’s reply v.interesting Various newspaper cuttings, reviews of the 1968 Wallis/Lanyon Tate exhibition 1966 & 1967 letters from Edwin Mullins Typed extract from a book about Cornwall 1855 (amusing description of St Ives, stinking of pilchards) 2 x 1965 letters, Edwins Mullin’s first to Slack Handwritten letter from Mullins June 1966 Letter from Alan Bowness March 1965 2 x airmail letters from Mullins Sept 1965, 1 x other London Oct 1965 Letter from John Mills (art critic) proposing to collaborate on a book about Wallis with Slack, March 1965 Letter from David Lewis, March 1998 Copies of Janet Slack’s CV. From the Estate of Dr Roger Slack Dr Roger Slack became the GP for St Ives in 1947. He treated all of the notable artists in the community at that time, and had surely one of the most illustrious groups of patients of any doctor. Many became close personal friends. During the 1950s Roger began to tape reminiscences of elderly locals, including the memories of the painter Alfred Wallis's friends and neighbours. His recordings have been an invaluable resource for many writers and researchers. His work is now housed at the St Ives Archive Centre.