Benedict, Elsie Lincoln, fl 1920-1930s: [Poems, offprints and typescript circulars issued by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and the International Opportunity League. ca 1932]

Includes poems, fliers and newsletters intended to encourage physical and emotional health. Also includes a page of testimonials from "Californian people". Elsie Lincoln Benedict and the International Opportunity League were based in Sydney, Australia.

Includes numbers, 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the series "Eight little letters for your self-analysis"

Poems (all by Elsie Lincoln Benedict unless otherwise stated) include: Awaken; Bread upon the waters (4 copies); The difference (by Maurine Hathaway); Dissatisfaction (2 copies); Do it now!; Fence your cliff! (2 copies); The folks that miss the train, by Sam Walter Foss; The garden of grief (2 copies); The harvest I crave (2 copies); Hold your banner high!; I never will forget you (3 copies); The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey; It is fate; Live and let live; Memory pictures; Our coat of life; The part that's infinite (2 copies); That cold; Those early days; Tomorrow; We make our world; The web we weave; What she does (dedicated to Elsie Linclon Benedict, written by Peggy Conway); What's in my heart (2 copies); The "wise" old bee (2 copies); You; You'll be getting an answer

Includes copies of many of the poems, probably typed by Mrs Staffan

Includes cards: "We all feel the need of a certain amount of inspiration ..." (2 copies); Membership for the course "How to change your life"; Membership for the course "Body-and-brain building"

Includes four envelopes, addressed by hand to Mrs L W Staffan, 25 Molesworth St, Wellington N.Z., posted from Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Australian Hall, Sydney

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Offset prints and photolithographs, sizes varying below 330 mm.

Provenance: Collected by Mrs Louisa W Staffan to whom the material was posted.