Explore ‘A child of the sun’: Katherine Mansfield’s last year

We invite you to explore some of the treasures in the exhibition, ‘A child of the sun’: Katherine Mansfield’s last year. This exhibition explores the final year of Katherine Mansfield’s life and reflects on her legacy.

Katherine Mansfield's passportKatherine Mansfield with Ida Baker and Dorothy Brett in the garden at Sierre, SwitzerlandKatherine Mansfield in the gardens of the Villa Isola Bella, Menton, France

Spirituality

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Notebook 30Notebook 20Photograph of Katherine Mansfield

Last words

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Corona Typewriter Company: Corona. Manufactured by Corona Typewriter Company Inc., Groton, N. Y., U. S. A. [Number] 3. [Typewriter formerly owned by Katherine Mansfield, manufactured 1920]Notebook 41Katherine Mansfield at her work table, Villa Isola, Menton, France

Fontainebleau

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DiaryLetters from John Middleton MurryMother of pearl broochCorrespondence

Illness and death

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Postcard from Katherine Mansfield to Anne Estelle DreyLetter from Katherine Mansfield to Anne Estelle DreyMansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Ceramic pill-box with small ornaments, early twentieth century?]Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Small ornaments, being the contents of a ceramic pill-box of Dutch origin, early twentieth century?]Medical report on Katherine Mansfield

Will and possessions

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Artist unknown :[Embroidered Chinese silk shawl belonging to Katherine Mansfield. Made ca 1900. Detail of bird and flowers in corner]Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Brass pig penwiper, early twentieth century?]Will of Katherine Mansfield MurryMansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Fragment of a Maori greenstone axehead. Nineteenth century?]Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Ornamental square Italian box, with replica of Raphael's Madonna. Early 20th century?]Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923 (Collector) :[Ornamental Italian box with raised coloured Della Robbia-style fruit on lid. Early twentieth century?]

This online exhibition was created to accompany the exhibition ‘A child of the sun’: Katherine Mansfield’s last year held at the Library from 9 August to 9 November 2024.

Feature image: Embroidered Chinese silk shawl belonging to Katherine Mansfield. Made ca 1900. Detail of bird and flowers in corner. Anne Estelle Rice 1879-1959. Ref: -014-007-detail-1. Alexander Turnbull Library.