Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Purpose and Audience
“This was to have been an account of my early youth… but I think I had better commence with my Mother’s early …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Purpose and Audience
‘for all my family especially my dear husband Ron, our lovely daughters Lindsey and Rosslyn, our supportive sons-in-law Ted and Paul and …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): Purpose and Audience
Rosa Bell began writing her memoir, ‘R.M. Remembers,’ as she was nearing the age of 80 in approximately 1981 to 1982 between …
May Owen (b.1896): Purpose and Audience
May Owen wrote her autobiographical letter as she neared the age of eighty in the year 1976. Owen most likely decided to …
Frederick Charles Wynne: Purpose and Audience
‘The market in those days included many stalls on both sides of the street selling plants in full flower at ha’penny each. …
Edward Balne (b.1895): Purpose & Audience
It seems to me Edward Balne wrote this memoir primarily to make sense of his long adventure of a life – unbereft …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000): Purpose and Audience
‘Life-writing is intimately connected to the body and the passing of time’ (Rogers and Cuming; 2018, 185). Ellen Cooper’s unpublished memoir is …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): Purpose and Audience.
The reason for writing a memoir can sometimes be detrimental to understanding why the authors have discussed these significant moments in their …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Purpose and Audience
The reason of my wrighting the particulars of my life and transactions are to inform my famely and the world. I write …
Maud Clarke (b. 1887): Purpose and Audience
‘I call myself a social atom – a small speck on the surface of society’ – W.E Adams Identifying Maud’s intended audience …