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Folder 1
1. Hand-written draft of the Australian section of the text "Ties to Tuscany: Australia, New Zealand and Tuscany".
2. Hand-written draft of the New Zealand section of the text "Ties to Tuscany: Australia, New Zealand and Tuscany".
3. A complete print-out of the text with accompanying annotations.

Folder 2
4. Suspected first complete draft of "Ties to Tuscany: Australia, New Zealand and Tuscany" - handwritten in notebook
5. Correspondence between Desmond O'Grady and various others.
6. Correspondence between Alan and "BB", 1950-1956

Papers relating to the book 'Ties to Tuscany: Australia, New Zealand and Tuscany' by Desmond O'Grady, 2009-2016 / by Desmond O'Grady

BOX 1 
Correspondence mainly regarding literary fellowships and grants, 1973-1980

Correspondence, 1974-1997, mainly with publishers and funding bodies. Correspondents include Australia Council, Copyright Agency Limited, Curtis Brown, Helen Daniel, Hale & Iremonger, Harry Heseltine, Jonathan Cape Limited, Alister Kershaw, Meanjin, National Library of Australia, Outrider, Overland, Penguin Books Australia, Public Lending Right Scheme, Quadrant, Vivian Smith, Southerly, University of Queensland Press, US Catholic, Dame Rebecca West and G. A. Wilkes

Correspondence with Australia Council, 1982-1986

Correspondence, 1964-1969, mainly regarding, and reviews of, A Long Way From Home (1966)

Correspondence, 1964-1980, mainly with Wren Publishing (Melb.) re Deschooling Kevin Carew (1974), and related reviews, with reviews of other works by DO’G, 1964-80

‘Knockbacks’, 1992-1993, being mainly correspondence with prospective publishers of The Turned Card: Christianity Before and After the Wall (1995)

Correspondence with the Australian Dictionary of Biography regarding his entry on Gino Nibbi, with drafts, 1995-1998

Letters received from Ed Campion, 1990 and HarperCollins Religious, 1991, re Caesar, Christ and Constantine (1991)

FOLDER 2
Letters received from Hal Porter,1973-79, and Barry Oakley, 1972-1981, 1998 (RESTRICTED)
 
BOX 3
‘Agenda/Diaries’, being mainly appointment diaries, 1969-1995

BOX 4
Telephone notebooks, 1995-1998

BOX 5
Notebooks, ca. 1995-1998

Articles, including working papers and correspondence

Book reviews, with related working papers, 1985-1998, of Dining with Princes (1995) by John Sligo, Midnight in Sicily (1996) by Peter Robb, The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams (1985) by Donald Spoto and His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of our Time (1996) by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi

BOX 6
Papers mainly regarding articles for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, 1973-1987, including. correspondence and newscuttings of articles published

Corrected typescript drafts, with related correspondence, 1992-1998, mainly regarding such topics as Australians in Italy: the painter Jeffrey Smart, Italian politics and society, the Mafia, and Vatican affairs

BOX 7
Corrected typescript and MS. drafts, 1992-1998, including interview with Saul Bellow and articles for Europe Business, 1995-1996 

BOX 8
Short stories, including working papers and correspondence, 197—199-:

‘Who’s Afraid of Rupert Bunny’, ‘To Seek the Sycamore’, ‘Theo’s Lot’, ‘The Game’, ‘Going all the Way’, King of Rome’, ‘A Touch of the Megas’, ‘What’s the Score’, ‘One Prick After Another’, ‘Hindsight’, ‘The Shadow Line’ [a rewriting of Joseph Conrad’s story ?], ‘My (False) Start as a Writer’, ‘Passionfruit’, ‘Ivan Ivanovic Crosses the Border’ 

BOX 9
Manuscript and corrected typescript drafts of O’Grady’s English translation of the Italian novel Sorriso degli Dei (The Smile of the Gods) by Stanislao Nievo

Further research material regarding Raffaello! Raffaello!: A Biography of Raffaello Carboni (1985), 1999, no date

Reviews of, and promotional material regarding, Correggio Jones and the Runaways: The Italo-Australian Connection (1995), 1995-1996, with fax from Rosemary Goldie, first woman official of the Roman Curia, 4 Sept. 1995, being her corrections to O’Grady’s article on her

Jottings for The Victory of the Cross: A History of the Early Church in Rome (Aust. ed., 1993), ca. 1992

Articles and corrected carbon typescript for Caesar, Christ and Constantine (1991)

BOX 10
Papers regarding The Turned Card: Christianity Before and After the Wall (1995):

Correspondence mainly with publishers regarding The Turned Card, including foreign language editions, with related reviews, 1995-1996

Photocopied page proofs of Loyola Press (US) edition of The Turned Card, with the author’s corrections, ca. 1997

Photocopied page proofs of Spanish edition of The Turned Card: Las cartas boca arriba, 1996

BOX 11
Papers regarding Rome Reshaped: Jubilees 1300-2000 (1999):

Book proposals with newscuttings and printed material, 1977-1997, regarding Rome, the Vatican and Jubilee 2000

Correspondence with American, English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish publishers, 1997-1999

BOX 12

Envelopes of draft fragments and lists of corrections, and newscuttings, 1994-1998

Incomplete corrected typescript, ca. 1998

Two variant corrected typescripts

BOX 13

‘Marked up final draft’

Corrected computer printouts of Italian translation/edition, Roma Rifondata: L’Impronta dei Giubilei 1300-2000

Photocopy of corrected computer printout of the Spanish translation/edition

Desmond O'Grady further literary papers, 1964-1999

1. Odell, L.J., 1969
2. Odgers, G.J., 1952
3. Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1952-1955, 1967
4. O’Donnell, A., 1965
5. O’Donnell, Ann, 1949-1965
6. O’Donnell, Ewart, 1968
7. O’Donnell, Philip James, 1964
8. O’Donohue E.M., 1964
9. O’Donovan, Anne, 1967
10. O’Donovan, John, 1968
11. Odovic, P.P., 1964, 1968
12. Offner, Hadley & Co., n.d.
13. Offset Printing Coy Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1945, 1950-1952
14. Ogilvie, William Henry, 1932-1968
15. O’Grady, Desmond, 1964-1969
16. O’Grady, Frank, 1963-1966
17. O’Grady, John Patrick, 1956-1957
18. O’Grady, Veronica, 1967
19. O’Hagan, Madeleine (Mrs J.D. O’Hagan), 1948
20. O’Hanlon, R. June, 1946

Volume 565: Angus & Robertson correspondence files for Odell, L.J. - O'Hanlon, R. June, 1932-1969

Includes literary manuscripts of and/or research material for his journalism, books and plays, some being unpublished;  and audio tape interviews with the writers Anthony Burgess and Gore Vidal, and Italian politician Susanna Agnelli

Desmond O'Grady - literary papers, 1845-1995

MLOH 208/1-3
Anthony Burgess interviewed by Desmond O'Grady. Topics include literature, language, music, the process of writing novels and scripts for television and film, Shakespeare, James Joyce, Patrick White, Catholicism and cricket, [1974?] (3 sound tape reels, 2 are duplicates)

MLOH 208/4
Edited duplicate of interview with Anthony Burgess (sound tape reel)

MLOH 208/5
Gore Vidal interviewed by Desmond O'Grady. Topics include literature, reading, and the 'public' and the 'university' novel. (no date) (sound cassette, 7 mins.)

MLOH 208/6
Susan Agnelli, an Italian politician, interviewed by Desmond O'Grady, 1977. Possibly a radio production tape (sound tape reel)

MLOH 208/7-9
Unidentified

Series: Desmond O'Grady interviews with Anthony Burgess, Gore Vidal and Susan Agnelli, ca. 1974-1977

This collection includes further literary papers of Desmond O'Grady mainly concerning his books, 'Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne' (2001) and 'Rome reshaped : Jubilees 1300-2000' (1999). Also includes correspondence, working papers and drafts of articles, essays and short stories; and extensive collection of notebooks.
 

BOX 1
Photocopy of ‘Rome is not only a four letter word’, by Desmond O’Grady, papers related to ‘Rome Reshaped: Jubilees 1300-2000’, (1999), papers related to ‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’,  (2001), final printing proofs for ‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’, (2001), ‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’, (2001), typescript

BOX 2
‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’, (2001), printing proof, ‘Moon Waxing’ typescript, ‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’, (2001), corrected typescript with notes and articles, ‘Beyond the empire : Rome and the Church from Constantine to Charlemagne’, (2001), early drafts, typescript and articles.

BOX 3
Correspondence (Restricted) including letters from Barry Oakley, 1970, ‘Go to the top’, manuscript and corrected typescript, ‘Three score and thirteen’, manuscript notes, ‘Sayings’, corrected typescript, ‘The absent minded lad of Leningrad’, corrected typescript, research notes, articles, draft essays, interviews and tour notes.

BOX 4
Correspondence, 1997-1999, regarding ‘Rome Reshaped’, ‘Rome Reshaped: Jubilees 1300-2000’, (1999), corrected page proofs, diaries, 1969-2000 (incomplete)

BOX 5
Spiral bound notebooks (5 A4 and 22 A5) including draft notes for novels, ca. 2000-2001

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Papers relating to the book 'Ties to Tuscany: Australia, New Zealand and Tuscany' by Desmond O'Grady, 2009-2016 / by Desmond O'Grady

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Desmond O'Grady further literary papers, 1964-1999

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Volume 565: Angus & Robertson correspondence files for Odell, L.J. - O'Hanlon, R. June, 1932-1969

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Desmond O'Grady - literary papers, 1845-1995

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Series: Desmond O'Grady interviews with Anthony Burgess, Gore Vidal and Susan Agnelli, ca. 1974-1977

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Desmond O'Grady further literary papers, ca. 1969-2001

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