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Alma De Groen [videorecording] / Elizabeth Perkins, interviewer.

BOX 1
Folder 1: ‘Correspondence to A Blake…’, 1949, 1966, 1990-2001, being correspondence, mainly letters received. Correspondents include Jan Blake, ca. 1984; Race Mathews, 1992; Joy Storie, 1996; Mavis Robertson, 1998; Jack Blake, date unknown; Mona Brand, 1997; Len Fox, 1997; Geoff Sharp, 2000; Elizabeth Harrower, 2001; Terry Irving, 2001; Wendy Beckett, 2001; Editors of Arena and Overland, 2000; Guy Rundle, 2001; Stuart Macintyre, 2001; Geraldine Doogue, 1997; Bruce Armstrong, 1944, date unknown; and postcards from Audrey in London and Italy to Mrs Williams, c/- Eureka Youth League, Sydney

Folder 2: ‘Correspondence during Jack’s last illness…’, 1990-2001, being correspondence, mainly letters received, with Geoff Sharp, 2000; Nonie Sharp, 2000, Amirah Inglis, date unknown; and Frank Stilwell, 2000

Folder 3: Correspondence of Jack and Audrey Blake, being mainly letters received, 1959-2001. Correspondents include Blake their grandchildren, David, Katy and Rick Sandblom; Jan Blake, date unkbown; Amirah Inglis, 1983; Stuart Macintyre, ca. 1998, date unknown; Joy Storie, 1991; Jim Staples, date unknown; Rod Shaw, date unknown; Elizabeth Harrower, 1990, 1998; Frank Stilwell, 2001; Bruce Johnson, 1991; Pauline Armstrong, 1998; Phillip Deery, 2000

Folder 4: ‘Blake – Higgins’, being correspondence with Stuart Macintyre, 1997, mainly regarding Esmonde Higgins

Folder 5: ‘Correspondence - & Family Stuff’, 1979-2002, including letters of condolence received on the death of Jack Blake. Correspondents include Elizabeth Harrower, 2000; Stuart Macintyre, 2000; Jim Adams and Jean Adams, 2000; Phillip Deery, 2001; Amirah Inglis, 1998; Bruce Armstrong, 2002; Geoff Sharp, 1998-1999; Audrey McDonald and Tom McDonald, date unknown; with postcards (3) from Audrey to Jack, date unknown; correspondence of Audrey Blake with Public Trust Offic, Vic., 1979-1982, regarding her late brother Reginald B. J. Boyd; notes by Audrey for obituary of Jack; and copy of income tax return of Jack Blake, 1972-1973

Folder 6: Letters from Audrey Blake to Edward John Walker and Margaret Walker, 1987-1998

Folder 7: Letter received by Audrey Blake from Margaret and Jack [Walker ?], 2000; photocopy of Stuart Macintyre’s obituary of Jack Blake, The Australian, 11 Dec. 2000; and note by Jack Blake for [or] regarding Evelyn Healy

Folder 8: Correspondence, 1969-2004. Correspondents include Blake grandchildren, 1987-1992; Helen Palmer, 1969; Mitchell Library, 1993; Amirah Inglis, 1979, 2002; Stuart Macintyre, 2002; Gavin Kitching; Ken Inglis, 2004; Phillip Deery, 2001; and Walter Seddon Clayton, 1992

Folder 9: ‘Family Personal etc.’, ca. 1980-2000, including letters received from grandson, David Sandblom, 1991, date unknown; passports (2) of Jack and Audrey Blake, 1980-1982; copy of Jack Blake’s death certificate, 23 Oct. 2000; and issue of Blake’s Humour and Satire Monthly, no. 1 Apr. [1983] 

Folder 10: ‘Personal Stuff’, 1954, 1967-1994, including notes and writings by Jack Blake and personal documents, and letters to Audrey

Folder 11: Photographs of Jack and Audrey with family and friends, 1937-1994

BOX 2
Folder 1: ‘Audrey’, being photocopies of Eureka Youth League Syllabus 1945; issue of Young Engineer, issued by Melbourne District Youth Committee of Amalgamated Engineering Union, Apr. 1943; listing of Communist Party of Australia Victorian State Committee Collection at the University of Melbourne Archives; ‘If Those Walls Could Only Speak’ by Harry Stein in Jazz, Summer/Autumn 1986

Folder 2: Articles and speeches by Jack Blake, 1956-1991, including manuscript, typescript and printed versions, and list of articles written by Jack and Audrey Blake in Communist Review, 1950-1956

Folder 3: ‘Articles by JDB’, 1968-1972

Folder 4: ‘Writings & Speeches of A. Blake’, being photocopy of ‘The Death & The Funeral’, Sept. 1997, a critique on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Folder 5: ‘Notes & Speeches & Articles by JDB for the Mitchell Library’, 1950-1988, being photocopies of articles from Communist Review, 1950

Folder 6: Red folder of Audrey Blake papers, 1965-2002, including listing of Audrey Blake Collection, University of Melbourne Archives, Accession No. 96/60, and folder regarding the film Red Matildas, ca. 1985

Folder 7: ‘Odd Notes of JDB’, 1958-1997, including notes on multiculturalism, and ‘Notes on Patrick White’, based on discussion on the Left of White’s work with correspondence with Stephen Murray-Smith, 1962

BOX 3
Folder 1: ‘EYL Material / Students’ Labour Clubs / etc’, 1941-1954, 2001, including printed material and copy of ‘Vale Jim Adams’ by Bruce Armstrong, 30 Aug. 2001

Folder 2: ‘Songs, Youth, E.Y.L., Students’, 194—195-, including song books

Folder 3: ‘The Eureka Youth League’, 1954, 1964, 1996-2001, including copies of Constitution, 1954, 1964; obituaries of Pauline Armstrong (1928-2001) and Audrey Blake’s funeral oration for Rivkah Mathews, Feb. 1998; and annotated newscutting regarding EYL camp near Yarra Glen, Vic. From Sunday Herald Sun, 4 Feb. 1996

Folder 4: Friends’, including poem by Marjorie Pizer, May 1969 and presentation program of Penrith’s Q Theatre production of Reedy River, signed by the playwright Dick Diamond

Folder 5: Folder containing copy The Road to Peace (1954) by J. E. Owen

Folder 6: ‘Work in progress until 3 days before he entered hospital…’, being notes compiled by Jack Blake on aspects of Communist Party of Australia history

Folder 7: ‘Chronology attempts & material JDB was working on until 3 days before hospital’, 1945-1950, 1981, 2000, including notes and copies of his writings, and correspondence with Evelyn Healy and Kevin Healy

Folder 8: Reviews of Revolution from Within (1971-1972) by Jack Blake

Folder 9: Miscellaneous and printed material, 1967-2000, including draft of ‘Community Carnival or Cold War Strategy ? The 1952 Youth Carnival for Peace and Friendship’ by Phillip Deery and copy of ‘Lithgow’s Last Years as a Steel Town’ by a. C. Clarke, Lithgow District Historical Society Occasional Papers, no. 15, Apr. 1980

BOX 4
Bound annotated volumes of Communist Review, 1949-1952, with photocopies from selected issues; issue of Communist Review, vol 4 no. 9, Sept. 1937; and copy of Bartlett Adamson (Mar. 1963) by Len Fox, being signed presentation received from the author

Audrey Blake and Jack Blake further papers, 1937-2004

Undated;  Alby, the job hunter. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections.  Signed "M.F."
Undated;  Amour afloat. By Brent of Bin Bin. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Bouquets. A comedy in three acts. By a practising nonentity. Typescript.
Undated;  By far Kaimacktchalan. A play of the Balkan Front today. Typescript with manuscript corrections
Undated;  Canberra 1930. Play. Typescript (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/1)
Undated;  Aunt Sophie smashes a triangle or The married lover or The home breaker or Elaine changes her mind. Play in three acts. Typescript (2). Also includes a thesis to the play;  odd typewritten pages concerning the play;  Acts 2 & 3 in manuscript with corrections.
Undated;  1. Clives's wife. Play in two acts. Manuscript with  corrections.  2. Claud's wife. Play in 3 acts. Typescript.  3. Release. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/2)
Undated;  1. Comedy at Runnymede. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions.  2. Tom Collins at Runnymede. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections.  3. Ida was a common person. Play. Typescript. (Contains the same characters as the previous two plays but a different script)..
Undated;  Gentleman encounters lady. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Hold tight. Life in a London 'bus - and thereabouts. Collection of sketches. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions. Two copies, one signed "Stella Miles Franklin". Also includes associated odd pages.
Undated;  In a proclaimed area. One of the Irish sketches. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/3)
Undated;  Johanna versus Hennessy. Play. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections. One copy is signed "Miles Franklin". Also includes associated odd pages. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/4)
1941?;  Let go of grief. By Young Bill et al. A tale of talkers far far from the mad mad war. Novel. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Mag-Marjorie. Play in four acts. Typescript (top copy and carbon). Also includes typescript draft with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/5: Issue microfilm copy at CY 4825, frames 1-170)
Undated;  Models for Molly. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (2). Includes additional copy of ACT III.
Undated;  Quite. A revue in type. Novel. Typescript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/6)
Undated;  Mrs Dysart disappears. A mystery novel. Typescript. Includes additional associated pages.
1921?;  Ne mari nishta. (It matters nothing). Six months with the Serb. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections and additions. Each copy is signed "Miles Franklin Outlander". Each copy is illustrated by a different set of photographs. (This manuscript gives an account of her nursing experiences in Serbia during World War I)   (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/7: Issue microfilm copy at CY 4792, frames 1-423: 2 versions)
1910;  Not at all a coward. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Dated Oct 1910.
Undated;  Old Blastus of Bandicoot. A domestic drama. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. Also includes 7 separate parts of the play..
Undated;  Old Fawcett's decision. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated;  Old man of Bandicoot. A drama of the up-country stations a generation ago. Dialogue for talking motion picture play and scenario for motion picture play. Typescript (2). Contents of both scripts are not the same and one is marked "Rough draft".. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/8)
Undated;  Sam Price from Chicago. Novel. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/9)
ca. 1945;  Scandal at Glenties. Play. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. One copy is described as a radio play by Jim Barrington. The other copy is described as a play in four scenes by Botany Bay and was entered in the Tom Collins Drama Competition in 1945..
ca. 1945;  Sophistication. A drama in two scenes. Typescript (2). One copy is written under the pen name of SCEPTIC and was entered in the "Montague Grover Memorial Award for a satire for 1945 Competition." Also included is a page of typesript and manuscript notes. 
1943;  The birth pangs of the Australian novel. Script for a radio talk held on Sunday 24 October, 1943 on 2BL. Typescript. Signed "Miles Franklin, Oct. 14 '43".
Undated;  The onlooker sees most. A short drama in two scenes. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections. One copy is titled The bystander sees most, and is marked "discarded version superseded".    (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/10)
Undated;  The dead must not return! Play in two acts. Written under the pen name of "Field Hospital Orderly". Typescript with manuscript corrections. Also includes a rough typescript draft.
Undated;  The English Jackeroo. Play in two acts. Typescript (2). Also includes two typescript drafts, one with manuscript additions and corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/11)
Undated;  The kookaburrahs laugh goodnight! Short story. Typescript (2). The text of each copy varies. One has manuscript corrections and is signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated;  The love machine. A comedy in four acts. Typescript. Also includes "Part of When Cupid tarried (the love machine novel)". Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  The mystery of her parentage. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated;  The Robinson case. Short story. Typescript.
Undated;  The scandal-monger. Play in three acts. Typescript (3). On the title page of one copy the author is said to be "S. Bruce".
1908 ;  The survivors. A modern play in four acts. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections.  One copy is signed "Miles Franklin, Shawondasee, August 1908." (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/12)
Undated;  The thorny rose. Novel. Typescript and manuscript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/13)
1945;  The thorny rose. Radio play in three acts. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections and additions. Written under the pen name "Mr and Mrs O" and entered in the Lux Radio Play Competition in November 1945.
Undated;  The waiter speaks. Play. Typescript (2). (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/14)
1947;  The war comes to Jones Street. Novel. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. Also includes two rough typescript drafts with additions and corrections. Entered in The Sydney Morning Herald competition in December 1947. (Call No.: MLMSS 6035/15)
Undated;  Three women. Play in four acts. Typescript (4) with manuscript additions and corrections. Two copies are titled The other side of love. Also includes a number of odd pages from the play. 
1944;  Three women and love by Punica Granatum. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Entered in the Playwrights' Advisory Board Competition 1944. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/16)
Undated;  Tom Collins at Runnymede. A Furphy play in four scenes. Full script. Typescript (4). Also includes five separate parts for different characters in the play.
Undated;  Tom Collins at Runnymede. A Furphy play in four scenes. Typescript (3) with Manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Trapped. Play. Typescript.
Undated;  Uncle Robert's wedding present. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/17)
Undated;  Virgins and martyrs out of date. Play. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. Also includes four separate parts for different characters in the play.. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/18)
1932;  Virgins out of date. Are they?  Novel. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Virtue. A comedy in four acts. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated;  Youth to youth. Drama for a young actress by R.J. Duguid (pen name). Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. 
Undated;  Zabranjeno. Play. Typescript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/19)

Series 01: Miles Franklin  unpublished manuscripts, 1908-1947, undated

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