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American literary critics and scholars, 1800-1850 / edited by John W. Rathbun and Monica M. Grecu.

A. Novels, 1961-1987
B. Radio scripts, 1937-1986
C. Articles, 1955-1973
D. Reviews, 1971-1989
E. Short stories and Poems, 1933-1949
F. Talks,1967-1992
G. Autobiography, 193--1983
H. Biography, 1866-1991
I. Travel, 195--1996
J. Other, ca. 1962-1969, 1990-1993
 
Note: Corrected typescript/s and corrected carbon typescript/s contain the author's MS. corrections and, in many instances, MS. additions. Detailed descriptions of the above sub-series are set out below:
 
A. Novels, 1961-1987
 
i. The River and the Brook (1962)
The Winds of Spring by 'Louise Anderson', being corrected typescript (first version);  corrected typescript, being another version;  revised corrected carbon typescript;  corrected page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/16)
 
ii. Serpents in Paradise (1967)
Rough draft fragments and notes;  corrected typescript/carbon typescript copy used by printers with 'cuts and rejects';  final carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/17)
 
iii.The Voice beyond the Trees (1985)
'Bits of very early draft';  The Phoenix, being first corrected carbon typescript;  The Phoenix, being corrected carbon typescript of 'Earlier version  of Voice Beyond the Trees';  The Phoenix, being '3rd copy (carbon)';  The Phoenix, being corrected carbon typescript of 'Earlier version' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/18)
The Phoenix, being typescript;  The Voice beyond the Trees, being 'Discarded pages & drafts of early versions';  The Voice beyond the Trees, being carbon typescript;  The Voice beyond the Trees, being corrected carbon typescript (final version ?) of 'Working copy'  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/19)
Corrected galley proofs and unmarked page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/20)
 
iv. Home is the Sailor (1987)
'Very early rough drafts & cuts from Home is the Sailor & earlier versions';  'Cuts & bits of drafts from Home is the Sailor'' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/21)
'Two very rough drafts & cuts from Up in the Mountains - early version of Home  is the Sailor';  'Original version formerly called Up in the Mountains', being typescript/carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/22)
'3rd carbon/Very rough copy', being corrected typescript;  corrected carbon typescript;  corrected carbon typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/23)
Corrected carbon typescript and incomplete photocopy of corrected carbon typescript;  'Incomplete copies of 2nd last & final versions' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/24)
Corrected galley and page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/25)
 
B. Radio scripts, 1937-1986
 
1937-1938;  Scripts mainly for Australian Broadcasting Commission, including the serials, Sons of Devon, The Rebel's Revenge, At the Doctors, Royal Leopard, and The Emperor's Agents;  radio plays including Drake's Drum and A Good Woman:  A Drama of 1900;  and submissions for the series Simple Stories (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/26)
1937-1941;  Scripts including the serial Richard Blake (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1945-1947;  'Old radio serials etc / & talks - A.B.C. / B.B.C. / Film Notes / Notes', being radio scripts for Australian Broadcating Commission and British Broadcasting Corporation, including film reviews and letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1953-1961;  'A.B.C. / Broadcasts /  T.V. / 1957', being scripts mainly for A.B.C. Women's Session with related correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1938-1986;  Correspondence with Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
 
C. Articles, 1955-1973
 
1955-1959;  Drafts and working papers concerning article on the Gilbert Islands for The Geographical Magazine, 1959, including correspondence with H. E. Maude (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1959-1967;  Drafts and working papers concerning unpublished article on the Sydney Opera House for the American journal Architectural Record (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1964, Date unknown;  Working papers, including research material for article on Australian wines for Squire Magazine (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1972-1973;  Papers concerning series of articles on yoga for the magazine Woman's World (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
 
D. Reviews, 1971-1989
 
1971-1989;  Reviews, with related correspondence mainly with Margaret Jones, Literary Editor, Sydney Morning Herald (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
1971-1981;  Scrapbook of newscuttings of her book reviews in the Sydney Morning Herald, with related correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
1982-1986;  Book reviews for The Age (Melb.), with related correspondence with Stuart Sayers, Literary Editor (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
E. Short stories and Poems, 1933-1949
 
Scrapbook of stories and serialisations, and poems, being newscuttings and typescript  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
F. Talks,1967-1992
 
1967-1992;  Talks at Mosman Library, 28 June 1990, about growing up in Mosman and her worldwide travels, including corrected typescript of talk, and at the Sydney Writers' Festival, 1992, including corrected typescript of talk;  correspondence concerning talks, 1967-1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
G. Autobiography, 193--1983
 
i. A Kingdom by the Sea (1969)
Rough drafts and working papers;  rough draft with working papers including National Council of Women of New South Wales Biennial Report 1966-1968;  'Rejected drafts of Kingdom by the Sea / Notes / Notes on Louise Mack some used in Kingdom by the Sea for Imprint paperback edition', including letters received, 1968, from Nancy Keesing, Stuart Lee and Douglas Stewart (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/30)
 
ii. The Swift Foot of Time: An Australian in England, 1938-45 (1983)
Incomplete MS. draft in notebook;  early rough drafts and fragments, with letters received from Ruth Stirling, Organiser of Women's Sessions, A.B.C., Sydney, 17 Dec. 1959, with enclosed talk on London's Quality Inn quick-service  restaurants;  two folders of rough early drafts of Friendly Natives;  working papers, 193--1980, concerning Friendly Natives  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/31)
Friendly Natives: An English Memoir, being an early draft;  working papers, 1970-1978;  Friendly Natives: Encounters with the English, being corrected carbon typescript, with working papers including notes, printed material and article, 'Away from the Blitz' by Nancy Creagh (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/32)
The Swift Foot of Time, being MS./typescript/carbon typescript of rough draft;   corrected typescript/carbon typescript;  corrected photocopy of galley proofs, 24 Jan. 1983;  corrected photocopy of page proofs, 18 Mar. 1983 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/33)
Song about Nothing - An Innocent Abroad by Nancy Creagh, being incomplete rough drafts of MS., typescript, carbon typescript, with copy of letter from Nancy Creagh to Miss Molony, The Refrectory, Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon, 20 Feb. 1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
'All in Together'[Song about Nothing], being corrected typescript/carbon typescript with pencil drawings of household utensils and furniture, a chapter: 'Men are hard to get in war time', and poems by Nancy creagh: The Yokel, The Yacht, Melancholy, The Leaf, and The Herons (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
'Very early drafts of Sorry about Nothing - Eventually The Swift Foot of Time', being corrected carbon typescript;  A Song about Nothing by Ellen Maher [pseud.], being corrected carbon typescript;  A Song about Nothing by ancy Phelan, being corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
 
H. Biography, 1866-1993
 
i. Charles Mackerras: A Musician's Musician (1987)
 
See also 40 cassette tapes, including recordings of performances and interviews with Sir Charles Mackerras located at MLOH 279/1-40, for access to which consult the Curator of Oral History.
 
1941, 1947-1974;  Letters mainly from Charles Mackerras, and his wife Judy, to his parents Catherine and Alan Mackerras, 1947-1974, and some letters to his brothers Neil  and Alaastair, with letters from Evelyn B. Grant to Catherine Mackerras, 1947,  and letter from A. C. B. Webb to Catherine Mackerras, 16 Aug. 1941 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1971-1976;  Letters from Charles Mackerras to his wife Judy (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1947-1956, Date unknown;  Papers of Judy Mackerras, including programmes of concert performances by Charles Mackerras and letters to her mother, Mrs F. B. Wilkins (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1947;  Letters from Judy Mackerras to her mother, Mrs F. B. Wilkins (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1983-1984;  Papers of Charles Mackerras concerning the unpublished biography of him by Charles Buttrose (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1987;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Charles and Judy Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1987;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Victor Gollancz Ltd and Judy Mackerras concerning the biography Phelan's biography (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1985;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Charles and Judy Mackerras, and Hilary Rubinstein (A. P. Watt Ltd) (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1972-1978, 1985-1986;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Judy Mackerras, 1985-1986;  papers concerning industrial dispute between English National Opera and the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees, 1974;  and newscuttings,  1972-1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1961-1986;  'Charles Mackerras / Old Press', being working papers and papers of Charles Mackerras, including newscuttings/reviews of his concert performances (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/36)
1965-1986;  'Charles / Miscellaneous publicity 1971/72 etc.', being working papers and papers of Charles Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/36)
1928-1986;  Working papers, including notebook, typed extracts of Charles Mackerras' letters, and papers of Charles Mackerras, including photocopies of his correspondence, newscuttings and photoprints (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1946-1986;  Working papers, with the papers of Charles Mackerras, including MS. autobiographical note (2pp.), ca. 1946, and transcript of interview with him by Hazel De Berg, 19 May 1971 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1951-1981;  'Early cuttings to the end of 1950s', being mainly newscuttings and printed material concerning Charles Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1959-1986;  Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6437/37)
'Rough drafts & transcripts - Notes, extracts etc', including 1948 concert programme, and corrected typescript transcriptions of Nancy Phelan's conversations with Charles Mackerras;  'Rough drafts' and working papers (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/38)
'Rough draft' and 'Early drafts & 3rd draft' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/39)
ca. 1987;  Corrected and edited typescript;  corrected galley and page proofs;  'Reader's Marked Set', being corrected page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/40)
 
ii. The Romantic Lives of Louise Mack (1991)
 
1903-1921;  Correspondence between Gertrude Mack and Captain Rupert Hale (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
1904-1921;  Mack family correspondence, with diary of Gertrude Mack, date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
ca. 1911-ca. 1924;  Correspondence between Gertrude Mack and her family and friends (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
Date unknown;  Notebooks of Louise Mack (?) and fragments of photoprint and unidentified letter (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
1985-1990;  Research correspondence with, among others, Australian Dictionary of Biography, British Institute of Florence, Clare Foster (University of Queensland Press), Lilith Norman, Philippa Poole, Sydney Girls High School Archives, Uniting Church in Australia. Church Records & Historical Society, Kerry White and Eleanor Witcombe (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/42)
ca. 1890-1989;  Research material concerning Louise Mack, being mainly photocopied documents, newscuttings and printed material, including articles by Louise Mack, and MS. notes and extracts from the diaries of A. G. Stephens and Ethel Turner;  and photocopied typescript extracts from the letters of Herbert and Ethel Curlewis abbout John Creed sent by Philippa Poole;  with colour photoprints of the Parsonage, 41 High Street, Morpeth, 198- (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/42)
Date unknown;  'NP's notes & comments on Louise's books', being MS.;  notebooks I-IV of research material (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
1901-1988;  Papers concerning entry and article on Louise Mack for Australian Dictionary of Biography and The Australian Literary Supplement (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
1866-ca. 1922;  Copies of original photoprints, with photocopied documents for the book (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
Date unknown;  'Scraps of discarded drafts' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
Date unknown;  'Very rough drafts cuts etc';  'Very chaotic early drafts' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/44)
Date unknown;  'Last draft before clean copy', being mainly corrected typescript;  corrected carbon typescript with MS. additions;  incomplete edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/45)
ca. 1991;  '4th copy (incomplete) uncorrected. Partly edited but papers missing - also changes made to MS later', being two edited versions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/46)
ca. 1991;  '1st set of proofs corrected but scrapped because of wrong typesetting [and] Second Proof (Final)', being corrected page proofs (two versions), with correspondence, 1990, with Barbara Ker Wilson, and fragments of corrected and edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/46)
 
I. Travel, 195--1996
 
i. Atoll Holiday (1958)
Notebook;  incomplete 'rough early drafts';  carbon typescript with MS. corrections, with notes and suggestions for selected illustrations (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/47)
 
ii. Welcome the Wayfarer: A Traveller in Modern Turkey (1965)
Working papers, including draft fragments, photonegatives and photoprints;  Tea  with the Turks, being corrected typescript;  Tea with the Turks, being corrected typescript/carbon typescript with miscellaneous enclosures;  Welcome the Wayfarer, being final corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/48)
 
iii.Pillow of Grass (1969)
Rough drafts, corrected carbon typescript and working papers, including silver gelatin photoprints and photonegatives (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/49)
'Cuts from Pillow of Grass, notes, references, drafts';  corrected typescript with MS. additions and list of corrections (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/50)
 
iv.Some Come Early, Some Come Late (1970)
1968-1969, Date unknown;  Research correspondence and notes;  working papers, including notes and correspondence;  working papers, being mainly notebooks and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/51)
1968-1970;  'Cuts and rejects from book';  drafts including corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/52)
 
iv. The Chilean Way (1973)
The Monkey Puzzle Tree, being draft MS./typescript/carbon typescript;  The Monkey Puzzle Tree, being second (?) draft, with two silver gelatin photoprints;  'The Monkey Puzzle Tree before revision and retitling', being carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/53)
1968-1973;  'Illustrations: Chile', being silver gelatin and colour photoprints, layout illustrations and correspondence with Caroline Hobhouse, Macmillan & co., London, 1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
1968-1972;  Working papers, including 'cuts & rejects from earlier drafts', notebooks (2),  letters received, newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
ca. 1973;  Corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
 
v. Morocco is a Lion (1982)
Working papers, including notes and references, draft fragments, silver gelatin photoprints and line drawings;  'Working copy with cuts & corrections', being corrected typescript/carbon typescript;  'Cuts & dupes not used in the final version' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/55)
Incomplete rough draft fragments;  corrected typescript/carbon typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/56)
Third draft, being correctedtypescript/carbon typescript;  'Final draft...used by printer', being corrected and edited typescript/carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/57)
1981;  Corrected photocopy of first galley proofs, June 1981;  corrected photocopy of page proofs, 1981 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/58)
 
vi. Pieces of Heaven: In the South Seas (1996)
'Samoa. Rough drafts & scraps' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/59)
Working papers, including corrected typescript of Samoan Affairs: Scenes and Stories of the Pacific Iaslands, 1955, by Cyril McKay (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/60)
'Rough drafts & scraps' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/61)
Corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/62)
'Rough drafts, notes & scraps';  'Pacific / Early version / To be cut and rehashed', being photocopied typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/63)
1994-1996;  Photocopied corrected typescript with additional MS. corrections;  editorial correspondence with Judy Macdonald (University of Queensland Press);  incomplete corrected page proofs, with edited typescripts of index, glossary and sources (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/64)
 
J. Other, ca. 1962-1969, 1990-1993
 
i. Essence of Yoga (1963)
Corrected cabon typescript draft, edited typescript and corrected galley proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
ii. Yoga over Forty (1965)
Edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
iii.The Art of Russian Cooking (1969)
'Carbon roughs of Russian Cookbook' and corrected typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
iv. Mosman Impressions (1993)
1990-1992;  Drafts and working papers, including research material and papers concerning Who's Who in Mosman Project;  correspondence mainly with Mosman Library and Council of the Municipality of Mosman, and rough draft (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/66)
1993, Date unknown ;  Printed material and corrected photocopies of galley and page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/67)

Author/Artist entries:
Age (Melbourne, Vic.)
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Dictionary of Biography
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Institute of Florence
Buttrose, Charles, 1909-
De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984
Hobhouse, Caroline
Jones, Margaret, 1923-
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993
Ker Wilson, Barbara, 1929-
Lee, Stuart
Mack, Gertrude
Mack, Louise, 1870-1935
McKay, Cyril Gilbert Reeves, 1900-
Mackerras, Charles, Sir, 1925-
Mackerras, Judy
Macmillan & Co.
Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans), 1906-
Mosman Library
Mosman (N.S.W. : Municipality). Council
Nicolaieff, Nina
Norman, Lilith, 1927-
Poole, Philippa
Rubinstein, Hilary, 1926-
Sayers, Stuart
Stewart, Douglas, 1913-1985
Stirling, Ruth
Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Morning Herald
Turner, Ethel, 1870-1958
Uniting Church in Australia. Church Records & Historical Society
University of Queensland. Press
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Volin, Michael, 1911-
White, Kerry
Witcombe, Eleanor, 1923-

Nancy Phelan - literary manuscripts, with working papers including correspondence, 1866-1996

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