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Being a Queenslander : a form of literary and geographical conceit / [by] Thea Astley.

CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence and related papers concerning research into Henry Kendall's life and works. Includes letters concerning entries written about George Henry Farr, Joseph Sheridan Moore and James Lionel Michael for the Australian Dictionary of Biography;  correspondence with Dr Jean Bowden concerning research on Thomas Bowden;  T.T. Reed's entry for the Commonwealth Jubilee Competition;  request for access to collections held by the Mitchell Library and the Commonwealth Library Canberra (National);  correspondence concerning publishing of his research with Rigby Ltd. and Melbourne University Press;  correspondence concerning funding for his research into Henry Kendall by the Commonwealth Literary Fund;  correspondence relating to the Public Lending Rights Scheme;  T.T. Reed's preparation for the Herbert Blaiklock Lecture 1982;  correspondence with J.I.M Stewart relating to his thesis;  correspondence with University of Adelaide concerning the publication of the Henry Kendall biography;  papers from C.E. Herd concerning the Fagan family;  research papers of Peter Nation concerning family history and copies of letters from Henry Kendall;  and other correspondence from A.L. Hubbard, Rowland Green concerning letter to Frederick Kendall, W. Hill, Hugh McCrae, Ian F. McLaren, E. Morris Miller, Miss E.B. Moore, Professor R.S. Wallace, Yates family. (Call No.: ML MLMSS 7702/2)
MANUSCRIPTS
Various drafts: The life of Henry Kendall / T.T. Reed (380 p.) (2 copies), (325 p., 1951) (1 copy);  The life and poetical works of Henry Kendall / T.T. Reed (Thesis) (no pagination, 1950);  The collected poems of Henry Kendall - Vol. 1 (Poems and songs) (3 copies including thesis) (275 p.,171-275);  The collected poems of Henry Kendall - Vol. 2 (Miscellaneous poems etc) (3 copies including 1 thesis) (171-316 p., 293 p., 309 p.);  Life and poetical works of Henry Kendall: indices, summaries, etc;  Handwritten copy `The life of Henry Kendall (Chapt. 1-3 only), Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition, prose work - The life of Henry Kendall / Huntingdon (1 copy) (325 p.) (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/1)
RESEARCH PAPERS
Papers concerning Henry Kendall's life and work include newscuttings, reference lists and notebooks. A list of letters used in connection with the Kendall biography, a chronological table of Henry Kendall, an index to titles of Kendall's poetry, an index to titles of Kendall's poems by Betram Stevens, a list of poems from periodicals not yet published in volume form and 2 single pages (torn) possibly written by Henry Kendall.
Typed draft of `The poems of Henry Kendall' Vol. 2, poems not collected by the poet during his life arranged in chronological order.
Papers and lecture presented by T.T.Reed. Kendall's satirical humour (1982), In search of Kendall (1981), Kendall and his contemporaries (1937);  The poems of Henry Kendall: poems not collected by the poet during his life and then arranged in chronological order-Vol. 2;  (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/3)
Notebooks concerning T.T. Reed's research into Henry Kendall. Includes `The life of Henry Kendall' (2 v.), Kendall chronology (1 v.), Selected (satire, Aborigines) typescript poems of Henry Kendall with notes made by T.T. Reed (2 v.), Typescript `The poems of Henry Kendall' Vol. 2, poems selected by the poet during his life arranged in chronoloical order (1 v.), Typescript of T. Inglis Moore `Selected poems' (2 folders), I-K index of Kendall material (1 v.), 5 looseleaf binders with references and notes relating to Kendall, Photographs of poems by Kendall held at the Mitchell Library (1 v.), Various notebooks listing biographical material, lists of poems chronologically arranged, index to titles of poems, references to Kendall's poetry in newspapers and periodicals. Also includes notebooks/letterbooks (letters have previously been removed) of Frederick C. Kendall.  (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/4-5)
PERSONAL PAPERS
Papers concerning T.T. Reed's life and work include a typed booklet `How I remember my childhood home over seventy years ago' by T.T.Reed (1984), notes with illustrations relating to his family history, church ephemera including a printed article on Archibishop Reed's retirement.
Papers concerning T.T.Reed's poetry include typed pages of poetry, and a booklet `Poems' by Thomas Thornton Reed (1931). (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/3)
MISCELLANEOUS
Line blocks from Reg. C. Pogonosk Pty used to illustrate `Kendall: our god made chief' written by Mrs A.M Hamilton-Grey. (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/1)
ASSOCIATION COPIES
Leaves from Australian Forest / Henry Kendall (1869);  Leaves from Aistralian Forest / Henry Kendall (1870);  Poems and songs / Henry Kendall (1862);  Songs from the mountain / Henry Kendall (1880) 2 copies;  Poems of Henry Clarence Kendall / edited Alexander Sutherland (1880);  Poet Kendall / Mrs A.M Hamilton-Grey;  Poems of Clarence Kendall with memoir by F.C. Kendall (1903);  Poems of Henry Kendall / Henry Kendall (1886);  Selected poems of Henry Kendall / T. Inglis Moore (1957);  Henry Kendall in the Camden Haven Valley (197-?);  Selections from the works of Henry Kendall (1963);  The Northern Rivers of N.S.W / Arthur Cousins (1933), with dedication to T.T. Reed by F.C. Kendall, 1946;  The  bronze trumpet: a satirical poem / Henry Kendall (1866);  Henry Kendall: his later years / notes by F.C. Kendall (1938) 2 copies, one with dedication to Miss Florence Whelan by F.C. Kendall and letter from Florence Whelan to T.T. Reed, 1952;  The poems of Henry Kendall with biography by Bertram Stevens;  Poems and songs by Henry Kendall (1862) with dedication from Henry Kendall to Miss Charlotte Rutter at the time of Henry Kendall's engagement;  Jamees Lionel Michael: a comprehensive bibliography / Ian F. McLaren (1989);  Henry Kendall: the man and the myths / Michael Ackland (1995), with copy of the review that T.T. Reed write which was  published in the Adelaide Review, July 1995;  Blacklock memorial lectures, 1971-1981 / foreword Leonie Kramer, with dedication to T.T. Reed from Leonie Kramer;  Henry Kendall / W.H. Wilde (1972), with dedication from W.H. Wilde to T.T. Reed;  The Library of Ian F. McLaren (1974), with dedication from Ian F. McLaren to T.T. Reed;  Towards a comprehensive bibliography of Henry Kendall / Ian F. McLaren, with dedication from I.F. McLaren to T.T. Reed;  Southerly, no. 4 (1982) article `Kendall's satirical humour' by T.T. Reed (Call No.: MLMSS 7702/6)

T.T. Reed - further papers, 1930-1993

BOX 1
‘The George’s wife’, Rough MS.

‘The Georges wife finished with pages’, Rough MS.

‘The Georges’ wife first half’ [Chs 1-10], MS.

‘The Georges’ wife’ [Chs 11-19], MS.

BOX 2
‘The Georges’ wife’ editorial material, 1993. Includes printout with editorial corrections by Kay Ronai, correspondence with Kay Ronai and Rosemary Tribe (Penguin), and sample page proofs.

‘The Georges’ Wife’. Typescript with author’s annotations and corrections.

‘Some papers from school 1934 onwards’, ca. 1920-1939. Includes assignments and exercise books (Monica Knight).

‘Correspondence answered August 1992-August 31 1993.’

BOX 3
‘Some correspondence received Sept 1990 to Sept 1991’, together with correspondence 1975-1978.

‘Some correspondence 10.9.91 to August 3 1992’. Correspondents include Sue Woolfe, Gillian Mears, Cassandra Pybus, Nick Hasluck and Drusilla Modjeska.

BOX 4
‘Andrew Sant 1990-92 Writers Work Place’, being letter received from Julie Gibbs, Editor Allen & Unwin/Susan Haynes re and including Jolley’s ‘The Passion and the Prose’ for Sant’s ‘Toads – Australian Writers’ Other Work’. Includes photocopies of edited typescript and galley proofs.

MSS including ‘The Silver Apples of the Moon’ for Virago Press, London, Sep. 1993 and review of ‘Love from Nancy. The Letters of Nancy Mitford' edited by Charlotte Moseley (1993), MS. & corrected typescript.

‘Chiron in Ankle Socks and Velvet’ for Independent Monthly Dec. 1993, MS.

Letter received from Nancy Keesing, 5 Sep. 1990, with enclosed copies of Keesing’s correspondence with Christina Stead, 1979.

MSS including Community Aid Abroad / Freedom from Hunger One World Dinner talk, 25 June 1992; ‘Sisters’, Apr.-May 1992; article re Barry Humphries, Sep. 1993 for Channel 4 Television (UK); ‘Memorable Christmas’ for ‘Women’s Weekly’, Dec. 1993; article for Delys Bird’s ‘The Book of Radio Plays.’

Darling Downs Press and FACP from the 1970s’, being mainly letters received, 1978-1992 from Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

‘F.A.C.P. / Darling Downs / AATE / Currency Press / Sisters Publishing, 1978-1985, being mainly letters received from FACP.

BOX 5
‘Quick at Meals, Quick at Work’ for ‘The Age’, Aug. 1993, MS. and rough MS.

‘Kate Grenville/Sue Woolfe’. Being a letter received from Kate Grenville, 2 Aug. 1991, re enclosed selections from Jolley’s ‘Mr Scobie’s Riddle’ for ‘Revisions’ [Making Stories] (1993).

Papers re RANZCP 26th Annual Congress, Perth, 13-17 May 1990, being mainly Jolley’s address, ‘Strange regions there are, strange minds, strange realms of the spirit, lofty and spare’, MS. and corrected typescript; together with review of ‘Hidden in the heart’ by Dan Jacobson (1991).

‘Correspondence (Publishing)’, 1984-1990. Being mainly letters received from ‘The New Yorker’; Viking (USA); Persea Books, NY; Elise Goodman, USA, literary agent; Viking, Penguin, (London); Sinclair-Stevenson, London; and Harper & Row (USA).

‘Central Mischief’, edited typescript.

BOX 6
‘Reviews’, 1980s-1992, being reviews, articles and interviews re Jolley and her work, newscuttings and photocopies. Includes a letter from Drusilla Modjeska enclosing her review of ‘Cabin Fever’, 6 Nov. 1990.

Reviews of ‘White Stag of Exile’ by Thomas Shapcott for Fremantle Arts Centre Broadsheet, 1984, and ‘Jump and Other Stories’ by Nadine Gordimer (1991) for ‘West Australian’ 1991, MS. and corrected typescript.

Review of ‘Patrick White: A Life’ by David Marr (1991), for ‘Scripsi’, 1991, MS.

Reviews of ‘Central Mischief’ and other works by Jolley, and letters received from Annabelle Murray-Smith (Penguin), 25 May 1992 and 27 Oct. 1992.

MSS / Views on War / ‘The Age’ Feb 1991’, being drafts of, among others, ‘Authors’ views on war’ for ‘The Age’, Feb. 1991; review of ‘Hopeful Monsters’ by Nicholas Mosley (1990); talk for Gerontology Conference Dinner, 1987; talk for Library Luncheon, WA, 1984; ‘The Shepherd on the Roof’(a monologue for stage performance)’, MS. and corrected typescript.

BOX 7
‘Inspector Blunt / Sugar Crisis / This Lorelei This Rhine Maiden / and her mother in the wheat’, 1991, MS.

Review of ‘Iron John : A Book about Men’ by Robert Bly (1991), MS.
 
‘Black Country Farm / BBC 1991-2 / for BBC ‘Short Story’, MS.

MS. extracts of ‘Diary of a Weekend Farmer; review of ‘Hidden in the Heart’ by Dan Jacobson (1991); address to graduating midwives at the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, WA, 1992; ‘Monologue Sugar Crisis Hon Dorothea; ‘The Magic of the Imagination and the Power of Suggestion in fiction’, 1992.

The ‘Monologue: Lorelei in the Wheat’; ‘Monologue for Stage [Miss Emily Vales]’, Feb.-Mar. 1992; MS. for ‘The Sisters’.

Reviews of ‘Cabin Fever’, photocopies.

‘Motherhood’ for ‘New Woman’ magazine, Jan. 1992.

Issue of ‘Tabloid Story’, 1978 Adelaide Festival Edition, featuring ‘The Owner of Grief or the Outworks of the Kingdom’ by Jolley.

‘ALM 1979-1983-84 / 1984-1986’, being correspondence with Australian Literary Management (mainly Caroline Lurie) and others including Nancy Keesing, Kate Grenville.

BOX 8
‘ALM Lurie to Jolley / Letters 1986-1988’, being correspondence with Australian Literary Management (mainly Caroline Lurie) and others including Ruth Cracknell, Alex Miller, Helen Daniel, Kate Grenville.

 ‘Correspondence 16.1.89 to 15.12.89. ALM 1989 mostly’, being correspondence with Australian Literary Management (mainly Caroline Lurie) and others.

BOX 9
‘ALM correspondence from Dec 1989 to Jan 1990 to Sept 1991’, being correspondence with Australian Literary Management (mainly Caroline Lurie) and others including Sue Woolfe and Dale Spender.

‘ALM Letters from Caroline Lurie to Elizabeth Jolley 3.1.91 to 16.8.93’ [27 Aug. 1993’, being correspondence mainly with Australian Literary Management and others, including Australian and international publishers and institutions.

BOX 10
Papers, 1991-1992 re author’s publicity tour for ‘Central Mischief’ and ‘Cabin Fever’.

Reviews of ‘Cabin Fever, 1990, photocopies.

Papers re 1991 Herbert Blaiklock Memorial Lecture, ‘Temporary Residents: The Death Bed and The Chaise Longue, The Writer’s Approach to Death; and MS of ‘Wood’ for Curtin University, 1991?

Correspondence, 1978-1991, mainly with university of Queensland Press. Includes rejection letter from Craig Munro, 30 July 1979 re ‘Woman in a Lampshade’.

Letters received, 1989-1993, from school children and others.

‘Reviews June 1986-July1987’, being reviews of works by Jolley.

BOX 11
‘Reviews 1987 to March 1989’, being reviews of works by Jolley.

Papers, 1983-1984, being correspondence with Darwin Community College staff re Jolley’s inaugural lecture for the 1984 Women’s Studies Program, ‘Chocolate has its own melancholy: a look at the portrayal of women by a selection of Australian writers’; papers re 3rd SPACLALS Conference, Macquarie University, 1984.

Papers re Melbourne publicity tour, 1992. Include correspondence with Annabelle Murray-Smith and Stephen Knight.

Papers re 1988 Carnivale, Sydney and 1988 Spoleto Melbourne Festival.

Papers re 1990 Festival of Perth, with reviews of works by Jolley and a copy of ‘Elizabeth Jolley’s The Newspaper of Claremont Street: A Stage play’ by Alan Becher and David Britten, 1986.

BOX 12
Papers, 1989-1991, re Canadian literary festivals and Jolley’s winning the 1989 Canada-Australia Prize.

Papers re 1990 Melbourne Writers’ Festival.

Papers re 1990 Melbourne Writers’ Festival and the launching of ‘Cabin Fever’.

Papers, 1992-1993, mainly re 1993 Festival of Perth including Jolley’s stage monologue, ‘Lorelei in the Wheat’.

Papers, 1991-1993, re the 1992 Victorian Association for the Teaching of English State Conference and the 1993 VCE Writing Workshops.

Papers, 1992-1993, re the 1993 Australian National Word Festival, Canberra.

Papers re Swy Theatre Company production of ‘The Newspaper of Claremont Street’ (2nd season, 1993).

BOX 13   RESTRICTED
Letters and postcards received from Helen Garner, 1982-1991.

Elizabeth Jolley further papers, 1934-1993

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