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Research papers, including correspondence, and unpublished manuscripts, related to the publication of  'Literary Sydney: a walking guide' by Jill Dimond and Peter Kirkpatrick (UQP, 2000). 

FOLDER 1: CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO LITERARY SYDNEY: A WALKING GUIDE
1. Anderson, Jessica letter 12/12/94 re former addresses in Potts Point including Bomera, (“In those years young people of my kind lived like gypsies, as indeed they still do”), and other writers at the Cross including Nancy Phelan, Betty Roland and Ron Blair.
2. Australian Defence Force Academy, Marie-Louise Ayres emails 21/4/98  and 21/1/99 re Vicki Viidikas’s various address.
3. Australian War Memorial, Robert Darby email 15/8/97 re various addresses for Frank Dalby Davison and Marjorie Barnard’s flat in Clapton Place, Darlinghurst which “appears in TTT as Carnation Street”.
4. Bail, Murray note [n.d.] re where he was living when he wrote Homesickness, Holden’s Performance and Eucalyptus.
5. Buckridge, Pat email 20/2/95 re Brian Penton.
6. burns, joanne letter 15/2/95 and notes on Darlinghurst chapter of literary guide; letter 10/3/95 enclosing copy of “Stubble” ; letter [n.d.] and notes on Kings Cross chapter of literary guide.
7. Cataldi, Lee email 27/9/99 re her previous addresses in Ormond St and Germaine Greer’s address in Olive St, Paddington.
8. Day, Marele letter 8/5/98 re settings in The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi.
9. Dever, Maryanne letter 1/1/95 re Flora Eldershaw, Marjorie Barnard and Frank Dalby Davison’s addresses; letter 18/1/95 with further information on Flora Eldershaw and Marjorie Barnard’s addresses in the 1920s and 1940s and Helen Palmer’s in 1956, with references.
10. Duggan, Laurie letter 4/3/99 re living at 240 Church St Newtown when he wrote “Adventures” and John Forbes’ contact details.
11. Duggan, Laurie letter 26/8/94 re his various former Sydney addresses and other writers who lived there at the time.
12. Duggan, Laurie letter 30/11/94 re John Forbes and Gig Ryan’s address at 31 Georgina St Newtown.
13. Duggan, Laurie letter 13/12/94 re John Forbes and Mark O’Connor’s address at 6 Pemell St Newtown, reference to programs for pub crawls, “Balmain by Alcohol” and “Higher Imbibings” with extracts from his Sydney diaries enclosed.
14. Grenville, Kate letter 2/3/95 re former address in Paddington and scene in Rushcutter’s Bay Park in Lilian’s Story.
15. Hardie, Melissa email 27/6/99 re Dorothy Hewett’s former addresses in Woollahra and Darlinghurst.
16. Herrick, Steven letter 31/7/95 notes that he wrote “Caboolture” at 27 Watkin St Newtown and also at North Bondi and afterwards “moved to Balmain, like all ageing poets, and wrote very little”. Poems enclosed.
17. Hersey, Shane email 14/4/97 re Zora Cross’s address in Mosman and his mother, Zora’s daughter April Hersey’s contact details.
18. Howarth, Geoff letter 6/7/99 re his father R.G. (Guy) Howarth’s living at 54 Yurong St and writers, artists and bohemians who gathered at the Metropole Hotel in the 1940s. Bulletin article by R.G.H. about history and demolition of 54 Young St enclosed.
19. Jennings, Kate emails 12/5/98 re omission of a Glebe chapter in literary guide (“That would be a mistake. Don’t trust those Balmain chaps; they were always revisionists.”), email 14/5/98 re former addresses in Glebe including 67 Glebe Point Rd (“That’s where the first meetings of the women’s movement were held in 1970.”); email 15/5/98 re the early women’s movement, the anti-war movement and putting out Digger and Rolling Stone (“the Oz version”) from the Avenue Rd communal house.
20. Kelen, Christopher (Kit) [n.d.] list of former inner city addresses
21. Kiernan, Brian email 6/4/98 re location of David Williamson’s former house in Louisa Rd.
22. Lilley, Kate email 16/6/99 re Dorothy Hewett’s former address in Moncur St Woollahra.
23. McLaren, Philip letter 15/7/97 re recollections of growing up in redfern, family history, education, career as artist/designer at Channel 7 and local settings in Scream Black Murder.
24. Malouf, David card postmarked 3/2/99 re places he’d lived in Sydney and note [n.d.] re periods he lived in Georgina St. when “I was probably working on 12 Edmondstone St”.
25. Phelan, Nancy letter 11/9/95 re Ethel Turner and Louise Mack.
26. Rabbi Falk Library, Great Synagogue emails 10/2/97 re description of library and 11/2/97 re library holdings.
27. SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Janet House, Archivist, letter 16/12/94 confirming that Wilkinson House at SCEGGS was formerly a block of flats called “The Gwydir” where Katherine Susannah Prichard lived in the early 1940s. Enclosed copy of photograph of Wilkinson House.
28. St John, Madeleine letter 17/2/99 re birth at King George V, not knowing other writers at Sydney Uni (“I was a complete dunce in those days”), and writing Women in Black in London W.11 where she has lived “for ages and ages”.
29. Sharkey, Michael email 27/4/98 re Nigel Roberts.
30. Spencer, Beth email 2/2/97 re settings in How to Conceive of a Girl and email 18/1/99 re her former house at 110 Wilson St, Newtown.
31. Summers, Anne email 16/4/18 re former addresses in Birchgrove and East Balmain (“At both addresses I did major chunks of Damned Whores and God’s Police) and suggestions of others who should be included in literary guide.
32. Sydney City Council letter 24/10/95 re enquiry regarding boarding house owned by Dymphna Cusack’s family in Orwell St, Potts Point.
33. Sydney Opera House email 11/3/98 re premieres of Australian plays and mention of Salvatore Zofrea’s fresco of Ray Lawler’s “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll” on display in the Playhouse Foyer in addition to John Olsen’s “Salute to Five Bells”.
34. Thompson, Tom letter 2/5 [no year] re his former addresses, contact details for Jon Cleary, Margaret Fink and Gwen Friend and enclosing Thompson’s piece on the Cross’s literary past.
35. Tranter, John 30/7/94 list of various addresses since leaving school at the end of 1960 including jobs, notes and recollections.
36. Tranter, John letter 22/2/96 re Michael Dransfield’s address. Includes copies of photographs of Dransfield’s flat and Lyn Tranter, Patrick Alexander and Alison Burns.
37. Wheatley, Nadia letter 8/2/99 re Martin Johnston’s novel Cicada Gambit and her four books, stage play and TV series set in Newtown. Describes her MA Honours thesis on the Newtown eviction battle of 1931, feeling “almost haunted” after visiting the house that was the site of the battle (after hearing that John Forbes lived there) and subsequently writing The House that was Eureka while she was on the dole. Also describes the research and writing of My Place, (“a fictional recreation of the history of the St Peters area”) and the setting and scenes in Five Times Dizzy. 

FOLDER 2
UNPUBLISHED DRAFT CHAPTERS - LITERARY SYDNEY: A WALKING GUIDE 
1. The Coast from Coogee to Bondi, 2nd draft (3 pages)   
2. Parramatta, 1st draft (2 pages)
3. Glebe and Sydney University, 3rd draft (11 pages: NB copy only) and 
4. Surry Hills and redfern, 3rd draft (4 pages)

AUTHORS’ CORRESPONDENCE WITH UQP RELATED TO LITERARY SYDNEY: A WALKING GUIDE 
1. Publishing proposal to Craig Munro/Dina Johnson UQP, 16 February 1993
2. Letter from Dinah Johnson advising that proposal accepted and enclosing publishing agreement and author questionnaire, 29 March 1993
3. Signed Publishing Agreement, dated 18 April 1993
4. Completed Author Questionnaire, n.d.
5. Progress report to Clare Forster UQP enclosing draft of Newtown chapter, 29 September 1993
6. Progress report to Craig Munro, 8 September 1994
7. Letter from Craig Munro re progress report, 13 September 1994
8. Letter to Craig Munro re approach by Geoff Watson of Forest Interactive to develop a CD-ROM based on Sydney Literary Walks book, 8 January 1996
9. Letter to Craig Munro enclosing Darlinghurst chapter, 18 September 1996
10. Letter from Craig Munro re Darlinghurst chapter, 31 October 1996
11. Fax to Craig Munro, 27 March 1997, enclosing Sydney Literary Guide CD-ROM Proposal by Geoff Watson dated 31 July 1996 
12. Letter to Craig Munro, UQP re Peter Carey, 10 April 1998, with annotated response 23 April 1998
13. Email from Craig Munro, 27 September 1998
14. Letter from Rebekah Scott UQP enclosing sample map, 23 November 1999
15. Letter to Rebekah Scott re sample map, 26 November 1999
16. Letter from Mark Farrow, MAPgraphics, to UQP enclosing test map, 1 December 1999
17. Email from Rebekah Scott and Sue Abbey, UQP re back cover text, 3 December 1999
18. Letter to Rebekah Scott re back cover text with notes from phone discussion, n.d.
19. Letter from Rebekah Scott enclosing proofs, 14 December 1999
20. Email from Rebekah Scott re proofs, 17 December 1999
21. Letter to Rebekah Scott re marked-up copy of ms with comments, changes and stets, 21 December 1999
22. Email from Rebekah Scott re cover, 20 January 2000
23. Email to Rebekah Scott re cover, 21 January 2000
24. Letter to Rebekah Scott re proofs, 24 January 2000
25. Email from Sue Abbey re corrected proofs, 2 February 2000
26. Email to Rebekah Scott re cover, 2 February 2000
27. Email from Rebekah Scott re keys for maps, 8 February 2000
28. Note from Rebekah Scott enclosing proofs and keys to maps, 10 February 2000
29. Email to Rebekah Scott re proofs, maps and illustrations, 14 February 2000
30. Email from Rebekah Scott re keys for maps and drawings, 15 February 2000
31. Email to Rebekah Scott re proofs, drawings and print run, 20 February 2000
32. Email from Rebekah Scott re print run, final proofs, photos, 22 February 2000
33. Email from Rebekah Scott re drawings, 23 February 2000
34. Note from Rebekah Scott re sample sketches by Christian Ronquillo, 25 February, 2000
35. Letter to Rebekah Scott re final corrected proofs, index, starts and finishes and photos, 28 February 2000
36. Note from Rebekah Scott re proofs, drawings and Sydney Writers Festival session/launch, 7 March 2000
37. Letter to Rebekah Scott re final corrections, 9 March 2000
38. Note from Rebekah Scott enclosing map and sample sketch, 14 March 2000
39. Letter from Rebekah Scott re maps, 28 March 2000
40. Note from Rebekah Scott re captions for illustrations, 29 March 2000
41. Fax to Rebekah Scott re corrections to maps, 31 March 2000
42. Invoice from UQP for maps, 28 August 2000
43. Letter from Terry Farley, UQP re trimming stock levels, 6 June 2003

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