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Manuscript Name | Papers of Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel |
Manuscript Number | MSS 009 |
Last Updated | September 2021 |
Extent | 8.76 m (69 boxes, 13 posters) |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced or accumulated by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel. |
Literary
This collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts and associated papers for works by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel. The collection also contains material relating to Thompson's publishing career with Collins and Angus & Robertson, together with material concerning the Australian Bicentennial Authority publications program and Sydney Writers' Week.
1917-1993
David John Tom Thompson was born on the 21 October 1953 in Parkes, New South Wales. He was educated at Broken Hill School, Wollongong High School and Macquarie University. He is poet, editor and publisher, and has worked as a bookshop manager, freelance journalist and publisher. He was literary publisher for Angus & Robertson, 1990-1993, associate publisher with Imprint Collins Australia, 1988-1990, publisher for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1984-1988, Publishing Coordinator 'Encyclopedia of the Australian people', 1984-1988, Producer Sydney Writers' Week, 1984-1988, Book Editor the National Times, 1982-1986, journalist with the Sydney morning herald, 1982-1988, editor of Red Press, 1978-1982 and associate editor at Currency Press, 1977-1980. As well as editing periodical publications Dodo, Leatherjacket and the Australian small press review, 1976-1979. He has also been involved in publishing ventures of his own including ETT Imprint, which represents nearly one hundred Australian authors and estates, many of which were purchased from the Angus & Robertson backlist in the mid-1990s and the Angrier Penguins Press.
Elizabeth Ann Butel was born on the 17 January 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales. She received a B.A. Dip. Ed. from Sydney University, 1973, Art Certificate from East Sydney Technical College, 1978 and Diploma of Art from City Art Institute, 1981. She has worked as a secondary school teacher, freelance journalist, writer/editor and publisher.
References:
Resumes
Who's who in Australia 2004
AustLit : the resource for Australian literature, 2005.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy
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Papers of Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 009, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired from Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel in several instalments from 1987 to 1994.
The Academy Library also holds the Papers of Lloyd Rees and Elizabeth Butel at MSS 169.
Australian prose literature, Australian authors.
Tom Thompson 1953-
Elizabeth Butel 1951-
Australian Bicentennial Authority
Collins Publishers Australia
Angus & Robertson Publishers
William Collins Australia
Authors, publishers
This series comprises chronologically arranged general correspondence to Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel, from 1973-1992.
Folder 1
Personal and business correspondence, 1973-1978
Folder 2
Personal and business correspondence, 1979-1983
Folder 3
Personal and business correspondence, 1984-1986
Folder 4
Personal and business correspondence, 1987-1988
Folder 5
Personal and business correspondence, 1989
Folder 6
Personal and business correspondence, 1990-1991
Folder 7
Personal and business correspondence, 1992
Folder 8
Letters to Peter Corris, National times literary editor from various Australian authors, together with carbon drafts from Corris, 1978-1980
Folder 9-10
Sydney Writer's Walk, 1990-1992
This series comprises drafts of published and unpublished works by Thompson, including The island hotel dreams (1977), Neon line (1978), 'Milligan down under', 'Somewhere in the tropics; or, The enfolded order', Growing up in the 60s (1986), The legends of Lennie Lower (1988), Between dark and daylight : an autobiography (1988); drafts of short stories, criticisms, reviews, talks and an interview. There are also drafts of political satires produced in Sydney between 1983 and 1986, including Balmain boys don't cry, The Maltese Ford falcon, Balmain boys strike back and A show of strength.
Folder 1
Paste-up of The island hotel dreams, published by Contempa Publications, Clifton Hill, Vic., 1977
Folder 2
Drafts of Neon line, published by Second Back Row Press, North Sydney, 1978
Folder 3-4
Research material and photocopy draft of 'Milligan down under', edited by Thompson, 1967-1984
Folder 5
Photocopy typescript draft of 'Somewhere in the tropics; or, The enfolded order', 1984
Folder 6-9
Correspondence, research material, drafts and review of Growing up in the 60s, published by Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst [N.S.W.], 1986
Folder 10-11
Drafts and page proofs of The legends of Lennie Lower, edited with a backword by Tom Thompson; illustrated by Patrick Cook, published by Collins, Sydney, 1988
Folder 12-20
Correspondence, research material, drafts, page proofs, review and a remaindered copy of Between dark and daylight : an autobiography, by Andrew Tregurtha; edited with an introduction by Tom Thompson, published by Collins, Sydney, 1988
Folder 21
Drafts of short stories by Thompson, 1974-1993
Folder 22
Drafts of criticisms by Thompson, 1978-1985
Folder 23
Drafts of reviews by Thompson, 1982-1983
Folder 24
Drafts of talks and an interview with Donald Friend (incomplete) by Thompson, and a carbon typescript list of unpublished journalism, c1980s
Folder 25
Research material, publicity material, reviews and drafts for the political satire entitled Balmain boys don't cry, Thompson with Buzo, Oakley, Saw, Blundell, Hudson and Cook; devised by Graeme Blundell and Tom Thompson; directed by Graeme Blundell and Ted Robinson; first performed at Kinselas 7 September 1983
Folder 26-27
Drafts for the political satire entitled The Maltese Ford falcon a musical comedy by Dale, Saw and Thompson; first performed at Kinselas Monday 6 February, 1984
Folder 28
Correspondence, drafts and advertising flyer for the political satire entitled Balmain boys strike back, by Buzo, Oakley, Saw, Hudson, Dickins and Thompson; devised by Graeme Blundell and Tom Thompson; directed by Blundell; first performed at Kinselas on Friday 11 October 1985
Folder 29
Research material, drafts and advertising flyer for the political satire entitled A show of strength, by Thompson, Oakley, Buzo, Blair and Cook; first performed at Kinselas 27 June 1986
This series comprises drafts of published and unpublished works by Thompson and Butel, including 'Mrs Macquarie's dictionary', The world according to Hawke (1983), The world of Joh (1983), Kings Cross album : pictorial memories of Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo & Rushcutters Bay (1984), Rockville Junction (1984) and Joh the first 10000 days (1987).
Folder 1-3
Correspondence with Penguin Books and drafts of 'Mrs Macquarie's dictionary', 1983-1984
Folder 4
Research material, correspondence and royalty statements for The world according to Hawke, edited by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel, published by Penguin Books, Ringwood, Vic., 1983
Folder 5
Correspondence and page proof photocopies for The world of Joh, [edited by] Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel; illustrated by Patrick Cook, published by Unwin Paperbacks, Sydney, 1983
Folder 6-7
Correspondence and research material for Kings Cross album : pictorial memories of Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo & Rushcutters Bay, by Elizabeth Butel and Tom Thompson, published by Atrand Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1984, together with two articles written by Thompson from the book
Folder 8
Notes and drafts of Rockville Junction, a rock musical for The Deltones written by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel, 1984
Folder 9-10
Research material, correspondence and flyers for Joh the first 10000 days, published by Collins, Sydney, 1987
Folder 11
Notes and research material on Bondi, c1980s
Folder 12
Correspondence, research material, notes and drafts of travel articles, 1986
Folder 13
Miscellaneous drafts of articles by Thompson and Butel, 1983-1984
This series comprises drafts of published and unpublished articles on Australian art and Australian artists and books by Butel, including Margaret Preston : the art of constant rearrangement (1986, c1985), A life album (1986) and It's me : a yearly record of facts and fictions about myself (1988).
Folder 1-13
Margaret Preston, 1917-1988
Including:
Correspondence
Research material
Drafts of articles
Drafts and page proofs for Margaret Preston : the art of constant rearrangement, published by Penguin in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Ringwood, Vic, 1986, c1985
Folder 14-15
Correspondence, launch flyer, reviews and drafts for A life album, by Elizabeth Butel; illustrated by Victoria Roberts, published by ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 1986
Folder 16-17
Correspondence and drafts of It's me : a yearly record of facts and fictions about myself, devised by Elizabeth Butel; illustrations by Helen Semmler, published by ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 1988
Folder 18
Correspondence and research material for various projects by Butel, 1985-1990
Folder 19-39
Notes, research material and newspaper clippings on Australian art and artists
This series comprises copies of Thompson's papers relating to his work as National Publications Coordinator for the Australian Bicentennial Authority (ABA), 1984-1988. The papers include material relating to the publications program, including general correspondence, memos, budget papers, commissioning agreements, correspondence with commissioned authors, book reviews, clippings and memorabilia. This series has been kept in Thompson's original order.
Folder 1-14
Correspondence, memos, brochures and clippings, 1984-1989
Folder 15
'Communications and marketing strategy for the Australian Bicentennial Authority's national publications program', by Wendy Milsom and Catherine Murphy, [1986?], and overseas contacts for the Publications Program
Folder 16
ABA men's tie and scarf
Folder 17-41
Project files, 1985-1989
Folder 42-57
Miscellaneous material, including correspondence, memos, brochures, flyers, commissioning agreements, 1984-1989
Folder 58-61
ABC Bicentennial Literary Awards, 1988
Folder 62
Photocopy drafts of Canberra tales : stories, by Margaret Barbalet ... [et al.], 1988
Folder 63-64
Clippings of book reviews, 1988
This series comprises material from Thompson's publisher's files when he worked as associate publisher with Collins Publishers Australia (1988-1989), then following their merger with Angus & Robertson Publishers in 1989, when he was appointed publisher, literature (1989-1993). The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, readers' reports, cuttings and agreements relating to works by Australian authors. The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by author. Some folders contain manuscript drafts, correspondence and other related material including readers' reports, proofs, cuttings, agreements and notes. Also included is a small amount of correspondence to William Collins Australia from 1973-1987. Computer discs relating to this series are housed in Series 8 and photographs relating to this series are housed in Series 10.
Folder 1
William Collins correspondence with Australian writers, 1973-1987
Folder 2
Collins Publishers correspondence with Australian writers, 1988
Folder 3-4
Correspondence with Angus & Robertson regarding the Department of Foreign Affairs Book Gift scheme, 1989-1992
Folder 5-8
Collins/Angus & Robertson correspondence, 1989
Folder 9-12
Collins/Angus & Robertson correspondence, 1990
Folder 13-17
Collins/Angus & Robertson correspondence, 1991
Folder 18-24
Collins/Angus & Robertson correspondence, 1992
Folder 25-26
Collins/Angus & Robertson correspondence, 1993
Folder 27
Correspondence regarding Imprint publications, 1988-1992
Folder 28
Correspondence and annotated page proofs of Games of the strong, by Glenda Adams, 1980
Folder 29
Annotated page proofs of The clean dark, by Robert Adamson, 1989; typescript draft of 'Going through with it', published in Cross the border, 1977
Folder 30
Typescript copy of 'First light : a man's tale', by Jack Allanach, 1992
Folder 31
Correspondence and typescript drafts of short stories by Robert Allen, 1990
Folder 32
Photocopy typescript of Billarooby, by Jim Anderson, 1990
Folder 33-34
Photocopy typescript drafts of Vanishing points, by Thea Astley, 1992
Folder 35-36
Photocopy typescript draft and annotated page proofs of Between careers, by Inez Baranay, 1982
Folder 37
Correspondence and notes; photocopy typescript draft of 'Conceit' and Pagan, by Inez Baranay, 1986-1990
Folder 38
Photocopy annotated page proofs of The saddest pleasure, by Inez Baranay, 1989
Folder 39
Drafts by Jean Bedford, 1990
Including:
Photocopy of the edited final draft of A lease of summer, by Jean Bedford
Outline for 'Beyond the door'
Folder 40
Photocopy annotated page proofs of Worse than death, by Jean Bedford in collaboration with Tom Kelly, 1990
Folder 41
Correspondence and photocopy typescript drafts, 1985-1994
Including:
'Hester', by Wendy Beckett
Poetry drafts, by Stefanie Bennett
Screw loose : uncalled-for memoirs, by Peter Blazey
A vivid steady state, Les Murray and Australian poetry, by Lawrence Bourke
One crowded hour : Neil Davis, combat cameraman, by Tim Bowden
Folder 42
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of 'The Westbury Street poems', 1989-1992
Folder 43
Photocopy typescript draft of Eleanor Dark : a writer's life, Barbara Brooks and Judith Clark, 1992
Folder 44-46
Photocopy typescript draft of All my love, by Anne Brooksbank, 1991
Folder 47
Correspondence, contract and articles on the editing of Donald Friend's diaries by Elizabeth Butel, 1983-1992
Folder 48
Typescript drafts of short stories and one movie review by Larry Buttrose, 1986-1992
Folder 49
Photocopy typescript draft of Prue flies north, by Alex Buzo, pp 1-50, 1991
Folder 50
Photocopy typescript drafts, 1979-1991
Including:
Outline for Malabata, by Grant Caldwell
'The great Australian poem', by Grant Caldwell
Synopsis of In my father's house by Gabrielle Carey
'Cynthia Nolan : the early years', by Lainie Caroll
Bohemian tales an inspiring story, by Emelia Gypsy Fire Caruana
'The insomniac's notebook', by Maxine Chernoff
'Australian new fiction', by Brian Cole
'Confessions', by Anna Couani
Synopsis of A contradiction in terms : the autobiography of Henry J. Cowan, Foundation Professor of Architectural Science, University of Sydney, by Henry J. Fielding
Folder 51-54
Page proofs and master copy of Henry Handel Richardson fiction in the making, by Axel Clark, 1990
Folder 55
Correspondence and photocopy typescript of 'Wildlife in penturbia', by Julie Clarke, 1991
Folder 56
Drafts of works by Charmian Clift; edited by Nadia Wheatley, 1989-1990
Including:
Annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts of Walk to the Paradise Gardens, by Charmian Clift; edited by Nadia Wheatley
Annotated typescript draft of Being alone with oneself, by Charmian Clift; edited and introduced by Nadia Wheatley
Typescript draft of chapter notes for Charmian Clift selected essays, edited by Nadia Wheatley
Annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts of High valley, by Charmian Clift and George Johnston; with an afterword by Nadia Wheatley
Folder 57-58
1st galley proofs of Hell west and crooked, by Tom Cole, 1987-1988
Folder 59
Correspondence, notes and photocopy typescript draft of Spears & smoke signals : exciting true tales by a buffalo & croc shooter, by Tom Cole, 1986-1987
Folder 60
Correspondence and drafts by Peter Corris, 1990-1991
Including:
Correspondence and typescript drafts of the short story entitled 'The house of Ruby', by Peter Corris
Browning P.I., by Peter Corris
Folder 61-65
Readers reports and photocopy typescript drafts of The initiate, by Justin D'ath, 1989
Folder 66
Outline, notes and photocopy typescript draft of Ancestors, by Robyn Davidson, 1989
Folder 67
Correspondence, notes and cuttings relating to the Australian publication of Tracks, by Robyn Davidson, 1988-1989
Folder 68-69
Correspondence, contract, edited copy of the manuscript that has already gone to the typesetters and page proofs of Travelling light, by Robyn Davidson, 1989
Folder 70
Articles and cuttings by and about Robyn Davidson, 1982-1989
Folder 71
Correspondence and photocopy typescript drafts, 1988-1992
Including:
'The winking of an eye', by Roy Delgarno
Feature film treatment entitled 'Oh Jesus', by Stephen Dando-Collins
Short story entitled 'Girl #4, late 70's', by Linda Dement
Synopsis of One day at a time : a Vietnam diary, by Donald James Dennis
Folder 72
Photocopy page proofs of Summerbird, and other stories, by Geoffrey Dean, 1989
Folder 73
Correspondence, notes and photocopy typescript draft of Red on white, by Kit Denton, 1991
Folder 74
Typescript drafts by Kit Denton, 1989
Including:
'Who the hell is Laurie Walker?'
'Kapyong'
Cutting of an article entitled 'Published or be damned'
Folder 75
Photocopy typescript draft of Personal best : thirty authors choose their best short stories, edited by Garry Disher, 1989
Folder 76
Contract and photocopy typescript drafts by Garry Disher, 1989
Including:
Unedited photocopy typescript draft of The bamboo flute, by Garry Disher, April 1992
Contract, synopsis and chapter of 'Cody : a crime novel'
Folder 77
Miscellaneous photocopy typescript drafts sent to Thompson from Bob Ellis, 1969-1992
Folder 78
Typescript drafts by Heather Falkner, 1989
Including:
Up all night
Short stories entitled 'The Lucy stories'
'Mysterioso'
'The honeyman'
'Love as struggle'
'What you can live with'
Folder 79-80
Correspondence, notes, royalty statements and paste-up (2) of Oz shrink lit : Australia's classic literature cut down to size, edited by Michele Field; with illustrations by Victoria Roberts, 1983-1985
Folder 81
Typescript of New and selected poems, by John Forbes, 18 April 1990
Folder 82
Correspondence and typescript drafts, 1991-1992
Including:
Body in the vault : the unpublished novels of Eve Langley, by Lucy Frost
'To the burning city', by Alan Gould
Folder 83-84
Correspondence, notes and typescript drafts (2) of My Bundjalung people, by Ruby Langford Ginibi, and contents page and selected pieces for Real deadly, by Ruby Langford Ginibi 1990-1994
Folder 85
Cover proof and photocopy typescript draft of Selected poems, by James Gleeson, 1993
Folder 86
Photocopy typescript 4th draft of the screenplay Son of Alvin, by Morris Gleitzman, 16 September 1983
Folder 87-88
Correspondence and photocopy typescript drafts of Honk if you are Jesus, by Peter Goldsworthy, 1991-1992
Folder 89
Notes, launch flyers and photocopy page proofs of Maestro, by Peter Goldsworthy, 1989
Folder 90
Correspondence and typescript draft of God's fool : the life and poetry of Francis Webb, by Michael J. Griffith, 1990-1991
Folder 91
Correspondence and photocopy typescript of 'Women, money & murder', by Betty Grove, 1990
Folder 92
Photocopy typescript drafts by Russell Guy, 1990
Including:
'The six cylinder dreamtime'
'Cooling off' (pp 141-159)
Folder 93
Photocopy typescript draft of Eat my words, by Marion Halligan, 1990
Folder 94
Photocopy typescript draft of Lovers' knots : a hundred-year novel, by Marion Halligan, 1992
Folder 95
Photocopy typescript draft of The worry box, by Marion Halligan, 1993
Folder 96-98
Correspondence, photocopy typescript drafts and photocopy page proofs of Surly girls, by Susan Hampton, 1988-1989
Folder 99
Correspondence and page proofs of Selected poems, by Dorothy Hewett; [editor Edna Longley], 1990
Folder 100
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of Gwen Harwood : the real and the imagined world, by Alison Hoddinott, 1990-1991
Folder 101
Correspondence and uncorrected proofs of Innocent cities, by Jack Hodgins, 1990-1991
Folder 102
Correspondence, outline and photocopy typescript draft of Lennie Lower : a nation builder, by Bill Hornadge, 1993
Folder 103-105
Photocopy typescript draft of Walk a barefoot road, by Lolo Houbein, 1988
Folder 106-111
Correspondence, notes, dust jacket and photocopy typescript draft of Nothing if not critical : selected essays on art and artists, by Robert Hughes, 1990
Folder 112
Correspondence, cuttings and notes relating to Neglected poems, together with other projects, by Barry Humphries, 1990-1992
Folder 113
Correspondence and drafts, 1987-90
Including:
Outline of 'The domino man', by Graeme Harper
Photocopy typescript draft of Peniel, by Kevin Hart
Manuscript draft of the introduction for Blessed city : the letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell, January to September 1943, by Gwen Harwood; edited by Alison Hoddinott
Photocopy typescript drafts of poetry by Gwen Harwood
Photocopy typescript draft of 'Chieftains of the Oayapok!', by Albert Helman; translated from the Dutch by Scott Rollins
Folder 114
Correspondence and drafts, 1979-1990
Including:
Corrections for Poor fellow my country, by Xavier Herbert
Photocopy draft of 'Potiphar's wife', by Margot Hilton
Carbon typescript draft of the introduction for Poet of the 21st century : collected poems : poems and prose, by Harry Hooton; introduced and selected by Sasha Soldatow
Folder 115
Correspondence, drafts and page proofs, 1990-1992
Including:
Page proofs of Orpheus, by A.D. Hope
Photocopy typescript draft of chapters 1-3 of Dream run, by Dorothy Horsfield
Folder 116
Correspondence and drafts, 1988-1991
Including:
Photocopy typescript of 'The propulsions of mercury', by Vivian Hopkirk
Preliminary pages for Between the flags : and other stories, by Jane Hyde
Folder 117
Incomplete photocopy typescript draft of 'Dead cheap : a rock'n'roll comedy about death', by Neil Jillett
Folder 118-119
Photocopy typescript draft and page proofs of Night train, by Martin James, 1989
Folder 120
Page proofs of The tomb of Zwaab, by Martin James, 1991
Folder 121
Manuscript photocopy draft of New Guinea diary, by George Johnston, 1943
Folder 122
Correspondence and computer typescript draft of The lemon tree, by Rae Desmond Jones, 1988-1990
Folder 123
Correspondence, advertising flyer, cuttings and photocopy typescript draft of Patrick White, a tribute, compiled by Clayton Joyce, 1991
Folder 124
Correspondence and drafts, 1991-1993
Including:
Photocopy typescript draft of Dingo sky, by Stephen K. Kelen
Incomplete photocopy typescript draft of No hero : memoirs of a raw recruit in World War II, by John Kingsmill
Photocopy typescript draft of High Street, Kew East, by Komninos; illustrated by Diana Reynolds
Folder 125
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of Jacko, by Thomas Keneally, 1992-1993
Folder 126-129
Correspondence with Alister Kershaw, 1989-May 1993
Folder 130-131
Cover proof, reviews, flyers and typescript drafts of A word from Paris : radio broadcasts from the sixties, 1991
Folder 132
Typescript and photocopy typescript draft of Collected poems, by Alister Kershaw; introduced by Michael Keon, 1992
Folder 133-134
Typescript drafts of Heydays : memories and glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia, 1937-1947, by Alister Kershaw, 1991
Folder 135
Correspondence and typescript draft of Village to village : misadventures in France, by Alister Kershaw, 1993
Folder 136
Cuttings of book reviews and articles on Alister Kershaw, 1981-1991
Folder 137-140
Photocopy typescript draft of David Williamson's, a writer's career, by Brian Kiernan, 1990
Folder 141-143
Photocopy typescript draft of The innocent, by John Kingsmill, 1989
Folder 144-146
Photocopy typescript draft of 'Wellington Street : scenes from a beachside suburb in the 1920s and 1930s', book two in an autobiography, by John Kingsmill, published as Australia Street : a boy's eye view of the 1920s and 1930s, 1989
Folder 147-149
Correspondence, articles on D.H. Lawrence and drafts of Raymond Southall's forward for Kangaroo, by D.H. Lawrence, 1989-1993
Folder 150
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of Hal Porter : man of many parts, by Mary Lord, 1992-1993
Folder 151
Photocopy typescript draft of Nobody Dick in dreamtime, by Will Lorimer (Frank Questing), 1989
Folder 152
Photocopy typescript draft of Madness, a novel, by Morris Lurie, 1991
Folder 153
Correspondence and typescript drafts by Geoffrey Lehmann, 1990-1992
Including:
Incomplete typescript draft and typescript corrections for Childrens' games, by Geoffrey Lehmann
Typescript discards from Spring forest, by Geoffrey Lehmann
Folder 154
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of 'A second on black ice' (previous title 'Doppelgangers'), by Jennifer Maiden, 1990-1991
Folder 155
Correspondence and photocopy typescript drafts of Collected poems, by Ern Malley; with commentary by Albert Tucker ... [et al.], 1990-1993
Folder 156
Page proofs and typescript drafts by David Malouf, 1981-1991
Including:
Page proofs of Selected poems
Annotated photocopy typescript of Wild lemons
Folder 157
Cover proof, publicity flyer and photocopy typescript drafts of Singing the snake : poems from the Western Desert, 1979-1988, by Billy Marshall-Stoneking, 1979-1990
Folder 158
Correspondence, readers reports and photocopy typescript drafts of 'Childhood essays', by Sophie Masson, 1991
Folder 159-165
Correspondence, notes, interview transcripts, cuttings, court documents and incomplete typescript drafts of Brett Whiteley, by Sandra McGrath, 1992
Folder 166
Correspondence and typescript drafts by Frank Moorhouse, 1974-1990
Including:
Paste-up of Tales of mystery and romance
Photocopy typescript of 'Cape Mythical National Park'
Typescript of 'Diary of a new chum and other lost stories'
Published copy with revisions/corrections of The electrical experience
Folder 167-168
Correspondence, notebooks, tape transcripts, cuttings, contract and annotated typescript drafts of Black and white lies : self-exposures : some long, some short, some indecent, by Lewis Morley, 1991-1992
Folder 169
Program for the stage production and fourth photocopy typescript draft of The Mudrooroo/Muller project : a theatrical casebook, Gerhard Fischer, editor, in collaboration with Paul Behrendt and Brian Syron, 1991
Folder 170
Correspondence and annotated computer typescript draft of The Kwinkan, by Mudrooroo, 1993
Folder 171-173
Correspondence and typescript drafts of Master of the ghost dreaming, by Mudrooroo, 1989-1991
Folder 174
Third photocopy typescript draft of the drama Master of the ghost dreaming, by Mudrooroo; edited by Peta Spear September 1991
Folder 175
Correspondence and typescript drafts by Mudrooroo, 1990-1992
Including:
Computer typescript draft of 'Indian fragments' (retitled 'The man who wasn't there')
Photocopy typescript draft of Mudrooroo's introduction to Capricornia, by Xavier Herbert
Annotated computer typescript draft of Wildcat screaming : a novel
Folder 176-177
Photocopy typescript drafts and photocopy page proofs of Dog fox field, by Les A. Murray, 1990
Folder 178
Correspondence and drafts, 1988-1992
Including:
Synopsis and incomplete photocopy draft of 'Knocking on heaven's door', by Margaret McClusky
Synopsis for 'Any seven years', by Jan McKemmish
Excerpts from Common knowledge, by Jan McKemmish
Synopsis for 'Jane Franklin's journey', by Roger Milliss
Photocopy of Les Murray's corrections for the introduction of Selected poems, by A.B. Paterson
Page proofs of the introduction for Selected poems, by John Shaw Neilson; introduction by Robert Gray
Folder 179
Correspondence and drafts by Jan Owen, 1989-1994
Including:
Book review, launch flyer and photocopy typescript draft for Fingerprints on light
Photocopy typescript drafts of Night rainbows, working title 'Bad days, laughter and quinces'
Folder 180
Correspondence and drafts by Barry Oakley, 1989-1991
Including:
Photocopy typescript draft of 'Your tribe and my tribe : a performance'
Annotated typescript of ABC sketch
Annotated typescript draft of the introduction to A curate in Bohemia, by Norman Lindsay; introduction by Barry Oakley
Folder 181
Correspondence and incomplete drafts of Correggio Jones and the runaways : the Italo-Australian connection, by Desmond O'Grady, 1990-1992
Folder 182
Correspondence, readers report and photocopy typescript drafts of chapters 1 and 2 of 'Master of the ghost dreaming : strategies of discursive identity formation in the writing of Mudrooroo Nyoongah', by Bill Perrett, 1990
Folder 183-184
Correspondence and photocopy typescript drafts of Golightly outback, by Geoffrey Pike, 1985
Folder 185
Correspondence and drafts, 1958-1992
Including:
Rough copy of The history of colour : poems, by K.F. Pearson, together with photocopy typescript of omitted poems
Synopsis and notes on 'Corporal', by Mil Perrin
Synopsis (2) for Atoll holiday, by Nancy Phelan
Folder 186
Synopsis and fourth photocopy typescript draft (script no. 30) of 'Bea', by James Ricketson; adapted from earlier drafts written by Ricketson and Bob Ellis; script edited by Bert Deling, January 1984
Folder 187-190
Correspondence and annotated typescript drafts of The Habsburg cafe, by A.P. Riemer, 1991-1993
Folder 191
Annotated typescript draft of Inside outside, by A.P. Riemer, 1992
Folder 192
Correspondence and typescript drafts by Colin Roderick, 1990-1991
Including:
Photocopy page proofs of Banjo Paterson : poet by accident
Annotated typescript draft of 'J.K. Murray : the compassionate proconsul'
Folder 193
Correspondence with Betty Roland, 1983-1989
Folder 194-195
Contract and photocopy typescript drafts of Caviar for breakfast, by Betty Roland, 1989
Folder 196
Correspondence, contract notes and cuttings relating to The eye of the beholder, by Betty Roland, 1983-1987
Folder 197
Contracts, corrections and annotated galley proofs of An improbable life, by Betty Roland, 1989
Folder 198
Correspondence and incomplete photocopy typescript draft of Christina Stead : a biography, by Hazel Rowley, 1989
Folder 199
Correspondence, readers report and photocopy typescript draft of section 1 of 'Shared passions : George Johnston - Charmian Clift, Albert Tucker - Joy Hester, John Reed - Sunday Reed : Australian couples and the arts', by Anne Sande, 1988-1991
Folder 200
Computer typescript revised third draft of Gino, by Vince Sorrenti and Larry Buttrose, 4 June 1992
Folder 201
Correspondence and photocopy typescript draft of In search of the bodgie, by Steve J. Spears, 1989
Folder 202
Annotated photocopy page proofs of To the islands, by Randolph Stow, 1981
Folder 203
Correspondence and drafts, 1990-1992
Including:
Incomplete typescript draft and contents list of Selected poems, by Elizabeth Riddell
Storyline for a television series and a novel entitled 'Bryon's son : Arthur Lynch, a great Australian and a traitor for freedom', by John Sligo
Photocopy typescripts of short stories by Amanda Snowden
Folder 204
Correspondence and drafts, 1989-1990
Including:
Typescript draft of 'Demented peacocks', by Raymond Southall
Synopsis and photocopy typescript draft of 'Journeywoman : the story of a Chinese prostitute', by Terry Tredrea
Folder 205
Notes, synopsis and photocopy typescript draft of 'Through the eyes of a child', by Maurice Tarragano and Leigh Johnson, 1992
Folder 206
Photocopy typescript sixth draft of Diving for pearls, by Katherine Thomson, 15 June 1991
Folder 207
Photocopy typescript draft of The floor of heaven, by John Tranter, 1992
Folder 208
Correspondence and typescript draft of 'Readers of the lost art : an archealogy of the new Australian poetry', by Erica Travers, 1990-1991
Folder 209
Photocopy typescript drafts of Straight left, by Tom Uren, c1990
Folder 210
Notes, advertising flyer and page proofs of A man of marbles : a novel, by Rod Usher, 1989
Folder 211-214
Photocopy typescript drafts of 'Kali & the dung beetle', by Vicki Viidikas, 1988
Folder 215
Correspondence and typescript drafts of 'Cut the perfume', by Vicki Viidikas, 1990
Folder 216
Photocopy typescript draft of Australia, Australia, by Robin Wallace-Crabbe, 1989
Folder 217-218
Page proofs and advertising flyer for Boat, Ania Walwicz, 1989
Folder 219
Photocopy typescript draft of 'The scriptdoctor', by Thea Walsh
Folder 220
Photocopy typescript draft and incomplete page proofs and advertising flyer for The keeper of the nest, by Moira Watson, 1990
Folder 221-223
Correspondence, cutting and annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts of Razzle dazzle, by Moira Watson, 1988-1991
Folder 224
Advertising flyers and photocopy typescript drafts of The progress of moonlight, by Barry Westburg, 1990
Folder 225
Correspondence, contents list, cover proof and page proofs of A Human pattern : selected poems, by Judith Wright, 1990
Folder 226
Correspondence, readers report and drafts, c1986-1991
Including:
Readers report and untitled typescript from Terry Whitebeach
Photocopy typescript of 'My childhood near the roundhouse', by Kathleen Wilson
Author's galley proofs of Beauty is the straw : poems, by Amy Witting
Computer typescript draft of 'Bridge of dreams', by Rachel Wyatt
Folder 227-228
Correspondence, corrections and page proofs of The crocodile fury, by Beth Yahp, 1992
Folder 229
Correspondence, readers reports, advertising flyers and cover proofs, 1989-1993
Folder 230
Manuscript and typescript drafts of articles by Thompson on Angus & Robertson and 'Angus & Robertson literature : key reviews & background briefing' 1989-1993
This series comprises material about Sydney Writers' Week, Red Press and works sent to Thompson from other writers.
Folder 1-9
Festival of Sydney Writers' Week, 1984-1988
Including:
Correspondence
Clippings
Brochures and flyers
Drafts of The view from tinsel town, edited by Tom Thompson (1985)
Folder 10
Miscellaneous material regarding Red Press publications, 1978-1980
Folder 11
Works by others - notebook, 1984
Folder 12
Works by others, 1976-1992
Including:
Copy of Australian literary magazines in the 1970s : report on the Unesco Seminar for Literary Magazine Editors, Writers' Week - Adelaide, 4th-5th March, 1976
Computer typescript of 'Neil's wake' - Journalists Club, 19/9/85, some thoughts, by Tim Bowden
Photocopy typescript of 'The law unto Kirby : an interview with the Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby', by Jon Lewis
Typescript of 'On photography - with Max Dupain', an interview by Jon Lewis, 1986
Carbon typescript of 'A future history of poetry in the eighties or A defence of recent seventies writing in the form of some poets mostly associated with the Red Press', by Leith Morton, 1980
Photocopy typescript of 'The politics of the stone skipping cult 1999-2099 : technical, ecological, economic, sociological, psychological, biological and historical aspects', by Frank Salter, 1991
Folder 13
Works by others, 1976-1992
Including:
Vignettes from the series 'The world according to Victoria', by Victoria Roberts
Typescript draft of 'A sennight from the day-book of Elizabeth MacArthur, gentlewoman', by Michael Sharkey
Photocopy typescript of 'The mystery of Wombat Lodge', by Michael Sharkey
Photocopy typescript draft of 'She's not a bad bloke', by Peter Skrzynecki
Photocopy typescript draft of 'Rock 'n 'roll heroes', by Peter Skrzynecki
Computer typescript draft of 'Love's tidal wave', by Phillipa Stevens
Folder 14
Cuttings relating to the Archibald Prize winner Garry Shead's portrait of Tom Thompson, 1993
This small series comprises computer discs relating to Series 6. Technical note: System requirements for floppy discs not available.
Folder 1-5
Floppy discs of Between dark and daylight : an autobiography, by Andrew Tregurtha; edited with an introduction by Tom Thompson x 5, 1988
Folder 6
'A word in your ear', by Alister Kershaw
Folder 7
Heydays : memories and glimpses of Melbourne's Bohemia 1937-1947, by Alister Kershaw, 1991
This small series comprises one audio cassette.
Folder 1
Audio cassette: Side A. Eric Idle, February 17 1983; Side B. Spike Milligan, March 17 1983
This series comprises photographs relating to works by Butel and Thompson; photographs of Australian writers' and photographs relating to writers' works from Series 6, and slides taken in Tokyo by Butel.
Box-folder 1-2
Photographs relating to the publication entitled Kings Cross album : pictorial memories of Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo & Rushcutters Bay, by Elizabeth Butel and Tom Thompson 1984
Box-folder 3
Photographs relating to the publication entitled Kings Cross album : pictorial memories of Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo & Rushcutters Bay, by Elizabeth Butel and Tom Thompson 1984
Photographs relating to series 6, including:
George and Charmian Johnston, 15 August 1955
George Johnston
Wyewurk, D.H. Lawrence, Frieda Lawrence, Laura Forrester, Mr and Mrs Marchbanks, 1922
Cover for Kangaroo, the corrected edition, by D.H. Lawrence
Michael Kirby
Brett and Fran Whiteley at the beach (2)
Breaker Morant's grave, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1988
Robyn Davidson (3)
Mother, father, Sister Quin and matron at the Pyramids, 1918 from Razzle dazzle, by Moira Watson
Adult playground, St Kilda, Salisbury, S.A., by Abigail Sharp
Old Bulls, The cattle market, Sale, Vic., Abigail Sharp
The coast near Torquay, Vic., by Abigail Sharp
Guilford, W.A., Abigail Sharp
Bruno de Milo (3), 1983
Selection of photographs from Growing up in the 60s, by Thompson x 11, 1986
Selection of photographs from Margaret Preston : the art of constant rearrangement, by Butel (12) + 2 negatives
Box-folder 4
Butel and Thompson at Art Gallery of NSW, December 1983, by Jon Lewis
Lindy Abrahams and Michael Wilding
Tom Thompson
Robert Creeley
Carol Novak, Dorothy Hewett and her daughter Kate Lilley
Creeley, Robert Adamson and John Forbes
Steve Spears
John Forbes
Ken Bolton
Tom Thompson, Ken Bolton, Joanne Burns and Pamela Brown in the Ned Kelly Bar series (4)
Tom Thompson as David Malouf in the Ned Kelly Bar series (2)
Keith Shadwick
Tom Thompson and Sal Brereton
Kurt Brereton Sal Brereton (3)
Tom Thompson (2)
Garry Shead (2)
Tom Thompson and Robert Duncan (4)
Proofs
Susan Denis and Arthur Tauchert in Talkie mad
Thomas Keneally
Alister Kershaw
Bruce Dawe
Tokyo slides (9)
This series comprises poster and page and galley proofs relating to Thompson's work and editing.
Box-folder 1
Poster, booklet and galley proofs, 1979-1992
Including:
Poster for Writers in the Park, The Harold Park Hotel
Photocopy of the booklet entitled 'Old bulls', Abigail Sharp
Memorandum of agreement for Frank Moorhouse, 1979
First galley proof for Travelling light, by Robyn Davidson, 1989
First galley proof for Dead lucky, by Tom Howard, 1990
Galley proofs for Margaret Preston : the art of constant rearrangement, by Elizabeth Butel, 1985
Galley proof for A word from Paris, by Alister Kershaw, 1991
Galley proof for Collected poems, by Alister Kershaw, 1992
Galley proof for The devious being, by Betty Roland,1990
Box-folder 2
Proofs, 1982-1991
Including:
Galley proof for The vernacular republic : poems 1961-1981, by Les Murray, 1982
Galley proof for Blocks and tackles : articles and essays, 1982 to 1990, by Les Murray, 1990
Cover proof, annotated page proof and galley proof for Collected poems, by Les Murray, 1990-1991
Box-folder 3
Proofs, 1989-1991
Including:
First page proofs for The initiate, by Justin D'ath, 1989
First galley proof for Eat my words, by Marion Halligan, 1990
Galley proof for Paperweight, by John Foulcher, 1991
Galley proof for The grasshopper heart, by Andrew Lansdown, 1991
Galley proof for Victoria Challis : a novel, by Chester Eagle, 1991
Galley proof for The tomb of Zwaab, by Martin James, 1991
Galley proof for What's Rangoon to you is Grafton to me, by Russell Guy, 1991
Box-folder 4
Proofs, 1989-1992
Including:
Galley proof for Feral Palit, by Robin Wallace-Crabbe, 1989
First galley proof for The taxidermist's dance : stories, by Richard Lunn, 1990
Galley proof for Tokyo no hana, by Robert Allen, 1990
Galley proof for Blessed city : the letters of Gwen Harwood to Thomas Riddell, January to September 1943, by Gwen Harwood, 1990
Galley proof for The progress of moonlight, by Barry Westburg, 1990
First page proof for The innocent, by John Kingsmill, 1990
First galley proof for Master of the ghost dreaming, by Mudrooroo, 1991
Galley proof for Browning P.I., by Peter Corris, 1992
Box-folder 5
Proofs, 1990-1992
Including:
Notes and page proof for Trouble in lotus land, by Charmian Clift, 1990
Galley proof for Being alone with oneself, by Charmian Clift, 1991
Page proof for Inside outside, by A.P. Riemer, 1992
Galley proof for Selected poems, by Elizabeth Riddell, 1992
Box-folder 6
Proofs and poster, 1986-1992
Including:
Photocopy of 'Coming out from behind : the unprinted stories behind the published books', by Tom Thompson, 12 August 1991
Page proof for Neglected poems, by Barry Humphries and other creatures, 1991
Poster for A life album, by Elizabeth Butel; illustrated by Victoria Roberts, published by ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986
Poster entitled Howard F. Dossor introduces Colin Wilson author of The outsider, Mietta's, Melbourne, Tuesday 12 November 1991
This series comprises drawings, posters, photographs, cover proof and one galley proof.
Oversize 1
Drawings, posters, photographs, cover proof and galley proof, 1976-1993
Map cabinet 2, drawer 5, including:
Six drawings on four separate sheets for the book cover of The Azanian action, by Peter Corris, 1991
Poster advertising Archibald Prize winner Garry Shead's portrait of Tom Thompson, 1993
Black and white photograph of James Baldwin, by Juno Gemes, 1986
Black and white laminated signed photograph of Gwen Harwood, with handwritten verse
Collins/Angus & Robertson writers' posters (3)
First cover proof for Poor fellow my country, by Xavier Herbert, 13 June 1980
'To Ali, the people's champion - from Elvis' Honi soit layout, no. 7, 1976
Galley proofs 12-21 for J'or