Guide to the Papers of Alan Marshall, 1930-1977

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 2741, MS Acc22.160
Creator:
Alan Marshall
Extent:
(3 ms boxes + 21 archive boxes + 1 phase box + 1 medium folio box)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Alan Marshall, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The papers in the first four consignments of MS 2741 relate to Alan Marshall's work and include literary manuscripts, short stories, articles, manuscripts of published works; records of European trip, diary, correspondence concerning visits to U.S.S.R., Germany and Czechoslovakia; Correspondence, fan letters, subject files and correspondence from other Australian authors, including Hal Porter, Frank Hardy, Nettie Palmer, Dal Stivens, Judith Wright, Ron Tullipan, Frank Dalby Davison, Judah Waten, Mary Gilmore and David Martin.

The MS Acc22.160 consignment consists of material created by Alan Marshall including an annotated manuscript of 'The Gay Provider', a diary kept by Marshall during his visit to the Soviet Union in the 1960s, a first draft of his book 'This is the Grass', and an inscribed limited edition copy of 'The Complete Stories of Alan Marshall'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The papers of Alan Marshall (b. 1902 d 1984) were acquired by the Library in several consignments from 1970 and 1987, from Mr Marshall and his family. With no particular pattern, the consignments have been added to both MS 2741 and MS 3992, which have identical provenance. Readers are advised to scan the lists to both collections for material on their topic.

Marshall's secretary, Gwen Hardisty, organised his papers in filing cabinets and maintained an alphabetical index referring to file numbers. From time to time Mrs Hardisty would include in consignments to the Library the contents of the fastest-growing files. In 1982 the entire contents of the filing cabinets were consigned to the Library, together with the index. By this time many of the files had nothing in them but the empty files have been kept in numerical sequence to maintain continuity. The original notebook containing the index is at MS 3992, File 238.

There is no systematic chronological progression in the contents of consignments; very early material was sometimes acquired with the more recent consignments.

Some of the papers are charred, as a result of a fire which destroyed Marshall's Studio in Eltham in 1956.

MS 2741 summary of consignments: Original consignment, 1970 (19 boxes); Consignment added 1 August 1973 (2 Files); Consignment added September 1981 (3 boxes); Consignment added 21 June 1984 (2 boxes and 1 folio package).

Arrangement:

MS 2741 is listed by box and file numbers but the file numbers begin at 1 within each box.

Indexed terms

Names:
Alan Marshall

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1437815).
Conditions Governing Use:
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1437815).
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Alan Marshall, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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