Foreword to Alec Brierly's An illustrated history of the Kelly Gang Melbourne University Press, 1978

Containers:

Box 20 (MS 2471)

Component identifier:

File 5

Content Summary:

First, second and third drafts, plus letters Judging of short story competition, Presbyterian Ladies College, Burwood, Victoria, 1978

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).

Names:

Alan Marshall

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