Guide to the Papers of Alan Marshall, 1903-1982

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 3992
Creator:
Alan Marshall and Gillies, Hilda
Extent:
(2 Medium Folio Boxes + 5 Phase Boxes + 73 MS Boxes)
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, MS 3992, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
Correspondence, including children's letters, personal and family correspondence; diaries and notebooks; drafts of articles, addresses, short stories and novels; newspaper cuttings; papers relating to the Australia-USSR Society, numerical files on various subjects, manuscripts by others, photographs, biographical notes, personal documents and printed material. Correspondents include Cathy Marshall, Ken Dallas, Clea Stowell, Jim Smith, Frank Huelin, Alma Thorn, Thelma Hartley, Australian Society of Authors, Phillip and Rosemary Adams, Hilda Gillies, Penny and Edward Hardinge, Katrina Holland, Flexmore Hudson, John Morrison, Stephen Murray-Smith, Bert Vickers, Bill and Ora Wannan and Judah and Hyrell Waten.
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, folder 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 3992 summary of consignments: Original consignment, May 1974 (6 boxes); Consignment added June 1975 (5 boxes); Consignment added March 1976 (9 boxes and 2 folio packages); Consignment added June 1977 (2 boxes and 2 folio packages); Consignment added 31 January 1979 (2 boxes); Consignment added October 1981 (10 boxes and 1 folio package); Consignment added 19 August 1982 (24 boxes and 3 folio packages); Consignment added January-March 1983 (2.5 boxes and 1 folio package); Consignment added 5 March 1985 (6 boxes and 2 folio packages); Consignment added 12 October 1987 (5 boxes and 1 folio package).

Arrangement:

MS 3992 is listed by box and folder number. The folder numbers are continuous through the entire collection.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1097935).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Alan Marshall, National Library of Australia, MS 3992, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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