Guide to the Papers of Ronald Albert Simpson., 1949-2004

Summary

Collection number:

MS 5575 and MS Acc05.173

Creator:

Ronald Albert Simpson and Simpson, R.A.

Extent:

3.15 metres and (10 MS Boxes + 8 Archive Boxes + 7 Folders)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ronald Albert Simpson, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part requires permission for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 5575 comprises drafts of poems, notebooks, manuscripts of books, correspondence with writers and publishers, reviews, papers on seminars and other literary subjects, drawings and photographs. Correspondents include Alexander Craig, Thomas Shapcott, Rodney Hall, Kenneth Slessor, Michael Dransfield, Nancy Cato, Randolph Stow, John Wain, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, A.D. Hope and Douglas Stewart (19 boxes).

Biographical Note:

Ronald Albert Simpson was born in Melbourne on 29 February 1929. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and taught at schools in England and Australia. In 1968 he was appointed lecturer in art at the Chisholm Institute of Technology. He retired in 1987.

Simpson was one of a group of Melbourne poets, including Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Vincent Buckley and Alexander Craig, who came to prominence in the 1950s. His first book of poetry Walk along the beach was published in 1960 and a further eight volumes appeared in the next 32 years. He was poetry editor of the Bulletin from 1963-65 and became poetry editor of the Age in 1969.

Simpson received the Christopher Brennan Award from the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1992.

Simpson died in Melbourne in 2002.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The first instalment of papers was purchased from R.A. Simpson in 1977. Further instalments were added to MS 5575 in 1979, 1980, 1991, 1996 and 2000. The papers comprise draft of poems, notebooks, manuscripts of books, correspondence with writers and publishers, reviews, papers on seminars and other literary subjects, drawings and photographs.

A further consignment was received in 2005.

Related

Related Documentation:

1. Supplementary finding aid (Type: pdf, Size: 82.13 KB)

   Appendix I - Correspondence Index

Other Finding Aids:

All correspondence in the Original Consignments (MS 5575) has been name-indexed; please refer to the attached Correspondence Index (Appendix I) under the Related Documentation tab.

Indexed terms

Names:

Simpson, R.A.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2623876).

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 Ronald Albert Simpson, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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