Consignment received 2019, 1958-1981

 
Component identifier:
Class 1
Content Summary:
This consignment comprises drafts of the Australian author Colleen McCullough's early writing, including: early first drafts (plus draft film script) of her first published novel 'Tim' (1974) - draft title "Not the Full Quid" - written when McCullough was working as a neurophysiologist at Yale University in the USA; numerous drafts of unpublished poems, some with handwritten meter notations; drafts of short stories with the titles "Mer-Song", "Oft in the Stilly Night", "The Mudhole", "Michael", "A Few Cat Tales", "No Psychological Strings Attached"; and three letters - one from Margaret Latrobe to McCullough, one from John [surname unknown] to McCullough plus a response from McCullough to John. The majority of the records are typed and many include handwritten edits and notations and only nine of the works include dates.
Subjects:
Literature

Contents

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8079109).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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