Correspondence (alphabetical) 1938-76

 
Component identifier:
Series 1
Content Summary:

Series 1 contains many personal letters, from friends and fellow Australian writers. There are also some business letters relating to various aspects of publishing and letters relating to the homosexual law reform group. Collinson filed his letters in alphabetical order according to the correspondent's name. This filing order has been maintained. The bulk of the letters date from the 1960s and 1970s.

Correspondents include Eunice Hanger, David Martin, James McAuley, Stephen Murray-Smith, Miles Franklin, Dymphna Cusack, Nancy Cato, Clem Christesen, Bruce Dawe, Vincent Buckley, Greg Branson, Thea Astley, Roderic Anderson, Betty Roland, Barrie Reid, Leonard Shellam, Alan Seymour, Sybil Thorndike, Kylie Tennant, Patrick White, Judith Wright, Nettie Palmer, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eric Collinson (Laurence's uncle) Geoffrey Dutton, Catherine Duncan, Diane Pearson, Margarey Vosper, Rosemary Dobson, Universum, Peter Porter, Jean Campbell, R.A. Simpson, Roger Baker, Geoffrey Blainey, Arnold Wesker, James Corbett, Peter Mathers, Muriel Mathers, Judah Waten, Dr. Hohsna Moes, Michael Summerskill, Claude Steiner, Jim and Beth Smyth, Alan Prior, Muir Holburn, Marjorie Pizer, John Sumner, the Australian Broadcasting Comission and Thames Television.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was purchased by the Library from Laurence Collinson in 1979 and an addition was purchased in 1986.

Contents

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2167614).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
Contact: