Guide to the Papers of Olaf Ruhen, 1926-1986

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7935

Creator:

Olaf Ruhen

Extent:

(72 ms boxes + 1 large folio package + 1 phase box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Olaf Ruhen, National Library of Australia, MS 7935, [series/file/item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence, literary drafts (mostly typescript), subject files, photographs, newscuttings and copies of issues of journals containing articles by Ruhen. The correspondence includes family and personal correspondence, in addition to extensive files of correspondence with publishers and agents in Australia and overseas. The literary drafts date from the 1930s and include drafts of novels, short stories, book reviews and non-fiction works. The photographs include family photographs, wartime photographs and photographs taken during trips connected with Ruhen's writing. Included amongst the publications is a set of the first two years' issues of "People" magazine with a typed index by Ruhen.

Biographical Note:

Olaf Ruhen was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1911 and served with the RNZAF during the Second World War. In 1947 he moved to Sydney and worked as a journalist for eight years. He became established as a freelance writer during the 1950s, having a number of short stories published in the Saturday Evening Post. From then until his death in 1989 he published a prolific quantity of documentary and fictional writing, based largely on his extensive travels in Australia, New Guinea and the South Pacific.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Literature

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn133357).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Olaf Ruhen, National Library of Australia, MS 7935, [series/file/item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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