General correspondence, 1960-91

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

This series comprises several folders of mainly business related correspondence accumulated by Kiernan during the course of his writing and research. It includes correspondence with publishers, colleagues and a number of leading modern Australian writers.

Principal correspondents include: David Adams; Murray Bail; David Ball (Macquarie University); R.F. Brissenden; Peter Carey; Peter Corris; Julian Croft (University of New England); C. B (Clem) Christesen; Manning Clark; Michael Costigan; Helen Daniel; Jim Davidson (University of Melbourne); Donald Davie (Stanford University); Lloyd Davies; Michael Denholm; Geoffrey Dutton; Robert Drewe; Suzanne Edgar; Helen Garner; James Hall (The Australian); Frank Hardy; Leonie Henschke (Angus Robertson); A. D Hope; Graham Joyner; Thomas Keneally; Ken Linnett; Morris Lurie; David Malouf; David Marr; David Martin; Brian Matthews; James McAuley; Roger McDonald; John McLaren; Oscar Mendelsohn; Frank Moorhouse; Doug Muecke (Monash University); Stephen Murray-Smith; Desmond O'Grady; A. A Phillips; Jeff Prentice (Angus and Robertson); Arthur Ravenscroft (University of Leeds); Elizabeth Riddell; Barney Roberts; Eric Rolls; Stuart Sayers (The Age); Richard Smart (Ure Smith Publishers); Bernard Smith; Christina Stead; John Tranter; Greg Taylor (The Age); Bill Turner; Richard Walsh; Judah Waten; Patrick White; Michael Wilding; G. A Wilkes; David Williamson.

Immediate source of acquisition:

MS 7017 was acquired in four instalments. The Library purchased the first instalment in 1981, the second and third instalments were acquired under the Tax Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1990 and 1991, and the fourth instalment was donated in 1999. Further papers were added in 2007 and 2017.

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Literature
Academic

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