Guide to the Papers of Alec Bolton, 1971-1997

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 7426, MS Acc11.130
Creator:
A. T. Bolton
Extent:
4.75 metres and (13 boxes, 1 folio box, 2 map folios)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Alec Bolton, 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. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The papers relate to Alec Bolton's private press, the Brindabella Press, also known as Officina Brindabella.
Biographical Note:

Alec Bolton worked as an editor on the Australian Encyclopaedia during the 1950s. He also worked for Ure Smith and Angus and Robertson. For a period until 1971 he was Angus and Robertson's London editor. From 1971-1987 he was Director of Publications at the National Library and also ran his private press, the Brindabella Press, now Officina Brindabella. In the 1977-1978 Book Design Awards the Press was given the Award for the best designed book of fiction, poetry or belles letters for Time given: poems 1970-1976 by James McAuley. Bolton was married to the poet Rosemary Dobson. He died in 1996.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Provenance:

Four additions were received in September 1995, May 1997, February 1998 and April 1999. The addition of 25 February 1998 contains project files from the 1980's until 1996, and business files for the period 1981-97. A further addition of 20 April 1999 consists of financial records and two series of mailing lists.

Arrangement:

Boxes 1-3, 5 and 2 folio items: These papers are arranged by the publication projects of the press which include the work of the following: James McAuley, Barbara Hanrahan, R. F Brissenden, Rosemary Dobson, Francis Webb, Douglas Stewart, Margaret Cohen, Christina Stead, Dorothy Auchterlonie (Green), David Campbell, Manning Clark, Harold Stewart, Philip Mead, J. R Rowland, A. D Hope, Philip Hodgins and Robin Wallace-Crabbe.

Box 4 consists of general correspondence (chronologically arranged) with distributors, printing suppliers, Australian authors and poets and other owners of private presses.

Indexed terms

Names:
A. T. Bolton

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn742340).
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 Alec Bolton, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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