Miscellaneous Papers, 1878-1997

 
Component identifier:
Series 3
Content Summary:

This series contains miscellaneous documents, photographs, newspaper clippings and reels of magnetic tape. The personal documents include a copy of Moll's birth certificate, graduation certificates, Australian and United Kingdom passports and World War II United States Civilian Defence Force registration cards.

The series also includes a typescript and photocopy of J. O'Farrell's poem 'Ephemera: an Iliad of Albury', first canto with preface, dated 1878; and three letters from Sydney Jephcott to Moll, along with typescript and handwritten copies of Jephcott's poems 'Musette of magpies', 'Wheat waves' (dedicated to Moll), 'Sky idyl', 'Cumulus over Koscusko' and 'Moon-Rise'. There is a typescript of a dramatised review of Moll's Below these hills, broadcast during 'The land and its people' from station 3LO Melbourne, February 1961, and a typescript of a broadcast discussing Moll's life and work, c.1943, read as part of the 'Australian verse' session on station 2FC. The segment was written by George Mackaness and read by R. G. Howarth.

The series also includes a photocopy of a portion of Horace Stelling's narrative diary of a trip made by Moll, Stelling and Moll's brothers 'Sandy' (Louis) and 'Pomp' (Otto), from Albury to an Aboriginal settlement near Darwin in 1947. The lifted spear and 'The lightless ferry' resulted from this journey. There are a small number of photographs documenting Moll's life in Australia and the United States, including some dating from his years at Concordia College, and others taken on the journey to Central Australia.

The newspaper clippings relate to a wide range of topics, particularly Moll's writings, as well as his visits to Australia, his push for a Riverina University College at Albury in 1963, and articles on Beatrice Davis, Hugh McCrae and Sydney Jephcott.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The bulk of the Ernest Moll Papers were donated to the Library by Moll's daughter Dr Carolyn Moll in September 1997. An addition to the papers was made in October 1998 by Moll's nephew Peter Moll.
Names:
Moll, Carolyn

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn95684).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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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