Guide to the Papers of Drusilla Modjeska., 1959-2006

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8320 et al
Creator:
Modjeska, Drusilla
Extent:
(46 boxes, 1 carton)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Drusilla Modjeska, 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; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection includes correspondence, financial papers, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, drafts of Women writers: a study in Australian cultural history, 1920-1939 (1979), Exiles at home: Australian women writers 1925-1945 (1981), The poems of Lesbia Harford (1985), Inner cities: Australian women's memory of place (1989), Poppy (1990) and The Orchard (1994) and other papers.
Biographical Note:

Drusilla Modjeska was born in England in 1946 and has lived in Australia since 1971. She is a writer, feminist and academic. She taught in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the NSW Institute of Technology.

Her publications are Women writers: a study in Australian cultural history, 1920-1939 (1979), Exiles at home: Australian women writers 1925-1945 (1981), The poems of Lesbia Harford (1985), Inner cities: Australian women's memory of place (1989), Poppy (1990) and The Orchard (1994). Women writers was based on Modjeska's PhD thesis. A copy of the thesis is held at MS 6078.

Provenance:

Drusilla Modjeska presented the first two instalments of her papers to the National Library in April 1991 and June 1992 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Further addition was made in 1995.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1388901).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Drusilla Modjeska, 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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