Guide to the Papers of Marion Halligan, 1900-2023 (bulk 1980s-2010s)
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- MS 8460, MS Acc04.092, MS Acc24.076
- Creator:
- Halligan, Marion
- Extent:
- (84 ms boxes + 2 cartons + 4 small cartons + 1 folio-box + 1 large folio-box + 1 map-folio + 2 binders + 32 digital carriers + 34 audiovisual carriers)
- Language:
- English and English
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Marion Halligan, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Part available for research; part permission required for research; part not available for research until 2054. Not for loan.
Background
- Content Summary:
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The MS 8460 consignment comprises papers relating to Marion Halligan's prolific career as an author. There are drafts of her books, short stories and reviews and papers relating to her participation in numerous literary events. There is a large series of correspondence, the bulk of which is business related. Included is correspondence with literary agents Curtis Brown, numerous publishers regarding publication of Halligan's books, editors of journals and newspapers regarding publication of her short stories, reviews, essays and articles and with organisations regarding personal appearances. There is also correspondence with other authors, many of whom have become personal friends. Correspondents include Carmel Bird, Judith Brett, David Brookes, Manning Clark, Robert Dessaix, Geoffrey Dutton, Roseanne Fitzgibbons, Mem Fox, Susan Hawthorne, A.D. Hope, Nicholas Jose, Stephen Knight, Drusilla Modjeska, Douglas Muecke, Michael Symons, Brenda Niall, Ric Throssell, Nancy Sawer and Barbara Kerr Wilson (33 boxes, 1 fol. box).
The MS Acc04.092 instalment comprises correspondence, drafts, publishing material, printed material and other papers, including material relating to The living hothouse (1988), Eat my words (1990), Cockles of the heart (1996), Those women who go to hotels (1997), The gift of story (1998), Storykeepers (2001), The fog garden (2001), the Newcastle Regional Museum exhibition "How shall we live", 2003, and miscellaneous writings, together with papers relating to the Word Festival (6 boxes, 2 cartons, 4 small cartons).
The MS Acc24.076 consignment comprises papers relating to Halligan's personal life and career as an author. Material relates to various works by Halligan including drafts, correspondence and ephemera. Also included are reviews of Halligan's works, reviews written by Halligan, essays, short stories, notebooks, correspondence, material relating to appearances, publicity, awards and events, photographs and interviews. The correspondence mostly relates to Halligan's career between agents, publishers and other Australian authors but also includes some personal correspondence with family and friends (45 boxes, 1 fol. box, 1 map fol., 2 binders, 32 digital carriers, 34 sound/av carriers).
- Collection Retrieval Advice:
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Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
- Reading Room Access Note:
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For preservation reasons, we are unable to deliver digital and audiovisual carriers to the Special Collections Reading Room. Please contact (Ask a Librarian) to enquire about access.
- Provenance:
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The MS 8460 papers have been acquired from Marion Halligan under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (later the Cultural Gifts Program) in instalments received in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 1999.
Series 1/1-10 were received in 1991; series 2/1-28, 3/1-23, 4/1-4 and 5/1-3 were received in 1992; series 6/1-23 was received in 1994; series 4/5-12, 5/4-5, 7/1, 8/1-4, 11/1-3, 13/1-11, 14/1-5 and 16/1 were received 30thJune 1998; series 1/11, 4/13-14, 5/6, 6/24-27, 8/5-6, 10/1-2, 12/1-10, 13/12-13, 15/1-11, 14/6 were received 28th June 1999; series 5/7-23, 9/1 and 12/11-12 were received 14 July 1999.
- Arrangement:
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The papers have been arranged into series by the Library. Because the papers have been acquired in a number of instalments, the order of the series and the order of papers within a particular series may not necessarily be chronological or logical.
Because the collection has been received in a number of instalments, material relating to a specific series may be located in several boxes.
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Access:
- Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1981824).
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1981824).
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Marion Halligan, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: