Correspondence, 1980-1997

 
Component identifier:
Series 5
Content Summary:

The bulk of this series comprises business correspondence. 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. Halligan was one of a group of seven Canberra-based women authors, Seven Writers, and there are letters from the other members of the group who were Margaret Barbalet, Sara Dowse, Suzanne Edgar, Marian Eldridge, Dorothy Horsfield and Dorothy Johnston.

Personal 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, RicThrossell, Nancy Sawer and Barbara Kerr Wilson. Organisational correspondents include Allen and Unwin, The Australia Council, Australian Book Review, The Canberra Times, Curtis Brown, Descant, Imprint, Island, Meanjin, McPhee Gribble, Overland, Penguin Books, Quadrant, Random House, Southerly, University of Queensland Press and Westerly.

Halligan has grouped the letters of some individuals and some organisations into separate files. Other correspondence she has grouped chronologically by year. This arrangement has been retained. However, often letters of the individuals and organisations listed separately are also included in the chronologically arranged correspondence.

Immediate source of acquisition:
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.

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