Original consignment

Component identifier:

Class MS 9227

Content Summary:

Comprises personal correspondence, financial papers, correspondence concerning the writing and publication of Marian Eldridge's various works, handwritten drafts, typescripts, copy-edit and page proofs, notes and research material, and book reviews. The personal and literary correspondence documents her relationships with other writers, friends, and members of the Eldridge and Stockfeld families. The principal literary correspondents include Geoffrey Dutton, Judith Wright, Vance Palmer, Gwen Harwood, Ian R. Mathews, John Barnes, Myra Roper, Edith Conley, Irene Summy, Anne Elder and Joan Mas. The personal correspondents include Eldridge's mother, writer Gwen Stockfeld; her brother David Stockfield; her children David, James, Elizabeth, and Catherine Eldridge; various Eldridge and Stockfeld relatives, and friends from Australia and overseas.

Contained in 30 boxes.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Library purchased Marian Eldridge's papers in May 1997 from her husband Ken Eldridge.

Subjects:

Literature

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