Original consignments received from 1972 to 2006, 1967-1972

Containers:

Box 1-2 (MS 4741)

Component identifier:

Class MS 4741

Content Summary:

These early consignments comprise drafts of poems, including a collection entitled 'Memoirs of a velvet urinal', letters from publishers, friends and his parents, and notebooks and diaries.

Correspondents include Richard Hopkinson, Thomas Shapcott, Mirka Mora, Robert Adamson, Charles Buckmaster, Rolf Hennequel, Alexander Craig, John Tranter, Peter Kocan and Rodney Hall.

This material is contained in 2 boxes (MS 4741, Boxes 1-2).

Immediate source of acquisition:

Michael Dransfield offered his papers for sale to the National Library in October 1972. They were purchased and transferred in March 1973, with further papers received from Rodney Hall in the same month. Together they make up the bulk of Dransfield's manuscript collection. Papers acquired from Livio Dobrez in May 1977 are contained in Files 2, 8 and 9, as noted in the file listings. The material contained in File 10 was acquired from Thomas Shapcott in January 1980. Paula Keogh donated the correspondence contained in File 11 in March 2006. Further papers were donated by Elspeth Dransfield in 2018.

Subjects:

Literature

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