Consignment received April 2018

Containers:

Box 1-4 (MS Acc18.042)

Component identifier:

Class MS Acc18.042

Content Summary:

This consignment comprises drafts of poems, correspondence, journals, newspaper clippings and related papers. There is business correspondence regarding Dransfield's poetry, and personal correspondence including letters from Peter Kocan during his time hospital. The draft material includes poetry prepared for QUP after Dransfield's death.

This material is contained in four boxes (MS Acc18.042, Boxes 1-4).

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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