Business correspondence, 1969-1974

Component identifier:

File 4

Content Summary:

One bound volume of original letters, comprising 109 items, mostly letters dating from 1969-74. They include letters dating from the time of Carey's first book The fat man in history (1974) and important impressions of his unpublished novel 'Wog', including Geoffrey Dutton's rejection. Other correspondents include Phillip Adams, Clem Christesen, Laurie Clancy, Frank Moorhouse, Stephen Murray-Smith, Bill Peach, Deborah Rogers and Michael Wilding.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The initial instalment of papers was acquired from Carey in 1984, under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. In August 2001, the Library purchased privately one volume of Carey's business correspondence and in October 2001 it purchased at auction eight notebooks containing working notes for ideas for novels and short stories.

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