Poetry

 
Component identifier:
Series 10
Content Summary:
This series contains typescript of 'Fourteen Men', book of verses and notes submitted to Commonwealth Literary Fund in 1943; printers proofs of 'Labour Verses' and 'Under the Wilgas; typescript of poems 'The Devil's Chapter'; poems from Marri'd and other verses, The passionate heart, the 'Songs of the people' sequence and her translations from the Spanish; many single-paged poems with an index to first lines; manuscript notes and material marked 'for re-writing and selecting'; typescript of memoirs of Ivy Moore entitled 'High Tide'(unpublished); manuscript notes and index for a book of selected verses chosen by Dame Mary from her writings; and manuscripts of selected verses for a children's book. (Files 1-19)
Immediate source of acquisition:
This collection of Dame Mary Gilmore papers is a combination of small collections donated to the National Library over many years. Collection numbers MS 309, MS 806, MS 929 and MS 958 have been incorporated into this collection.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Available for research.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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