Red letter days: notes from inside an era,1959-1993

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

In the 1950s Beasley became involved in the Australasian Book Society, an organisation which published or re-issued 87 books. In Red letter days, published by the Australasian Book Society in 1979, Beasley wrote about the history of the Society and the lives of some of the radical writers of the 1950s and 1960s. The series, which includes drafts, notes, cuttings and some correspondence, has been arranged according to the chapters of the book.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the National Library from Jack Beasley in 1995.

Names:

Beasley, Jack, 1921-

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