Cricket Stories

Component identifier:: Series 13
Content Summary:: Stivens had a great interest in cricket. This series comprises edited typescript and manuscript drafts of his short stories relating to cricket, some of which were published in his book The demon bowler and other cricket stories. There are numberous cuttings relating to cricket, notes and drafts of stories about 'Dr Grace' (W.G. Grace) and a small original pen and ink illustration of a cricket bat, unsigned but attributed to the cartoonist Michael Leunig.
Immediate source of acquisition:: The papers were purchased from Stivens in several small instalments from 1971 to 1973 and in one large instalment from Stivens' companion, Juanita Cragen, in 1999.

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Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:: National Library of Australia

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