General correspondence, 1953-1992

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

This series consists of letters, greetings cards, postcards, telegrams, notes, manuscript and typescript poems and articles, press cuttings and printed ephemera. Most of the correspondence was arranged by Hope into files under individuals' names. The correspondents are writers (established and aspiring), students, academics, editors, translators and fans. Hope also retained copies of his replies in the files. Contents of the letters include: requests for job references and advice about writing; requests from editors for Hope to write articles, reviews and poems; informal 'catching up' letters from friends; and arrangements to meet or visit. For other correspondence relating to Hope's professional activities, see Series 2.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The A.D. Hope Papers were purchased from Hope in ten consignments between 1978 and 1992. In 2001 two files of obituaries and tributes, published after the death of Hope in 2000, were donated to the Library by Hope's daughter-in-law, Sarah Burns. In 2003 further papers were donated to the Library by the Menzies Library at the Australian National University (Acc03/87). These papers had been lodged by Hope over a number of years at the Menzies Library, where they were catalogued under the title, 'The A.D. Hope collection of literary manuscripts'.

Names:

Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent)

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