Correspondence and other papers relating to the Australian Society of Authors, c.1963-1972

Component identifier:

File 725

Content Summary:

Hope was president of the Society 1966-1967. Includes: copies of the ASA constitution, of results of a survey of earnings of authors (1969) and of a draft standard writer's contract; and correspondence relating to Hope's publications. Correspondents include Dal Stivens (president) and Jill Hellyer (secretary).

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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