Guide to the Papers of Bruce Pascoe, 1983-2009

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9746, MS Acc05.069, MS Acc08.165

Creator:

Pascoe, Bruce

Extent:

(37 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Bruce Pascoe, National Library of Australia, [class number, series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Permission required for research during Bruce Pascoe's lifetime. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The main part of the collection comprises papers relating to the editing and publishing of issues No. 36 to No. 61 of Australian short stories. There is correspondence with contributors and edited drafts of stories, all of which provide a good representation of the life and history of the magazine. There is also correspondence and edited drafts relating to several books published by Pascoe Publishing and edited drafts and correspondence relating to books written by Pascoe himself.

Biographical Note:

Bruce Pascoe was born in Richmond, Victoria, on 11 October 1947. After graduating from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Education, he taught as a secondary teacher and was a Curriculum Development Officer with the Victorian Education Department.

With his wife, Lyn Harwood, Pascoe manages Pascoe Publishing, a small company that has published works in a variety of genres including novels, anthologies of poetry and short stories, history, biography and Aboriginal culture.

In 1982 Pascoe and Harwood founded the quarterly magazine, Australian short stories, which they edited and published until 1998.

Pascoe has written twelve books, including four novels and won the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Literature Award in 1999.

As a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, Pascoe is very involved in indigenous issues and conducts guided Koori tours around his home area of Apollo Bay and Cape Otway in Victoria.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Provenance:

The papers were acquired by the Library from Bruce Pascoe in two instalments, one in 1998 and one in 1999. Further papers were added in 2005 and 2008.

Arrangement:

The papers have been placed into series by the Library, and the correspondence sorted into chronological order by year.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2209072).

Conditions Governing Use:

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.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Bruce Pascoe, National Library of Australia, [class number, series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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