Guide to the Papers of Vivienne Rae-Ellis, 1870-2008

Summary

Collection number:

MS 6163.MS Acc09.175

Creator:

Rae-Ellis, Vivienne and Vivienne Rae-Ellis

Extent:

(23 ms boxes)38 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Papers of Vivienne Rae-Ellis, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part permission required for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The bulk of the MS 6163 collection comprises research material, drafts, reference cards and other papers relating to Rae-Ellis' publications: Lively libraries, Menace at Oyster Bay, Queen Trucanini, The tribe with no feet, Louisa Anne Meredith, Trucanini: queen or traitor?, The Cavendish affair, and, Black Robinson, Protector of Aborigines. Also included are business, personal and family correspondence, 1968-1983; drafts of scripts written for ABC radio, drafts scripts of her film 'The Midland pubs', programs, short stories, cuttings of reviews, and a box of household receipts issued to Louisa Anne Meredith, 1870-1880 (23 boxes).

Biographical / Historical:

Vivienne Rae-Ellis is a Tasmanian-born writer who has published extensively including Lively libraries (a handbook for librarians), biographies of Louisa Anne Meredith, Trucanini, and George Augustus Robinson; adult fiction (Queen Trucanini, co-authored with Nancy Cato), a romance novel (The Cavendish affair), children's fiction (Menace at Oyster Bay and The tribe with no feet), as well as film, television and radio scripts.

Indexed terms

Names:

Rae-Ellis, Vivienne

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn561756).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Records of the Papers of Vivienne Rae-Ellis, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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