Miscellaneous writing

 
Component identifier:
Series 5
Content Summary:

The miscellaneous series consists of unpublished poems, plays and prose, works published but not by Prism, and works whose publishing history is uncertain.

With the poems of American Ken Liberman is Desert Roads, and a letter to Cheryl Adamson telling of his intention to publish his Australian poems himself. There are two plays of Dorothy Hewett, one noted as a 'working script'. This play titled "The chapel perilous" was published by Currency Press in 1972. "The big time" is a feature film treatment of the true story of champion boxer Les Darcy, by Norman Ingram. Ingram's letter to Creatrix about publishing it is included. There is a handwritten draft of Space Warp by Dal Stivens, published by Wild Woolly. Also in the series are some 'alternative' publications, Zilch, and Dadactic.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased by the Library in 1978 and 1982. Further papers were added in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

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Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2579828).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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