Guide to the Papers of Kerry White, 1981-2008

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS Acc10.053, Acc10.130, Acc10.176, Acc13.038
Creator:
Kerry White
Extent:
3.3 metres and (16 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Kerry White, National Library of Australia, [class, series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
MS Acc10.053 comprises papers that document Kerry White's career as a bibliographer, writer, judge of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book of the Year Awards and member of the board of the Poetry Australia Foundation. They include correspondence; notes, working papers, drafts, manuscripts and proofs of the second and third volumes of Australian children's books: a bibliography, Australian children's fiction: the subject guide (1993) and Brilliant books list (The reading bug); "Bookphile" newsletters; Honours and Ph.D. theses; and CBCA judging papers. Authors represented in the correspondence include Marcie Muir, Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Christobel Mattingley and Bob Graham (16 boxes, 2 fol. boxes).
Biographical Note:

Bibliographer, writer and reviewer. Kerry White was born in Wollongong, New South Wales in 1958. She graduated from the University of Wollongong, where she also tutored and lectured in Australian literature and children's books, until leaving teaching in 1989 to concentrate on bibliography and writing. White has written numerous articles, reviews, bibliographies and biographical pieces on Australian writing and authors for Australian and overseas reference works, monographs and journals. She has written major bibliographical works on Australian children's literature and co-created "The Source", a subscription-based website guide to children's literature from Australia and around the world. White has served on the board of the Poetry Australia Foundation and has been a judge for a number of literary awards, including the Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book of the Year Awards, the 2001 New South Wales Premier's Literary awards and the Taronga Poetry prize.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4925496).
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 Kerry White, National Library of Australia, [class, series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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