Files of a proposed project, 1985-1986, submitted to Sylvia Hale of Hale and Iremonger, for an anthology, edited by Dobson, of writings by Australian women writers on the process of writing and on other Writers

Containers:

Box 18

Component identifier:

File 144

Content Summary:

The project was ultimately abandoned. Included are carbons of Dobson's letters to Hale and Hale's replies; letters from authors agreeing to contribute: Nene Gare, Gwen Harwood, Elizabeth Jolley, Antigone Kefala, Kylie Tennant and Fay Zwicky, together with their letters after the cancellation of the project; also photocopies of letters from Jessica Anderson, Thea Astley, Helen Garner, Elizabeth Harrower, Margaret Jones, Eleanor Witcombe and Judith Wright.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were donated to the Library under the Cultural Gifts Program by Rosemary Dobson in several consignments between July 1986 and December 2004. Three publications were separately donated to the Library by Rosemary Dobson in 2005.

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