Scrapbooks, c. 1973-1999

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Series 10

Content Summary:

This series consists of 75 numbered scrapbooks compiled by Louis Nowra and described by him as 'a series of newspapers and magazine cuttings ranging from odd spots [sic] to fashion, to cartoons, to political articles, to current events of which several incidents have been the basis for plays and novels.' The contents of the scrapbooks include news articles about violent crime, graphic material, reviews of Nowra's work and articles in which he is the subject or interviewee. The numerical sequence of the scrapbooks is not continuous as the Library received only selected volumes. Where the same number has been allocated to more than one scrapbook, the Library has added 'a'and 'b' to differentiate between them. The date ranges for each folio box of scrapbooks reflect the publication dates of the cuttings.

The first four scrapbooks in the series (numbers 3-6) differ from the remainder as they contain largely handwritten notes entered by Nowra when developing structure and dialogue for various works. The dates for the scrapbooks and the works to which the handwritten notes relate are identified in a list supplied by Nowra, a copy of which is in Folio Box 1 of this series. The next four scrapbooks in Folio Box 1 (numbers 98, 103-104 and 106) were apparently used by Nowra as source material for his book, The cheated.

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