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Papers of Gisella Scheinberg, 1969-1994

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Personal papers of the gallery director Gisella Scheinberg, relating to the artist Donald Friend. The papers document her relationship with the artist as a dealer and a friend. They include correspondence, exhibition catalogues, press cuttings, price lists and business papers. Of greatest interest is the collection of over 50 letters from Friend to Scheinberg. Also included in the papers is an unpublished manuscript by Friend, and papers relating to the art critic and artist Paul Haefliger.

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Papers of Eric C. Rolls., 1821-2009

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MS 7027 comprises correspondence, manuscripts, lectures, reviews, notes, posters, photographs, publications, and historical material on the Doyle and Eather families. The collection includes manuscripts of The green mosaic, Running wild, The river and A million wild acres. Many of the papers relate to natural history and conservation in New South Wales. Correspondents include George Johnston, Douglas Stewart, John Tierney, Nancy Keesing, Barry Watts, Barbara Ker Wilson, John Thompson, Hal Porter and Elizabeth Harrower (34 boxes, 1 fol. box).

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Papers of Malcolm Williamson, 1959-2003

Papers of Thomas Keneally, 1948-2010

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MS 6428 comprises manuscripts and typescripts of novels, plays, short stories and articles and extensive correspondence. Works among the manuscripts include Bring larks and heroes, Confederates, The cut-rate kingdom, Halloran's little boat, Ned Kelly and the city of bees, Passenger, Season in purgatory, The survivor, A victim of the Aurora, "Bligh", and "Burke and Wills". A large proportion of the correspondence is with publishers, literary agents and editors including Philip Ziegler, Tessa Sayle, James Moad, Thomas Stewart, Peter Grose, Donald Horne, Peter Cross, W.R. Cumming, John Abernethy, Clem Christesen, Tim Curnow, Geoff Barnes, Geoffrey Blainey, Alec Bolton, Barbara Buick, Peter Coleman, Sir William Collins, Xavier Herbert, Leonie Kramer, Les Murray, Cyril Pearl, Grace Perry, Patricia Rolfe, Fred Schepisi, Gavin Souter and Douglas Stewart. Papers relating to Keneally's involvement with the Australian Republican Movement include correspondence, administrative papers, cuttings, publicity material, newsletters and journals (16 boxes, 1 fol. box).

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Papers of Ian Templeman, c.1990-2011

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The collection consists of documents created or acquired by poet, critic, arts administrator and literary press proprietor, Ian Templeman. Some of the documents relate to Templeman's grandparents and parents, most date from the 1970s to 2006.

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Papers of Ronald Albert Simpson., 1949-2004

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MS 5575 comprises drafts of poems, notebooks, manuscripts of books, correspondence with writers and publishers, reviews, papers on seminars and other literary subjects, drawings and photographs. Correspondents include Alexander Craig, Thomas Shapcott, Rodney Hall, Kenneth Slessor, Michael Dransfield, Nancy Cato, Randolph Stow, John Wain, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, A.D. Hope and Douglas Stewart (19 boxes).

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Records of the Australian Publishers Association, 1947-2000

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Boxes 26-29 contain papers of Lanse Tainton and John Michie, including Tariff Board inquiry on products of printing industry, 1971, ABPA meeting files 1975-77, and Book Trade Working Party, 1975.

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Records of the Australian Labor Party, Federal Secretariat, 1917-1996

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The records in MS 4985 mainly consist of the correspondence of the Federal Secretary, 1936-1977, and papers documenting meetings of the Federal Conference, 1919-1984, and Federal Executive, 1944-1979. In addition there are circulars, subject files, cuttings, publications, photographs, including photographs of H.V. Evatt and the 1975 Federal Conference delegates at Terrigal, papers associated with the Socialist International, financial records, papers on state, federal and pre-selection elections, a file of the Federal President's correspondence, 1970, and albums of cuttings that cover the 1917 No conscription campaign and include minutes of the Federal Standing Advisory Committee, 1939-1943 (577 boxes, 3 fol. boxes, 3 fol. volumes).

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Papers of Nigel Oram, 1942-1994

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The bulk of the collection comprises subject files created by Oram, containing mainly his handwritten and typescript notes. Some of these notes are in the Motu and Hula languages. There is only a small amount of correspondence in the collection, included within the relevant subject file.

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Papers of Herbert and Ivy Brookes, 1869-1970

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Material in this collection dates from 1869 until 1970, and consists of correspondence, notes, diaries, photographs, certificates, programs, invitations, publications, scrap-books and loose press cuttings.

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