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Papers of Wilfred Burchett, 1953-1988

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MS Acc10.031 comprises papers documenting Wilfred Burchett's professional life as a journalist and non-fiction writer, including his legal battles to be re-issued with a passport after his British one was cancelled and during his Australian defamation case, as well as aspects of his personal life. The collection comprises correspondence, notes, draft articles and book manuscripts, press cuttings, research material, film and television proposals and scripts, financial papers, publications and photographs. The correspondence includes copies of Burchett's own letters; many of those addressed to his wife and family describe his activities in the field.

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Papers of Ann Moyal, 1870-2017

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MS 9673 includes correspondence, drafts, printed and research material, interview transcripts and other papers, relating to Ann Moyal's writings and research interests (3 boxes).

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Papers of Dennis Altman, 1961-2021

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The collection comprises papers documenting academic and gay right's campaigner Dennis Altman's career as a writer and his roles in Australian and international HIV/AIDS organisations. Includes correspondence to and from academics, publishers, politicians, leaders of homosexual movements and admirers.

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Papers of Michelle Potter, 1934-2016

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The MS Acc10.084 consignment includes reports, correspondence, articles, promotional material, photographs and notes relating to various National Library of Australia dance projects, including the Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive project, Keep Dancing!, Australia Dancing, the Dance People Dance exhibition and the Ballets Russes in Australia project; correspondence, reports, lectures and addresses from Dr Potter's time as Curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library; correspondence and other documentation relating to the Khmer Dance project; material relating to Dancing Across Borders - a film by Anne Bass (2010), including early drafts of scripts; personal correspondence with Anna Volkova Barnes, Alan Brissenden, Lisa Bolte, Meg Denton, Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Maina Gielgud, Geoffrey Ingram, Regis Lansac, Monica Moseley, Meryl Tankard, Valrene Tweedie and others; publications by Dr Potter including A Passion for Dance (1997) and A Collector's Book of Australian Dance (2002); and other papers, including material relating to the Australian Dance Awards, 2003.

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Papers of Peter Cochrane, 1909-2017

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The collection includes correspondence, photographs, notes, research material (primarily photocopies) and manuscript drafts relating to the researching and writing of Cochrane's book Simpson and the donkey: the making of a legend (1992). The research material gathered by Cochrane documents the life and legend of stretcher-bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick, who died in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. Among the correspondents are Ken Inglis, Bill Gammage, Jim Henderson, Humphrey McQueen, John Hirst, John Herouvim, Peter Stanley, Barry York, Alan McLean, Craig Munro, Catherine Snowden, Ian Duffield, Chris Pugsley, Barry York, Ann Richter, Renata Howe and Michael Sharkey.(4 boxes).

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Papers of Robert Gray, 1975-c.2006

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The collection comprises drafts of the poems for Robert Gray's book Afterimages and drafts of other poems as well. There are proofs for Grass script: selected earlier poems, published in the United Kingdom in 2001, that show many re-workings not incorporated into any edition in Australia. Also, proofs for Afterimages and revised proofs for some reviews Gray wrote for The Australian. The collection also includes correspondence, ca. 1999-2004.

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Records of the Gippsland Women's Network, 1994-2006

Papers of Pauline Fanning, 1839-2011

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The papers document some of Pauline Fanning's activities during her long career at the National Library of Australia and her association and friendship with a number of politicians, writers, collectors, librarians and academics. They include correspondence, diaries, notebooks, research notes, talks, book reviews, and newspaper cuttings. There are files on the Ferguson, Nan Kivell, Palmer and Petherick collections, exhibitions, publications and a few of her colleagues. The correspondents include Lord and Lady Casey, Russell Cope, Gerald Fischer, Adelaide Lubbock, Marcie Muir and Aileen Palmer.

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Papers of Roger McDonald, 1954-2009

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The papers in MS 5612 document Roger McDonald's activities as an editor, poet and novelist and his relations with publishers, film producers, the ABC and literary editors. The bulk of the collection comprises papers relating to most of McDonald's published works, dating from his first publication in 1968 up until 1994. Papers include research material, edited drafts, correspondence with editors and publishers and reviews he has written. They provide a good insight into the development of his published writings. During the course of his career, McDonald has corresponded with many other writers, including Murray Bail, Bruce Beaver, Bruce Dawe, Geoffrey Dutton, Gwen Harwood, Shirley Hazzard, David Malouf, Les Murray, Thomas Shapcott, R.A. Simpson and Judith Wright. Also included in the collection is research material for a number of McDonald's literary projects, business papers, papers relating to his work as literary editor for University of Queensland Press, photographs and newspaper clippings.

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Papers of Edward Duyker, 1698-2014

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MS 9061 comprises mainly correspondence, research material and drafts relating to the compilation of Duyker's publications. There are papers relating to Duyker's research into the history of Mauritius and his involvement in Mauritian family history research, including correspondence with genealogists. There is a copy of Gaston Sarre's Recueil de reseignements sur les familles de Lile Maurice, 1945, containing genealogical notes on 3000 Mauritian families. There is also correspondence between Bell, Regnard Co., Melbourne, and Pipon, Bell Co., Mauritius (1853-1855), concerning the importation of Mauritian sugar. A copy of Duyker's PhD thesis Tribal guerillas : the Santals of West Bengal and the Naxalite movement and associated research material is also included (19 boxes, 2 fol. boxes).

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