Series 01: Miles Franklin unpublished manuscripts, 1908-1947, undated

MLMSS 6035/1-19

series

1908-1947, undated

100036

Microfilm : Refer to Contents for location numbers

Undated; Alby, the job hunter. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Signed "M.F."
Undated; Amour afloat. By Brent of Bin Bin. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Bouquets. A comedy in three acts. By a practising nonentity. Typescript.
Undated; By far Kaimacktchalan. A play of the Balkan Front today. Typescript with manuscript corrections
Undated; Canberra 1930. Play. Typescript (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/1)
Undated; Aunt Sophie smashes a triangle or The married lover or The home breaker or Elaine changes her mind. Play in three acts. Typescript (2). Also includes a thesis to the play; odd typewritten pages concerning the play; Acts 2 & 3 in manuscript with corrections.
Undated; 1. Clives's wife. Play in two acts. Manuscript with corrections. 2. Claud's wife. Play in 3 acts. Typescript. 3. Release. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/2)
Undated; 1. Comedy at Runnymede. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions. 2. Tom Collins at Runnymede. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections. 3. Ida was a common person. Play. Typescript. (Contains the same characters as the previous two plays but a different script)..
Undated; Gentleman encounters lady. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Hold tight. Life in a London 'bus - and thereabouts. Collection of sketches. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions. Two copies, one signed "Stella Miles Franklin". Also includes associated odd pages.
Undated; In a proclaimed area. One of the Irish sketches. Typescript with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/3)
Undated; Johanna versus Hennessy. Play. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections. One copy is signed "Miles Franklin". Also includes associated odd pages. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/4)
1941?; Let go of grief. By Young Bill et al. A tale of talkers far far from the mad mad war. Novel. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Mag-Marjorie. Play in four acts. Typescript (top copy and carbon). Also includes typescript draft with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/5: Issue microfilm copy at CY 4825, frames 1-170)
Undated; Models for Molly. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (2). Includes additional copy of ACT III.
Undated; Quite. A revue in type. Novel. Typescript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/6)
Undated; Mrs Dysart disappears. A mystery novel. Typescript. Includes additional associated pages.
1921?; Ne mari nishta. (It matters nothing). Six months with the Serb. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections and additions. Each copy is signed "Miles Franklin Outlander". Each copy is illustrated by a different set of photographs. (This manuscript gives an account of her nursing experiences in Serbia during World War I) (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/7: Issue microfilm copy at CY 4792, frames 1-423: 2 versions)
1910; Not at all a coward. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Dated Oct 1910.
Undated; Old Blastus of Bandicoot. A domestic drama. Play in 3 acts. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. Also includes 7 separate parts of the play..
Undated; Old Fawcett's decision. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated; Old man of Bandicoot. A drama of the up-country stations a generation ago. Dialogue for talking motion picture play and scenario for motion picture play. Typescript (2). Contents of both scripts are not the same and one is marked "Rough draft".. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/8)
Undated; Sam Price from Chicago. Novel. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections and additions. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/9)
ca. 1945; Scandal at Glenties. Play. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. One copy is described as a radio play by Jim Barrington. The other copy is described as a play in four scenes by Botany Bay and was entered in the Tom Collins Drama Competition in 1945..
ca. 1945; Sophistication. A drama in two scenes. Typescript (2). One copy is written under the pen name of SCEPTIC and was entered in the "Montague Grover Memorial Award for a satire for 1945 Competition." Also included is a page of typesript and manuscript notes.
1943; The birth pangs of the Australian novel. Script for a radio talk held on Sunday 24 October, 1943 on 2BL. Typescript. Signed "Miles Franklin, Oct. 14 '43".
Undated; The onlooker sees most. A short drama in two scenes. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections. One copy is titled The bystander sees most, and is marked "discarded version superseded". (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/10)
Undated; The dead must not return! Play in two acts. Written under the pen name of "Field Hospital Orderly". Typescript with manuscript corrections. Also includes a rough typescript draft.
Undated; The English Jackeroo. Play in two acts. Typescript (2). Also includes two typescript drafts, one with manuscript additions and corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/11)
Undated; The kookaburrahs laugh goodnight! Short story. Typescript (2). The text of each copy varies. One has manuscript corrections and is signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated; The love machine. A comedy in four acts. Typescript. Also includes "Part of When Cupid tarried (the love machine novel)". Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; The mystery of her parentage. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Signed "Miles Franklin".
Undated; The Robinson case. Short story. Typescript.
Undated; The scandal-monger. Play in three acts. Typescript (3). On the title page of one copy the author is said to be "S. Bruce".
1908 ; The survivors. A modern play in four acts. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. One copy is signed "Miles Franklin, Shawondasee, August 1908." (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/12)
Undated; The thorny rose. Novel. Typescript and manuscript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/13)
1945; The thorny rose. Radio play in three acts. Typescript (3) with manuscript corrections and additions. Written under the pen name "Mr and Mrs O" and entered in the Lux Radio Play Competition in November 1945.
Undated; The waiter speaks. Play. Typescript (2). (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/14)
1947; The war comes to Jones Street. Novel. Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections. Also includes two rough typescript drafts with additions and corrections. Entered in The Sydney Morning Herald competition in December 1947. (Call No.: MLMSS 6035/15)
Undated; Three women. Play in four acts. Typescript (4) with manuscript additions and corrections. Two copies are titled The other side of love. Also includes a number of odd pages from the play.
1944; Three women and love by Punica Granatum. Play. Typescript with manuscript corrections. Entered in the Playwrights' Advisory Board Competition 1944. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/16)
Undated; Tom Collins at Runnymede. A Furphy play in four scenes. Full script. Typescript (4). Also includes five separate parts for different characters in the play.
Undated; Tom Collins at Runnymede. A Furphy play in four scenes. Typescript (3) with Manuscript corrections.
Undated; Trapped. Play. Typescript.
Undated; Uncle Robert's wedding present. Short story. Typescript with manuscript corrections. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/17)
Undated; Virgins and martyrs out of date. Play. Typescript (5) with manuscript corrections. Also includes four separate parts for different characters in the play.. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/18)
1932; Virgins out of date. Are they? Novel. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Virtue. A comedy in four acts. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Youth to youth. Drama for a young actress by R.J. Duguid (pen name). Typescript (2) with manuscript corrections.
Undated; Zabranjeno. Play. Typescript. (Call No.: ML MSS 6035/19)