Collection 1: Poets Union of New South Wales records, 1977-2000

MLMSS 9057

sub-fonds

1977-2000

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Moving Images

401895

Partly Digitised

4.05 metres of textual material (27 boxes)
11 audiocassettes (7 hr., 12 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape
4 audiocassettes (2 hr., 17 min.) - digital, DAT - 8 x 6 cm, 4mm tape
9 computer disks
1 videocassette (3 hrs.)

Boxes 1-7 originally purchased from Poets Union by Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Library in 1991

BOXES 1-7 purchased from Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), 2000

BOX 1

Folder 1
Membership applications, 1977-1978, plus lists

Folder 2
Constitutional documents
Post cards

Folder 3
Correspondence, 1980

Folder 4
Material relating to the Literature Board

Folder 5
Correspondence, 1978
Membership forms
Sydney Poets' Union membership, 1979-1980
Membership, 1982-1983

Folder 6
Correspondence relating to National conference

Folder 7
Correspondence

Folder 8
Correspondence, 1979
Brisbane minutes

BOX 2

Folder 9
Membership, 1978-1979

Folder 10
Photographs of poets
Wollongong minutes

Folder 11
Sydney minutes

Folder 12
Information on how to organise a poetry reading
Muse News (NSW Poets' Union Newsletter), 1989-1990
Publications from poetry organisations

Folder 13
Melbourne minutes

Folder 14
Poetry in schools
Publications of literary organisations
Publishers' contracts
Financial papers
Promotional material

BOX 3

Folder 15
Publications, newsletters, promotional material etc. relating to Poets' Union
Poetry
Literature

Folder 16
Publications, newsletters, promotional material etc. relating to Poets' Union
Poetry
Literature

Folder 17
Publicity material

Folder 18
Publicity material

Folder 19
National newsletter
Correspondence, publicity material, newsletters etc.

Folder 20
Copies of Muse News - newsletters of the Poets' Union of NSW
Correspondence - includes correspondence with publishers
Minutes of meetings
Media release for 'Carnivale, 1998'

Folder 20a
Correspondence, publicity material, newsletters etc.

Folder 21
Correspondence, publicity material, newsletters etc.

BOX 4

Folder 21a
Correspondence, promotional material, newsletters, minutes of meetings etc.

Folder 22
Newsletters, correspondence, promotional material etc.

Folder 23
Correspondence, poetry, minutes of meetings (NSW Poets' Union)
Agenda for meeting
Adelaide minutes

Folder 24
Material on arts awards, grants from the Australia Council
South Australian Poets' Union newslettesr and minutes of meetings
Information from the Arts Law Centre and the Adelaide Festival

Folder 25
Art Workers' Union material

Folder 26
Correspondence, mid 1983

Folder 27
Correspondence and promotional material
Copy of Free Speech Review, January 1986 (newsletters of the Free Speech Committee)
Annual general meeting notes and annual report of The Free Speech Committee

Folder 28
Financial papers

BOX 5

Folder 29
Financial papers

Folder 30
Drafts of Poets' Union policy of Literature Board

Folder 31
MACE (Multicultural Arts for Community Exchange) newsletter, September 1985
Occupational Health and Safety in the Arts

Folder 32
Minutes - NSW Poets' Union

Folder 33
Receipts, 1984-1985
Poets' Union Constitution
Publicity for poetry events
Poets' Union rules
Press clippings
Publicity for poetry readings

Folder 34
Wollongong Poets' Union minutes
Financial papers
Newsletters, minutes etc.

Folder 35
Accounts, receipt books

BOX 6
Folders 36-43
Correspondence, newsletters, promotional material, membership matters

BOX 7
Folders 44-49
Correspondence, newsletters, promotional material, membership matters

Folder 50
Newsletters
Cheque books and receipt books

BOXES 8-28, purchased from Poets Union Inc, 2000

SOUND RECORDINGS (Call No.: MLOH 718):
Series 01: Poets Union of New South Wales sound recordings Poetry at the Pub 1997, Australian Poetry Festival 1999

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Contents list for boxes 1-8 supplied by Australia Defence Force Academy Library
Contents list for boxes 9-28 supplied by Poets Union Inc.
Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014
The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

A digital file of the recording is available for onsite use only and reproduction of the file is restricted. After a search for relevant Library files by CAD-Digitisation staff between 2015 and 2017, no permission agreement relating to this oral history material was found.