Christine Wallace research papers relating to biography of Germaine Greer titled 'Greer, Untamed Shrew', ca. 1950-1998

MLMSS 8355

fonds

ca. 1950, predominate 1980-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Photographs

401959

0.70 metres of textual material (4 boxes)
19 sound recordings

Christine Wallace (1960-), Australian political journalist and biographer, is the author of the unauthorized biography of Germaine Greer, ‘Greer, Untamed Shrew’. She has degrees in politics and history from the Australian National University, and an economics from the University of Sydney. After a decade of political and economic journalism in the Canberra Press Gallery, she became a full-time writer in Sydney following the 1996 election. In 1993, she wrote her first book, critically acclaimed biography of former Liberal Leader John Hewson. Her biography of Germaine Greer was her second book.

Reference:
Library correspondence file
Compiled from the collection

BOX 1
Folders 1-2:
Research papers relating to the background of the writing and publishing of Christine Wallace unauthorised biography of Germaine Greer, Untamed Shrew, 1995-1997, including photocopies of published material and newscuttings with authors research notes

Folder 3:
Typed transcripts of interviews, including with Margaret Fink, relating to Harry Hooton, 1988

Draft typescript of Chapter 1, ‘Misogyny begins at home’, with letter from editor Jennifer Dabbs, ca. 1996, and floppy disk. Disk contains three files in Microsoft Word for Mac format titled "forematter", "greer text final" and "copyrt". “Greer text final” contains the text of the full biography but differs in some minor details to the published Macmillan edition of 'Greer, untamed shrew'. It is also not paginated and does not include the end notes and index found in the published book. The file called “Forematter” is lacking a paragraph about permissions obtained from various people to quote from their work.

Correspondence with publishers and editors, ca. 1994-1996, including a letter from Germaine Greer expressing her disapproval, 21 January 1994

Folder 4:
Newscuttings relating to Germain Greer, 1980-1997

Folder 5:
Copies of photographs of Germaine used in Christine Wallace’s biography, ca. 1970s

BOX 2
Folders 1-3:
Research papers, mainly photocopies of annotated articles including newscuttings, published material and magazines containing biographical information about Germaine Greer and media commentary about the publication of Christine Wallace’s biography, ca. 1995-1997

Editors notes and corrections, Christine Wallaces research notes, and photocopy of school roll, chapter outlines and annotated drafts of biography, notebooks and Greer contacts written on hotel stationery notepads, ca. 1997

Facsimiles of newspaper article drafts by Christine Wallace, 1994-1996, relating to dispute with Germaine Greer over the publication of her biography

Folder 4:
Correspondence relating to research for her biography on Germaine Greer, 1995-1998, including letters from Sasha Soldatow and Paul de Feu

Reproduction permissions for the use of quotes and photographs from news articles, media interviews from authors, journalists, and owners of copyright, including Sheila Rowbotham, Anthony Clare, Richard Walsh, Albie Thoms, Norman Page, Hester Eisenstein, Valerie Grove, Catherine R Stimpson, Adrian McGregor, Liz Fell, Geoffrey Dutton, Anna Coote, Jeffrey Sher, Anne Coombs and Margaret Fink, ca. 1997

Photographs of Germaine Greer, ca. 1972-1987, includes copies mainly reproductions from Mirror Australian Telegraph publications and State of NSW Image Library

BOX 3
Folder 1:
Correspondence with publishers and journalists, 1994, relating to articles written by Germaine Greer containing scathing remarks about planned biography. Includes newscuttings, mainly photocopies

Folders 2-3:
Two annotated page proofs of Germaine Greer biography by Christine Wallace, ca. 1997, suggesting changes to title from ‘Germaine Greer, Untamed Shrew’ to ‘Greer, Untamed Shrew’

Folder 4:
Annotated page proof biography, ‘Hewson: A Portrait’, by Christine Wallace, ca. 1993

BOX 4
Folder 1:
Letters from Christine Wallace to editors outlining biography proposal and attempts to arrange meetings with Germaine Greer, Paul de Feu enclosing reproduction permissions, Max Wilson enclosing photocopies and print-outs, Inez McLoughlin and Germain Greer letter ‘print and be damned’ with photocopy of an article by Sebastian Faulks about literary biographies, 1994-1997

School photographs of Germaine Greer, ca. 1940-1959

Folder 2:
Research papers, including newcsuttings of literary reviews, photocopies of articles, cambrige pamphlets, and printouts from radio and library catalogues of taped interviews with Greer, ca. 1994-1995

8 notebooks with notes by Christine Wallace of biographcial accounts of Germaine Greer from Kate Fitzpatrick, Don Anderson, Anne Summers, Leon Fink, Andrew Fisher, Associate Professor Geoffrey Little, Susan Ryan, Arthur Dignam, Beatrice Faust, Mrs Green, Farrago, Richard Neville’s book, Margaret Fink, Nuns, school friends, Robin Grove, Ken Ruthren, Rhyll Narice, Sister Attracta, a nun, school friend, Professor Wilkes, Andrew Riemer, Kate Millett, Jill Johnson, Professor Andrew Greany, Paul de Feu, Kathy Lette, Stephen Gryf, News Limited, Jill Neville, Daily Telegraph pictures, Nathan Silver, Vivienne Lincoln, Elizabeth Brenchley, Catherine Stimpson, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Gruzzuti-Harrison

PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
Photographic negatives of photos used in Christine Wallace's research located at FM2/2039. Mainly school photographs of Germaine at Star of the Sea College, Melbourne, ca. 1940-1959

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Files on floppy disk read and converted to modern Microsoft Word files by the Library, Jan. 2019. Stored on Library server.