Collection 1: Bill Condon literary papers, ca. 1955-2000

MLMSS 8195

sub-fonds

1955-2000

Textual Records, Clippings, Drawings, Ephemera, Posters

80488

2.4 metres of textual material (15 boxes)

Bill Condon literary papers, ca. 1955-2000, including primary school exercise books, manuscript notebooks, contracts, drafts and proofs of poems, plays and books, illustrations, cover designs, advertising material, newscuttings, and correspondence with publishers, editors and literary agents. Includes letters of appreciation from children, schools, the N.S.W. Department of Education and children's book organisations. Also includes personal, financial and business papers, including applications for literary grants, publicity material, printed posters and ephemera. Collection also includes manuscripts, photocopies, and proofs of children's novels by Dianne Bates.

BOX 1
School exercise books ca. 1955-1963. Notebooks 1979-1988. Newspaper clippings ca.1975-1985.

BOX 2
Correspondence, personal and business papers, 1975-1985. Printed material, 1975-1985, including theatre programs, posters and publicity material. Typescripts of plays by Bill Condon, 1975-1985 including 'Splinters', 'Blokes Like Him', 'Full Marx for Murder', and 'Red Terror'. Galley proof for 'That Smell is my Brother' by Bill Condon, 1989.

BOX 3
Correspondence, personal and business papers in ring binders, 1986-1989.

BOX 4
Correspondence, personal and business papers in ring binders, 1990-1993.

BOX 5
Correspondence, personal and business papers in ring binders, 1994-1995.

BOX 6
Correspondence, personal and business papers in ring binders, 1995-1996.

BOX 7
Galley proofs with corrections 'Creepers No. 2, Freak Out', 1996 'Creepers No. 3, Loco-Zombies', 1996 Creepers series no. 4 'Slimezone', 1997 and 'Bone Screamers' 1997.

BOX 8
Photocopy of unedited, original manuscript for 'Dame Nellie Nickabocka, Shooting Star', 1996, by Dianne Bates. Galley proof for 'Basil Bopp, the Burper', 1986, by Dianne Bates. Galley proofs for 'Jacob Fang & Schoolmarm Sue', c. 1986 by Dianne Bates.

BOX 9
Galley proofs for 'Daring Dora', 1986 by Dianne Bates. Large envelope of letters of appreciation received from children regarding the book series 'Creepers'. Working papers with corrections for 'Creepers' series 'Ghoul Man', 1996 and 'Loco-Zombies', 1997.

BOX 10
Ring binder containing correspondence with Hodder Headline. Also faxes, photocopies and newspaper clippings. Ring binder containing correspondence with publishers related to proofs of stories, photocopies and newspaper clippings.

BOX 11
Manuscripts and galley proofs of 'Humungoid', 1996, including corrections by editor. Manuscript and galley proofs of 'The Fabulous Finks!' c. 1997. Typescript of 'Brain sucker', 1997, with annotated corrections.

BOX 12
Galley proofs for 'Bushranger Bob and the Nude Olympics', 1999. Illustrations for 'Miss Wolf and the Porkers', 2000. Hodder catalogues of Children's books, 1998-2000. Coloured copies of 'Miss Wolf and the Porkers', 2000, photocopies of 'Dad Goes to the Jungle - the Jungle Goes Bananas', 2000, 'Waste of Space' 1998, 'King Arthur and the Square Table', 1999 and 'The Wacky Machine', 1997

BOX 13
Manuscript of 'Dogs' c. 2000, and related correspondence including letter from editor Glynn Parry. Photocopies of 'The Pop-eyed Piper', 1998, 'Nick Knickers and the Great Santa Round Up', 1999, and 'Snow Bright and the Tooth Magician', 1998. Galley proofs of 'Master of Disaster', 1999

BOX 14
Manuscript of 'Dogs' c. 2000, photocopies of 'Creepers' series no. 1 'Ghoul Man', 1996 'Creepers' series no. 2 'Freakout', 1996 'Feeding Frenzy', 1997 and 'Bone Screamers' 1997.

BOX 15
Ring binder including letters of appreciation from children, and correspondence with editors regarding 'Dogs', 2000. Ring binder including correspondence with publishers. Folder related to Condon's application for a literature grant.

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