Literary manuscripts collected by Alexander Sheppard during his time as publisher at Alpha Books, ca. 1969-1993

MLMSS 8189

fonds

ca. 1969-1993

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

105101

0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes) - typescripts, manuscripts

Alexander William Sheppard (1911-1997), was a bookseller and publisher. He founded Alpha Books in 1970, and during his time there collected literary manuscripts by Australian authors. Some of these were published by Alpha Books, for example ‘No case to answer’ by Jo. Stevenson, 1971 and ‘Dougherty, a great man among men : a biography of Major General Sir Ivan Dougherty', 1979

References:
Compiled from the collection
Library correspondence file

Includes published and unpublished typescripts of books and photographs collected by Alexander William Sheppard during his time at Alpha Books, ca. 1969-1993

BOX 1
‘Nice Guys Come Last’ ‘The Housewarming’ ‘Night Play’ unpublished typescripts with a covering letter to Alex Sheppard from author Paul Collins, 17 March 1992, and his writing autobiography

‘On Australian Publishing in the twentieth century’ by John McLaren, ca. 1988, annotated photocopy of unpublished typescript

‘History of Steel’ sent to Alex Sheppard by Mort Shearer, unpublished annotated typescript, author and date unknown

‘Sail On, O Ship’, Vols 1 and 2, by Dorothy Crawford Cubis, unpublished bound typescript, no date

‘History of Australia’ by Ken Moses, no date, unpublished typescript bound

BOX 2
‘French in Australia’ by Jean Rosenburg, ca. 1987-1993, unpublished typescript with manuscript annotations,

‘Moses: No statues for heroes’ or ‘the Oz that was’ by Ken Moses, ca. 1977-1978, unpublished bound typescript with annotations, with rejection letter from Collier Macmillan, 18 April 1979 and letter from Ken Moses to Alex Sheppard, 3 December 1978

‘Dougherty, A great man among men’, annotated typescripts of a biography of World War II soldier Ivan Dougherty by Ken Clift and edited by Alex Sheppard, ca. 1979, includes both draft and final versions, published by Alpha Books in 1979

Photographs, letters, notes and diagrams relating to the publication of ‘No Case to Answer’ by Jo Stevenson, published by Alpha Books in 1971. Includes photographs, ca. 1969, of naval men including Commander Anthony Horton, Captains E. W. Shand and John Davidson, Admirals H. W. Stevenson, Jerome King and J. B. Craft, Lieutenant Commanders C. J. Patterson and R. J. Burns, Lieutenant R. Lamb and P. J. Varley, Royal Australian Navy aircraft-carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) with damaged bow and the United States Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), with letters from Alex Sheppard to Mr Stevens with manuscript notes by Alex Sheppard containing instructions for the printer and diagrams showing how the ships Melbourne and Evans collided in 1969

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012