Collection 01: Gillian Mears papers, 1985-1993

MLMSS 6217

sub-fonds

1985-1993

Textual Records, Clippings

135789

1.2 metres of textual material (9 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, and printed
Clippings

Literary Manuscripts with related correspondence
1. Ride a cock horse
1985-1986; 'Workshopped stories with Stephen Muecke NSWIT [New South Wales Institute of Tehnology] 1985.' Includes correspondence (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/1)
1985-1986; 'Early handwritten drafts of Ride a cock horse stories' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/1)
1987?; 'Late drafts of Ride a Cock Horse stories' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/2)
1987; 'A Soft Cover became Ride a Cock Horse.' Draft. (A Soft Cover was the original title) (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/3)
1986-1990; 'Correspondence re Ride a Cock Horse + Commonwealth Prize 1989 + some reviews.' The correspondence is mainly with Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood of Pascoe Publishing. (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/3)
2. Fineflour
1988-1989; 'Early notes for Fineflour stories.' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/3)
1988; 'First handwritten drafts of Fineflour.' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/4)
1988; 'Early Fineflour drafts' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/4)
1988-1989; 'Mothers and other lovers.' Drafts of Fineflour whose original title was Mothers and other lovers. (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/5)
1989-1992; 'Correspondence re Fineflour' mainly with University of Queensland Press. Also includes reviews and publisher's catalogues. (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/5)
3. The mint lawn
1988-1989; 'First ideas/notes and notebooks, early handwritten chapters'. Includes newscuttings and correspondence. (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/6)
1989?; 'First draft on manual Olivetti' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/6)
1989?-1990; '2nd, 3rd and subsequent drafts in run up to June 1990' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/7)
1988-1989; Draft (photocopy) (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/7)
1989; 'Vogel copy edited by my mother' (Sheila Mears) (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/8)
1990, 1992; 'Copy of manuscript judged for the Vogel Award in 1990'. (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/8)
1990?; Draft with corrections and typesetter's instructions (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/8)
1991?; Draft with author's revisions (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/9)
1991; Master set of page proofs with publisher's corrections and typesetter's errors (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/9)
1990-1993; 'Allen and Unwin/Stephanie Dowrick correspondence re The Mint Lawn and its rewrite + some reviews' (Call No.: ML MSS 6217/9)

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