Collection 6: Sasha Soldatow further papers, 1956-1997

MLMSS 11883

sub-fonds

1956-1997

140365

2.88 metres of textual material (18 boxes)

Box 1

Annotated copies of books reviewed by Soldatow:

Published editions
Remember the tarantella / Finola Moorhead. Leichhardt, N.S.W. : Primavera Press, 1987
The comfort of men / Dennis Altman. Port Melbourne, Vic. : W. Heinemann Australia, 1993
Defying gravity : a political life / Dennis Altman. St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1997
Mentalk : fourteen Australian men talk about their lives, loves and feelings after two decades of feminism / Jan Bowen. Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1996

Proof edition
The cry of the goldfinch / Peter Skrzynecki. Sydney : Anchor, 1996.

‘Private Do Not Open’
Final Corrections to ‘Private Do Not Open’ added notes by Bruce Sims, April 1987
Corrections from previous pages
Final marked-up copy, 1987

Russian language volume ‘Australia’ by G. Mukhin, M. Potemkin, includes maps, published Moscow, 1956

Box 2

Early versions edited by Soldatow of ‘Beyond the two-party system : political representation, economic competitiveness, and Australian politics’ / Ian Marsh, 1995. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995

Drafts of introduction to ‘Poet of the 21st century Harry Hooton collected poems’ published by Angus & Robertson, 1990

Radio Helicon script re ‘Harry Hooton – Death of an Anarchist’, 1988 includes running sheets, notes, scripts, review in ‘The Australian Listener’. First broadcast on ABC Radio National, Sunday 18 December 1988

Miscellaneous material relating to published works, including notes, royalty statements, Memorandum of Agreement with Angus & Robertson, 1991 for ‘The Gloves of Menzies’, draft chapters and the Public Lending Rights Scheme, 1984-1995

Diary pages 1976-1977; Australian passport, 1986-1996

Concept for T.V. program called ‘Wasting time’, 1982
Puberty and power - notes, 1982

Crime, Madness and Society, university course tutored by Soldatow, 1993 includes articles, notes, student essays

Material relating to the Federal Court case Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council, 1989-91 Applications, correspondence, notes

Correspondence, articles, Australia Council Legislation, 1989-1991

Box 3

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including Freedom of Information material, notes, correspondence, 1990-1995

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including correspondence with Mark O’Connor of Australia Council Reform Association, articles, notes, 1991-1994

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council including material correspondence with Mark O’Connor of Australia Council Reform Association, articles, notes, 1995

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including Section 13 Action documents, correspondence, articles, 1994-1995

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including correspondence with Mark O’Connor of Australia Council Reform Association, articles, notes, 1991-1994

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including correspondence with Australia Council and Attorney Generals Department, 1994-1996

Box 4

Sasha Soldatow v Australia Council material including Freedom of Information action documents, collated and numbered by Soldatow (number 1-179)

Soldatow kept a series of folders titled ‘Biographical Material’ over several years. This chronological series continues on from MLMSS 11874 boxes 8 and 9. They contain, essays, drafts, notes, observations and poetry. Material contains more recent annotations in pencil

Biographical material, 1987 includes notes, newscuttings, reviews, ephemera, correspondence, photographs

Biographical material, 1988 includes material related to lecturing at University of Technology, notes and transcript of a speech given at Carnivale 1988, clippings of reviews and responses, ephemera and final, corrected manuscript of ‘Critical Mass’, 1986-1988 [material is in a folder annotated by Anne Summers for a chapter of ‘Damned Whores and God’s Police’ (1975)]

Biographical material, 1989 including reviews, ephemera, correspondence, invitations, photographs, writing by Soldatow, and an original poem by Denis Gallagher ‘The Sun has Set’ as a farewell to Soldatow on his departure for Moscow

Biographical material, 1990 includes reviews, ephemera and material relating to the launch of Soldatow’s book ‘Poet of the 21st century, Harry Hooton : collected poems / poems and prose introduced and selected by Sasha Soldatow. North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1990

Biographical material, 1991 includes reviews, Writers Festival ephemera, notes on writing, Moscow, Mardi Gras 1991 magazine, correspondence

Financial records for Moscow, Paris, 1991-1992

Box 5

Biographical material, 1992-1993 includes articles, correspondence, reviews, early articles for ‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’, published 1993

Biographical material, 1994 includes notes for introductions and a talk at the Sydney Writers Festival, published articles, ephemera, notes, a printed map of Moscow on a paper napkin

Biographical material, 1995 includes articles, research notes, ephemera, cuttings, reviews, an ABC TV research paper on the history of the Mardi Gras, notebook containing a journal on Italy, 1995 and notes on Hooton, 1996

Biographical material, 1996 (1) includes reviews of Jump cuts : an autobiography / Sasha Soldatow & Christos Tsiolkas, other reviews, notes, correspondence, newscuttings, ephemera

Biographical material, 1996 (2) includes reviews, notes, correspondence, newscuttings, ephemera

Box 6

Loaded / Christos Tsiolkas. North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 1998

‘Loaded’ titled as ‘A Runner or The Map of the city as navigated by a runner’ typescript with annotations and edits by Tsiolkas, 1993

“Loaded’ titled ‘Novel with Soundtrack’, typescript with edits by Sasha Soldatow, nd

‘Loaded’ original edited manuscript further edited by Sasha Soldatow, Christos Tsiolkas and a copy editor

‘Loaded’ first proof, Proofreaders copy, annotated, 5 September 1995

‘Loaded’ first proof, Author’s copy, annotated and corrected by Christos Tsiolkas (with letter from Tsiolkas), 5 September 1995

Second page proofs and two cover letters from Random House, June 1996 and October 1996

Box 7

‘Loaded’ early draft manuscript with notes and some later edits by Sasha Soldatow, with cover letter from Tsiolkas, nd

‘Loaded’ early version, possibly 1994

Typescript short stories by Christos Tsiolkas, some edited by Soldatow, includes early writing that pre-dates ‘Loaded’.

Box 8

Correspondence. Alphabetically arranged in folders and listed by Sasha Soldatow. Includes a full listing of correspondence in this series.

ABC – Ayres, 1990-1997
Correspondents include Phillip Adams, Kevin Anderson, Monica Attard, Tony Ayres

Baranay – Brown, M, 1987-1996
Correspondents include Jean Bedford, Peter Blazey, Andrew Brophy

Pamela Brown, 1991-1995

Browne – Byrnes, 1992-1997
Correspondents include Belinda Browne, Janine Burke, Margaret Burke

Callaghan – Curtis, 1989-1997
Correspondents include Cressida Campbell, Paul Cescato, Anne Coombs, James Cristina

Daly – Englebrecht, 1991-1997
Correspondents include Robert Dessaix, Jenny Doyle, Gary Dunne

Box 9

Margaret Fink and family, 1989-1996 - includes a list of things to take to Russia

Fargher – Gutter Club, 1990-1997
Correspondents include Sandra Forbes, Brett Galt-Smith, Helen Grace

Halligan – Hurley, 1991-1996
Correspondents include Marion Halligan, Bill Harding, Susan Howe

Iakovleva – Johnson, 1991-1997
Correspondents include Linda Jaivin, Jim Jenkin, Michele Johnson

Kay – Knight, 1991-1996
Correspondents include Anna Kay, Robyn Kershaw, Dean Kiley

Landa – Lurie, 1989-1996
Correspondents include Gillian Leahy, Amanda Lohrey, Angelo Loukakis, Kendall Lovett

Box 10

McCormic – Murphy, 1989-1997
Correspondents include Ian McNeill, Lisa Mackay, Humphrey McQueen, Ian Marsh, Frank Mitchell

David Marr, 1991-1996

Nash – Oxford, 1991-1996
Correspondents include Margot Nash, Fiona Olliffe

Palfreyman – Public, 1991-1997
Correspondents include David Perry, Bruce Pulsford

George Papaellinas, 1991-1997

Bruce Pulsford, 1991-1992

Random – Rudnitsky, 1989-1996
Correspondents include Craig Rendell, Inge Riebe, Janine Robinson, Peter Rose, Jack Rozycki, Artem Rudnitsky

Meredith Rogers, 1991-1997

St. Vincent's – Sydney Writer’s Festival, 1991-1997
Correspondents include Olga Samson, Natasha Seventy, Bruce Sims, Lily Soldatow

Box 11

Christos Tsiolkas, 1993-1997
includes original letter approaching Soldatow and original mock up artwork for the cover of ‘Loaded’, published in 1995

Taylor – Tucker, 1990-1997
Correspondents include Tom Thompson, Ley and Brian Thornton, Donna Tier, John Tranter, Lyn Tranter

University – Zubrycki, 1984, 1991-1997
Correspondents include Susan Varga, John Walker, Charles Waterstreet, William Yang, Lien Yeomans

Publishers’ correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, 1980-1993

Gay Theatre Company operated between 1979 and 1983 performing at several venues in Sydney and Newcastle.

Gay Theatre financial records, correspondence, ledgers, receipts, 1979-83; financial records for production of ‘P.S. Your Cat is Dead’ 1980, financial records for productions of ‘Spitting Image’ 1980, financial records for production of ‘Who Stole my Closet?’ 1981

Box 12

Financial records for productions of ‘Who Stole my Closet?’ 1981

Financial records for productions of ‘Hormones’ and ‘Writer’s Cramp’ 1982

Press releases, manuscript biographies of the casts, programmes, production photographs, newscuttings relating to the productions of ‘P.S. Your Cat is Dead’, ‘Spitting Image’ ‘Writer’s Cramp’ and ‘Who Stole my Closet’ 1979-1982

Box 13

Playscripts performed and/or considered by Gay Theatre Company

Manuscript rough for ‘Alice’, unknown author
‘As Time Goes By’ (1975) by Drew Griffiths and Noel Grieg
‘Spitting Image’ (1968) by Colin Spencer. Includes production notes and annotations
‘Blown Out’ by Tony Page
‘Double Exposure’ (1978) by Alan Pope
‘Pete & Charley’ (1979) by John Arnold
‘P.S. Your Cat is Dead’ (1972) by James Kirkwood Jr.
‘Step, Walk and Tumble’ (1979) by Kevin L. Roberts

Box 14

‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ notes for ‘The Archaeology of Language’, 1991-1992
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ miscellaneous notes, diary entries, jottings, 1992-1994
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ notes from Moscow, draft chapters, 1991-1993
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ notes, jottings, draft chapters, 1992-1993
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ notes for A Beginning – After the Rain, draft
Notes while writing at Varuna from 14 March 1993 onward
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ material returned to Jenny Doyle including photocopied articles, drafts
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ material relating to Anna Ahmatova including published works, articles

Box 15

‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ page proofs with corrections
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ page proofs with corrections
‘Mayakovsky in Bondi’ annotated final draft, notes, 1993

Photograph of Eastern Suburbs team captained by Dave Brown (in headgear): T. McLachlan, E. Norman, R. O'Loan, H. Pierce, F. Tottey, V. Thicknesse, T. Dowling, R. McKinnon, J. Pearce, R. Stehr, A. Norval, M. Nixon, and opposition, possibly Balmain or Canterbury, 1935

Photograph of West Maitland Telegraph Station staff including A.H. Nicholls, J.P. McGlinn, F.P. Ramsay, A. Kelly, J.W. Nicholls, Mr Kaye, ca. 1900

Russian language newspapers and publications relating to the gay scene in Russia, early 1990s, and ‘Russian Stuff’ 1990-91; Anarchist newspapers and other printed material (in Russian) 1990-1991

Box 16

Ankali Project folder. The Ankali Project was stablished in 1985 to provide support to people who were affected by the AIDS crisis. Includes information for volunteers.

Jump cuts : an autobiography / Sasha Soldatow & Christos Tsiolkas Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Vintage, 1996

‘Jump Cuts’ original edited manuscript
‘Jump Cuts’ edited manuscript
‘Jump Cuts’ first page proofs (author’s set) with annotations
‘Jump Cuts’ working draft with edits and annotations by Tsiolkas

Box 17

‘Jump Cuts’ Master proofs – First proof with annotations by designers, author/publisher and typesetter
Second proofs
Edited draft sent to Gary Dunne for review

Box 18

Working files for ‘Jump Cuts’: working title ‘Transcripts from Life: An Autobiography’, 1996

File 1. Working draft with annotations by Tsiolkas
File 2. Working draft with annotations by Soldatow, printed December 1995
File 3. Working draft (Sasha’s copy) with annotations by Soldatow, includes note from Tsiolkas to Soldatow, printed December 1995
File 4. Early draft manuscript/typescript with annotations by Tsiolkas
File 5. Main archive file including draft manuscript, notes, cover art ideas
File 6. “Transcripts” general file including notes, correspondence
File 7. General correspondence, review and launch ephemera relating to ‘Jump Cuts’ with potato-cut decorated folder (for book signings), 1996

Original arrangement by the author has been maintained where possible.

English, Russian

Partly restricted: Access requires a signed undertaking not to make any use of information contained therein, in conversation or in writing, that could cause pain or embarrassment to any living person.

Copyright status:: Items in this collection where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago are out of copyright. Other items are in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Estate of Sasha Soldatow - applies to items where copyright was held by Sasha Soldatow
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder