Nancy Keesing - further papers, 1940-1992, together with papers concerning Nancy Keesing collected by her husband Mark Hertzberg, 1993-1996

MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091
MLOH 253

fonds

1940-1996

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Design Drawings

147232

Digitised

0.39 metres of textual material (3 boxes) - manuscript and typescript
Photographs
Design Drawings
1 audiocassette (25 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Nancy Keesing (1923-1993) was a writer of poetry, novels, short stories and non-fiction. She was active in numerous writers' organisations and was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the National Book Council. She established the Keesing Studio in Paris to assist young Australian writers.

ca. 1940-; Notebooks (4) containing poetry, short stories and autobiographical writing by Nancy Keesing, together with copies of poems by other poets transcribed by Nancy Keesing. Short stories include The Dark room and Culture for the kids (Call No.: MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/1)
1940-; Miscellaneous literary papers. Includes copies of poems by other poets typed or written by Nancy Keesing, and poem signed by Elsie Carew.
undated; Poems by Nancy Keesing. Includes Themes for love songs and Elemental night
undated; Short stories. Titles: Whose body?, The Strange thing that happened to Mrs Harrison, Psychic Griselda, Old cloudyhead, The Face, 'Oh what a tangled web we weave...', In the still of the night, The Frog in the bath-waste, Hobson's choice, Unwillingly from school, The Way home, Dinner engagement, by 'Florence King'
1955, undated; Radio scripts. Scripts for programmes about shearing songs, songs of the convict era and contemporary New Zealand poetry (Call No.: MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/2)
1964, undated; Articles and speeches. Includes articles about Ernest Favenc, Australian bush ballads and social workers; poem/speech for the English Association, 1964
1983, 1995; Design sketch, photographs and artist's statement by Elisabeth Nagel, designer of the wallhanging presented by Nancy Keesing to Neptune Orient Line in 1984
1982-1989; Correspondence and research notes concerning Jewish history. Includes photographs taken by Nancy Keesing in 1982 of St Christopher's Chapel near Rockhampton, Qld
1956-1992; Letters received by Nancy Keesing. Correspondents include Peter Opie and Elsie Carew. Includes poems by Elsie Carew (Call No.: MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/3 RESTRICTED)
1978-1996; Letters received by Mark Hertzberg concerning Nancy Keesing. Includes letter written by Nancy Keesing in 1978 concerning her biography of John Shaw Neilson (Call No.: MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/3 RESTRICTED)
1995; Papers concerning The Woman I Am: poems by Nancy Keesing selected and introduced by Meg Stewart (published 1995), being mainly letters received by Mark Hertzberg following the publication of the book (Call No.: MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/3 RESTRICTED)

Audiocassette recording:
Item 1: Nancy Keesing oral history interview by Mike Carlton (Call No.: MLOH 253)

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 2828 ADD-ON 2091/Box 3

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder.

The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

Copy available at CY MLOH 253/1