Mena Calthorpe - literary papers, 1956-1992

MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2-5

series

1956 - 1992

394978

4 boxes - 0.68 Meters

II. LITERARY PAPERS, 1956-1992;
A. Literary manuscripts - novels, 1956-1989
B. Literary manuscripts - short stories, published and unpublished, ca.1960-1970
C. Miscellaneous literary papers
D. Book reviews and reader's reports, 1961-1992
E. Publishing correspondence, 1957-1982
F. Literary papers collected
G. Papers of literary groups with papers concerning miscellaneous political issues, 1964-1990
H. Printed material, 1982-1990
A. Literary manuscripts - novels, 1956-1989
i. The Dye House (1961)
a. 'The Dyehouse', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations, original cover inscribed 1956; three letters to John Taylor, literary editor, concerning alterations, answering queries, and providing explanations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/1)
b. 'The Dyehouse', being galley proofs with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/2)
c. Notebooks, being three volumes with cover titles 'Some rough notes on Dyehouse, 22 Jul. 1958 started'; 'The Dyehouse'; 'Dyehouse, commenced 20 Sep. 1959' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/3)
d. 'Liebe Zwischen Fabrikschloten' being incomplete published version in German, translated by Thea Scholl, with MS. annotations by Calthorpe. Published in 78 instalments, 26 Mar. 1965 to 27 Jul. 1965 in national daily newspaper, Volksstimme, Vienna, Austria (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/4)
ii. The Defectors (1969)
a. 'The defector', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/5)
b. 'Slecna mertonova', being published version in Czech, by Mena Calthorpeova. Prace-Praha:ERB,1978 (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/2/6)
iii. The Plain of Ala (1989)
a. 'The plain of ala, part 1, Australia 1959', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations. Original folder bears inscription 'original MS. Plain of ala' (Call No.: MLMSS3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/1)
b. The plain of ala, being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations. Original folder bears inscription 'Plain of ala, 1st part' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/2)
c. The plain of ala, being photocopied page proofs with editor's corrections and revised MS corrections by Calthorpe. Original folder bears inscription 'margins too narrow' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/3)
d. The plain of ala, being photocopied corrected page proofs with author's MS. emendations, and including page of corrected typescript and correspondence with Sylvia Hale and Heather Cam, literary editor, Hale and Ironmonger (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/4)
e. Working notes, including 'Some research for Plains of Allo', being newscuttings and brochures for 'Bedervale' Braidwood (N.S.W.) and 'Welcome to St. Clair'; 'Material about Ireland', being MS. notes concerning Ireland and Irish immigrants to Australia; and notes concerning Goulburn (N.S.W.) (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/5)
iv. Novels never completed
'Winter's night', being carbon typescript with MS. ememndations; 'Young Jonny Field', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/6)
B. Short stories, published and unpublished, ca. 1960-1970
'The magic summer', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/7)
'The big wheel', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations; 'A job with a future', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations; 'Boxing day at Jindabyne. The Man from Snowy River rides again', being typescript and carbon typescript with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/3/8)
'Fabled country', being three versions, two typescript with MS. emendations, one photocopy of corrected typescript with MS. emendations; 'The holy lily of St. Joseph', published by The Realist, no. 31 summer 1968, being four versions, two carbon typescript with MS. emendations, one signed by author, one version typescript with MS. emendations, one version typescript with editorial emendations; 'A place for Mamie', being incomplete typescript with MS. emendations and including three typescript pages of editorial corrections; 'Mrs Kordova finds romance', being typescript with MS. emendations and including one photocopied page of editorial corrections; 'The brass urn', being typescript with MS. emendations; 'Secrets', being incomplete typescript with MS. emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/1)
'A place for Mamie', being typescript with MS. emendations and photocopy of corrected typescript with author's MS. corrections, 1960; 'Going home', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations and signed by author; 'The stranger and the little boy', being photocopy of corrected typescript; 'Fabled country', published in Summer's Tales 3, John Iggulden ed., Macmillan & Co. Ltd. England,1966, being one version typescript with MS. emendations, one version carbon typescript with MS. emendations; one version photocopied typescript including editorial corrections and signed by author; 'A night at Barrie Caves', being one carbon typescript with MS. emendations, one photocopy of typescript including editor's corrections and author's revised MS. emendations; 'Caringbah grew up too quickly', being photocopy of corrected and annotated carbon typescript with additional page of typescript including rewrite of last page; 'The red beach', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations and photocopy of corrected typescript; 'The journey', being typescript with MS. emendations signed by author and incomplete photocopy of corrected typescript with MS. emendations; 'Mrs Kordova finds romance' being photocopy of corrected typescript with author's MS. emendations and photocopy of corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/2)
C. Miscellaneous literary papers
'Some old stories & odds and ends some ideas may be useful', being folder of papers, drafts of short stories, titled and untitled and printed material including letter to newspaper editor concerning article 'Sydney girls and negroes' on behalf of Modern Writers Club; 'Joe's hands', being typescript and MS; 'Beauty Pt. Progress Association is in the market for bathing costumes', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations; 'Remember Lydia', being, carbon typescript with MS. emendations and signed by author; 'Busy street', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations and signed by author; 'Bucko in Sydney', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations; 'The fragile citadel', being carbon typescript with MS. emendations; drafts of articles written for 'The Endeavour' concerning local issues and political matters; 'I'ts a hard world for women', being incomplete carbon typescript; various untitled MS. and carbon typescript manuscripts (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/3)
D. Book reviews and reader's reports, 1961-1992
Book reviews, being newscuttings and photocopies, of reviews of The dye house, 1961-1962, and The defectors, 1969, mainly from Australian newspapers and one from the Times Literary Supplement; transcript of book reviews by Clarice McNamara broadcast on ABC radio 1969, and Stephen Murray Smith, 1969 (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/4)
Book reviews and reader's reports by Mena Calthorpe, being typescript and carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/5)
E. Publishing correspondence, 1957-1982
'Royalty statements and some letters for publication', including royalty statements and correspondence with publishers (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/6)
F. Literary papers collected
Works by friends and other authors, being 'Bush fride' by Sybil J. Roy, carbon typescript; 'Reaching for the stars' by Sybil J. Roy, carbon typescript; 'Quiet submission' by Sybil J. Roy, carbon typescript; photocopies of typescript, newscuttings and cartoons concerning King O'Malley; correspondence with Larry Noy (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/7)
'Poetry photostated originals by friends', being MS., typescript, carbon typescript, photocopied and printed copies of poems, some attributed and some anon.; carbon typescript obituary to Dymphna Cusack; roneo letter from Dorothy Green concerning inclusion in sequel to History of Australian literature (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/8)
'Poetry Bill Riley', being twenty poems MS. and typescript, signed by author (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/9)
'Stories poems by others', being typescript, carbon typescript, published and photocopied poems and short stories by other authors, some anon. (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/4/10)
'Articles and stories and plays by friends including commune experiments in SA', being typescript, carbon typescript, and photocopied typescript of short stories and plays; papers concerning commune experiment in South Australia; cutting of magazine article 'Fay Weldon: The Accidental Feminist' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/1)
'Political, Norma Douse', being photocopy of MS. letter to John[Taylor] concerning politics; photocopy MS. article 'A Short History of the Labor Party' by S. Frazer (a bush worker all my life) (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/2)
G. Papers of literary groups with papers concerning miscellaneous political issues, 1964-1990
'Launch and Guest List Fellowship', being papers concerning Fellowship of Australian Writers and the Australian Society of Authors (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/3)
'The Writer's Voice, The Writer's World, Mills and Boon', being issues of 'The Writer's Voice' bulletin of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and 'Writer's Voice' bimonthly news sheet; copy of editorial guidelines for Mills and Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette romance novels (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/4)
'Society of Authors, Fellowship Writers, Australasian Book Society, Realist Writers, Family Law Bill', including correspondence to members, annual reports, quarterly reports, Chairman's letters, policy documents, agreements and contract pro formas, photocopies of newscuttings and surveys from Fellowship of Australian Writers, Australasian Book Society and Realist Writers; photocopied typescript of talk concerning findings in the 1975 Royal Commission into Human Relationships' study of the family; part of newspaper article concerning Justice Elizabeth Evatt; printed material concerning International Women's Year 1975; miscellaneous political newsletters; list of addresses of translators (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/5)
H. Printed and published material, 1982-1990
i. Printed journals, being single issues of 'Humanist and Rationalist', 'Queensland Humanist', 'Australian Humanist', 'The Rationalist News'; Voluntary Euthanasia Society of N.S.W. guidelines; and miscellaneous papers (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/6)
ii. Printed and published material, being The ink flows on, 1990, collected short stories and poems by and Sutherland Shire Writing Groups; Australian Woman's calendar, 1982; programme for 'The Beggar's Opera', 1987, performed by Music Department of University of Sydney; printed brochure 'The life and times of Rosie the Riveter' a documentary film (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/5/7)