Kit Denton - literary manuscripts, 195--1991

MLMSS 6617/1-10

series

195- - 1991

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I. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, 195--1991
A. Novels, 1973-1991
B. Short Stories, 1990
C. Scripts, 195--198-
D. Book Reviews, 1975
E. Journalism, 1964-1968;
F. History, 1981-1985
Corrected typescript/s and carbon typescript/s contain the author's MS. corrections and additions. Detailed descriptions of the above sub-series are set out below:
A. Novels, 1973-1991
i. The Breaker (1973)
a. The Breaker, being original corrected typescript, with numbered pages, gaps in numbering indicate sections of manuscript removed during editing. (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/1/1)
b. The Breaker, being original typescript of 30,000 words excluded from final published version. (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/1/2)
ii. The Thinkable Man (1976)
a. The Thinkable Man, being original corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/1/3)
iii. Fiddler's Bridge (1986)
a. Fiddler's Bridge, being corrected typescript; variant corrected carbon typescript version; working notes, correspondence and sketch (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/1/4)
b. Fiddler's Bridge, being final corrected typescript version, and including sketch and a map of N.S.W. with location of town of Fiddler's Bridge marked (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/2/1)
iv. Red on White (1991)
a. 'The Syren Sergeants', being original corrected typescript and carbon typescript version, later published as Red on White, and including reader's report by Venetia Nelson (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/2/2)
b. Red on White, being rewritten and corrected typescript and photocopied typescript version, and including preliminary outline and letter from Kit Denton to James Fraser,July 1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/3/1)
c. Red on White, being rewritten and corrected typescript version (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/3/2)
d. Red on White, being final corrected typescript draft version, and including letter from Roxanne Burns of Pan Macmillan to Kit Denton (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/4/1)
e. Red on White, being author's corrected galley proofs, and including letter from Denton to Roxanne Burns of Pan Macmillan (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/4/2)
f. Red on White, being publisher's corrected galley proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/4/3)
g. Red on White, being corrected page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/4/4)
B. Short Stories, 1990
i. Burning Spear (1990)
a. Burning Spear, being final draft typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/5/1)
b. Burning Spear, being final draft typescript with editorial emendations (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/5/2)
C. Scripts, 195--198-
i. Film scripts
ca.1970; 'The Demonstrator', being final typescript photocopy (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/5/3)
ii. Television scripts
195--196-; Television documentaries: The Hook in the Hand, being final corrected typescript; B-Day, being final corrected typescript; When a Girl Marries, being final typescript; The Brick Veneer Cage, being carbon typescript outline; Partners in Progress, being draft corrected typescript outline; 'Memoirs', being rewritten carbon typescript drafts of episodes on Les D'Arcy, Daniel Mannix, Sir Thomas Blamey; R.S.L. Documentary, being carbon typescript outline and final carbon typescript draft; Bloodhorses, being carbon typescript preliminary storyboard and outline; Freemantle Documentary, being final corrected carbon typescript draft, related papers and correspondence; Guide and Guard, being final typescript photocopy; Blind Man Running, being corrected typescript draft; final typescript draft; related papers including two photographs taken during filming (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/5/4)
ca. 1961-1973; Television scripts for Australian Broadcasting Commission: Injury With Intent (1963), being final typescript; Widows (1973), being typescript photocopy first draft; Dunstan, being final typescript photocopy of each of two documentary programmes on Don Dunstan, and including letter from Dunstan; 'Panorama', being corrected typescript scripts for So Dear to Die (1961), The Bloke(1961), Wolf at the Door(1961), Cry for Help (1961) and Royal Game (Date unknown), and related notes and papers (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/5/5)
1966; Follow the Rainbow, being carbon typescript draft; final corrected carbon typescript; film treatment; agreement and correspondence with Department of Decentralisation and Development who commissioned the documentary (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/6/1)
1964; The Distant Edge, being final typescript, television documentary film produced by Kit Denton for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/6/2)
Date unknown; The Soundproof Box, being final typescript draft (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/6/3)
1974-1977; A Report from Gallipoli, episodes 1-3, being carbon typescript first draft; typescript draft; carbon typescript draft; typescript photocopy first draft; typescript draft; final corrected typescript draft; correspondence, agreements, notes and script alterations. Developed for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the production did not proceed (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/6/4)
Date unknown; Brigade, being typescript photocopy screenplay proposal. Later filmed as Burning Man (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/6/5)
1975; The Razzle Dazzle Big Smile Palace, being typescript first draft; carbon typescript first draft; final typescript draft; final corrected typescript draft; typescript photocopy final script; with correspondence, agreement, story outline and script revisions (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/1)
1978; Steel City, being carbon typescript treatment; typescript photocopy synopsis; correspondence with Australian Film Commission; notes and budget proposals (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/2)
Date unknown; The Wide Brown Australian How's Wife, being carbon typescript draft (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/3)
Date unknown; When A Girl Marries, being typescript working script (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/4)
Date unknown; 'Variety/Drama', being draft scripts, notes, synopsis and correspondence including: The Jubilee Affair, being carbon typescript film synopsis; I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With P, being corrected typescript final draft; Open End, being proposal and correspondence; The Magic Boomerang, being carbon typescript treatment; Something Else, episodes 63-78, being typescript and carbon typescript draft scripts and related notes (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/5)
ca. 1968-1972; 'Henry Lawson Stories', being typescript and carbon typescript draft scripts of a proposed series of Henry Lawson stories adapted for television by Kit Denton and including correspondence with Westerway Productions. The series did not proceed. Scripts include Joe Wilson and His Mates, Telling Mrs Baker, Getting Back on Dave Regan, The Loaded Dog, That Pretty Girl in the Army (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/6)
iii. Radio scripts
1957-1964; 'Radio documentaries', being typescript and carbon typescript draft scripts of documentaries for Australian Broadcasting Commission including, Blow the Trumpet, The Gorge, The Dead Years, To Loose and to Bind, The Trial of 1959, The Cloth of Christ, Operation Planefare, Italy in Australia, The Dark City, The People, Portrait of a Playhouse (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/7)
Date unknown; So This is Time, being typescript final draft; typescript final draft in French language (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/7/8)
D. Book reviews, 1964-1968
1975; Book reviews written for Sydney Morning Herald, being carbon typescript drafts and newspaper cuttings of published reviews (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/8/1)
E. Journalism, 1964-1968
i. Janus, 1964-1967
Column of television criticism written by Denton for The Australian
Date unknown; 'Janus ideas file', being typescript and carbon typescript drafts and notes (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/8/2)
1964-1965; Janus, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of published column (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/8/3)
1965; Janus, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of published column (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/8/4)
1966-1967; Janus, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cutttings of published column (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/8/5)
ii. Martin Collins, 1965-1968
Column on the back page of The Australian written for some years by Denton
1965; Martin Collins, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of publisheducolumn (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/9/1)
1966; Martin Collins, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of publishedcolumn (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/9/2)
1965-1966; 1968; Martin Collins, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of published column (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/9/3)
iii. A Walk Around My Cluttered Mind, 1966-1967
A weekly column written by Denton
1966-1967; A Walk Around My Cluttered Mind, being typescript and carbon typescript drafts, along with newspaper cuttings of published column (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/9/4)
iv. Anthology, 1968
1968; A Walk Around My Cluttered Mind, being carbon typescript final draft of anthology of collected articles from newspaper column of the same name (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/9/5)
F. History, 1981-1985
i. Gallipoli Illustrated (1981)
1980-1981; Gallipoli Illustrated, being carbon typescript final draft; notes and correspondence with Rigby Publishers Limited (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/10/1)
ii. Soldier
ca. 1985; Soldier, incomplete publisher's printed illustrated dummy of unpublished book entitled 'Soldier: 3,000 years of the man in the ranks' (Call No.: MLMSS 6617/10/2)

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