Pat Edwards literary papers, ca. 1973-1992

MLMSS 8427

fonds

411444

0.82 metres of textual material (5 boxes)

Pat Edwards, born 1925 in New Zealand, internationally recognised teacher and writer in the area of primary education and prolific writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, poetry and educational works.

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Pat Edwards literary papers, ca. 1973-1992, including biographical information, correspondence with publishers and readers, manuscript and drafts and coloured printing proofs of childrens books.

BOX 1
Folder titled: Final Scripts (as sent to publisher) for Brideine Books, published 1990 by Longman. Folder titled: Poems and their beginnings. Folder of correspondence and faxes with publishers containing drafts, suggestions etc. Folder containing correspondence with publishers, illustrators etc. for Eureka Treasure Chest (also published as Longman Reading World and Longman Reading World at Home in the U.K.) Folder containing publicity and launch material. Folder containing copies of published articles. Folder containing ‘Knowing our customers: the results of a survey of the interests of over 500 Australian Primary schools’, 1988. Folder containing ‘Girls can have problems but not adventures’, 1987. Folder containing ‘Alas, poor Agatha! Or Let’s blame Blyton for teenage unemployment’, 1982. Folder containing speeches and addresses. Folder containing articles published in ‘Classroom’ magazine.

BOX 2
Folder containing biographical information regarding Pat Edwards. Folder and envelope containing correspondence from school pupils. 2 cassette recordings of interviews with Pat Edwards, 1987 and 1988.
Drafts, storylines and other material in preparation for publication, ca. 1973-1992, including, ‘The Dollar Special’, ‘The Pirate Chief’, ‘The Barbecue’, ‘Time to go on a diet, Fred’, ‘Where’s Fred’s Trumpet’, ‘Fred goes shopping’.

BOX 3
Drafts, storylines and other material in preparation for publication, ca. 1973-1992 including, ‘Whats for tea, Fred?’, ‘Wild, wicked Winifred’, ‘A long way from home’, ‘Bitsa book’,

BOX 4
Drafts, storylines and other material in preparation for publication, ca. 1973-1992, including ‘Sadie Spider goes to school’, ‘The third monster book’, ‘Happy Birthday, Lucy’, ‘The skateboard’, ‘Our class’, ‘Our Bad Week’, ‘Sadie Spider moves in’, ‘Who sneezed’.

BOX 5
Printing proofs for various publications ca. 1973-1992 by Pat Edwards including, ‘Our Class’, ‘Happy Birthday, Lucy’, ‘The Snorer’, ‘The Dollar Special’, ‘What a week!’, ‘Fred makes a table’, ‘Bitsa Book no. 1’, ‘The Pirate Chief’, ‘The Barbecue’, ‘My second Monster Book’, ‘A present for Mothers Day’, ‘Wild Wicked Winifred’, ‘My First Monster Book, ‘Where’s Fred’s Trumpet’.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012

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