Collection 1: Pamela Brown literary papers, 1960-2004

MLMSS 8896

sub-fonds

1960-2004

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings

446774

2.15 metres of textual material (13 boxes)

This collection includes journals, notebooks, correspondence, grant applications, newscuttings, reviews and artwork:

BOXES 1-2
Diaries and notebooks documenting Brown’s personal life and her poetry, 1963-1995

BOXES 3-4
Correspondence with friends and colleagues including poets John Tranter, Ken Bolton mainly postcards, greeting cards and personal letters relating to poetry, 1972-1996

BOXES 4-5
Calendar diary of appointments, 1988

Notebooks of poems, no date

Printed ephemera mainly periodicals and newsletters, ca. 1971-1978

Correspondence and records relating to her position as poetry editor for Overland literary journal, 1997-2002, publication and launch of poetry collection ’50-50’, 1997-1998 and correspondence with publishers, ca. 1980-1989 and relating to poet Jacques Rancourt, 1996-1997

BOXES 6-8
Literary correspondence with editors, friends and writers mainly relating to publication of her work, ca. 1974 -2003

BOX 8
Performance scripts, production photographs, contact prints and slides, and printed flyers relating to ‘As Much Trouble as Talking, Short-term ideas, Professional mourning, Women behind Barthes, the Dinner, Foyerism, The Painting’, 1984-1989

BOX 9
Records and correspondence with Literature Board of Australia Council relating to applications for Writers Project Grants, ca. 1974-1995

Teaching materials mainly photocopies of book chapters and poetry relating to her teaching of writing and teachers notes, ca. 1987

Job applications, 1983-1995

Correspondence with poets including Ken Bolton, 1997-1998

Photographs and negatives relating to Tomato Press, Clitoris Band and Adelaide Festival including newscuttings and posters relating to women art poetry and music and Cocabola’s songbook while in Clitorus Band, 1971-1983

Student notebook relating to studies in acupuncture, ca. 1976

BOX 10
File relating to Festival Franco-Anglais de Poesie, 1993

Notes relating to writers in residence program at the Performance Space, 1989

Correspondence with Carolyn Burke relating to her autobiography n Mina Loy ‘Becoming Modern’ and transcripts of interview by Pam Brown, 1995-1996

Film application and filmscript with photographs ‘If Life Could Have a Soundtrack’, 1979-1984

Folder of newscuttings mainly relating to art and artists, 1977-1995

BOXES 11-13
Folder of letters, printed ephemera and notebooks mainly relating to writers in Vietnam with copies and of stories, 1989-1994. Includes diary of a visit to Hanoi, 1991

Two folders containing copies of published poems and reviews from newspapers, literary and art journals, ca. 1970-2004

Artworks for posters etc and sketchbooks of drawings and paintings, ca. 1960-1980

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2012-2013