Leslie Rees further papers, 1920-1999, together with literary papers and photographs of Coralie Rees and Leslie Rees, 1929-1973

MLMSS 7682/Boxes 1-7
MLMSS 7682/Boxes 8X-9X

fonds

1920 - 1999

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

449066

2.39 metres of textual material (7 boxes and 2 outsize boxes)

I. LESLIE REES

A. CORRESPONDENCE, 1936-1999

1936-1996; Correspondence, A-Z
(Arranged alphabetically)
Correspondents include D. A. S. Campbell (Australian Institute of Political Science), 1952; David Carver, 1971; Doris Chadwick, 1952; Clem Christesen, 1951; Joan Clarke, 1981; Enid Conley, 1974; Dorothy Cubis, 1974; School of Communication and Cultural Studies, Curtin University (Brian Dibble and Don Grant), 1988; Dymphna Cusack, 1953-1954; Frank Dalby Davison, 1936, 1958; Catherine Duncan, 1944; Allan Edwards, 1951; Brian Elliott, [1946?]; John K. Ewers, 1953; David Fleahy, 1964; A. P. Fleming, 1970; Mem Fox, 1990-1991; Irina Golovnya, 1968, 1990-1991, with letter from Clem Christesen to Leslie Rees, 1990; Nancy Gray, 1953; Bill Harney, 1960; Paul Hasluck, 1951; Ernestine Hill, 1959; Dorothy Irwin, 1947; E. W. (Bill) Irwin, Date unknown; Barbara Jefferis, 1964; John Sands Pty. Ltd., 1944-1966; Virginia Kirby-Smith, Date unknown; Leonie Kramer, 1978-1979; Ray Lawler, 1957?; Patsy Millett, ca. 1995; John La Nauze, 1981; Walter Murdoch, 1966; D'Arcy Niland, 1952; Nettie Palmer, 1942, 1960; Vance Palmer, 1951, 1958, Date unknown; Alfred Pick (High Commissioner for Canada), 1945; Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1959; Vic Rees, 1951; Gwen Ringland, 1957-1958; Hugh Robson, 1970; Colin Roderick, 1946, 1953, 1996; Clement Semmler, 1992; Douglas Stewart, 1981; Alrene Sykes, 1971, 1978; Ric Throssell, 1954; J. E. Tickell (Australian Book Society), 1946, 1948; William Collins Sons, 1950, 1954; David Williamson, 1990; and Frank Zeppel, 1987; followed by unidentified correspondents and school children (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/1/1)
1955, 1966-1967; Correspondence, being mainly tributes received from playwrights, concerning Rees' retirement from the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1966. Correspondents include Richard Lane (President, Australian Radio, Television and Screen Writers' Guild), Ruth Park, D'Arcy Niland, George Landen Dann, John Gray, Campbell Howard, Walter Brooksbank, Barbara Jefferis, Oriel Gray, Robert Amos, John Hepworth, David Martin, Douglas Stewart, Joan Morgan, Paul O'Loughlin (Director of Drama, A.B.C.), 1967, Alrene Sykes, Catherine Shepherd, Alexander Turner, Neil Hutchison and Cole Turnley (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/1/2)
1986, 1996, 1999; 'Frank Davidson', being correspondence concerning West Australian journalist and friend, Frank Davidson, including letter received from Davidson, 1986, with enclosure of unpublished talk, and obituary of Davidson (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/1/3)

B. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, WITH WORKING PAPERS, ca. 1932-1998

i. History

ca. 1978; Australian Drama in the 1970s: A Historical and Critical Survey (1978), being edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/1/4)
1943, 1968-1971; Research material for The Making of Australian Drama (1973), later revised as A History of Australian Drama: Vol 1 (1978), including notes, newscuttings and letters received from M. L. (Marlis) Thiersch, 1969-1970 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/1/5)
1947-1971; Research material for The Making of Australian Drama (1973), later revised as A History of Australian Drama: Vol 1 (1978), including notes, newscuttings and correspondence mainly with Alrene Sykes, Wal Cherry, Phil Mann (Editor of Drama, A.B.C.-T.V.) and L. Heman (Vice-Chairman, N.S.W. Humanist Society) (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/2/1)
1967-1971; Research material for The Making of Australian Drama, later revised as A History of Australian Drama: Vol 1 (1978), including notes, newscuttings, letter received from Ric Throssell, and corrected carbon typescript of Rees' review of Theatre Comes to Australia (1971) by Eric Irvin (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/2/2)
1969-1971; Research material for The Making of Australian Drama, later revised as A History of Australian Drama: Vol 1 (1978), including notes, newscuttings and letter received from Robert Quentin (University of N.S.W. Drama Foundation) (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/2/3)

ii. Novels

Digit Dick and the Magic Jabiru (1979), being annotated and corrected typescript, and edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/1)
Digit Dick and the Zoo Plot (1982), being edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/2)
Digit Dick on the Barrier Reef (ca. 1932), being corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/3)
The Seagull Who Liked Cricket (1998), being 'Revised Version', corrected computer typescript with manuscript note and signed by the author (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/4)
The Story of Kurri Kurri the Kookaburra, being 'The Original Typescript', corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/5)
The Story of Russ the Kangaroo, being 'Original Typescript', annotated and corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/6)
Research material on the discovery of gold at Mount Morgan, Qld, 1955-1956, Date unknown, for an intended novel (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/7)

iii. Radio and stage plays

'Lalor of Eureka', being early versions (2), corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/8-9)
'Lalor of Eureka', being adaptation for radio and broadcast on A.B.C., processed typescript (Series: The Rise of Social Drama - Adventures in Drama, First Term 1943) and corrected typescript of Act One Scene Four, with introduction by Rees, typescript of play, 'Mother's Day' (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/10)
Harp in the South: A Play in Three Acts (1949) by Ruth Park and Leslie Rees, being carbon typescript, with programme of production at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney, first performed 3 Mar. 1949, and notes by Rees, 1992 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/3/11)

iv. Radio script

'Boy Lost on Tropic Coast', adapted for radio by Rees from his book and broadcast on A.B.C. National Children's Hour: Episodes 1-32, 25 Nov. 1968-30 Jan. 1969 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/1)

v. Interview

Notes for interview conducted by Rees' daughter, Megan Wintle, 198- (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/2)

C. REVIEWS RECEIVED AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE, 1943-1987

1943-1945, 1972-1973; Digit Dick on the Barrier Reef (1943), being 'Reviews and Letters About the First Edition 1943', with papers concerning other Digit Dick books, 1972-1973. Correspondents include Vance Palmer, Nettie Palmer, Marjorie Barnard, Victor Rees, Muriel Bird, Nancy Creagh (Phelan), John Sands Pty. Ltd., Marjorie Clarke Anderson, Molly Calder (Mary E. Calder), Jess Clarke Gregg, Catherine Shepherd, Ken Wilkinson, Frank Dalby Davidson, Jean Devanny and Kitty Young (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/3)

1949-1951; Harp in the South (1949), including correspondence, notes and reviews. Correspondents include Kathleen Smith, Muriel Burton (Secretary, Brisbane Repertory Theatre), Brett Randall (Melbourne Little Theatre), Gwen Harrison (Secretary, Playwrights' Advisory Board), I. A. Johnston (Secretary, Adelaide Repertory Theatre), F. A. Gunnell (Secretary, Theatres Associated, Adel.), John Sykes and Jesse Collings (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/4)
1953; Towards an Australian Drama (1953), including correspondence, notes and reviews. Correspondents include H. L. White, George Landen Dann, Tom Inglis Moore, Catherine Shepherd, Irene Greenwood, Godfrey Thomas. John K. Ewers, K. S. Prichard, Vance Palmer, Clem Christesen, H. M. Green and Nettie Palmer (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/5)

ca. 1965, 1973-1974; The Making of Australian Drama (1973), including correspondence and reviews. Correspondents include Mona Brand, Tom Inglis Moore, George Landen Dann, John H. Lawrence, George Cassidy, David Rowbotham, Barbara Stellmach, Colin Badger, Ric Throsssell, Alrene Sykes, Richard Walsh (Angus & Robertson), Suzanne Mourot (Mitchell Library), Gwen Harrison, Lindsay Parker and Helen Wilson (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/6)

1977-1978; Here's to Shane (1977), including correspondence and reviews. Correspondents include Dora Birtles, Molly Kealy (Mary E. Calder) and E. W. (Bill) Irwin (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/4/7)

1982-1986; Hold Fast to Dreams: Fifty Years in Theatre, Radio, Television and Books (1982), including correspondence and reviews. Correspondents include Charles Moses, Molly Calder (Mary E. Calder), Derek Wintle, Frank Davidson, Elizabeth Perkins, Catherine Duncan, Irina Golovnya, Irene Greenwood, Prof. Daniel Taylor, E. W. (Bill) Irwin, Rose Watson, Bert Vickers, Catherine Langston, Edwin Owen, Megan Wintle, Dominic Serventy, Adrian Wintle, Leonie Kramer, Colin Roderick and D. K. Cleaver (Alternative Publishing Co-operative Limited) (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/5/1)

1987; Australian Drama 1970-1985: A Historical and Critical Survey (A History of Australian Drama, Volume 2) (1987), including reviews and letters received from Megan McKittrick, Mona Brand and Adrian Wintle (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/5/2)

D. AUSTRALIAN DRAMA, 1938-1992
(Includes material on Leslie Rees' career)

1938-1992; Folder of papers, including newscuttings, reviews, articles, theatre programmes, publicity material and typescript of 'Twenty Years' Hard Labour: Personalities of the Playwrights' Advisory Board', 1957, by Jill Lyons (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/5/3)

1979-1982; 'Australian Drama 1980-1982 (May)', being folder of papers, including newscuttings, theatre programmes, reviews and letter received from Alrene Sykes, 1980, with enclosures (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/5/4)

1948-1992; 'Cuttings re Australian Drama', being folder of papers, including newscuttings, notes and incomplete talk, 'A Plea for Australian Drama', ca. 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/6/1)

1955-1960; Scrapbook of newscuttings concerning Ray Lawler and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Richard Beynon and The Shifting Heart, Barbara Vernon and The Multi-Coloured Umbrella, and Hugh Hunt and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/6/2)

E. COLLECTED PAPERS, 1920-1961

1920-1928, Date unknown; Scrapbook No. 4 of William Moore, being mainly letters received and newscuttings of his writings, with notes by his widow, Dora Wilcox. (Scrapbook bequeathed to Leslie Rees)
Correspondents include Harry Tate, Ambrose Patterson, Herbert Brooks, Percy Crisp, Fred Johns, W. Farmer Whyte, Bernard O'Dowd, Harry Wilson (Sir Henry Francis Wilson), Tom Roberts, A. H. Chisholm, W. E. Fuller, Howard Hinton, Hans Heysen, Kenneth Macqueen, George Gordon McCrae, Hugh McCrae, E. Rosa Sawtell, Sydney Tomholt, Will Ashton, Arthur Jose, Malcolm Fraser (New Zealand Government Statistician) and Joseph Gordon Coates. Inscribed photograph of bust of William Moore by C. Web Gilbert is enclosed. (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/6/3)

193--194-; 'Australian Plays of the 1930s-1940s', being folder comprising
'The Invisible Circus [A Play in Three Acts]', 1945, by Sumner Locke-Elliott, being two carbon typescript versions, including a corrected one
'A Spring Song: A Comedy', by Ray Mathew, being annotated and corrected carbon typescript
'Awake My Love' by Max Afford, being carbon typescript
'Daybreak' by Catherine Shepherd, being corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/6/4)

1955; 'Danger Patrol', being radio dramatisation of the book by Rees, but not adapted by him:
Episodes 1-20, broadcast on A.B.C., 12 May-2 June 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/6/5)

Episodes 21-40, broadcast on A.B.C., 6 June-7 July 1955 (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/7)

F. PLAYWRIGHTS' ADVISORY BOARD, 1940, 1950-1971

1940, 1955-1957; Folder of papers, including 'First List of Australian Plays Recommended by the Board for Production 1940'; correspondence, including letter received from Oriel Gray, 1957; and note from Dymphna Cusack to Gwen [Harrison] with attached carbon typescript of 'Shallow Cups: A One-Act Play' (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/7)

1955-1963; Folder of papers, including correspondents, lists of playwrights, newscuttings and theatre programmes. Correspondents include Richard Beynon, Peter Randall (Melbourne Little Theatre Ltd.), Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Norman McVicker (Pocket Playhouse) and Kenneth Slesssor (President, The Journalists' Club) (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/7)

1955-1971; 'Competition & Correspondence', being folder of papers, including correspondence, notes and printed material. Correspondents include Robert Quentin, Bob Amos, Peter Randall, Hugh Hunt, Catherine Duncan, Barbara Vernon, Oriel Gray, Ray Lawler, George Cassidy and E. M. Tildesley (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/7)



G. PRINTED MATERIAL, 1938-1950, 1983

Includes copies of The Man with the Money: A Comedy (1948) by Phillip Abson; Wait Till We Grow Up: A Comedy for Children (1948) by Coralie Rees; Silent His Wings [1947?] by Coralie Clarke Rees; Interval: A Play in Three Acts (1947) by Sumner Locke-Elliott; Sons of the Morning: A verse Play in Three Acts (1946) by Catherine Duncan; While Freedom Lives [1938?] by Frank Dalby Davison; issues of The West Australian, 5 Jan. 1983 (150th Anniversary Supplement); Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Aug. 1945 and The Sun, 15 Aug. 1945; issues of Walkabout, 1941-1950, featuring articles by Coralie and Leslie Rees; copy of Australian Wild Flowers (5th ed.), 1 Nov. 1945, with enclosure of article, 'Car-Camping in Tasmania' by Leslie Rees from The B.P. Magazine, 1 Mar. 1940; (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/7)

H. ARTWORK, ca. 1945, ca. 1948

ca. 1945; Original drawings, being crayon, gouache and watercolour, by Walter Cunningham for The Story of Sarli the Barrier Reef Turtle, with mock-up of the book (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/8X)

ca. 1948; Trial drawings, including pencil and pen & ink, for Mates of the Kurlalong, by Bernard Hesling, and original drawings, including pen & ink, by Alfred Wood for Mates of the Kurlalong (Call No.: MLMSS 7682/9X)

II. CORALIE AND LESLIE REES
See attached record

Author/Artist entries:
Author/Artist : Afford, Max, 1906-1954
Amos, Robert, 1920-
Anderson, Marjorie Clarke
Angus & Robertson
Ashton, Will, 1881-1963
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Badger, C. R. (Colin Robert), 1906-
Barnard, Marjorie, 1897-1987
Beynon, Richard, 1927-
Bird, Muriel
Brand, Mona
Brookes, Herbert, 1867-1963
Brooksbank, Walter
Burton, Muriel
Calder, Mary E.
Campbell, D. A. S. (David A. S.)
Cassidy, George
Chadwick, Doris
Cherry, Wal, 1932-1986
Chisholm, Alec H. (Alec Hugh), 1890-1977
Christesen, C. B. (Clement Byrne), 1911-2003
Clarke, Joan, 1920-
Cleaver, D. K.
Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943
Collings, Jesse
Conley, Enid
Cousins, W. G., d. 1948
Crisp, Percy, d. 1954
Cubis, Dorothy
Cunningham, Walter
Cusack, Dymphna, 1902-1981
Dann, George Landen, 1904-1977
Davidson, Frank, 1904-1996
Davison, Frank Dalby, 1893-1970
Devanny, Jean, 1894-1962
Dibble, Brian
Duncan, Catherine, 1915-
Edwards, Allan
Elder, James A. M., Sir, 1869-1946
Elliott, Brian, 1910-1991
Elliott, Sumner Locke, 1917-1991
Ewers, John K. (John Keith), 1904-1978
Fleay, David, 1907-1993
Fleming, A. P. (Allan Percy), 1912-2001
Fox, Mem, 1946-
Fuller, W. E. (William Edwin), 1886-1960
Gilbert, C. Web
Golovnya, Irina
Grant, Don
Gray, John
Gray, Nancy
Gray, Oriel, 1920-
Green, H. M. (Henry Mackenzie), 1881-1962
Greenwood, Irene, 1899-1992
Gregg, Jess Clarke
Gunnell, F. A.
Harney, W. E. (William Edward), 1895-1962
Harrison, Gwen
Hepworth, John, 1921-
Hesling, Bernard, 1905-
Heysen, Hans, Sir, 1877-1968
Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972
Hinton, Howard, 1867-1948
Howard, Campbell
Hunt, Hugh, 1911-1993
Hutchison, Neil
Irwin, Dorothy
Irwin, E. W.
Jefferis, Barbara, 1917-
John Sands (Firm)
Johns, Fred, 1868-1932
Johnston, I. A.
Jose, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilberforce), 1863-1934
Kirby-Smith, Virginia
Kramer, Leonie, 1924-
La Nauze, J. A. (John Andrew), 1911-1990
Lane, Richard
Langston, Catherine
Lawler, Ray, 1921-
Lawrence, John H.
Low, David, 1891-1963
Lyons, Jill
McCrae, George Gordon, 1833-1927
McCrae, Hugh, 1876-1958
McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935
Macqueen, Kenneth, 1897-1960
McVicker, Norman
Mann, Phillip
Martin, David, 1915-1997
Mathew, Ray, 1929-
Millett, Patsy
Mitchell Library (N.S.W.)
Moore, T. Inglis (Tom Inglis), 1901-1978
Morgan, Joan, 1905-
Moses, Charles, Sir, 1900-1988
Mourot, Suzanne
Murdoch, Walter, Sir, 1874-1970
Niland, D'Arcy, 1920-1967
O'Dowd, Bernard, 1866-1953
O'Loughlin, Paul
Owen, Edwin
Palmer, Nettie, 1885-1964
Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959
Park, Ruth
Parker, Lindsay
Patterson, Ambrose McCarthy, 1877-1966
Perkins, Elizabeth, 1933-2004
Phelan, Nancy, 1913-
Pick, Alfred
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
Quentin, Robert, 1917-1979
Randall, Brett, 1884-1963
Randall, Peter, 1915-1971
Rees, Victor
Ringland, Gwen
Roberts, Tom, 1856-1931
Robson, Hugh Walker, 1914-
Roderick, Colin, 1911-2000
Rowbotham, David, 1924-
Semmler, Clement, 1914-2000
Senior, Margaret
Serventy, D. L. (Dominic Louis), 1904-
Seymour, Alan, 1927-
Shepherd, Catherine, 1912-1976
Slessor, Kenneth, 1901-1971
Smith, Kathleen
Stellmach, Barbara, 1930-
Stewart, Douglas, 1913-1985
Sykes, Alrene
Sykes, John
Tate, Henry, 1873-1926
Taylor, Daniel M.
Thiersch, Marie Louise Mathilde, 1916-1992
Thomas, Godfrey
Throssell, Ric, 1922-1999
Tickell, J. E.
Tildesley, Evelyn, d. 1976
Tomholt, Sydney, 1884-
Turner, Alexander, 1907-
Turnley, Cole, 1919-
Vernon, Barbara, 1916-1978
Vickers, F. B. (Frederick Bert), 1903-
Walsh, Richard, 1941-
Watson, Rose
White, Harold Leslie, Sir, 1905-1992
Whyte, W. Farmer (William Farmer), 1879-
Wilcox, Dora, 1873-1953
Wilkinson, Kenneth, d. 1950
William Collins Sons & Co.
Williamson, David, 1942-
Wilson, H. H. (Helen Helga), 1902-1991
Wilson, Henry Francis, Sir, 1859-1937
Wintle, Adrian
Wintle, Derek
Wintle, Megan
Wood, Alfred
Young, Kitty
Zeppel, Frank

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