Collection 1: Kate Jennings papers, ca. 1900-2006

MLMSS 9165/Boxes 1-8, 11-23
MLMSS 9165/Boxes 9X-10X, 24X-27X
LR 103

sub-fonds

ca. 1900-2006

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Photographs, Clippings

456950

4.55 metres of textual material (21 boxes, 6 outsize boxes). Some files contain photographs

BOX 1
Transcripts of interviews conducted by KJ with Shirley Hazzard, Sumner Locke, Peter Conrad and Ray Mathew [undated]
Letters received by KJ, including from Don Anderson, Drusilla Modjeska, Helen Garner and Phillip Frazer, ca. 1970s [2 folders]
Typescript unpublished poetry by KJ [undated]
Orders of service and documents relating to weddings and memorial services including death of Bob Cato, ca. 1990s
Letters received by KJ relating to death of Bob Cato, 1999 [2 folders]

BOX 2
Manuscript and galley proof of, and correspondence relating to Save me, Joe Louis, Women falling down in the street, Cats, dogs & pitchforks, ca. 1988-1993
Letters of rejection from publishers, ca. 1987-1996
Research material and correspondence relating to publication of Snake, ca. 1990s

BOX 3
Typescript drafts and correspondence relating to Snake, ca. 1990s
Press clippings, research material, ca. 1990s-2000s
Correspondence and character references relating to KJ’s marketing and speechwriting work, ca. 1996-1998
KJ travel and immigration documents, ca. 1980s
Correspondence relating to libel lawsuit involving Women falling down in the street, ca. 1990
Letters received by KJ as poetry editor of The Bulletin, 1993-1994, including from Robert Adamson, John Tranter and Pamela Brown

BOX 4
KJ notebooks, press clippings and newspaper cuttings, ca. 1980s-1990s

BOX 5
Speech transcripts written by KJ for J. P. Morgan and Merrill and Lynch, ca. 1990s
KJ correspondence relating to J. P. Morgan, ca. 1996-1998
Thesis written by KJ, Sydney University, 1972
Medical records and correspondence relating to Bob Cato’s Alzheimer’s disease, ca. 1990s
Literary reviews written by KJ, ca. 1990s
Manuscript of Bad Manners, 1993 [2 folders]

BOX 6
Issue of Financial Times (US), Wednesday September 12, 2001
Drafts of poems written by KJ [chiefly undated] [2 folders]
Emails received by KJ, 1999
Research, correspondence and press clippings relating to feminism and sexuality, ca. 1970s

BOX 7
Poetry drafts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, research, photograph, ca. 2000s
KJ personal and business email correspondence, ca. 1996-2002 [3 folders]

BOX 8
Printed books, brochures and magazines collected by KJ, ca. 1980s-2000s

BOXES 9X-10X
KJ photograph albums, ca. 1900s-2000s, including family photographs, portraits of KJ and Bob Cato

BOX 11
Floppy disks containing KJ drafts, email correspondence, interviews, ca. 1988-1997

BOX 12
KJ book reviews, interview, ca. 1990s
Press clippings and newspaper cuttings of articles written by KJ, ca. 1980s-2000s [2 folders]
Reviews of Snake, ca. 1996-2000
Review of Moral Hazard, ca. 2002
Press clippings and newspaper cuttings of profiles of KJ and relating to Moral Hazard, ca. 2000s

BOX 13
Letters received by KJ including from Michele Field, Jamie Grant, Jill Kerr Conway, Shirley Hazzard, Les Murray, Helen Garner, Drusilla Modjeska, Geoffrey Dutton, ca. 1980s-1990s
KJ correspondence with boyfriends, ca. 1970s-1990s [2 folders]

BOX 14
Letters received by KJ, including from Jacqueline Kent, Mitzi Goldman, Caroline Baum, Angie Giblin, Michael Leunig, John Tranter, Frank Moorhouse, Anne Summers, ca. 1970s-1990s

BOX 15
Letters received by KJ including from Dale Splender, Cassandra Pybus, Susan Johnson, Pat Woolly, ca. 1980s-2000s

BOX 16
Slides, photographs, proof sheets and negatives including portraits of KJ and Bob Cato, travels taken by KJ through Australia, Switzerland and France, ca. 1980s-1990s
Letters received by KJ from Frank Arisman, ca. 2000s

BOX 17
Newspaper cuttings of reviews and profiles of KJ, ca. 1990s
Publicity material, correspondence relating to literary prizes, publisher catalogues, ca. 2000s

BOX 18
Edited manuscript of Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks, 1993
Drafts and galleys for Snake [3 folders]

BOX 19
Correspondence, chiefly facsimile, received by KJ from Margaret Connolly, Jamie Grant and Diana Simmonds, ca. 1988-1996
KJ correspondence relating to editorial and publication, ca. 1980s-2000s

BOX 20
Facsimile correspondence sent by KJ, ca. 1980s-1990s [6 folders]

BOX 21
KJ publishing agreements, ca. 1990s-2000s
Material relating to KJ’s school reunions, 19995 and 2000
Publishers’ rejection letters for Moral Hazard, 2001
KJ photograph album, ca. 1970s
Transcript of KJ interview with Peter Conrad, [1992?]
Bad Manners first draft, ca. 1992

BOX 22
KJ photograph album, ca. 1950s-1970s
Issues of magazines, journals and other printed publications featuring contributions by KJ, ca. 1980s-1990s

BOX 23
Books written by KJ including foreign editions, ca. 1988-2005
Issues of annual reports, magazines contributed to by KJ, ca. 1990s

BOX 24X
KJ scrapbook including newspaper cuttings, correspondence and research relating to Bob Cato and Alzheimer ’s disease, ca. 1990s

BOX 25X
Bad Manners proof with handwritten corrections, ca. 1993
2 vinyl records
Mounted and laminated book reviews of Snake

BOX 26X
KJ scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, press clippings, photographs and email correspondence, ca. 1990s

BOX 27X
Issues of Metropolis and Australian Financial Review magazine contributed to by KJ, ca. 1990s-2000s
Cardboard advertisement for Moral Hazard

LR 103
Japanese hanging wall scroll

Publicity poster for Moral Hazard transferred to printed catalogue at call no: POSTERS 2497

3 VHS tapes of Between The Lines, 1996 (ABC, 1996) featuring interview with KJ are housed separately from the records at MLMSS 9165. For enquiries about this material please contact the Manuscripts Section

Kate Jennings' poem J D Salinger & the Captain of the Hanwood Cricket Team featured in 'Shorts Three' from the ABC Radio National short story, available in printed catalogue at call no: TB/2842

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