Laurence Francis Gooley papers, 1931-2008

MLMSS 9203

fonds

1931-2008

Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs

874612

2.64 metres of textual material (16 boxes) - manuscript, printed

BOX 1
Folder 1
Notes by W. E. (Bill) FitzHenry to Laurence F. Gooley on writers of personal interest

Notes on the friendship between Walter Stone and W. E. (Bill) FitzHenry

Notes, correspondence and research relating to Walter William Stone, bibliophile, bibliographer and publisher, 1998

Folder 2
'The Story of Walter Stone', 1999 [113 pp.] and 'The Bookman from Auburn' by Laurence F. Gooley [133 pp.]

Folder 3
'The Bookman from Auburn' by Laurence F. Gooley, 2000 [133 pp.]

Folder 4
Notes on the Book Collectors' Society of Australia; Roderic Gunn Memorial Fund; Lectures by Walter Stone, Martin Dobrilla, The Fellowship of Australian Writers, Australian Society of Authors - H. M. Green, E. J. Brady and Henry Lawson, 1984-2005

Associates of Walter Stone - W.E. ("Bill") FitzHenry, Percy Reginald Stephensen, Father Edmund Campion, Christopher John Brennan, A. H. Chisholm, John Kirtley, R. G. Howarth, Cecil Hadgraft, Margaret Trist, Dr Colin Roderick, Hugh Anderson, Muir Holburn, Professor Bruce Sutherland, Miles Franklin, Guy Howarth, The English Association

Research on Walter Stone, 1989-2005

Folder 5
Notes and newspaper clippings relating to Australian Book Collectors and their collections - Father Les Hayes, John Kinmont Moir, The Whelan Collection, The Ingleton Collection, Martin Dobrilla Collection, The Mackaness Collection, The Ferguson Collection, Kenneth Roy Stewart and research on Australian Second Hand Bookshops, 1966-2005

Notes relating to The Bread and Cheese Club, John Kinmont Moir, Lance Loughrey, Edward Harrington, Alan Marshall, John Shaw Nelson,

Notes on Professor Manning Clark, Dr E. O'Brien, Professor Morris Miller (The Bunyip Literary Critic)

The Fellowship of Australian Writers - Bill FitzHenry, Angus & Robertson, The "Bookstall" Library, Book Salesman of the Past, Decline of the "Bulletin", Beatrice Davis and Xavier Herbert

BOX 2
Folder 1
Notes relating to John Kinmont Moir and the Bread and Cheese Club, including detail on correspondence between Walter Stone and John Kinmont Moir

Folder 2
The Story of James Francis Dwyer; Tribute to Joseph Furphy; The Genesis of "Such Is Life"; Professor Bruce Sutherland; E. V. Timms; "The Bulletin"; "The Boomerang"; "The Australian Workman"; "The Lone Hand"; "Steele Rudd's Magazine"; Adam Lindsay Gordon (Australian poet); A. B. ("Banjo") Paterson; Paterson's Literary Associations; Henry Lawson and "Banjo" Paterson; Paterson and Lawson; An interview with J. H. Curle; The "Red Page"; "The Bunyip Literary Critic", article by P. R. Stephensen; Australian Writers' and the Blue Mountains, a compilation by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 3
Australian Nationalist Poets and Writers
David Campbell, Roland Robinson, Patsy Adam-Smith, Ian Mudie, Rex Ingamells, Harley Matthews and Jindyworobak Movement

Folder 4
Selected Australian Writers of Personal Interest
Male Writers include: Roland Robinson, George Farwell, Walter Murdoch, Kit Denton, Frederic Manning, E. V. Timms, Olaf Ruhen, A. H. Chisholm, F. D. Davison, John Morrison, Judah Waten, Donald Horne, Frank Hardy, Eric Rolls, R. D. FitzGerald, David Campbell, Murray Bail, Tom Keneally, Jon Cleary, Frank O'Grady, Neville Shute, Frank Moorhouse, Roger McDonald, Bruce Grant, Ivan Southall, Leon Gellert, Francis Webb, Tom Hungerford, Clement Semmler, Francis Webb, P. J. O'Leary, Father George O'Neill, Paul Brickhill, Frederick Macartney, Gerard Hamilton

Female Writers include: Catherine Gaskin, Patsy Adam-Smith, Helen Simpson, Jill Ker Conway, Mother Mary O'Doherty and Mary Durack

Notes on correspondence between John Kinmont Moir of Richmond, Melbourne to Walter Stone of Strathfield and Cremorne, Sydney
Notes on correspondence between Walter Stone of Cremorne, Sydney and Rev. Father Leo Hayes of Oakey, Queensland

Folder 5
Australian Writers of Personal Interest and Notes on Literary Subjects, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley

BOX 3
Folder 1
'The Apostle of Australian Literature' - the story of A. G. Stephens; Articles on A. G. Stephens and "The Bookfellow"; John Shaw Neilson; Christopher John Brennan; Nationalism & Literature; Australian literature [newscuttings] 1946-2008

Folder 2
Henry Lawson
Newscuttings consisting of descriptive articles, reviews of books by and relating to Henry Lawson, 1931-2003

Folder 3
Henry Lawson
An examination of the life and career of Henry Lawson, written 1986-1997, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 4
Manuscript material and press cuttings on Bill Harney, Michael Sawtell, Billy Miller of "The Territory", "We of the Never Never", Arthur Upfield and R. M. Williams, collected by Laurence Francis Gooley

Folders 5-6
The Last of the Balladists - the story of Edwin James Brady

BOX 4
Folders 1-3
The Last of the Balladists - the story of Edwin James Brady

Folder 4
History of Australian Literature [press clippings], 1937-2006

Folder 5
Australian Literature, by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 6
Books and Libraries
Includes printed articles and newscuttings on John Ferguson, the Whelan Collection, Second Hand Bookshops, Book Collecting, Meanjin, Australian Writing, Books and Writers, Kelver Hartley, the New Pocket Library and Australasian Book Society, 1940-2002

BOX 5
Folder 1
The "Bulletin" Period - Bulletin writers
Bush Balladists: A. B. ("Banjo") Paterson, C. J. Dennis, Hal Gye, Bernard O'Dowd, Dorothea Mackellar, Christopher Brennan, Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Henry Kendall, Charles Harpur, Douglas Stewart, Norman Lindsay, Kenneth Slessor, Lionel Lindsay, Phillip Lindsay, Jack Lindsay,
Hal Gye [newscuttings], Dorothea Mackellar, Bernard O'Dowd, 1931-2006

Folder 2
Emeritus Professor Jill Roe - Biography and Correspondence, 1985-2008

Folder 3
Eleanor Dark Material: Interview with Dr Eric Dark, Eleanor Dark, Dowell O' Reilly, Eric Lowe, "Hammer of Destiny", The Bunyip Critic - Reviews by P. R. Stephensen, 1956-2006

Folder 4
Writers associated with Miles Franklin: Eleanor Dark, Barbara Blackman, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Kylie Tennant, David Marten, Dr Eric Payten Dark, David Malouf, Patrick White, P. A. Yeomans, 1953-2006 [newscuttings]

Folder 5
Associated Women Writers: Marjorie Barnard, Frank Dalby Davison, Flora Eldershaw, Marie Beuzeville Byles, Rosemary Dobson, Joan Phipson

'Journeys Afield Travel Journal', Laurence F. Gooley, 10 August 1967 - 14 April 2002
'In Journeys Often Travel Journal', Laurence F. Gooley, 20 July 1967 - 9 September 1993

BOX 6
Folders 1-3
The Career of Miles Franklin - London Period 1915-1932, Return to Australia 1932-1954 and Carlton Years 1932-1954, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley. Includes newscuttings on Miles Franklin, 1936-2008

Folder 4
A Biography of Thomas Keneally, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 5
Thomas Keneally - articles, reviews of published books and background information, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley, 1967-2004 [newscuttings]

BOX 7
Folder
Morris West - articles, reviews of published books and background information, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley, 1963-2005

Folder 2
Professor Manning Clark - biography and 'History of Australia' reviews, 1962-2008

Folder 3
Marilla North, Dymphna Cusack, Norman Freehill, Florence James

Folder 4
Judith Wright, Jack McKinney, Veronica Brady

Folder 5
The Life of Judith Wright and Jack McKinney

Folder 6
The Life of Ion L. Idriess
List of Books by Ion L. Idriess
Writer of the 'Thirties' - Ion Idriess, William Hatfield and Miles Franklin
Ion L. Idriess [press cuttings], 1936-1997

BOX 8
Folder 1
Notes on William Hatfield
The Books of William Hatfield
The Making of an Australian Writer - William Hatfield
The Story of William Hatfield
William Hatfield and Hermannsburg
William Hatfield and the Channel Country, the Birdsville Track and the Strzelecki Track

Folder 2
Melbourne Writers: Alan Marshall, Judah Waten, John Morrison, Frank Hardy

Folder 3
Central Australia and Pioneer Days: Francis Birtles, Grafton Memories, Pioneer Days, Murray River Days,
Australian Attitudes, H.B. Lasseter Mystery, John Flynn ("Flynn of the Inland"), Squatters Castle (Yulgilbar), Keith Garvey,
Eureka Stockade [newscuttings]

Folder 4
Australian History - "Petticoat Parade", Sydney Morning Herald, 1965 [newscuttings]
Sydney Morning Herald and The Blue Mountains Gazette, 1985-2007 [newscuttings]

Folder 5
George Johnston and Charmian Clift; John O'Brien & Roland Robinson; Hilaire Belloc

Folders 6-7
The Story of Doctor Rumble, compiled by Laurence F. Gooley
Life of Doctor L. Rumble, 1944-1987 [newscuttings]
Articles and talks by Dr L. Rumble

Folders 8
Miscellaneous writings by Laurence F. Gooley, 1940-1948
Miscellaneous extracts, 1947 and 1959
Julian Stephen In England, 1979

Folder 9
Miscellaneous writings by Laurence F. Gooley, 1946-1972:
'The World Outlook', 1946 [10 pp.], Philosophic Reflections on the Crisis of Our Times, 1948 and 1951 [20 pp.], 'An Australian Looks at the World', 1972 [18 pp.], 'An Australian Looks at Australia', 1972 [7 pp.]

Folder 10
'Reflections in Solitude'
Library Re-organisation, 8th February 1992
The Re-organisation of the Blaxland House, 1998-1999
'The Memories of the Years'
'The Influence of J. E. Lawrence on my Life and Development', by Laurence F. Gooley
'Book Collecting Days'
'Our Cats, 22nd August 1993'
'The House of Seclusion'

BOX 9
Folder 1
Selected Memories from Youth to Manhood, Laurence F. Gooley:
Requiem for "The Catholic Weekly" [7 pp.]
Memories of Catholic Life [95 pp.]
Mount Alverna [20 pp.]
Pioneer Cooranbong [1 page]
Catholic Cooranbong [3 pp.]
Morisset and Cooranbong, 1932-1935 [2 pp.]
Cooranbong Memories [19 pp.]

Folder 2
A Pictorial History of the Wyong Shire by Edward Stenson
A Personal Annotated Survey of Selected Pictorial Material by Laurence F. Gooley [85 pp.]
Edward Stenson
Edward Stenson: the Historian of the Wyong Shire compiled by Laurence F. Gooley
The Pioneers of Yarramalong
The Stenson Family
The Settlement of Wyong
Father John O'Flaherty

Folder 3
Memories of Wyong, Auburn and Blaxland, by Laurence F. Gooley:
The Auburn Cottage [24 pp.]
Memories of 1944 [8 pp.]
Auburn: The Final Chapter [44 pp.]
Our Mountain Land [36 pp.]
Blaxland Journal [12 pp.]
Blaxland Journal 1988 [4 pp.]
Collections and Recollections [39 pp.]
The New Auburn Cottage [24 pp.]
Remembrance of Songs and Poems [43 pp.]
A New Way of Life [6 pp.]

Folder 4
Personal Memories by Laurence F. Gooley:
The Books of Belloc [15 pp.]
The Books of Benson [16 pp.]
The Books of Lawrence [27 pp.]
My Personal Tribute to P. R. Stephenson [44 pp.]
The Antiquarian Books of 1941 [20 pp.]
The Inspiration of Scholarship [31 pp.]
Life's Progression [16 pp.]

Folder 5
My Hillside Home [93 Boorea Street, Blaxland], written by Laurence F. Gooley, 1 January 1994-23 August 1998 [109 pp.]
My Hillside Home [93 Boorea Street, Blaxland], written by Laurence F. Gooley, 6 March 1994-4 February 2001 [pp.110-222] [113 pp.]

Folder 6
R.A.N. Armament Depot, Sydney - Technical Examination
Training for Assistant Storehousemen, Magazine Depots - Lecture Notes
R.A.N. Armament Depots Sydney - Safety Lectures

BOX 10
Folder 1
Notes on John Blaxland of Newington and the Blaxland land grant of 1807
Gregory Blaxland
Newington Naval Armament Depot
The Evolution of the Auburn Armament Depot
The American Naval Armament Depot
The Newington Naval Armament Depot - Royal Australian Navy
The United States Naval Armament Depot
Horse Transport at Newington Naval Armament Depot
The Depot Sheep
The Introduction of Palletisation

Folder 2
Sir John Fortescue, The Historian of the British Army

Folder 3
Ethel Mannin; Vera Brittain

Folder 4
Writers of Personal Interest:
Jane Grey; H. Rider Haggard; James Oliver Curwood; Winston Churchill and "Chartwell Manor"; Howard Spring; Cecil Roberts

Folder 5
The Benson Family; Dr. Edward White Benson; Nelly Benson; Maggie Benson; Arthur Christopher Benson; Robert Hugh Benson; E. F. Benson

Folder 6
"The Stones Cry Out" - the Story of Father John Hawes and 'Bush Lore (articles on the Pioneer Days)', compiled by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 7
The Gooley Family Tree, recorded by Kathleen Tindale

List of Gooley family birth, marriage and death dates

Folder 8
Photographs of the Gooley family, ca. 1960's and postcards from Gooley family members travelling around Australia, ca. 1950's-1960's

BOX 11
'The Pioneer Days' - Books 1-2 - 'A Miscellany of Old Days, Old Ways', 29th October 1977 - 4th January 1988
'The Passing of Australianism', 1973-1974
'The Reflections of An Australian' - Books 1-3, 26th February 1980 - 30th November 1985
'Tomorrow Is Tomorrow - An Analysis of Contemporary Trends', 1975-1976
'The "Bulletin" Verse of Edwin James Brady and notes and commentary', 1940-1947
'Essays in Catholic Culture - Book 1 - The Church of the Pioneers; The Traditions of Catholicism; Ronald Knox' - by Laurence F. Gooley, 4th November 1974 - 16th January 1979
'Essays in Catholic Culture' - Books 1-2 - by Laurence F. Gooley, 18th January 1979 - 8th May 1991
'Personal Journal' - Books 3-5 - by Laurence F. Gooley, 31st January 1944 - 1st January 1967
'Turn and Fall - A Personal Miscellany' - Laurence F. Gooley, 8th October 1941 - 25th June 1944 (Initial Entry 6th November 1938)'
'The Story of Pilgrim Cottage', by Laurence F. Gooley, 1971-1975
'Notes on My Library' - Books 1-2 - 'A Literary Survey', 1968-1986
'Essays & Reviews' - Books 1- 6, 22nd January 1949 - 20 October 1952
'Selections From My Reading', 10th July 1948 - 12th August 1958
'Answerless The Years' - Books 1-4 - 'An Autobiography' by Laurence F. Gooley
'Personal Journal' - Books 1-10 - by Laurence F. Gooley, 3rd January 1941 - 25th May 1985

BOX 12
Folders 1-13 [Folder 8 not located]
The Last of the Balladists - The Story of Edwin James Brady

BOX 13
Folders 1-13
The Last of the Balladists - The Story of Edwin James Brady, by Laurence F. Gooley

Folders 14-19 [Folder 18 not located]
The Last of the Balladists - The Story of Edwin James Brady, by Laurence F. Gooley

BOX 14
Folders 1
The Last of the Balladists (Part 1) - The Story of Edwin James Brady, compiled 2000

Folder 2
The Last of the Balladists (Part 2) - The Story of Edwin James Brady, compiled 2000

Folder 3
The Sea Ballads & Poetry of E. J. Brady, compiled 2000

Folder 4
The Final Years of E. J. Brady - A Literary Assessment, compiled 2000

Folder 5
The Association of Henry Lawson and Edwin James Brady, compiled 2000-2004

Folder 6
Bibliographical Checklist and Prose Works of E. J. Brady, compiled 2000

Folder 7
Poems by Edwin James Brady (Part 1) - An Anthology, compiled 1984-2002

Folder 8
Poems by Edwin James Brady (Part 2) - An Anthology, compiled 1985-2000

Folder 9
The Bunyip Literary Critic - Writings on Literary Subjects by P. R. Stephenson, compiled 2001

BOX 15
Folder 1
'The following articles are evidence of my continuity of thought and outlook and manifest my continuing interest in the life of T. E. Lawrence. This planned series of three articles has taken me 23 years to complete from 22nd July 1952 to 13th August 1975 - Laurence Francis Gooley':

Thomas Edward Lawrence: Destiny and Education, completed 13 August 1975
Thomas Edward Lawrence: Freedom and the Individual, completed 20 August 1952
Thomas Edward Lawrence: Triumph in Literature, completed 12 April 1957

Folder 2
The Bunyip Critic : experiments in 'Australianity' - by P. R. Stephensen - selected and edited by Laurence F. Gooley

Folder 3
The Literacy Legacy of Edwin James Brady

Folder 4
Australia First Movement, 1941 - 1948 [newscuttings]

Folder 5
The Story of Percy Reginald Stephensen and Winifred Stephensen, 1924-1969, compiled 1986-2000

Folder 6
Notes on Miles Franklin and P. R. Stephensen

BOX 16
Folder 1
The Political Career of P. R. Stephensen
The Story of "Mountainside Press"

Folder 2
P. R. Stephensen and Australian Literature
Record of Research on Walter Stone - E. J. Brady, P. R. Stephensen. Second period of research - commenced 16 April 1997
Australia First Movement, Melbourne, 1940-1941. Articles by L. K. Cahill
The Policy of the Australia-First Movement, exposition by P. R. Stephensen
Towards a New Party. Pre-requisites of political re-orientation. The Meaning of Australia-First, by P. R. Stephensen
Australian Action. Towards the formation of an Australia-First Party. A Twelve Point Policy by P. R. Stephensen.
Poems: 1934-1944 by Ian Mudie [book]
Press Cuttings on William Baylebridge, Ian Mudie, Rex Ingamells, Adele Pankhurst Walsh
Association with P. R. Stephensen and Australia First Movement
Edwin James Brady chronology, 1869-1952
Blaxland Journal by Laurence F. Gooley, 1984-1985
The Literacy Legacy of Edwin James Brady, 1869-1952
Books by Derek Angye
Mount Alverna Journal by Laurence F. Gooley, 26 September 1964 - 19 August 1967
A view of Woolloomooloo Bay in 1821 [printed]
Boyhood Memories by Laurence F. Gooley, 1928-1935
My Record of Reading by Laurence F. Gooley, 1935-1982
My Book of Memorabilia by Laurence F. Gooley, 1928-1938
Schooldays in Wyong by Laurence F. Gooley, 1928-1933
The Books of Boyhood - A Survey - Part 2 - by Laurence F. Gooley
Recollections in Solitude - by Laurence F. Gooley
Literary Diary, 1983-1991, by Laurence F. Gooley
Record of Research on E. J. Brady - Books and Manuscripts Mitchell Library - Research commenced 14 April 1975 to 18 November 1990

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