Collection 1: Anne Coombs papers and oral history interviews relating to the book ‘Sex and Anarchy: the life and death of the Sydney Push' (1996), 1992-2003

MLMSS 9324

sub-fonds

1992-2003

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories, Clippings

900327

Digitised

1.35 metres of textual records (9 boxes)
50 audiocassettes (67 hr., 32 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIAL
BOX 1
Proposal & Planning, ca. 1992.
Correspondence, 1993-1996. Correspondents include Robert Hughes, Gordon Barton, John Cardenzana.
Corrections including correspondence, 1996.
Correspondence with Penguin Australia, 1992-1997.
‘Sex & Anarchy’ Correspondence 1996-2003.
‘Sex & Anarchy’ Publicity, 1996 (2 files)
Melbourne Writers’ Festival, 1996.
‘Sex & Anarchy’ Production, 1995-1997.
Newscuttings, 1996. Mainly reviews.

DRAFTS
BOXES 2-5
Early Drafts, Original manuscript, Penultimate Draft & Final Draft, ca. 1994-1995.

BOX 6
Revised and Rejected Drafts, 1995.

RESEARCH FILES
Include newscuttings, correspondence and partial transcripts and/or notes of recorded interviews
BOX 7
John Anderson; Max Nomad; Wilhelm Reich; Ross Poole & Ian Bedford; The Pluralist; Notes; Elwyn Morris; George Molnar; Libertarianism; David Ivison; Extras – Women (Eva Cox, Jean Buckley, Roseanne Bonney, Sandra Grimes, Lynne Segal, Marion Hallwood, Dottie Wentworth Walsh/Addison, Lyn Gain, Jane Iliff & Lydia Shamshurin, Jenny Coopes, Sylvia Lawson, Robin Appleton); Extras – Men (Dick Appleton, David Armstrong, Peter Coleman, Jack Grancharoff, Johnny Earls, Graham Pont, Geoffrey Lehmann, Doug McCallum, Tony Skillen, Ric Mohr, Doug Nicholson, John Maze, Neil Shard, Sasha Soldatow, Graham Pont); Jim Baker; Archives; Artists/Film Makers (Keith Loobi, David Perry & Albie Thoms, Mike Thornhill); Wendy Bacon; Gordon Barton; Bogle–Chandler; Richard Brennan; Gillian Burnet; Censorship; Crims; Sex & Anarchy Reference Cards.

BOX 8
Famous People; Margaret Fink; Liz Fell; Freethought Society; Germaine Greer; Heraclitus,; Les Hiatt; Harry Hooton; Neil Hope – Novel; Illustrations – rejects; Paddy & Judy McGuinness; Frank Moorhouse; Melbourne; Obscenity Trials; Orr case & Goosens; Pubs; Push Pics; Inge Riebe; Lillian Roxon; Roelof Smilde; Judy Smith & Ruth Biegler; Peter Smith; Songs; Victoria Street; Vietnam; Paul White – thesis; Darcy Waters; June Wilson; Women’s Liberation; Women’s Commission; The Lincoln Scrapbook - copy provided by Cliff Barry.

NOTEBOOKS
BOX 9
9 notebooks mainly containing notes of interviews with members of the Sydney Push and others.

SOUND RECORDINGS (Call No.: MLOH 749):
Series 01: Oral history interviews conducted by Anne Coombs as part of her research for the book ‘Sex and Anarchy: the life and death of the Sydney Push'

In copyright: This collection has multiple copyright holders.
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales (only in material created by Anne Coombs
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder

Upgraded as part of the Unprocessed Manuscripts eRecords Project 2013-2014