Clement Semmler further papers, ca. 1894-2000

MLMSS 7998

fonds

ca. 1894-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

914082

0.90 metres of textual material (6 boxes), some folders contain photographs

This collection includes folders of material that largely supplement the Clement Semmler papers at MLMSS 5636. The folder titles by Clement Semmler refer, in part, to his original classification system that influenced the Library's arrangement of the original folders at MLMSS 5636. A number of new folders of material are located below in Boxes 4-6.

BOX 1
‘Archive Key’, being listings of supplementary and new folders of papers

‘Box I, 3. Patrick White etc. (incl. David Marr – biographer)’, 1993-1995, including correspondence with David Marr

‘Box II, 19. Joycean Scholars etc’, 1998-2000, no date

‘Box II, 19. James Joyce – correspondence relating to’, 1992-1998

‘Box II, 34. [Correspondence] with heads of overseas broadcasting organisations and personalities, including former BBC director-generals’, 1983-1998

‘Box III, 39. Richard Magoffin’, 1998-2000, including correspondence with Richard Magoffin,

‘Box III, 39. Richard Magoffin’, 1995-1998, blue folder including correspondence with Richard Magoffin

‘Box III, 41. Hon. Thomas McKay’, 1998, including correspondence with the Hon. Thomas Sidney McKay

‘Box III, 41. Correspondence with Hon. Thomas McKay (former Chairman of Committees, NSW Legislative Council and son of Claude McKay, former founder & editor of Smiths Weekly)’, 1992-1998

‘Box III, 42. Geoffrey Serle, Phillip Adams etc’, being correspondence with Phillip Adams, 1998-1999

‘Box III, 42. Geoffrey Serle, Society of Women’s Authors, Phillip Adams’, 1992-1998, being correspondence with Phillip Adams

‘Box III, 45. Irish writers, etc’, 1976, 1998-2000

‘Box III, 45. Irish writers and personalities, etc’, 1984-1997, second folder including correspondence with Clara Mason and Niall Sheridan

‘Box III, 57. Spike Milligan’, 1995, being copies of letters to Spike Millgan

‘Box IV, 77. Famous overseas and Australian jazz musicians’, 1963, 1993-2000, including letters received from Dick Hughes

‘Box IV, 77. Jazz – articles, correspondence, etc’, 1967-1998, including correspondence with Dick Hughes

BOX 2
‘Box IV, 78. Leonard Miall & BBC’, 1994, including correspondence with Leonard Miall

‘Box IV, 79. Frank Hardy’, 1992-1994, including correspondence with Frank Hardy

‘Box IV, 82. Correspondence with journal Quadrant’, 1994-1998, including correspondence with George Thomas, Associate Editor, Quadrant

‘Box IV, 92. Reviews etc. for Southern Highland News’, 1997

‘Box V, 94. Murray Bridge High School etc’, 1998-1999

‘Box V, 94. Murray Bridge High School etc’, 1992-1997

‘Box V, 95. Various people etc’, 1966, 1997-2000, including correspondence with John Sendy, 1999, and Jill Hellyer, 1998

‘Box V, 95. Various people etc (including letter from famous Australian cricketer W.J. (Bill) O’Reilly) also tribute from painter Jeffrey Smart’, 1940-1998

‘Box V, 107. Dr Len Green’, 1994-1999

‘Box V, 107. Dr Len Green’, 1990-1998

‘Box V, 109. Correspondence with Geoffrey Dutton’, 1992-1998

‘Box V, 110. Editors Overland’, 1992-1994, including correspondence with John McLaren and Barrett Reid

‘Box V, 112. Australian re book reviews, feature articles etc.’, 1998-2000, being correspondence with and reviews for The Australian newspaper

‘Box V, 112. Correspondence with Australian re book reviews, articles, etc.’, 1967, 1992-1997

‘Box VI, 113. Robin Slessor (brother of Kenneth)’, being letters received from Robin Slessor

‘Box V, 114. ABC Personnel etc’, 1959-2000

‘Box V, 114. ABC Personnel etc’, 1969-1998

BOX 3
‘Box V, 115. American scholars etc’, 1993-2000, being correspondence with Herbert Jaffa

‘Box V, 115. American Scholars, etc’, 1962, 1992-1998, being second folder of correspondence with Herbert Jaffa

‘Box VI, 118. Personal Papers Cuttings, etc’, 1959-1999, including correspondence

‘Box VI, 124. ABC papers, memoranda, cuttings, etc’, 1964-1996

‘Box VI, 125. Australian Dictionary of National Biography, etc’, 1992, being correspondence with the Australian Dictionary of Biography relating to entry on radio administrator, Rudolph Bonner (1890-1960)

‘Box VI, 127. C. Semmler miscellaneous articles, essays, reviews etc.’, 1954-1998

‘Box VI, 128. Correspondence with UQP and others, etc. arising out of publication of memoirs Pictures on the Margin’, 1982-1996

‘Box VI, 129. Oxford University Press (re publications, etc.)’, 1985-1993, mainly relating to the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature

‘Box VI, 131. Quadrant – Correspondence and Review’, 1978, 1997-2000, being further papers to MLMSS 5639/9, including correspondence with George Thomas, Associate Editor, Quadrant

BOX 4
‘B. Binders, Box VII, 3. SMH reviews 1973-81’, being newscuttings of reviews written for The Sydney Morning Herald

‘B. Binders 4. Brisbane Courier Mail Reviews 1991-‘, 1991-1992

‘Box VII, 5. Australian – Book reviews and articles’, 1967, 1991-1998, including review of Morrison of Peking by Cyril Pearl in Australian Book Review, Sept. 1967

‘New Folder 1: Correspondence with Colin Robin, ex ABC and BBC script writer and performer’, 1951-1956, 1995, being mainly letters from Semmler to Robin, 1951-1956

‘New Folder 2: Reviews of Pictures on the Margin – Memoirs, by Clement Semmler. UQP. (1991)’, 1991-1993

‘New Folder 3: Unpublished MS The Magic of Words and correspondence relating thereto’, 1994, including correspondence with publishers and computer printout of ‘The Magic of Words’

‘New Folder 4: ‘Discovering the Romance of Words’, contributions to Australian Women’s Weekly 1982-1986 with correspondence relating thereto’

‘New Folder 5: Reviews of Banjo Paterson anthologies, edited by C. Semmler’, 1992

‘New Folder 6: C. S. Early Poems’, 1934-1935, 1978

‘New Folder 7: Correspondence with Brisbane Courier Mail re book reviews etc.’, 1983-1992

‘New Folder 8: Articles on ABC and Broadcasting generally since retirement from ABC in 1977’, 1968-1992

‘New Folder 9: Correspondence etc. in connection with Award of AM to C.S. 1989 – and later correspondence with Honours Secretariat (Canberra)’, 1989, 1998

‘New Folder 10: C. Semmler : Short Stories’, 1945-1997

‘New Folder 11: Quadrant – Reviews & letters 1977-1998

‘New Folder 12: Correspondence with Dr Ray Kelly, former Bursar, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge’, 1988-1994

‘New Folder 13: Correspondence with Ira Raymond, former University Librarian, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide’, 1966-1974

BOX 5
‘New Folder 14: C. Semmler Career – Through Cuttings, Interviews, addresses, Articles, etc.’, 1954-1974, 1996

‘New Folder 15: Editorial compilations for Bulletin’, 1981-1986

‘James Joyce / Ainsworth’, 1975-1976, 1989, relating to James Joyce and his sister, Gertrude, including correspondence with Fr Godfrey Ainsworth, OFM and Basil Sands, Australian Representative, British Broadcasting Corporation

Collins 3880 Series account book, being select index to various personal papers

BOX 6
‘Lives of the Balladists’, ca. 1894-1990’, including correspondence and research material and papers relating to Will Ogilvie

‘Works in Progress’, ca. 1970-1997, including ‘The Magic of Words’, a study of words in the English language

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