Series 01: Reginald Ottley literary papers, 1930-1989

MLMSS 8073

series

1930-1989

Textual Records, Clippings

934295

1.17 metres of textual material (7 boxes)

BOX 1
Literary Manuscripts:
'A Boy at Sea' Typescript. 194pp.

'Anecdotes of the Ottley Boys'. Typescript. 158pp.

'The Adventures of Ug and Gug (Not forgetting
Wug) in search of Gugmama and Ugpapa'. Typescript. 20pp.

'Blood Weeps on the Waves'. Typescript. 44pp.

'Ko Ahla Lei-Lei [:] A Fable of the Pacific'. Corrected typescript. 6pp.

'Good-Bye Toby (and other stories)'. Typescript. 42pp.:
1. 'No More Tomorrow' [Published in Tit-Bits Magazine]

2. 'Death of an Eagle' [Broadcast on BBC Home Service, 'Over to You' Programme for Schools]

3. 'Killer Dog' [Published in Tit-Bits Magazine]

4. 'Jumbie' [Published in The Sunday Express]

5. 'King of the Sheepmen' [Published in Tit-Bits Magazine]

6. 'Drovers' Christmas' [Published in The Sunday Express]

7. 'Good-Bye Toby' [Published in Tit-Bits Magazine]

'A Word About Horses'. Carbon typescript. 109pp.

'Black Sorrow'. Carbon typescript. 90pp.

'A Sequel to Black Sorrow'. Carbon typescript. 89pp. [Later renamed 'Jodi's Vision']

'The Golden Ones'. Typescript. 138pp.

Fijian Stories. Typescript and carbon typescript.

'The Seed of the Land'. Carbon typescript. 358pp.

'Water Running Over Stones : An Historical Novel’. Carbon typescript. 101pp.

BBC Scripts:
Letter from Norma F. Jones, BBC Sound Library, to
Margaret Ottley, 13 Nov. 1984

Letter received from Nigel Stock, who read the story 'Over to You Horses' on the BBC, 27 Oct. 1964, with corrected duplicated typescript of the story

'Gyp', 27 Sep. 1960. Corrected typescript

'A Man "Down"', no date. Duplicated typescript

'Bush Secret', 28 Nov. 1962. Corrected duplicated typescript

'One Sunday Morning', 28 Jan. 1962. Duplicated typescript (2)

'An Outback Cricket Match', 14 June 1961. Duplicated typescript

'Wild Budgereegah', no date. Duplicated typescript

'Brownie', 10 June 1958. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Horse Sense', 4 Jan. 1957. Duplicated typescript (2)

'Death Rides to the Edge', 20 June 1962. Duplicated typescript and another copy, being corrected typescript

'Depression and Dust', 27 June 1958. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Epitaph to Jones'y', 16 Apr. 1959. Corrected duplicated typescript (2)

'Darkie', 30 Apr. 1959. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Yumpin' Yarley', 11 Apr.1963. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Bushman's Luck', no date. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Stampede', 9 Jan. 1959. Corrected duplicated typescript

'Dusty Deal', 23 Apr. 1959. Corrected typescript

'The Feather Shoes', 21 Apr. 1964. Corrected typescript

Radio and Television Plays:
'Sea Tears : A Radio Play'. Typescript

'Into Dust'. Carbon typescript

'Joni Comes Home : A Television Play'. Typescript

'Once a Jolly Swagman : A Television Play'. Typescript, carbon typescript

BOX 2
Short Stories:
‘Wild Cattle'. Typescript

'On a Warm November Tide'. Carbon typescript

'Far Away Places'. Typescript

'An Unusual Pig Hunt'. Typescript

'The Wedding Dress'. Typescript

'A Boy, a Kooka-Burra and a Yarran Log'. Corrected carbon typescript and another copy, being uncorrected carbon typescript

'A Christmas to Remember'. Carbon typescript

'A Man and His Dog'. Carbon typescript and another copy, being corrected typescript

'Another Memory of the Sea and a Horse'. Carbon typescript

'An Outback Cricket Match', being uncorrected carbon typescript, corrected carbon typescript and carbon typescript final version

'Black Satan'. Corrected carbon typescript (2)

'Blowin' in the Wind'. Carbon typescript and another copy, being uncorrected carbon typescript

'Brumbie Running'. Corrected typescript and another copy, being uncorrected carbon typescript. 22 June 1963

'"Bush" Camels'. Corrected carbon typescript

'Bush Fire'. Corrected carbon typescript

'"Bush" Fire Havoc'. Carbon typescript

'"Bush" Secret'. Annotated carbon typescript

'Chance in a Million'. Carbon typescript (2) and another copy, being annotated typescript

'Darkie'. Carbon typescript and another copy, being typescript

'Dusty Deal'. Uncorrected carbon typescript (2) and corrected
typescript (2)

'Good-Bye, Toby'. Typescript and other copies, being corrected carbon typescript (3)

'Gyp' [Published in Wide World Magazine]. Three versions, being corrected carbon typescript, carbon typescript and typescript

'Henry'. Annotated typescript and another copy, being
corrected carbon typescript

'Jumbie Again'. Carbon typescript and another copy, being typescript

'King of the Drover'. Corrected carbon typescript and another copy, being annotated and corrected typescript

'Luck in Numbers'. Typescript

'Old Blue'. Uncorrected carbon typescript and another copy, being corrected carbon typescript

'Old Jack'. Carbon typescript

'Old Yarra and the Almond Tree'. Carbon typescript

'Old Jack an' me, an' the Almond Tree'. Corrected typescript

'Scrub Fire'. Carbon typescript

'Sea Memory : A factual Story'. Carbon typescript

'Shepherds' Christmas'[Published in Tit-Bits Magazine, 31 Dec. 1960]. Incomplete carbon typescript and complete carbon typescript

'Storm Havoc'. Typescript

'That Was a Close Go, That Was'. Typescript

'The Day Had Its Problems'. Typescript and another copy, being carbon typescript

'The Last of the Horsemen'. Three versions, being corrected carbon typescript, carbon typescript and annotated carbon typescript

'The Last of the Pirates'. Corrected typescript

'The New Stallion'. Corrected carbon typescript

'The Old Iron Lady'. Corrected carbon typescript and another copy, being annotated and corrected typescript

'The Way Things Go'. Carbon typescript (2)

'Until Death Do Us ...?'. Typescript

'Whispering Courage'. Annotated and corrected carbon typescript

'Wild Budgereegah'. Carbon typescript

'Yacka - A most unforgettable character'. Carbon typescript and another copy, being typescript

'Young Drover'. Corrected typescript

'Yumpin' Yarley'. Carbon typescript

Folder of short stories from Tit-Bits Magazine and World Wide Magazine

Newscuttings of 'Stampede', with corrected galley proofs, The Listener, 15 Jan. 1959; 'The Last of the Horsemen', The Listener, 23 June 1960; and 'Death Rides to the Edge', The Listener, 2 Aug. 1962

File regarding film option by Riza Royce on The Sandhills of Yamboorah (1965), 1969-1981, including screenplay by Royce and correspondence with Royce, Piers Burnett and the publishers, Andre Deutsch

Contracts with publishers and broadcasters, 1959-1987

'By The Sandhills of Yamboorah File 1 (up to May 1967)', 1963-1967, including correspondence with Andre Deutsch, and Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, regarding the
American edition, Boy Alone

'File 2 (from June 1967) By The Sandhills of Yamboorah', 1967-1971, including correspondence with Andre Deutsch and Harcourt, Brace & World

BOX 3
'The Roan Colt of Yamboorah', 1964-1969, including correspondence with Andre Deutsch

'Rain Comes To Yamboorah', 1966-1969, including correspondence with Andre Deutsch and Harcourt, Brace & World

'Brumbie Dust (Short Stories)', 1967-1969, being correspondence mainly with Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, and Collins, London

'Giselle', 1966-1969, being correspondence with Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, and Collins, London

'The Bates Family', 1967-1970, being correspondence mainly with Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, and Collins, London

'Jim Grey of Moonbah', 1969-1970, being correspondence with Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, and Collins, London

'No More Tomorrow', 1969-1970, being correspondence mainly with Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, and Collins, London

'BBC - School Broadcasting Dept’, 1963-1966, including correspondence with BBC School Broadcasting Dept, mainly regarding scripts from Ottley’s stories with typescript enclosures of 'Gyp', 'Wild Budgereegah' and 'Death of an Eagle'

Correspondence with publishers regarding reprints, 1975-1977

Correspondence with Denys Beard (ABC, Toowoomba), 1980-1982

Newscuttings from Radio Times, 1957-1964, regarding programme schedule of Ottley's plays, with letters received from Gerard Green and Walter Brown, radio actors in 'The Feather Shoes', advertised in Radio Times, 19 Mar. 1964

Reviews of books by Ottley, 1961-1980

Talks by Ottley, 1971-1980

Articles, 1958-1959, no date, including 'Enchantment of the
Solomons', Daily Telegraph and Morning Post (UK), 10 Mar. 1959, p.10, and 'Islands in the Sun', The Times, 27 Nov. 1958, p.12

BOX 4
'Scrap Book No.1', 1961-1967, being mainly newscuttings of reviews regarding Ottley and his work

'Scrap Book No.2', 1967

'Scrap Book No.3', 1967-1968

'Scrap Book', 1965-1988, including correspondence with Crawford Productions Pty Ltd regarding 'The Seed on the Land' (1977), and analysis by Tom Tracy of Boy Alone (1965)

Personal Papers, 1930-1985
Include letters received regarding Ottley’s employment and
letters of introduction, passports, driver's licences, certificate of military discharge, with obituaries and letters of condolence received by Margaret Ottley on his death, 1985; Records of an Ancient Family by J. E. Ottley. London: Selwyn & Blunt, 1923, and They Came They Saw They Stayed 1875-1975 by Albert Vagg [1973+]; and correspondence with Keith Vagg and Hilda Vagg, 1975-1977

BOX 5
Printed material, being extracts, reviews and references regarding Ottley's writing:

'The Last of the Horsemen' by Reginald Ottley in Over the Air: A Second Anthology of the Spoken Word. Chosen by R.G. Goffin. London: OUP, 1962, pp.41-48

Reference to 'The Last of the Horsemen' in New Reading: An English Course for Schools (Green Book 2). Edited by H. Heathcote. London: The Reader's Digest Association Limited, 1966, p.65

'Death of an Eagle' [short story] by Reginald Ottley, with biographical note, in The Islander: Magazine of the Isle of Wight, no.2, May 1967. pp.18-20

Programme of 1966 Twelth Annual Thomas Alva Edison Foundation National Mass Media Awards - Children's Books, Radio and Television. The Metropolitan Club, New York City, 21 Mar. 1967. 'For Special Excellence in Contributing to the Character Development of Children' : Boy Alone by Reginald Ottley. Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc.

'An Indigenous Children's Literature' by Barbara Buick in Library Journal, vol.92 no.20, 15 Nov. 1967

Reference to Boy Alone in Chapter 5: Realistic Fiction in Children's Literature in the Elementary School by Charlotte S. Huck & Doris Young Kuhn. New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1968, p.253

Review of Giselle, with a note by Reginald Ottley, in Elementary English: A Magazine of the Language Arts. Champaign, Illinois. vol. XLVI no.3, Mar. 1969. pp.376-377

Adaptation of The Roan Colt of Yamboorah in Language and How To Use It - Book 6 by Charlotte S. Huck et al. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1969, pp.200-201

Review of A Word About Horses in Reading Time, no.49, Oct. 1973, pp.31-32

Drought, being a reprint from The Bates Family New Zealand Department of Education: Social Studies Resources Project Australia, Print 13, 1976

Transcript of interview with Reginald Ottley, conducted by Suzanne Lunney, National Library of Australia Oral History Section, 14 Sept. 1976. Typescript, 45pp. TCR 464

‘None Quite Like Jonesy' [short story] in Camped By a Billabong. Edited by Angela M. Ridsdale and Virginia Ferguson. (Young Australia Language Development Scheme Explorer Book Twenty-Two) Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1977, pp.123-125

'Darkie' in The Second Book of Pony Stories. Edited by Christine Pullen-Thompson. London: Pan Books Ltd (Piccolo Original, 1977, pp.41-49

'Last of the Horsemen' in Stretch 3: Continuation Reader. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1977, pp.51-57 (2 copies)

‘Western Sky in Drought' [poem] in The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse. Winton Tourist Promotion Association (Qld). 7th edition, 1978, p.91

Australian Children's Books - A Select List, 1978 [and Supplement, 1979]. Belconnen, ACT: Canberra College of Advanced Education, p.5

‘Ghostly Voices Outback' and 'Remembrance of a Swagman' in The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse. Winton Tourist Promotion Association (Qld), 1980, pp.69-70, 84-86

'None Quite Like Jones'y'' in Australian Short Stories: A Workshop for Readers and Writers. Edited by Chatfield and Williamson. Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1982, pp.18-23

'Ghostly Voices Outback' [poem] in The Advocate. Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia. vol.2 no.3, Spring 1983, p.180

The Imagineers: Writing & Illustrating Children's Books, being papers given at the Children's Book Council of Australia, ACT Branch, October seminars 1981 & 1982. Hall, ACT. Reading Time publication No.5. Edited by Belle Alderman. Presentation copy inscribed 'for Reginald, whose Yamboorah books are among my favourites. Belle Alderman 29 July 1983'

'The Broken Bridge' from A Word About Horses in A Thousand Miles Away by Bill Scott (Australian Constant Readers, Reading 360)Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1983, pp.6-14

Poems by Reginald Ottley. Margaret Ottley, Chinchilla, Qld., 1969

BOX 6
Printed books, being non-Australian imprints and foreign translations of novels by Reginald Ottley:

By the Sandhills of Yamboorah (1965)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. Second Impression
London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. Fourth Impression

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966
(First American edition published as Boy Alone)

Zagreb, 1968. (Yugoslav edition)

Cape Town, 1969. (South African edition (Afrikaans))

South Melbourne, Vic.: Sunbird Books, 1988

The Roan Colt of Yamboorah (1966)

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966
(First American edition published as The Roan Colt)
(2 copies; one with dust jacket)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. Third Impression

Cape Town, 1969. (South African edition (Afrikaans))

Rain Comes to Yamboorah (1967)
Cape Town, 1971. (South African edition (Afrikaans))

Giselle (1968)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. (First American edition)

Jim Grey of Moonbah (1970)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1970 (First American edition)

The War on William Street (1971)
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1973. (First American edition)

A Word About Horses (1973)
London: Collins, 1974. Second Impression

Black Sorrow (1980)
Milsons Point, NSW: Beaver Australia/Century Hutchinson Australia, 1989, and (Swedish edition, 1983)

BOX 7
Newscuttings of short stories by Ottley in The Sunday Express, 1964-1966

Newscuttings of short stories by Ottley in The Sunday Express, 1965

English, Afrikaans, Slavic (Other), Swedish

Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which Reginald Ottley owns copyright
Approval for reproduction required: From the Library and Margaret Ottley