Collection 5: Ruth Park further literary papers, 1938-1994

MLMSS 8555

sub-fonds

1938-1994

997497

1.92 metres of textual material (12 boxes)

BOX 1
Reader's Digest article on D'Arcy Niland, notes, roughs, two copies
D'Arcy Niland publicity clippings, 1946-1978
Miscellaneous D'Arcy Niland material: Includes letters and royalty slips relating to competitions/book prizes, 1949-1968; Letters from Will Lawson to D'Arcy Niland, 1948-1955
Cables to D'Arcy Niland re: winning prizes; Early cables about The Shiralee and some biographical material, 1948-1957
Dead Men Running proposal adapted for the screen by Doodie Herman . Includes 1st draft of the filme script; letters from Doodie Herman, Tim Curnow, Carl Schulz and notes on the meeting with Carl Schulz and Tim Curnow, 1994.
Letters concerning the appropriation of songs by Rolf Harris. Includes letters from songwriter and musician Leslie Raphael who set many of D'Arcy Nilands lyrics to music., 1971-1974


BOX 2
D'Arcy Niland notebook with jottings for `The Drums Go Bang'
Notebooks kept by Frank Niland. Includes several letters from Frank Niland written from the shearing shed Parewrrina and note written by Ruth Niland, 1992; Letters from Charlie Niland, 1954
Printed music `Travelling songs of Australia / D'Arcy Niland and Leslie Raphael' (3 copies)
Illustrations for Walkabout article `Small World of Jamesy Rice' (from Illustrated London News, 1863)
Film treatment of D'Arcy Niland stories (Staircase, Charter Pilot, The Ginger Giant) which were never produced. Includes correspondence between D'Arcy Niland and Chips Rafferty, Lee Robinson (Southern International) and copy of a letter to Joseph Janni (film producer of Robbery Under Arms), 1956-1957

BOX 3
The Little Fish / Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland, a television play for ATV London which was never produced. Includes storyline, discussion notes, 1st draft of script and correspondence with Stella Richman of ATV., 1962-1963
Correspondence between Ruth Niland and Cedric Emanuel concerning `Norfolk Island', 1981, 1986
Carbon typescript of `Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island / written by Ruth Park with drawings by Cedric Emanuel'
Stage plays `Geraldine by Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland' with note written by Ruth Park, 1997 and `The Harp in the South by Ruth Park and Leslie Rees'
Thesis `Female characters in Ruth Park's children's novels by Deborah P. Browne', with a copy of letter written by Ruth Niland, 1993 and comments on this thesis, 1997

BOX 4
Letters (45) written by Ruth Niland and returned from Nancy Bruce in Wanganui, New Zealand, 1945-1981 (RESTRICTED)
Interesting letters from fans of Ruth Park novels and publishers Curtis Brown, Nelson,1975-1991
Ruth Park short stories (Lost Room, Understanding, Rivers Change Their Course, Two Odd Women, The Son, Mr Carvers Cow, The House to Themselves, The Mended Idol, Horses from Coromandel, The Lost Burja) which were published and in typescript, with a note from Ruth Niland, 25 April 1997. Includes a pieced together 1st draft of The Harp in the South
Ruth Park early poems
Correspondence between Neil Colquhoun, Ruth Niland and APRA concerning copyright infringment for two songs taken from The Frost and the Fire, 1972

BOX 5
D'Arcy Niland odd clippings (notes)
Fishing in the Styx: Correspondence with Penguin Books Australia concerning publication, 1992-1994
Fishing in the Styx: original typescript (in 3 parts)
Fishing in the Styx: research notes, storyline, permission letters, news clippings, 1992-1993

BOX 6
Personal correspondence
Letters (approx 80) from Ruth Park (some are signed with nicknames) to D'Arcy Niland with some replies, 1935-1955
Letters from E.M Park and Maurice Shaw (Ruth Park's uncle), 1918, 1947-1956
Letters from D'Arcy Niland to Ruth Park, Boronia St Redfern, 8 August 1937-20 February 1942
Letters from Ruth Niland to D'Arcy Niland during his absence in New Zealand, 1945 and his on Walkabout in 1947
Letters from Ruth Park
to D'Arcy Niland
Letters from Alice Cannan to Frank Niland
Letters from Frank Niland and one of the grandmothers, also includes a letter from F. Bayldon, editor of The Messenger to D'Arcy Niland, 1939, 1945, 1962
D'Arcy Niland's letters to Beres Niland while in New Zealand, 1946

BOX 7
Personal letters to D'Arcy Niland and Ruth Park, 1944-1962 (RESTRICTED)
Personal letters from Ruth Park to D'Arcy Niland, 1938-1944 (RESTRICTED)

BOX 8
General business and personal correspondence (answered mail, folders 1-8), 1981-1989

BOXES 9-10
General business and personal correspondence to publishers, literary societies, fans(answered mail, folders 9-12), 1989-1994

BOX 11
Book reviews for Ruth Park, 1986-1990
Book reviews, letters and prizes for Playing Beatie Bow, 1981-1984
Book reviews (Book Week)
Book reviews for Ruth Park (mostly for Frost and the Fire)
Book reviews for Ruth Park (many for Power of Roses)
Book reviews - Ruth Park
Sydney Morning Herald serialisation (Witch's Train and other clippings)
National Times (Reviews, letters, directives), 1970-1975

Box 12
Ruth Park personal journal (Part 1 - July 1968-May 1976 (RESTRICTED)
Ruth Park personal journal (Part 2 - July 1968-May 1976 (RESTRICTED)
The Harp in the South controversy (complete file)

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