Collection 7: Elizabeth Jolley further papers, 1970, 1987-1999

MLMSS 9454

sub-fonds

1970, 1987-1999

1102837

1.35 metres of textual records (9 boxes)

BOX 1
‘Some Correspondence Received to March 1997’, 1970, 1988-1990, 1995-1997, being mainly letters received from family, friends and fans in Australia and UK. Correspondents include Barry Oakley, Thea Astley, Drusilla Modjeska, Bruce Pascoe and Canadian poet George Bowering.

Correspondence with ‘The New York Times’, re Jolley’s article, ‘Perth, All Grown Up’, 1997.

Working papers, re talk ‘A Writer’s Life’, Melbourne CAE, Jan. 1997; article, ‘The Only Way to have a Friend is to be One…’ for ‘The Australian’; Review of ‘Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese daughter’ by Aeline Yen Mah for ‘The Age’.

BOX 2
MS. and computer printout of short story, ‘A Vertical Slice’, undated.

MSS of article, ‘The father’ and BBC short story, The Edge of Barley’, Feb. 1996.

Papers re short story, ‘An Intellectual father’, for The New Yorker’, including related correspondence and author’s corrected galley proofs, 1996.

Working papers re review of ‘The Oxford Book of Australian Travel Writing (1996); conference talk/address, ‘The Dangerous Prevalence of the Imagination’, Macquarie University; untitled address to high school graduands; review of ‘Mister Sandman (1995) by Barbara Gowdy; review of ‘Kraven Images’ (1996) by Alan Isler; article on Perth for ‘The New York Times; article ‘Dulce Domum’ for ‘House and Garden’.

‘Some recent correspondence’, 1994-1998, being mainly letters received from, among others, Ruth Cracknell, Sally Morgan, Mem Fox and Canadian poet George Bowering.

BOX 3
‘Some correspondence received 28.9.95 to 20.12.98’, from, among others, John Hatton and Australian Literary Management.

‘Bush Fire letters’, 1997, being consolatory letters received after the destruction by fire of Jolley’s orchard and cottage, from among others, Lucy Frost, Kate Grenville, Joan Kirner, Thomas Shapcott, Chris Wilcox, Laurie Clancy, Elizabeth Webby, Max Boyce, Patrick Sandford, Helen Garner and Drusilla Modjeska.

Working papers, 1997, being mainly MSS, including review of ‘Ruth Cracknell: A Biased Memoir’ (1997) by Ruth Cracknell; review of ‘The Gospel According to the Son’ (1997) by Norman Mailer; address for Audio Books; untitled graduation ceremony address; short story[?], ‘Rotunda in the P

BOX 4
Working papers, 1997-1998, being mainly MSS, re article on ‘Silas Marner’’ by George Eliot for ‘The West Australian’; and article on rereading Samuel Johnson and Thomas Hardy for ‘The Age’.

Papers re Perth Theatre Company’s production of ‘Milk and Honey’ by Jolley, 1998.

MSS of article, ‘My One True Love’, 1998; issue of ‘The Voice: The Newspaper of Curtin University of Technology, 10 June 1998, featuring article on Jolley’s 75th birthday and appointment as Professor of Creative Writing.

Working papers, 1998, being mainly MSS, including article ‘Footfalls Echo in the Memory’; review of ‘The Pillow Fight (1998) by Matthew Condon; reviews of ‘Cassanova’ by Andrew Miller and ‘The Anatomist’ by Frederico Andahazi; talk, ‘Childhood: the Images Stored from First Encounters’ for Robert McPherson exhibition, Curtin Gallery.

Working papers, 1996-1997, re radio play, ’The George’s Wife’, and related correspondence with BBC Wales and the ABC.

Corrected computer printout of ‘Lovesong’, 1996-1997, with Jolley’s ‘Notes for the Editing of novel Lovesong’, originally forwarded to Kay Ronai, Consulting Editor, Penguin Australia.

BOX 5
Corrected computer printout of the novel ‘Lovesong’, with Kay Ronai’s annotations, 1996-1997.

Edited photocopy of computer printout ‘Lovesong’, 1997-1998

Author’s corrected page proofs of ‘Lovesong’, 1997-1998.

Papers, 1997, re Jolley’s profile for ‘Local Heroes’ by Ann-Maree Moodie and working papers for article on the film of ‘The Well, for ‘HQ’ magazine.

MS. of article, ‘That’s My Sister Dancing’, undated.

BOX 6
‘George’s Wife and Feast’ parts 1 &2, being two soft-bound volumes of typescript with some MS. corrections, undated.

Brief MS. box listing by Jolley with notes for ‘Horsefly’, undated.

‘Thomas Shapcott “Letters to E Jolley” From 20.2.96 to June 1999’, being mainly letters received from Thomas Shapcott.

‘Some Penguin Correspondence Oct 1987 to June 1999’, being correspondence with Penguin Australia.

BOX 7
Papers re Jolley’s unsuccessful scriptwriting venture for a film adaptation of ‘The Well’, including correspondence with Noel and Sue Ferrier, and Jolley’s treatment and scene breakdown, 1987-1989.

Papers re Jolley’s unsuccessful scriptwriting venture for a film adaptation of ‘Milk and Honey’, including correspondence with Martin Williams and Helen Garner, Jolley’s film treatment and scene breakdown, 1988-1989.

BOX 8
‘Toy Boy MSS’, being working papers for a short story, undated.

Correspondence with Penguin Australia re Jolley’s novel, ‘An Accommodating Spouse’, 1999.

Corrected computer printout of ‘An Accommodating Spouse’, with related correspondence with Jenny Darling and Associates, and Penguin Australia, 1999.

BOX 9
Working papers, being mainly MSS, re ‘An Accommodating Spouse’ (originally titled ‘The Father’), 1998.

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