Collection 7: John Millett further papers, 1969-2002

MLMSS 9558

sub-fonds

1969 - 2002

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

1183132

5 boxes of textual material - 0.75 metres
7 black & white photographs - 13 x 9 cm

LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
BOX 1
Various versions of 'Last Draft' (originally titled 'Final Draft'), published in 2002. A collection of poems mainly about aerial operations in World War II. Typescript with Ms annotations.

BOX 2
7 exercise books containing poems and prose items. Typescript and Ms.
'Last Bride at Longsleep' , a play by John Millett and Grace Perry. Typescript.
Short stories:
'The Sweet Odour of the Wind'. Typescript and Ms.
'Ladyland and Manland and a Foxy/Rabbitty Town'. Typescript with Ms annotations.
'Suicide'. Typescript with Ms annotations.
'The Rabbiter', 2000. Typescript with Ms annotations.
'The Dancers'. Typescript.
Part of an untitled essay/story. Ms.
'The Dinner Party'. Typescript with Ms annotations
'The Willow Tent'. Typescript
'Bush Boy'. Typescript and Ms
'The Old Man'. Typescript with Ms annotations
'The Storm Birds'. Typescript with Ms annotations
'The Churcher'. Typescript with Ms annotations


CORRESPONDENCE
BOX 3
Mainly letters received, 1969-2000

BOX 4
Mainly letters received, 2000-2002


MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
BOX 5
Newscuttings, 1999-2002

Entry forms and advertisements etc. regarding writing competitions, 2000-2002

Certificate approving NSW Government funding to 'Poetry Australia' in 1992.

Poetry journals and books:
'Visions', No. 67
'Hanging Loose 77', 2000
'Hanging Loose 79', 2001
'La Traductiere', No. 18, 2000
'Increscent Shadows' by Robert M. Millett
'Of the Stone' by Ron Pretty, 2000
'Northern Perspective', Vol. 17, No. 2, 1994
'Quinceanera', 2000'
'RSL Writing Competition 2001 - Winning and Highly Commended Entries'
'The Zone', 1994
'My Lover's Back' by M.T.C. Cronin, 2002
'Peoples Poetry'

Photographs
6 photographs of John Millett taken during World War II and 1 photograph of a military camp.

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