Collection 2: Kate Jennings further papers, ca. 1980-2010

MLMSS 9582

sub-fonds

ca. 1980-2010

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Graphic Materials, Photographs

1194796

1.1 metres of textual material (7 boxes) (some files contain photographs) - typescript, clippings, photocopy

BOX 1
Email correspondence with Carmen Callil and KJ’s literary agent, Margaret Connolly, 24 Sept – 20 Nov 2010

Photocopies of published articles by KJ, ca. 1980-1993

Folder of photocopied fiction and non-fiction writing for inclusion in Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings, 1970-2010 (2010)

Computer printout of Stanley and Sophie with manuscript corrections by KJ and Nan Graham

Computer printout of Stanley and Sophie, Nov 2007, being marked-up version by Nan Graham with annotations and corrections by KJ, and enclosed email from Roberto Mendoza, 8 Nov 2007

Letter received from Cristina Briones (Random House Australia), 6. Oct 2010 with enclosed return of edited page proofs of Stanley and Sophie, Jan 2008 and one photocopy of same

BOX 2
U.S. galleys / S & S uncorrected’, being another version of corrected and edited page proofs of Stanley and Sophie, Nov. 2007

‘Misc Letters Quotes and Clippings’, 2007-2010, being mainly letters, greeting cards, postcards received, and invitations, newscuttings and two pocked notebooks. Correspondents include Frank Arisman (most prolific correspondent) and Les Murray

Research folder on Barack Obama for American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (Quarterly Essay 32, Dec. 2008)

Research folder on finance for American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (Quarterly Essay 32, Dec. 2008)

Research folder on women, including Hilary Clinton, for American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (Quarterly Essay 32, Dec. 2008)

BOX 3
Emails mainly relating to KJ’s Australian trip to publicise Trouble, Feb-Aug 2010, with among others, KJ’s literary agent, Margaret Connolly, and publishers Black Inc., journalists, and academic, Brigitta Olubas (UNSW)

BOX 4
Emails relating to Trouble, July 2009 - Jan 2010

‘Compilation of Pieces for Trouble’, being mainly photocopies and printouts of published articles and essays

Film scripts of Moral Hazard, 2008, being two version with emails with writer, John G. Romano

Moral Hazard : A Novel. Sydney : Picador, 2002 (KJ’s annotated reading copy)

BOX 5
‘Nan / Docs’, 2006-2008, being correspondence with Nan Graham (Editor-in-Chief, Scribner) relating to the design of Stanley and Sophie

Papers relating to Stanley and Sophie, 2005-2007, including research material on border terriers and two computer printout drafts of the novel

Letter received from Julian Welch (Senior Editor, Random House Australia), 7 Feb 2008 with enclosed page proofs Stanley and Sophie for KJ’s corrections

‘S & S questionnaire Scribner & publicity article’, 1997-2007, including author questionnaire for Scribner publicity for Stanley and Sophie, and articles about, and reviews of, KJ’s books

Folder of additional research material for Stanley and Sophie, 2001-2008, including correspondence with, among others, Nan Graham (Scribner), Margaret Connolly and Rosie de Courcy (Random House, UK); printouts of articles from the Internet; and newscuttings

Photocopy of edited computer printout of Stanley and Sophie; edited by Nan Graham

Book covers for Stanley and Sophie

BOX 6
‘Everywhere and Nowhere’ being computer printout of KJ’s Ray Mathew lecture at the National Library of Australia, 29 June 2010 (2 copies)

Edited page proofs of Trouble, with author’s corrections and emails with Denise O’Dea (Black Inc.) regarding corrections, 15-16 Feb 2010

‘Lanvin’, 2009, being research folder, including pocket notebook, on Alber Elbaz and Lanvin for essay, ‘When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough get Going’, published in Trouble

Trouble : Evolution of a Radical : Selected Writings 1970-2010, Melbourne, Vic. : Black inc., ca. 2010 (KJ’s annotated reading copy, with enclosures)

‘Oz trip for Stanley and Sophie’, 2008, mainly relating to KJ’s Australian trip to publicise Stanley and Sophie

‘S & S Oz’, being computer printout of Stanley and Sophie

Pocket notebooks (4)

BOX 7
Research folder relating to KJ’s essay, Home Truths: Revisiting Wake in Fright’, including photocopies of articles and newscuttings, emails, and letter received from film producer Anthony Buckley, ca. 2009

Email received from Chris Feik (Black Inc.), 9 June 2009, relating to enclosed edited printouts (2) of KJ’s essay, ‘Home Truths: Revisiting Wake in Fright’, first published in The Monthly, July 2009, and published in Trouble

‘Swimming Corres. Monthly’, relating to KJ’s essay, ‘An Otter’s Life: Kate Jennings on Learning to Swim’, published in The Monthly, Dec. 2010-Jan 2011, including emails with Chris Feik (Black Inc.) relating to research and editing of essay; computer printouts of edited article; and 1 x DVD+RW of documents and telephone conversation; and 2 x microcassette interviews with Clare Payne, Dare Jennings, Margaret Simpson-Lees, Ryan Order and Stephen Lamy

Folder of publicity mainly from Watkins Loomis for the novel Snake, and other writings by KJ, 1996-2002, including reviews, articles and interviews, and photographs of KJ

‘Bits & pieces’, 1997-2010, including reviews of Trouble; publicity for Mildura Writers’ Festival and Trouble, including printout of KJ’s talk to the Sydney Institute, Aug 2010; talk on Stanley and Sophie; photocopies documenting KJ’s American citizenship, 2009; emails with friends and her agent, Margaret Connolly, and emails not sent to KJ’s brother, Dare Jennings, 7 Jan 2008, about their relationship, and articles on his business career; and obituary of Bob Cato (1923-1999) from The Independent (UK), 15 April 1999

American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (Quarterly Essay 32, Dec. 2008) (KJ’s annotated reading copy)

Research folder relating to the poet Frederick Seidel, 2007-2009, including emails with Jonathan Galassi (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and articles by and on Seidel

2 electronic optical discs (CD-ROM), VLC media file (.mp4) 222,913 KB: ABC TV Big Ideas: What Makes a Creative Entrepreneur? A Sydney Ideas (University of Sydney’s International Public Lecture series) event moderated by ABC Radio broadcaster, James Valentine, in discussion with Kate Jennings and her brother, Dare Jennings (24 August 2010)

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