Collection 4: Ruby Langford Ginibi further papers, 1988-2011

MLMSS 9909

sub-fonds

1988-2011

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings

1361884

0.34 metres of textual material (2 boxes) includes some photographs and drawings

Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934-2011) was an award-winning Aboriginal author and an elder of the Bundjalung people of northern NSW. She began writing in 1984 and won numerous literary awards. She was most famous for her novel ‘Don’t Take Your Love to Town’.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

BOX 1

Folder 1
‘All my mob’, 1989-2001. Annotated typescript photocopies of collection of short stories

Folder 2
Various manuscripts including Bundjalung vocabulary lists, 1991-2003. Annotated manuscript, typescript and printed

Folder 3
‘Koori voices: poems and prose’ by Dr Ruby Langford Ginibi, family and friends, 1988-2006. Typescript photocopies

Folder 4
Various prose and poems, 2006-2009. Typescript
Various published cartoons with manuscript annotations. Photocopies
‘Giant debbil’ poem by Mudrooroo, 1993. Photocopy
‘Bungawalbyn flash’ poem by Mudrooroo written for RLG, 1992. Annotated photocopy

Folder 5
‘Only gammon’ draft of book about Aboriginal humour, ca. 1993-2006. Typescript photocopy

Folder 6
‘Only gammon’. Paginated typescript photocopy

Folder 7
‘My past catchin’ up with me’ draft, 2004-2009. Manuscript, typescript, includes 8 photographic prints


BOX 2

Folder 8
‘Bundjalung leg[e]nds and lingo’, 1999-2007. Annotated typescript, includes drawings by RLG, and photocopy

Folder 9
‘Introduction’ by Dr Pam Johnston, 2003. Typescript
‘All relevant photos to my stories’. 13 colour photographic prints of RLG and her family

Folder 10
Various poems and prose, 1994-2009. Multiple photocopies

Folders 11-12
Various individual writings, 1989-2003. Photocopies

Folder 13
Correspondence, clippings including RLG’s obituary, notes, research material, references, various writings, 1999-2011
Family history information including: family trees; birth, death and marriage certificates; photographs
Various writings including parts of ‘Bundjalung legends and lingo’, 1999-2007. Manuscript and typescript

Folder 14
Memorial card and clipping of obituary, 2011
‘New South Wales Aboriginal place names and euphonious words, with their meanings’ by F.D. McCarthy
‘Richmond River Historical Society bulletin’ No. 132, December 1989
2004 diary

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