Series 02: Gillian Mears correspondence, 1981-2000

MLMSS 9998/Boxes 4-6

series

1981-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Clippings

9583804

0.48 metres of textual and graphic material (3 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed

BOX 4/Folder 1
Correspondence mainly with Andrew Hall, including his letters to the editor of the Daily Examiner and Sydney Morning Herald about the closing of the Timbarra gold mine, with draft letters from Gillian Mears and brochures and articles, clippings and pamphlets on chiropracty and colour photographs (3) sent to Gillian Mears, 25 November 1998-30 December 1999

BOX 4/Folder 2
Letters and postcards to Gillian Mears from Alan Close, including a fragment of a letter and postcard from Gillian to Alan Close; an article from the Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Legless in Nepal’, by Alan Close, August 1999; clippings and colour photographs (14) of Alan Close, Gillian Mears and her family, June 1995-July 1999

BOX 4/Folder 3
Letters to Gillian Mears from Drusilla Modjeska, including an article from Australian Authors, ‘A Bitter Winter’, Summer 1997 and an address to the 1997 NSW Premiers Literary Awards, 1995-1999

BOX 4/Folder 4
Letters to Gillian Mears, from Diana Whitehead with lists of book club readings, 1998-1999; from Wendy Frew, 1997-1999

BOX 4/Folder 5
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears, from Sandy Edwards with an article from Panorama, ‘Showcase’ and a colour photograph of Gillian Mears, 1999; from Brigid Lowry, ca. 1996; from Cindy Hattingh, 1998-1999

BOX 4/Folder 6
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears, from Ashley Tanner, with colour photographs (13) of Gillian Mears, Ashley Tanner and others in Africa in 1990; from Nazir Jussab with 3 colour photographs, 1998-1989

BOX 4/Folder 7
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears from Susan Hampton, including copy of ‘The Latin Primer’ and ‘Garden Art’ and colour photographs (4), 1995-1999

BOX 5/Folder 1
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears, from Tom Carment including his Sydney Morning Herald article ‘My Father’s War’, April 1999, and an Ian Hamilton article from the Guardian on Peter Porter, Feb. 1999

BOX 5/Folder 2
Letters to Gillian Mears from Tom McVeigh, with clippings and programmes for Brisbane Festival, Queensland Ballet and Australian Ballet, 1997-1999

BOX 5/Folder 3
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears from Tracey Price, with colour photographs (3) of Tracey Price and Gillian Mears, 1995-1999

BOX 5/Folder 4
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears from Barbara Phillips, with poems by Barbara Phillips and colour photographs (6), 1992-1996

BOX 5/Folder 5
Letters, cards to Gillian Mears from her cousin Clare Mahon with drawings, 1998-1999

BOX 5/Folder 6
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears mainly from her sisters, also cards and letters from Peter and Dot and Helen Salter, 1981-1999

BOX 5/Folder 7
Letters to Peter and Sheila Mears from various people, 1990

BOX 6/Folder 1
Letters from Gillian Mears to various people including her parents, Dr. Daveniza, Russell Shakespeare, Geof Nanto and sisters, including a ‘Body Chronology’ sent to her sister Sonya, ca. 1982-2000 and undated

BOX 6/Folder 2
Letters and cards to Gillian Mears from her sisters’ children, including drawings and paintings

BOX 6/Folder 3
Letters to Gillian Mears from various friends, including Jean-Pierre Bourdillon, Russell Shakespeare, Elizabeth Jolley, Nawang Tsultin, Diana Benzaki, including a note and sketch from Davida Allen and card from Robert Dessaix

BOX 6/Folder 4
“Correspondence from people I don’t really know”, 1999

BOX 6/Folder 5
“Letters to do with the environment and the Grafton Environment Centre”, including letters to editors, letters to government departments regarding environmental issues including the Eden Regional Forest Agreement, environmental flow allocations for regulated rivers, Clarence River pulp mill proposal, proposed cotton irrigation and the Timbarra Gold Mine, with newsletters and colour photographs (15) of the Timbarra blockade and colour photograph of a Davida Allen painting donated for fund-raising

BOX 6/Folder 6
Correspondence with publishers, including statements of royalties and fees, 1992-1999

BOX 6/Folder 7
Correspondence, applications and reports mainly relating to Australia Council grants, 1996-1999

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