Series 01: Gillian Mears correspondence, ca. 1989-2005

MLMSS 10012/Boxes 1-9

series

ca. 1989-2005

9587348

2.8 metres of textual material (9 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed

BOX 1/Folder 1
“Family letters & stuff 2002-03”, letters and cards to Gillian Mears from her sisters, sisters’ children, Stella Graeme and family, Margaret and Peter, Peter Mears and Dot. Includes letter written by Peter Mears to social worker ‘Notes on health status of Ms G.D. Mears ...’ and circular letter from Peter Mears never sent, January-July 2003 and undated

BOX 1/Folder 2
“Family correspondence 2003 & mixed”, letters and cards from family and friends, including invoices and receipts sent to Gillian, a medical referral letter from Dr Pridgeon to Dr Varley, a letter to Peter Mears regarding the Sheila Mears Award for Literature, a letter to Donna Dodson from Sheila Mears, 1991 and part of a letter to Yvonne and Ratna, 1991, 2002-2003

BOX 1/Folder 3
Letters and photographs from Clare Mahon, 2002-2004

BOX 1/Folder 4
Letters, cards and emails written by Gillian Mears, including letters regarding the purchase of a vehicle, a homoeopathy record with her notes, a torn page from last will and testament, Jan. 2002 and an informal will, 2004, brief notes and jottings, 2002-2005

BOX 1/Folder 5
“Old Grass Sister correspondence with Karin, 1995-", Nov. 1992; April-May 1993; June-Nov. 1994; Jan.-Feb. 1995; June-Aug. 1995; Oct. 1995, March 2000 and letter fragments, undated

BOX 1/Folder 6
“Gillian to Karin remnant letters of 1989-2002”, letters from Gillian to Karin, Sept.-Dec. 1989; Feb. 1990; Oct. 1990; Aug. 1991; Dec. 1991; Feb.-Sept. 1992; Feb. 1993; March-Sept. 1998; March-April 1999; Sept. 2000; July-Nov. 2001. Also, a letter from Gillian to Sonya, Sept. 2001, letter from Stephen Tatham to Peter and Sheila Mears Dec. 1985 and copy of a letter from Stephen Tatham to ‘Sheila, Peter and families’, Dec. 1989

BOX 2/Folder 1
“Correspondence with Barbara Mobbs 2002”, December 2000-August 2002

BOX 2/Folder 2
“Correspondence with Barbara Mobbs 2002”, 2003

BOX 2/Folder 3
Geof Nanto correspondence, emails and manuscript, mainly with Gillian Mears, 10 March-26 October 2002 including email from Peter Mears to Barbara Mobbs, August 2002, a note titled ‘Town-Fri. 5 April 2002’, sketch of a wallaby and photographs of Geof Nanto and Gillian Mears taken for publicity for ‘Map of the Gardens’, April 2002

BOX 2/Folder 4
“Nanto”, mainly letters by Gillian Mears to Geof Scott/Nanto, including a letter to Gillian and Geof from Peter and Dot, ca. May 1999-2002 and undated

BOX 2/Folder 5
“Geof Nanto correspondence 2002/2003/4”, mainly correspondence between Gillian Mears and Geof Nanto, April 2002-December 2003 and undated, with photographs (8) of Geoff Nanto 1965-1966, 1999

BOX 2/Folder 6
Correspondence with Jess Huon, with 4 stories and essays written by Jess Huon, 2002

BOX 2/Folder 7
“Jess Huon’s letters 2000/2001”, letters mainly from Jess Huon to Gillian Mears, November 1999-November 2002 and undated

BOX 2/Folder 8
Letters from Jess Huon to Gillian Mears, February-November 2003 in a folder with photograph on front captioned “Jess at Ngintaka April 2002”, including copies of photos and colour photograph of Jess Huon and story by Jess Huon “The Invisible Boy’

BOX 3/Folder 1
“Letters from writing friends & strangers … 2002”, correspondents include Davida Allen, Drusilla Modjeska, Susan Hampton, Kate Grenville, Gaby Naher, Jess Huon, Emma Sorensen, Alan Close. Includes a hand made folder titled “Snips from Jess Huon 2001/02” with small booklet and poem fragments, 1997-April 2002

BOX 3/Folder 2
“Writing friends & strangers 2002/3”, correspondents include Judy Horacek, Geoff Page, Helen Garner, Ellen Rodger, Sandy Edwards, Jess Huon, Annette Bezor, Russell Shakespeare, October 2002-June 2003

BOX 3/Folder 3
“Writing friends & strangers 2003”, correspondents include Stephanie Dowrick, Sandy Edwards, Judy Horacek

BOX 3/Folder 4
“Peter M. letters 2002”, Peter Mears correspondence including scientific papers written by Peter Mears and photograph of him with the Murphy children, 1985-July 2002

BOX 3/Folder 5
“Family correspondence Autumn/Winter 2002”, correspondence mainly with Peter Mears and from her nieces Helen and Juliette, with draft letters and papers concerning the sale of property, April 1993; March-December 2002

BOX 3/Folder 6
“Letters from new friends, 2002-04”, letters, cards and photographs, correspondents include Cindy Hattingh, Pam Baker, Anna ‘P’, Gordon Reid, April 2000-February 2004

BOX 3/Folder 7
“Letters from old friends, 2003-04”, letters and photographs from correspondents including Emma Sorensen, Russell Shakespeare, Margaret Knight, Trace, Susan Hampton, Dawn Martin, Gordon Reid, Abby Howells, Christine Sharman, June 2001-March 2004 and undated

BOX 4/Folder 1
“Writer friend letters 2002”, letters, photographs and cards, correspondents include Sandy Edwards, Ivor Indyk, Gerald Murnane, Davida Allen, March-August 2002 and undated. Includes article from Heat 3 ‘New writing’ by Michael Meehan

BOX 4/Folder 2
“Writing correspondence 00-02”, letters, photographs and cards, correspondents include Susan Hampton, Pam Baker, Sandy Edwards, Drusilla Modjeska, Alan Close, Judy Horacek, January 2000-February 2002 and undated. Includes loose pages of Reiki seminar diary, questionnaire on Clarence Valley environmental concerns and Native Title petition with signatures

BOX 4/Folder 3
“Letters from people I don’t know 2003-4”, correspondents include medical staff who nursed Gillian, Gordon Reid, David Holloway, Paul Belasik, 10 April 1996, October 2000-December 2003 and undated

BOX 4/Folder 4
“Family & body stuff 1998-02”, cards and letters mainly concerning medical issues, including Sonya Mears’s case study of Gillian Mears for a remedial massage assignment, 1993-2002

BOX 4/Folder 5
“Van to House and Back travelling file/Family letters 2001/early 2002”, letters from Gillian to her sister Yvonne and letters to Gillian from Juliette, Karin, Sonya and Peter Mears, January 2001-February 2002 and undated. Includes stories by Alan Close and others from Literary Quarterly 8, Oct. 1987 and stories by Sheila Mears published in the Land magazine and Town and Country Farmer, 1988

BOX 4/Folder 6
“Letters from Anjali Yardi 2002-2004”, correspondence with Anjali Yardi, 30 July 2002-4 March 2004, including article ‘Living From the Inside Out’ by Petrea King from Living Now magazine

BOX 5/Folder 1
“Correspondence from Lisa Merrifield 1999-2001”, letters and cartoons, March 2000-November 2001

BOX 5/Folder 2
“Last Lisa Merrifield letters 2002-", letters and colour photographs (15), including story by Lisa Merrifield ‘One Lovely Thing’, July 2002-May 2003

BOX 5/Folder 3
“Tom McVeigh letters 2002”, including letters from Gillian Mears 18 October, 2 December, 11 December 2001, 25 July 2001-September 2002 and undated. Includes colour photographs of Temora and district (12), Carnarvon and Hinchinbrook (31) and uncaptioned (3), also ‘Coaching Australia’ newsletter

BOX 5/Folder 4
“Tom McVeigh correspondence 2002-2003”, including letters from Gillian Mears 4 February, 30 March 2003, with story by Tom McVeigh ‘Talking Horse Sense’, clippings and colour photographs (8) of Tom McVeigh harvesting wheat and pyrethrum in Tasmania, July 2002-March 2003, April-May 2004

BOX 5/Folder 5
“Tom McVeigh letters of 2003”, with pressed flowers and clippings, May 2003-January 2004; September 2005

BOX 5/Folder 6
“Mainly my letters to Margaret Knight 2000-2003”, including photographs (5), December 1999-August 2005

BOX 5/Folder 7
“Shining of Mindfulness friends 2002”, correspondence with Margaret Knight, Cindy Hattingh, Sandy Edwards, Russell Shakespeare, with photographs (7) and postcards, October 2001-June 2003 and undated

BOX 6/Folder 1
“Shining of Mindfulness friends”, letters, cards, photographs, clippings, poems, information on multiple sclerosis, travel documents and information for Jan. 2004 Philippines trip. Correspondents include Margaret Knight and Ratna, husband of Yvonne Mears, November 2002-June 2004 and undated

BOX 6/Folder 2
Correspondence, mainly letters and cards received by Gillian Mears while in hospital, correspondents include her sister Sonya and her sisters’ children, Sandy Edwards, Margaret Knight, Tom Carment, Victor Barker, Gaby Naher, Cindy Hattingh, Russell Shakespeare, Susan Hampton, Alan Close, Anjali Yardi, Geoff Page, May 2000-September 2002

BOX 6/Folder 3
“Hospital mail etc 2002-2003”, including letters sent to hospital staff and letters and cards from her sister Yvonne and her sisters’ children, Sandy Edwards, Margaret Knight, Tom Carment, Pam Baker, Russell Shakespeare, Susan Hampton, Jess Huon, Anjali Yardi, Emma Sorensen, Kerri Francisco, Geoff Page, October 2002-January 2003 and undated

BOX 6/Folder 4
“Alternative medicine correspondence & info 2003-4”, emails and letters, advertising brochures, receipts & invoices for Ayurvedic medicine and Centerpointe Research Institute, flyers & promotional material for the ‘Holosyne Solution’, Junk Food Anonymous emails, lists of foods, 2002-2004

BOX 6/Folder 5
“Correspondence with Gentamycin damaged people, www.wobblers, 2004”, mainly correspondence concerning harmful effects of Gentamycin with lists of contacts for the ‘Wobblers’ support group and medical papers on vestibular disorders, 2002-2004

BOX 7/Folder 1
Correspondence and papers regarding Gillian Mears’s medical condition, including letters, emails, hospital discharge papers, newsletters and booklets on multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis Society information pack, notes and shopping lists from Gillian Mears to community nurses, September 2002-December 2003 and undated

BOX 7/Folder 2
“Loose ends April 2004”, rough notes and jottings, brochures for hand operated cereal grinder and satellite navigation system, book order and notes regarding van repairs. Includes workshop chart and cassette tape

BOX 7/Folder 3
“Mannatech abandoned yippee”, brochures, receipts and promotional material for the Mannatech products claimed to be a treatment for multiple sclerosis

BOX 7/Folder 4
“Letters 2004 pre ambulance trip”, including letters and cards from Susan Hampton, Emma Sorensen, Pam Baker, Peter & Dot Mears, Helen Salter, Drusilla Modjeska, Josie Ellem, Margaret Knight, with notes & jottings, clippings, drafts of farewell party invitations and short story ‘Howard’s Way’ by Pam Baker, February 2003-May 2004 and undated

BOX 7/Folder 5
“Emails & letters July 2004-“, correspondents include Peter & Dot Mears, Barbara Mobbs, Sharon Jones, June-July 2004 and undated

BOX 7/Folder 6
“Mentorship correspondence with Ellen Rodger ‘From the Fake to the Real’ 2002-2003”, letters and emails during the mentorship period and while Ellen was in residence at Varuna Writers’ Centre April 2-13, including application form for the Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorship Program 2001, with pages from ‘From the Fake to the Real’ and colour photograph of Ellen Rodger, July 2001-April 2002

BOX 8/Folder 1
Mentorship correspondence with Pam Baker, including application form for the Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorship Program with sample writing from ‘Dark Glass’ and Varuna newsletter, March-December 2001

BOX 8/Folder 2
Literature Board correspondence and other papers including clippings and applications for the Literature Board of the Australia Council grant with proposed budget and the New South Wales Writers Fellowship with proposed budget, correspondence with publishers of ‘Contemporary Authors’, March 2001-October 2002, March 2004 and undated

BOX 8/Folder 3
“PLR stuff”, letters and papers regarding the Public Lending Right scheme, December 1994-January 2003

BOX 8/Folder 4
“Map of the Gardens correspondence 2002”, mainly regarding copyright permissions, publicity and book covers, emails regarding proposed article for the Weekend Australian series ‘Inspirations’ with draft of article and clipping from Weekend Australian March 2002; correspondents include Nikki Christer, Christine Mattey, Peter Mears and Janet Hawley, August 2001-March 2002

BOX 8/Folder 5
“Map of the Gardens correspondence 2002”, correspondents include Janet Hawley regarding proposed article for Good Weekend magazine, Pam Baker, David Holloway, Cindy Hattingh, Victor Barker, Emma Sorensen, Nikki Christer, Tom Carment, March-December 2002

BOX 8/Folder 6
“Map of the Gardens correspondence 2003”, includes letters regarding the Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award, correspondents include Jim Knight, Nikki Christer, Victor Barker, January-November 2003

BOX 8/Folder 7
“Ant & Bee archives”, correspondents include Anjali Yardi, Tom McVeigh, Gaby Naher, Gerald Murnane, with copy of his story ‘The Angel’s Son’, Victor Barker, Robert McFarlane, Ellen Rodger, Drusilla Modjeska, Jess Huon, Clare Mahon (with 4 colour photographs). Includes essay by Rachael Quigley ‘Gillian Mears: Geography of a Heart”, story by Rachael Quigley ‘The Mandalay Queen’, story ‘For Beauty’, and article from Antipodes, ‘The Unflinching Gaze: in Conversation with Gillian Mears’ by Emma Sorensen, April-July 2003, May-June 2004 and undated

BOX 9/Folder 1
“Ant & Bee archives”, correspondence with Tom McVeigh (with 2 colour photographs), Susan Hampton, George Reid, Anjali Yardi, Peter Mears, Gaby Naher, George Papaellines, Viniita (with 4 colour photographs of Viniita and Gillian Mears at the grave of Sheila Mears), June-November 2004 and undated

BOX 9/Folder 2
Ant & Bee archives”, correspondence with her family, Tom McVeigh, Ashley Tanner, Anjali Yardi, Pam Baker, Gaby Naher, Warfarin Care, the Department of Fair Trading regarding her van purchase, with copy of Susan Hampton’s prose story ‘The Kindly Ones’ and clipping of article ‘Nothing Worth Recording’ from Limelight 69, November – December 2004 and undated

BOX 9/Folder 3
“Ant & Bee archives”, correspondents include her family, Tom McVeigh, Susan Hampton, Barbara Mobbs, Sandy Edwards, Russell Shakespeare, George Field, with letters written to doctors regarding early diagnoses of her medical condition, ‘Camp Creative’ information sheets and childrens’ drawings, January-August 2005

BOX 9/Folder 4
“Ant & Bee archives”, correspondents include Bronwyn Purvis, Claire Aman, Stephen Muecke, Peter Mears, Victor Barker, Tom McVeigh. Includes photographs of Gillian Mears (4), clippings and copies of 'Here is the Heartflower' and 'The Third Triplet', with a few annotations, May- September 2005

BOX 9/Folder 5
Envelopes from Gillian Mears’s correspondence

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