Series 2: Robert L. Wallace literary drafts and articles, [ca. 1971-ca. 1998]

MLMSS 10373/Boxes 3-7

series

[ca. 1971-ca. 1998]

9650100

0.8 metres of textual material (5 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed

BOX 3
1-2. Early drafts of ‘Queensland at the Front, South Africa 1899-1902’, Chapters 1-9
3. [Second] Drafts of ‘Queensland at the Front, South Africa 1899-1902’, Chapters 1-6
4. [Second] Drafts of Chapters 7-14
5. [Second] Drafts of Chapters 15-22

BOX 4
1. Revised drafts of ‘Queensland at the Front, South Africa 1899-1902’, Chapters 1-3: South Africa before 1899; The raising and departure of the First Queensland Mounted Infantry; Methuen to Magersfontein
2. Chapters 4-6: The First Queensland Mounted Infantry on the Kimberley Front; The action at Sunnyside; From Kimberley to Bloemfontein; Marching from Kimberley to Paardeberg
3. Chapters 7-10, 12: From Osfontein to Bleomfontein; The Queensland Mounted Infantry in action; Kroomsted to Pretoria; In the Transvaal June-Oct. 1900; From Beira to Mafeking
4. Chapters 13-20: Western Transvaal; The action at Koster River; The Siege of Elands River Post; From Mafeking to Pretoria; Chasing De Wet in Cape Colony; Campaigning in Eastern Transvaal
5. Miscellaneous copy

BOX 5
1. First draft of ‘The circumstances surrounding the Siege of Elands River Post : a Boer War study’
2. Second draft of ‘The circumstances surrounding the Siege of Elands River Post : a Boer War study’, with pencilled alterations
3. Third draft of the Siege of Elands River Post
4. Final (fourth) draft of the Siege of Elands River Post
5. Articles by R. L. Wallace: The First Barracks talk, 1974; Certain aspects surrounding the executions at Pretoria; an article on Lieut. P. J. Hancock for the Australian Dictionary of Biography; Brigadier-General W. H. Tunbridge, a hero of the siege of Elands River Post; handwritten draft of article on Private L.C. Hill

BOX 6
1. ‘The loose-leafed copy used by Fast Books’, 1992
2. Second proof, Fast Books, 1992
3. ‘The Australians at the Boer War’, First draft, pages 1-558
4. ‘Early manuscript of Queen and Empire’, ca. 1971
5. Draft of ‘The First Western Australian Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa 1899-1900’
6. ‘The First Western Australian Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa 1899-1900’, typescript copy

BOX 7
1. ‘The Australians at the Boer War’, typescript, pages 1-294
2. ‘The Australians at the Boer War’, typescript, pages 295-558
3. ‘The Imperial Light Horse in the Boer War 1899-1902, original manuscript by Robert Lineham Wallace’
4. ‘The Boer War 1899-1902 published in Queen and Empire 1974 by R.L. Wallace’; ‘Two letters from the Boer Side’; ‘The Late Corporal F.I. Fitzpatrick no. 755 New South Wales Lancers South Africa 1899-1900 by R.L. Wallace’; ‘The Late no. 56 Private L.C. Hill South Africa 1899-1900 by R.L. Wallace’; transcript of a talk on Major J.F. Thomas
5. ‘Major J. F. Thomas – a bushman in the Boer War by R.L. Wallace’
6. ‘Australia’s involvement in the Boer War 1899-1902: a collection of published articles and talks from the pen of author and historian Robert L. Wallace 1912-2001’
7. Articles by R. L. Wallace in ‘Despatch, monthly newsletter of the NSW Military History Society’, May 1974-June 1987

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