Sub-series 1: Correspondence with publishers, dummy books and other material relating to individual children's books and stories

MLMSS 11435/Boxes 1-42

sub-series

1979-2016

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Clippings

9663678

6.7 metres of textual material (42 boxes), includes clippings, photographs and drawings

Box 1
Mr. Archimedes’ Bath. Includes dummy book with pencil drawings and text, publicity and reviews with photograph of Pamela Allen, book jackets, contracts, royalty statements, correspondence with publishers, 1979-2011

Boxes 2-3
Bertie and the Bear. Includes three sketch books, reviews and publicity, preliminary drawings, correspondence with publishers, CD-ROM recording of performance at Baby Proms Concert by Hornsby Concert Band 'The Golden Kangaroos' with music by Joanna Druitt and narrated by Stephane Doherty, 1982-2013

Boxes 3-4
Who sank the boat?. Includes dummy books, preliminary drawings and copies, publicity and reviews, Puffin school packs, 1983-2015, two colour photographs of a display at exhibition 'Through Australian Eyes, April 1988' and black and white portrait of Pamela Allen holding 'Who Sank the Boat' undated
Herbert and Harry. Three dummy books, correspondence with publishers, publicity and reviews, school activity books, 1985-1996

Box 5
A lion in the night. Four dummy books, correspondence with publishers, publicity and reviews, 1983-2001

Box 6
Fancy that. One copy of dummy book, correspondence with publishers, publicity and reviews, 1987-2012

Box 7
Mr McGee. One dummy book March 1986, correspondence with publishers, two versions of the book cover artwork sent to Penguin for paperback reprint 10 November 1993
I wish I had a pirate suit. One dummy book and one copy, copy of Penguin paperback cover, negative strip, publicity and reviews, publisher's correspondence 1987-2006

Box 8
My cat Maisie. One dummy book, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers, 1989-2012.
Also included are three photographs of Pamela Allen at New Zealand Children's Book Festival, four photographs of Pamela Allen reading to a group of children in a library, 1991 and one photograph of a girl reading 'Fancy That'

Boxes 8-9
Black Dog. Correspondence with publishers 1990-1995, publicity and reviews, proofs, draft notes and page text 1990-1994, preliminary drawings, nine dummy books 15th May 1990-29th June 1990

Mr McGee Goes to the Sea. One dummy book, a publisher's copy, annotated Japanese translation with letter from Kimiko 4 August 1997, book of Japanese animal folk tales with notes and annotations by Kimiko 27 August 1996, publicity and reviews, draft page text 1988 and photograph 'entering the Trans-Tasman Race', 24 February 1988, correspondence with publishers 1991-2010, slides of first rejected version with letter from Curtis Brown publishers 18 November 1991

Box 10
Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam. One dummy book with loose drawings, publishers copy, bookjacket, correspondence with publishers and publicity and reviews, 1992-2007, draft page text 1990-1992

Box 11
Belinda. One dummy book, draft page text and loose drawings 1991-1992, publisher's correspondence 1991-2012, publicity and reviews

Box 12
Alexander's Outing. One dummy book and publisher's copy, copies of bookjackets, correspondence with publishers 1992-2015, publicity and reviews, draft page text and drawings

Box 13
Clippity Clop. Four dummy books, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers 1993-2002, draft page text, proofs, loose drawings and copies

Box 14
Waddle Giggle Gargle. Three dummy books, publishers correspondence, publicity and media, draft page text, loose drawings and cover designs, 1995-2006

Box 15
The Pear in the Pear tree. One dummy book and two copies, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers, draft page text and cover design, 1998-2015

The Bear's Lunch. One dummy book and one publisher's copy, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers, cover rough, draft page text, drawings and copies of book layout, 1995-1999

Boxes 16-17
Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest. One dummy book and one publisher's copy, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers, book jackets and copies of book layout, 1998-2011

Mr McGee and the Biting Flea. One dummy book and two publisher's copies, correspondence with publishers 1997-2015, publicity and reviews, draft page text, book jacket and annotated copies of book layout

Inside Mary Elizabeth’s House. Original dummy and two versions of the early title ‘We’ve got a Monster at our Place’; dummy one January 1999, dummy two February 1999; two revised versions of dummy three April 1999; final dummy four May 1999, and revised dummy for Deborah Brash August 1999, correspondence with publishers 1999-2006, draft page text, copies and proofs of cover design, bookjacket, publicity and reviews

Box 18
Grandpa and Thomas. Original dummy book 'Grandpa and Thomas February 2003 and ten copies of 'Grandpa and Thomas Go to the Beach' January 2003, correspondence with publishers 2003-2014, draft page text, copies, proofs, bookjacket and preliminary drawings with some colour 1997, publicity and reviews

Boxes 19-20
Can you keep a secret/The King has lost his Crown. Includes eleven dummy books, correspondence with publishers 1991-2007, publicity and reviews, preliminary drawings with some colour, roughs, proofs and copies

Boxes 20-21
Who sank the boat? Four dummy books, publicity and reviews, drawings, correspondence with publishers 1982-2016, puzzle and felt story characters, photographs of Pamela Allen by Vanya Lowry

Boxes 21-22
Brown bread and honey. Six dummy books 1990-2000, roughs, proofs, copies and book jackets, correspondence with publishers 2000-2006, publicity and reviews, drawings

Boxes 22-23
The Potato People. Five dummy books 1999-2002, correspondence with publishers 2001-2012, publicity and reviews, fan mail, preliminary drawings, draft page text, cover designs, book jackets, copies

My First 1, 2, 3. Correspondence with publishers and copies of book layout, 2006-2008

My First A, B, C. Correspondence with publishers and copies of book layout, 2006

Box 24
Daisy All Sorts. Five dummy books 2001, book jacket, roughs for teaching purposes, page proofs and photocopies, publicity and reviews, correspondence with publishers 2001-2003

Box 25
Cuthbert's babies. Nine dummy books and one photocopy 2001, book jacket, page proof and page text some photocopies, correspondence with publishers 2001-2014, publicity and reviews

Box 26
A Tall Story. Pencil roughs packed by Jan Farr 1982, annotated photocopy of page text, story page layout 1980, publisher's records and correpsondence 1980-1982
Wee Willy Wombat. One orginal dummy book and one copy, Feb 1990
A Simple Man. One original dummy book 'A commonsensible man' and one annotated copy 'The Wisdom of a Simple Man', March 1994, pencil roughs, correspondence with publishers 1994
Captain Cucumber. Photocopies of dummy book and correspondence with publishers, 1980
The King’s Dinner. One dummy book, publisher's correspondence 1981-1993, typescript and annotated copies of page text, pencil roughs

Boxes 27-28
Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread. Correspondence with publishers 2003-2005, page proofs and pencil roughs with photocopies, publicity and reviews, three dummy books

Where's the gold? Two dummy books June 2004, rough pencil drawings with photocopies 2004, correspondence with publishers 2004-2008, publicity and reviews

Box 28
Mc McGee goes looking for gold?. Six dummy books and one photocopy 2003-2004, correspondence with publishers 2004, pencil drawing

Box 29
Grandpa Thomas and the Green Umbrella. Seven dummy books 2003, correspondence with publishers 2003-2012

Box 30
Share said the rooster. Three dummy books and two photocopies, page proofs, story board, pencil drawings for 'What would you do?' 1989, correspondence with publishers

Boxes 31-32
Is your Grandmother a goanna? Two dummy books and two revised versions 2006, proofs and pencil drawings, correspondence with publishers 2006-2010, publicity and reviews

Shhh! Little mouse. Four dummy books 2006, correspondence with publishers 2006-2013, pencil drawings and proofs

Boxes 32-34
Felix. Seven dummy books 2007, correspondence with publishers 2007-2011 and publicity and reviews, pencil drawings, proofs and copies

Our daft dog Danny. Six dummy books 2008, correspondence with publishers 2008-2013, pencil drawings

The toymaker and the bird. Three dummy books 2008, correspondence with publishers 2008-2013, pencil drawings, publicity and reviews

Boxes 35-36
Hetty's day out. Four dummy books 2009, correspondence with publishers 2009-2014

Mr McGee and the Elephants. Three dummy books and three copies, 2011, correspondence with publishers 2011-2012, proofs, copies of roughs and some pencil drawings

Nana's colours. Four dummy books and one blank sample, correspondence with publishers 2011-2012, proofs

Box 37
The little old man who looked up at the moon. Three dummy books and a copy 2010, correspondence with publishers 2010-2012, drafts and proofs

Boxes 38-39
Bertie. Three dummy books 2012, correspondence with publishers 2012-2013, proofs and pencil drawings

One Sunday. Four dummy books 2013, correspondence with publishers 2013-2014

The man with messy hair. Two dummy books 2014, correspondence with publishers 2014-2015, pencil drawings

Boxes 39-40
Fat Ferdie. Three dummy books 2012, correspondence with publishers 2012-2014, proofs, copies of roughs and pencil drawings, cover

The Big Fish. Four dummy books 1989, 2014, correspondence with publishers 2014-2015, proofs

Boxes 41-42
Simon Said/ Watch me and Simon Did/Watch Me Now. Sixteen dummy books, proofs, pencil drawings, correspondence with publishers, 1983-1996

Ordinary Albert. Five dummy books 1993, book jacket, correspondence with publishers 1993-2013, proofs, copies and pencil drawings

Doodledum Dancing. Correspondence with publishers 2003-2006, draft page text, pencil drawing and proofs

The Buggy Book of Animals. Correspondence with publishers 2010-2011, one dummy book

A bag and a bird. Correspondence with publisher 2016-2017, typescript manuscripts, copies of reviews, letters from school children and Department of Education in South Australia 2016, three dummy books including 'A very clever man', two sample watercolour and pen drawings, 30 pencil drawings from animation class with Jill Carter Hansen, Storylines notable book award 2017 and Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year Award 2010 for Our Daft Dog Danny

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