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9684045
  • Title
    File 10: Elizabeth Jolley records
  • Call number
    MLMSS 12268/Boxes 12-22
    VT 5799 - VT 5800
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    1979-2012
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9684045
  • Physical Description
    1.76 metres of textual material (11 boxes) - typescript
  • Scope and Content
    BOX 12
    Most correspondence from Jolley are written in her hand

    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to Palomino, Stories of Her Life, Five Acre Virgin, A Prince of a Fellow, The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Paper Children, Miss Peabody, Woman in a Lampshade, Mr Scobie's Riddle. Includes book cover proof for Mc Scobie's Riddle, 1979-1982

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Newspaper of Claremont Street, Five Acre Virgin, Palomino, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, Foxybaby, Milk and honey, The Leila family. Includes correspondence relating to progress of works, anthologies, 1983-1985

    FOLDER 3
    Records mainly relating to Milk and Honey, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, Hedge of Rosemary, Fellmonger, Palomino, Gertrude's Place, Poppy Seed and Sesame Rings, The Well, Newspaper of Claremont Street. Includes correspondence relating to overseas rights, translations, film rights for Milk and Honey, photocopy of Hedge of Rosemary, 15 September-6 October media itinerary, 1985-1986


    BOX 13
    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to The Baby Sitter/ Little Lewis had a Lovely Sleep; Shipwrecks, Black Knickers and Broken Hearted Cabbages; My Father's Moon; The Fellmonger, The Sugar Mother, The Performance, Milk and Honey, The Well. Includes correspondence relating to synopsis of radio play of The Baby Sitter/ Little Lewis had a lovely sleep, writer-in-residence at La Trobe University, film rights for Mr Scobie's Riddle and Miss Peabody's Inheritance, nomination application for the Bicentennial BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence, typed extract of The Sugar Mother, typed manuscript of Images of Western Australia: Easter moon, Easter Lily, 1987

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Foxybaby, The Sugar Mother, Mr Scobie's Riddle, Milk and Honey. Includes correspondence relating to anthology of contemporary women's writing, film rights for Mr Scobie's Riddle, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, The Last Crop and Milk and Honey, progress of works, translations, overseas rights, book jacket proof for My Father's Moon, 30 November-13 December, 1988 USA tour schedule, 1988


    BOX 14
    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to The Last Crop, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, The Sugar Mother, Supermarket Pavanne, Mrs Scobie's Riddle, My Father's Moon, Newspaper of Claremont Street, The Well. Includes correspondence relating to translations, overseas rights, engagements including Festival of Perth, draft agreement of film option for The Well, 1989

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Five Acre Virgin, Contemporary Anthology of Australian Women Writers, Cabin Fever, Gone Bush, Little Lewis has had a Lovely Sleep. Includes correspondence relating to interviews, proposal for stage adaptation of Five Acre Virgin and other stories by PACT Theatre, Cabin Fever book tour itinerary, 25 August-26 September, various engagement requests, 1990

    FOLDER 3
    Records mainly relating to Little Lewis has had a Lovely Sleep, Woman in a Lampshade, The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Learning to Dance, The Well. Includes correspondence relating to overseas book deals. radio plays, various engagements including Festival of Perth, translations, engagement at the South Bank Centre, London, 1991

    FOLDER 4
    Records mainly relating to Little Lewis has had a Lovely Sleep, The Sugar Mother, My Father's Moon, Central Mischief, Black Country Farm, The Wooroloo Diaries, By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Includes correspondence relating to translations, author sheet for Central Mischief, copyright permissions, Festival of Perth engagement, Women writer's workshop, promotional tour itinerary for Central Mischief, University of Melbourne visit, Australian National Word Festival, stage adaptation of Newspaper of Claremont Street, 1992

    BOX 15
    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to The Georges' Wife, Central Mischief, Woman in a Lampshade, Cabin Fever, The Silver Apples of the Moon. Includes correspondence relating to copyright permissions, media release for The Sugar Mother play at Sydney Opera House, book jacket proof for The Georges' Wife, speaking engagement at Sydney Writer's Festival, 1993

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Central Mischief, The Silver Apples of the Moon, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, The Well, Three Miles to One Inch, The Georges' Wife. Includes correspondence relating to reprints, translations etc, 1994

    FOLDER 3
    Records mainly relating to The Orchard Thieves, Three Miles to One Inch, Another Holiday for the Prince. Includes correspondence relating to engagements including Women Changing conference at Monash University, Melbourne Writers' Festival, Perth Writers' Festival, Country Festival of Writing, translations, book cover proofs for The Orchard Thieves and Mr Scobie's Riddle, Methodist Ladies' College visit itinerary, copyright permissions, Orchard of Thieves book tour, 1995

    FOLDER 4
    Records mainly relating to My Father's Moon, The Sugar Mother, The Well, Another Holiday for the Prince, The Georges' Wife, The Orchard Thieves, Lovesong, Doing Life. Includes correspondence relating to translations, radio plays, speaking engagements including Religion, Literature and the arts Conference, Council of Adult Education Summer Writing Festival, University of Tasmania, Sydney Writer's Festival, first annual conference of the Association of University Writing Programmes, Macquarie University, film option for The Well, articles for Qantas, The New York Times, Sunday Times, 1996


    BOX 16
    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to Lovesong, The Orchard Thieves, Collected Stories of Elizabeth Jolley, Poppy Seed and Sesame Rings, The Well, Fellow Passengers, The Georges' Wife, Doing Life. Includes correspondence relating to interviews, copyright permissions, reprints, The Orchard Thieves - Penguin notes for reading groups, speaking engagements including 1997 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards, McAuley Lecture at University of Tasmania, submission for Fathers: Personal essays by Australian authors, translations, film option and rights for The Well, black and white photograph (1) of Jolley, request for Jolley to be panel judge for National Biography Award, nomination for Australia's 100 Living National Treasures, radio plays include The Well, 1997

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Palomino, Foxybaby, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, The Last Crop. Includes correspondence relating to discussion of University of QLD Press rights re Palomino, Foxybaby, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, partial photocopy of contract regarding Foxybaby and Palomino, film rights for The last crop, 1998

    FOLDER 3
    Records mainly relating to Miss Peabody's Inheritance, Lovesong, An Accommodating Spouse, The Vertical Slice, Oxford Book of Australian Letters, The Well. Includes correspondence relating to copyright requests, translations, reprints, audio and radio play rights, typed manuscript of The Strawberry Widow, book jacket proof and book tour itinerary for An Accommodating Spouse, speaking engagements including New Zealand Festival, October 1998-September 1999

    FOLDER 4
    Records mainly relating to The Well, An Accommodating Spouse. Includes correspondence relating to overseas book deals, translations, large print and Braille rights, speaking engagements including New Zealand Festival 2000, Doctor of Letters honoris causa graduation, UNSW, judging Greater Dandenong short story competition, black and white photograph (1) of Jolley, October 1999-June 2000


    BOX 17
    FOLDER 1
    Records mainly relating to An Innocent Gentleman, An Accommodating Spouse. Includes correspondence relating to speaking engagements including The Word Festival, Canberra, large print rights, copyright permission requests, book jacket proof for An Innocent Gentleman, typed essays The Song of the Pen and the Little Paths of the Fountain Pen, and The Criterion and the Principle, 1999-2004

    FOLDER 2
    Records mainly relating to Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley her Life and Work. Includes correspondence relating to reprints, book jacket proof for Learning to Dance and The Sugar Mother, promotional media regarding 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival of A Jolley Performance, order of service for Jolley's funeral, estate of Monica Elizabeth Jolley. Includes newsclipping of review, 'A house of fiction' by Susan Swingler, 2005-2012

    FOLDER 3
    Correspondence relating to reproduction permissions and inclusion in anthologies, 1981-1998

    FOLDER 4
    Records mainly consisting of correspondence and letters of agreements regarding reproduction permissions of Jolley's works, 1999-2010

    FOLDER 5
    Originals and photocopies of newsclippings relating to Jolley winning the Miles Franklin Award, 1986

    FOLDER 6
    Originals and photocopies of newsclippings re to Jolley, her works and adaptations, includes document re film, The Well, and colour photographs (5) of Jolley, 1994-2000

    FOLDER 7
    Originals and photocopies of newsclippings re to Jolley, her works and adaptations, includes lists of publications and translated books, and book cover mockups of An Accommodating Spouse and Central Mischief, 1992-1997

    FOLDER 8
    Originals and photocopies of interviews and articles relating to Jolley, 1980-1997


    BOX 18
    FOLDER 1
    Originals and photocopies of reviews and articles relating to Palomino, The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Mr Scobie's Riddle, Miss Peabody's Inheritance, Milk and Honey, Stories, 1980-1991

    FOLDER 2
    Originals and photocopies of reviews and articles relating to Foxybaby, The Well, The Sugar Mother, My Father's Moon, The Last Crop, Cabin Fever, The George's Wife, The Orchard Thieves, 1985-1997

    FOLDER 3
    Guide to Jolley papers (MLMSS 4880); articles relating to Jolley and photocopy of poems and short stories by Jolley, 1986-2001

    FOLDER 4
    Film treatment of The Well, 1988

    FOLDER 5
    Radio play of Two Men Running, 1991

    FOLDER 6
    Radio play of The George's Wife / script by Elizabeth Jolley and David Britton, 1996

    FOLDER 7
    Stage monologue of Mr Right, 1991

    FOLDER 8
    Performance draft of The Sugar Mother / play by John Senczuk, 1993

    FOLDER 9
    Manuscript of A Homage to Gertrude, 2002

    FOLDER 10
    Typed letters between Elizabeth Jolley and Caroline Lurie for suspended project, 'Dear Carline, Dear Elizabeth', 2012


    BOX 19
    FOLDER 1
    Typed manuscripts of short stories, diary extracts, articles, essays by Jolley, 1959-1988

    FOLDER 2
    Typed manuscripts of short stories, articles, essays, speeches by Jolley submitted for publication, 1990-2000

    FOLDER 3
    Typed manuscripts of mainly short stories, includes radio play script and stage monologue, undated

    FOLDER 4
    Typed manuscripts of mainly short stories, includes radio play script and stage monologue, undated

    FOLDER 5
    Typed manuscripts of mainly short stories, includes radio play script and stage monologue, undated

    FOLDER 6
    Typed manuscripts of Delys Bird introductions to Jolley's plays, undated
    The Last Crop, VHS videocassette (Mitchell Library call number VT 5799)
    Elizabeth Jolley - ABC News, 20 February 2007; Extras episode, 21 February 2007, VHS videocassette (Mitchell Library call number VT 5800)


    BOX 20
    FOLDER 1
    Short stories, articles, notes, and other material, originally housed in box labelled, Learning to dance manuscript, Caroline Lurie (editor), undated

    FOLDER 2
    Short stories, articles, notes, and other material, originally housed in box labelled, Learning to dance manuscript, Caroline Lurie (editor), undated

    FOLDER 3
    Elizabeth Jolley payments, 1981-1988

    FOLDER 4
    Elizabeth Jolley payments, 1989-1990

    FOLDER 5
    Elizabeth Jolley payments, 1991-1992


    BOX 21
    FOLDER 1
    Elizabeth Jolley payments, 1993-1994

    FOLDER 2
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties, 1994; miscellaneous payments, 1995

    FOLDER 3
    Elizabeth Jolley payments, 1994-1998

    FOLDER 4
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties statements, title by title, 1982-1991

    FOLDER 5
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties, 1994-1998


    BOX 22
    FOLDER 1
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties, 1998-2001

    FOLDER 2
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties, 2001-2006

    FOLDER 3
    Elizabeth Jolley royalties, 2006-2010
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    Access via appointment - Applies to VT 5799 and VT 5800
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