Meg Stewart further papers, 1930-1994

MLMSS 5147 ADD-ON 2077/Boxes 16-20

series

1930-1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Posters, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

131124

0.65 metres of textual material (5 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed, and computer files (floppy discs)
Photographs
Clippings
Posters
Sound Recordings

BOX 16
Correspondence:
1953-1992; Letters received by Meg Stewart. Correspondents include Margaret Coen, Rosemary Dobson, Nancy Keesing, Norman Lindsay and Douglas Stewart.

Miscellaneous personal papers:
1930-1968; The Little Oxford Dictionary (1930) - originally belonged to Douglas Stewart who gave it to Meg Stewart; certificate of baptism (1948); graduation programme, UNSW (1968)

Material concerning Autobiography of my mother:
1983-1985; Typescript drafts; correspondence and reviews

Material concerning the Nancy Keesing fellowship:
1993-1994; Text of Nancy Keesing lecture presented by Meg Stewart in 1994 (typescript & floppy disc); transcript of interview with Lindsay Parker and Orwell Phillips; photocopies of poems by Nancy Keesing; recollections of Nancy Keesing by Patrick Wright; proofsheets of photographs & colour transparencies of Mmarathon Steps, Darling Point; photograph of Nancy Keesing as a child.

BOX 17
Material concerning radio programmes made by Meg Stewart, 1977-1983:

1. The shadows are different. ABC radio documentary on Eve Langley. Includes correspondence, scripts and publicity material, 1977. Also includes transcript of audio tape - Douglas Stewart and Beatrice Davis talking about Eve Langley. (tape is located at MLOH 249/3-4);

2. Norman Lindsay's models. ABC radio documentary. Includes original and working scripts, newscuttings and publicity material, 1978-83;

3. What was Smith's Weekly? ABC radio documentary. Includes letter from Ron McCuaig to Douglas Stewart, notes by George Finey, original and working scripts and publicity material, 1979

BOX 18
4. Cafe Bohemia. ABC radio documentary. Includes correspondence, notes by George Finey, original and working scripts and publicity material, 1980-82

BOX 19
Material concerning films made by Meg Stewart, 1949-1990:
1. She's my sister. Documentary film on Eve Langley. Includes publicity material, reviews, notebooks, correspondence and film catalogues, 1974-90. Also includes black & white photographs of Eve Langley and her sister June developed from negatives found at Eve Langley's house during filming (negatives and two original prints (1949) are included).

2. Slipway dreaming. Documentary film. Includes letters from Nancy Keesing and Phil Dorter, notebooks, reviews and publicity material, 1976. A poster is located at Posters 722/3.

3. They reckon a woman's world's just it and a bit. Documentary film for the South Australia Film Corporation. Includes publicity material, reviews and notebook, 1977.

BOX 20
4. Not just the object. Documentary film produced for the Crafts Council of Australia. Scripts and poster. A poster is located at Posters 722/4. 5. Double Entry System. Training film. Scripts, 1978. 6. 'Notebook for the Thompson film Australia Film'. 7. Last breakfast in paradise. Award winning dramatic film. Includes script drafts, letter from Nancy Keesing, publicity material, reviews and continuity polaroids, 1981-87

MLOH 249/1-13
Audio material:
1. Hal Porter talking about Eve Langley. Recorded for the film She's my sister and also used in the ABC radio documentary The shadows are different. Two reels, 1974 (MLOH 249/1-2).

2. Douglas Stewart and Beatrice Davis discussing Eve Langley. Used in The shadows are different. Two reels, n.d. (MLOH 249/3-4).

3. Mr Glover, a friend of June Langley's, talks about the Langley sisters. Used in She's my sister. Two reels. (MLOH 249/5-6).

4. June Langley talking about life with Eve Langley. Seven reels (ML OH 249/7-13).