Mena Calthorpe - personal papers, 1951-1994

MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1

series

1951 - 1994

394976

1 box - 0.17 Meters

I. PERSONAL PAPERS, 1951-1994
A. Notebooks, 1961-1989
B. Correspondence, 1960-1994
C. Educational Papers, 1951-1989
A. Notebooks, 1961-1989, including literary notebooks, being 13 vols. not numbered with few dates, mainly describing trip around Australia, 1961-1963, and with drafts for letters, novels, short stories and book reviews. (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/1-3)
Vol. 1 being exercise book, diary of trip from Sutherland (N.S.W.) to Jindabyne (N.S.W.); incomplete draft of part of The defectors and some short stories (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/1)
Vol. 2 being attendance book for unidentified meetings containing names and addresses with draft travel diary entries (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/1)
Vol. 3 being exercise book with no cover, diary commencing 'left Adelaide 15 Sep. 1962' and some writing for The defectors (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/1)
Vol. 4 being exercise book with no cover, diary commencing 'left Perth 11 Nov. 1962' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/1)
Vol. 5 being exercise book, diary commencing 'leaving Derby 11 Sep. 1963' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 6 being exercise book, diary commencing 'Newcastle Waters 24 Oct. 1963' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 7 being exercise book, part of The defectors (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 8 being exercise book, draft of play 'A sense of values'; draft of The defectors; notes for short stories; draft of reader's report on 'Stanislus reef' by G. Sheil and 'One hell of a casanova'[anon.]; untitled draft of play with characters Vera and John; drafts of letters to Gordon[?] and Mrs Dobie (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 9 being exercise book with no cover, part of draft of The defectors and other short stories (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 10 being exercise book with no cover, notes on historical research for The plain of ala and drafts of readers report on books for Australasian Book Society (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/2)
Vol. 11 being notebook labelled 'History notes', research on early Australian history and arrival of convict ships; draft of play 'The fragile citadel'; draft of poem 'For girls'; review of 'And then came hope' by Heather C. Wells (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/3)
Vol. 12 being exercise book labelled 'Notes on James Field', historical research for The plain of ala; drafts of letters to Town Clerk of Goulburn (N.S.W.) and an unidentified person concerning building of the first Catholic church in Goulburn (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/3)
Vol. 13 being 1986 diary, containing notes; comments on students/stories; draft of talk to aspiring writers concerning writing short stories; two draft speeches for launch of The plain of ala (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/3)
B. Correspondence, 1960-1994, including letters received by Mena Calthorpe with copies of some of her replies (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/4-5)
1960-1994; General correspondence, main correspondents include John Taylor 1960-1996; Alan Marshall 1973; Ian Syson 1989-1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/4)
1984-1985; Correspondence with Novosibirsk being letters to and from Yelena Leonidova (Helen Goldfield), President, The English Book Club (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/5)
C. Educational Papers, 1951-1989, including class and lecture notes and study materials (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/6-9)
1951-19-; Class/study materials, being mainly lecture notes and assignments in Philosophy; drafts for 'The slow wheel' and 'The red beach; and notes on writing short stories (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/6)
1989; University of the Third Age, course lists and newsletters (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/7)
Allan Cross' class being mainly notes on Australian history and a farewell card from people at 'Crossroads' (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/8)
Materials from classes being mainly lecture notes and printed matter for Issues Forum; Women's Studies; Archaeology; Perspectives on Asia; Australian Aborigines; Australian Political Parties; Contemporary India; Australian and Asian Capitalism; and a report by Elfrida Morcom on Australian literature studied in Australia and overseas (Call No.: MLMSS 3088 ADD-ON 2185/1/9)