Thomas Stuart Gurr literary manuscripts, 1907-1961

MLMSS 1640

fonds

1907-1961

915389

8 boxes of textual material

T. S. Gurr, 1883-1960, was born in India, and later became a well known journalist in Sydney, N.S.W., where he was also Secretary of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, 1933-1956

BOX 1
Item 1a
Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library, 14 pages

Series 01: T. S. Gurr, 1907-1961
Items 1b-5
a. Novels, 1907-1961, one in collaboration with Gwen Harrowsmith, 19-. Typescript and carbon typescript with manuscript corrections

BOX 2
Items 6-7
Continuation of the above

BOX 3
Items 8-16
b. Plays, 1907-1961, one in collaboration with Gwen Harrowsmith, 19-. Typescript and carbon typescript with manuscript corrections, printed

BOX 4
Item 17
c. Short stories, 1907-1960
i. Printed, 1921-1957

Item 18
ii. Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, mostly short stories, 1907-1960

Item 19
iii. Typescript and manuscript, 1950-1960

BOX 5
Items 20-21
Continuation of the above

Item 22
iv. Stories and talks broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission

BOX 6
d. Children's literature, 1945-1961
i. Printed
Item 23
a. Stories, 1945-1961

Item 24
b. Articles, 1952-1958

ii. Manuscript and typescript
Items 25-27
a. Stories, 19-

Item 28
b. Articles, 19-

BOX 7
e. Miscellaneous works, 1907-1960
Item 29
i. 'Getting the most out of life', Typescript with manuscript corrections, 19-

Item 30
ii. Poetry, editorials, fragments of works, 1927-1960. Manuscript typescript, carbon typescript, printed

Item 31
f. Correspondence, 1950-1954. Manuscript typescript and carbon typescript

Series 02: Other authors, 19-
a. A. Le Soeuf
Item 32
'How long do animals live', article, 19-. Carbon typescript with manuscript corrections

b. Gwen Harrowsmith
Item 33
i. 'The Christmas guests', short story, 19-. Typescript

ii. 'Mr Tiny and the magic train', stories, 19-. Carbon typescript

iii. 'Venom', short story, 19-.

c. Antipodes
Item 34
'The Little people', stories, 19-. Carbon typescript with MS. corrections

d. Anne Gurr
Item 35
'The White gate', short story, 19-. Typescript with manuscript corrections

BOX 8
e. Author unknown
Items 36-37
'The Antediluveans': a novel, 19-. Carbon typescript

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.1472 in Pic. Source File

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-335C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011