Jamie Grant literary papers, 192-, ca. 1965-1994

MLMSS 8037

fonds

192-, ca. 1965-1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

930734

1.38 metres of textual material (8 boxes and 1 folder), some folders contain photographs

Jamie Grant, poet, critic and editor, was born in Melbourne in 1949, and educated at Geelong Grammar and La Trobe University. He moved to Sydney in 1984 and then became co-poetry editor of The Age Monthly Review. He has published several volumes of poetry, Turn Left at Any Time with Care (1975), The Refinery (1985), Skywriting (1989) and Mysteries ( 1993). He edited, with Alex Buzo, The Longest Game : A Collection of the Best Cricket Writing from Alexander to Zavos, from the Gabba to the Yabba (1990).

Reference:
Library correspondence file

BOX 1
'Skywriting', 1988-1993, being papers regarding Skywriting: poems 1985-1988 (Angus & Robertson, 1989)
Includes correspondence with, among others, A & R and The New Yorker; edited typescript and printed copy; A & R contract and royalty statements

'The Refinery', 1984-1993, being papers regarding his first full-length volume of poetry, The Refinery (Angus & Robertson, 1985)
Includes photocopied typescript with author's corrections; edited typescript; letters from, and contract with, Angus & Robertson; reviews and royalty statements

'Mysteries', 1990-1994, being papers regarding Mysteries: poems 1989-1991 (William Heinemann, 1993)
Includes typescript and page proofs; correspondence and contract with Heinemann Australia; rejection letter from The New Yorker, 1990, regarding 'The Sentence' and 'The Windsurfers'

'Correspondence - General (Overseas)', 1981-1994, no date
[Some correspondents in Australia]
Correspondents include Harry Cummins, Michael Hulse, Brian Turner, Ian Hamilton (Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry), Susan Johnson, Ray Mathew, Alan Curnow, T.J.H. Harris, Andrew Motion, Robert Crawford, Lesley Deutsch, Vincent O'Sullivan, Anthony Thwaite, Andrew Sant, Peter Porter, Rosemary Davidson, Cencrastus (Scottish poetry journal), Clare Davies-Jones

'ACT', 1976-1994, being correspondence with Canberrans, including David Headon, Alan Gould, Paul Hetherington, Bob Brissenden, Lyn Hard
(Australian Defence Forces Academy Library), Marian Simms, Mark O'Connor, Geoff Page and Michael Clarke

'NSW', 1978-1994, being correspondence with, among others, Alexander Craig, Rhyll McMaster, Phoenix Education, Douglas Stewart, Cameron Creswell (Literary Agents), Jean-Marie Kennedy, Peter Elkin, Christopher Pollnitz, Laurie Duggan, Philip Roberts (Editor, Island Press), Robert [Adamson ?] and Michael Sharkey

BOX 2
Photocopies of two books by Ray Mathew: The Bohemian Affair (A & R, 1961), being short stories and The Joys of Possession (Chapman & Hall, 1968), being a novel, including annotations of where originally published

Photocopies of two books of poems by Ray Mathew: With Cypress Pine (Lyre-Bird Writers, 1951) and South of the Equator (Angus & Robertson, 1961), with photocopied typescripts of poems. Annotated with where originally published, such as The Bulletin

'Copies of Poems', no date
Includes manuscript, corrected typescript and photocopied typescript versions

Folder regarding poems for Skywriting (A & R, 1989)
Includes photocopied typescripts and rough manuscript prose

'The Six Standards', 1991-1992, being papers regarding a collection of essays
Includes letters received from Reed Inter-national Books Aust./Heinemann and Angus & Robertson; contract with Reed; photocopied typescript of essays

'Mysteries', 1993, being papers regarding Mysteries (Heinemann, 1993)
Includes photocopied typescript with author's corrections; letter received from William Heinemann Australia, 5 Oct. 1993, with enclosure of edited photocopied typescript

'Proposal for Cricket Book', 1990-1991, no date, including being working notes, manuscript draft, newscuttings and printed material

'Thirty-One Poems by Jamie Grant', no date, being photocopied typescript of poems with some manuscript corrections, and annotations regarding where originally published

Notebooks (2), 196--197-, being rough manuscript verse and fragments

Tempo (Geelong Grammar School), vol. 6 no. 5, 1967

BOX 3
'Poems 1975-85'
Includes manuscript and corrected typescript versions, with 'Catalogue of 8 Years of Poems, 1966-1973', being manuscript lists with details regarding where originally submitted and/or published

'Poems 1986-88'
Include manuscript and corrected typescript versions

'Poems 1989-91 Mysteries', regarding Mysteries (Heinemann, 1993)
Includes manuscript and corrected typescript versions

'Poems 1992-94'
Includes manuscript and corrected typescript versions, with letters from 'Mother' to Bob ?, 23 Aug. [192-] and Richard McQuade (Philadelphia, PA, USA) to Bob ?, 29 June 1921

'K. Jennings', 1983-1993, being correspondence of Jamie Grant and Margaret Connolly with Kate Jennings, and typescripts of her work,
including Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks (1993)and Save Me, Joe Louis (1988)

Letters, poems and prose received from Kate Jennings, 1984-1987, including photocopied typescript of 'Dusty Springfield Grows Up'

BOX 4
'I. Beck', 1989, no date, being two short stories, 'The Executioner' and 'Jumping the Chasm' by Ian Beck; photograph of Beck; Christmas card
from Beck, 1989

'Angus and Robertson', 1985-1991, being correspondence regarding various topics, including his editorial work and blurb writing for, and royalties from, Angus & Robertson

'The Age', 1973-1988, being mainly letters received from The Age regarding publication of his poems

'A.B.C.', 1977-1987, being mainly letters received from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation regarding broadcasts of his poems and reviews

'L. Murray', 1974-1994, papers, being mainly letters received from Les Murray

'Literature Board', 1982-1993, being letters received from the Australia Council mainly regarding grant applications and fellowships

'M. Kirsten/M. Collins Persse', 1966-1974, being correspondence with Marcia Kirsten and Michael Collins Persse

'Marion King', 1975-1978, being letters and poems received from Marion King [Alexopoulos]

'P. Edmonds/Contempa [a magazine for poetry and prose]', 1973-1984, being correspondence with and regarding Phillip Edmonds

'C.U.P.', 1976-1983, being papers regarding his employment
with Cambridge University Press, including letter received from Christopher Koch, 1981

Papers regarding the editing and publication of Doris's Dough by Doris Brett, 1982-1984

'J. Messer', 1987-1991, being papers regarding Jane Messer and her manuscripts

'R. McDonald', 1974-1985, being papers including letters received
from and newscutting reviews of 1915 : a novel by Roger McDonald

'R.F. Dewar', 1981-1986, being letters received from Ruth Dewar

'P. Martin', 1974-1988, being letters and poems received from Philip Martin

'Poetry Australia', 1980-1982, being letters received from Grace Perry and John Millett (Editors, Poetry Australia)

'Octopus/Heinemann', 1990-1993, being papers mainly regarding his editorial work with Octopus Publishing Group Australia Pty Ltd and William Heinemann Australia, and his books, Mysteries (1993) and (with Alex Buzo) The Longest Game : A Collection of the Best Cricket Writing from Alexander to Zavos, from Gabba to the Yabba (Heinemann, 1990)

'Melbourne University Poets', 1969-1983, including correspondence with Evan Jones

BOX 5
'C.W. Vine', 1974-1975, being poems by, and letters by and regarding, Christopher Vine

'A. Wright', 1967-1973, being letters and poems received from Andree Wright

'Turn Left at Any Time With Care/G.K. Smith/UQP - Correspondence', 1975-1985, being correspondence with Graeme Kinross Smith and the University of Queensland Press regarding Turn Left at Any Time
With Care : Poems (UQP, 1975) by Grant and Smith

'Turn Left at Any Time With Care - Poems', being various versions, i

'A. Rogerson', 1978-1979, being letters and poems received from Alan Rogerson

'Quadrant', 1977-1990, being letters received mainly from Quadrant literary editors regarding his contributions

'M. Richards', 1972, no date, being notes and poems received
from Max Richards

'Judith Rodriguez', 1975-1984, being mainly letters received and poems from Judith Rodriguez

'Poets Union', 1978-1989, being mainly printed material regarding the Poets Union of Australia

'Victoria - F', 1973-1994, being letters received from Victorian friends, writers and publishers, including the Australian Book Review, Helen Daniel, Helen Garner and Michelle Nayman

'G. Hetherington/Tasmania (General)', 1973-1994, being letters received from, among others, Stephen Edgar, Gwen Harwood, Graeme Hetherington, Andrew Sant, Karl Wischki (?), with a letter from Tom Thompson to Graeme Hetherington, ca.1978

'S.A.', 1976-1994, being letters received from South Australian friends, writers, publishers and academics, including Adelaide Writers' Week, 1994; Christopher Pearson (The Adelaide Review); Geoffrey Bingham; Geoffrey Dutton; Beate Habel-Josephi; Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English, Flinders University

'QLD / NT', being correspondence, 1969-1994, being mainly letters received, with Northern Perspective, Ken Goodwin, Martin Duwell (Makar Press), Bruce Dawe and John Manifold (The Realist, [NSW])

'WA', being correspondence with, among others, Andrew Lansdown, William ? (New Edition Bookshops, Fremantle), Fay Zwicky, Nicholas Hasluck and Jan Currie

BOX 6
'Victoria M', 1968-1994, being correspondence with, among others, his father, E.O. Grant, Andrew Lemon, Philip Hodgins and Les Harrop

'F.A.W.', 1973-1985, being mainly printed material from the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers

'Book Trade Group', 1974-1980, being papers regarding Australian publishing, including minutes of meetings of the Book Trade Group, newsletters, catalogues, with a letter received from Bernard Hickey, 1975, regarding Australian lilterary studies in Italy

'Clippings', 1973-1992, being mainly newscuttings regarding articles and reviews on writers and writing

Poems, articles and reviews by Jamie Grant, 1979-1988, being photocopies and printed material

BOX 7
'Lecture Notes & Essays & Exam Papers', 1969-1970, regarding his English courses at La Trobe Unniversity

'Miscellaneous Poems', being poems by various poets, including University course handouts

'Poems From Various Hands', 1969-198-

'Monash Summer School', 1975-1976, being papers regarding his poetry workshop at Monash University

'Assorted Prose and Drama [by others]', 1969-1990,

'Fiction and Poetry Journal', including issues vol. 1 nos 1-5, 1984 of this supplement to The Age Monthly Review, and letters received from, among others, Tim Curnow, Trevor Shearston, Philip Hodgins, Caroline Lurie, Paul Kane, Elizabeth Owen and Julian Croft

'Monthly Review Declines', being mainly letters received from, among others, Tony Maniaty, John Clare and Desmond O'Grady, whose submitted manuscripts were not published in The Age Monthly Review

'Considering...', 1984-1985, being writers' letters and submissions
received for The Age Monthly Review from, among others, Tim Curnow (Curtis Brown (Aust.) Pty Ltd)

'Stotts', 1974-1976 being papers regarding poetry course taught for Stotts Correspondence School

BOX 8
'C.A.E.', 1975-1980, being papers regarding his work as a tutor of poetry courses for the Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, including students' work

'Rejection Slips & Vice Versa', 1972-1983, being mainly letters and notices received regarding acceptance/rejection of his manuscripts

'Readings / Seminars Etc.', 1973-1992, being mainly invitations to book launchings, art exhibitions and awards presentations

'Unfinished [Poems] 1966-88'

'Unfinished [Poems] 1968-70'

'Unfinished [Poems] 1970-72'

'Unfinished [Poems] 1972-75'

'Unfinished [Poems] 1975-86'

FOLDER 9 (RESTRICTED)
'H. Campbell', 1970-1977

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8037/ Folder 9

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