Collection 8: Peter Corris further literary papers, 2010-2015

MLMSS 9943

sub-fonds

2010-2015

1379444

0.80 metres of textual material (5 boxes) - typescript

SERIES 1: Correspondence, both personal and professional, being mainly letters received and including some letters sent, ca. 2010-2015. Correspondents include Peter Craven, Tom Keneally, Stephen Knight, Nigel Krauth, Barry Maitland, Philip Nitschke, Hannie Rayson, Michael Robotham, Michael Wilding and Corris’ literary agent and publisher. Arranged alphabetically by Peter Corris (RESTRICTED):
BOX 1
File 01: Correspondence : A, 30 May 2012-5 December 2014 mainly from friends. Correspondents include Jim Allen, Jock Allen, Norah Allan, Opeta Alefio and Australian Story request for interview. Includes agreement contract with Allen and Unwin and contract for Prodigal Son
File 02: Correspondence: B-C, 24 August 2010-27 July 2013, mainly from family on personal matters. Correspondents include Ruth Corris, Val Corris, Jo Corris, Chris Corris, Miriam Corris, Brian Curran, Peter Craven relating to novella ‘Standing in Shadow’, Dorothea Cogill (fan), Fan letter from Helen Boer with Peter Corris reply
File 03: Correspondence: ‘D’, 7 January 2012-3 December 2013, mainly from fellow writers and academics on professional matters. Correspondents include Virginia Duigan, Professor Graeme Davison, Bea Duffield (fan), John Dale
File 04: Correspondence: ‘F’, 27 March 2013-23 July 2014, mainly from former publishers Carl Harrison Ford on personal matters, and letter from US fan
File 05: Correspondence: ‘G’, 21 December 2010-11 December 2014, mainly from friends, writers and publishers. Correspondents include Klim Gollan, Bill Garner, Kathy Gollan, Patrick Gallagher notes on ‘Comeback’, ‘Silent Kill’, and ‘Follow the money’.
File 06: Correspondence: ‘H’, 9 November 2012-21 April 2013, mainly from family and publisher. Correspondents include Hayman grandsons and publisher Fiona Hazzard relating to ‘Blood Brothers’.
File 07: Correspondence ‘I & J’, 24 November 2012 & 7 November 2013. Includes letter of thanks from Indigenous Literacy Foundation and postcard from fan Jennifer
File 08: Correspondence: ‘K’, 9 January 2012-20 April 2015, mainly from academics, literary agents, friends and writers about personal and professional matters. Correspondents include Stephen Knight, Nigel Krauth, Thomas Keneally, Gaby Naher (literary agent)
File 09: Correspondence: ‘M’, 27 June 2011-18 February 2015, mainly from friends, family, fans and publishers.Correspondents include Barry Maitland, Margaret McDonald, Val Mead, Christine Mair and Gaby Naher (literary agent)
File 10 Correspondence ‘N’, 16 December 2010-1 August 2014, mainly from publishers and literary agents. Correspondents include Phillip Nitschke, Gaby Naher literary agent correspondence, royality statements and contracts relating to ‘Mad Dog’, ‘The Dying Trade’, ‘Best on ground’, ‘Heart matters, ‘Gun Control’, ‘Torn Apart’, ‘Comeback’, ‘Follow the money’, ‘The Dunbar case’, ‘Silent Kill’, ‘Empty feeling’
File 11: Correspondence ‘P’, 18 May 2011-4 May 2015, mainly from friends regarding personal matters: Correspondents include Keith Parsons, Stephanie Pahl, Jane Palfreyman and Penguin books
File 12: Correspondence: ‘R’, 18 May 2011-4 May 2015, mainly from friends and publishers, relating to personal, medical and professional matters. Correspondents include Michael Robotham, Amy Milne, Melita Rogowsky, Stephen Reid, Hannie Rayson, Lyndall Ryan.
File 13: Correspondence: S, 12 January 2011-6 June 2013, mainly personal and professional correspondence. Correspondents include Ben Smith, Peter Stanely, Kate Ravenswood, plus note from Dieter Steller 1967
File 14: Correspondence: T-Y, 25 August 2010-2 March 2015, mainly personal. Correspondents include Colin Talbot, Kellie Thomas, Michael Wilding, Stephen Wallace, Evan Whitton, David Walker, Noela Whitton, Charlie Yates

SERIES 2: Research material for published and forthcoming books including Mad Dog Moxley and a projected biography of best-selling author Paul Brickhill, compiled ca. 2002-2012.
BOX 2
Annotated trial transcripts together with research correspondence and copies of records relating to William Cyril Moxley, compiled ca. 2009
References, timelines, correspondence, drafts, book reviews, compiled ca. 2010-2012
Copies of medical, legal, army, and prison records for William Cyril Moxley, compiled ca. 2009
Copies of newspapers relating to Moxley Trial
Copies of records and research papers from the Police and Justice Museum,
Copies of birth, death and marriage records of Moxley family, ca. 2009
CD-ROM photographs by Lorrie Graham photographer, 17 May 2011
Research notes and correspondence with editor and publishers including Penguin, Allen and Unwin for short story submission for children and young adults relating to Bryant Bay Cool and Names in Stone, 2002
Notes and research relating to the projected biography of Paul Brickhill, ca. 2008

SERIES 3. Edited literary manuscripts of novels, non-fiction book and short stories, with publisher correspondence and research material, ca. 2011-2015:
BOX 2
'Follow the money' - reviews and publisher correspondence, 2011
'Comeback' – contract, reviews, word count and notes by Peter Corris, research correspondence, 2012
'Dunbar' – reviews, title page proof, publisher correspondence feedback and notes, research notes, 2013
'Silent kill' – contract, publisher correspondence and feedback, articles and research, reviews, word count, newspaper clippings, ca. 2014
'Gun control' – reviews, wordcount, notes, research correspondence, publisher correspondence and feedback, ca. 2015

BOX 3
'Silent kill', 2014 – annotated manuscript
'That empty feeling' - Cliff Hardy annotated manuscript
'Gun control' - Cliff Hardy annotated manuscript
'Mad Dog Moxley and the Moorebank killings' - annoatetd manuscript with copy of death certificates and research records, correspondence with agent Gaby Naher re brief pitch.
'Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings' – draft manuscript

BOX 4
'Dunbar case' titled ‘The Shipwreck: A Cliff Hardy novel’ - original annotated manuscript, June 2011
'The Dunbar case' – final edited manuscript from Allen and Unwin with letter from editor, 2013
'Silent kill' - final edited manuscript from Allen and Unwin
'Comeback' - final edited manuscript from Allen and Unwin with letter from editor, 2012

BOX 5
Short stories:
'Follow the money' – original edited manuscript with letter from editor, 2013
'Names in stone' – manuscript
'Pool Guy' – manuscript
'Standing in the shadows'
'Tag team'
'Conscription'
'The Illusionist'
'The Three-Pan Creek Gift: A Cliff Hardy Story' – annotated manuscript
'A Higher Power: A Cliff Hardy story' – annotated manuscript
'Medication Blues' – unpublished annotated manuscript
'Bryant Bay Cool' – unpublished manuscript together
'Pool Guy' - draft annotated manuscript

Correspondence arranged alphabetically by Peter Corris:

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