Series 03: Gillian Mears literary manuscripts and related papers, 1977-1999

MLMSS 9998/Boxes 7-8

series

1977-1999

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Ephemera, Clippings

9583806

0.32 metres of textual and graphic material (2 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed

BOX 7/Folder 1
‘Life Lines – The Reflexologist’, article for Australian Magazine, with 3 drafts and related letters from the editor Steve Fosberry, 1999-2000

BOX 7/Folder 2
‘Life Lines – Roy Bowling, Minimal Impact Saw Miller’, article for Australian Magazine, with 2 drafts and exercise book of notes, 1999-2000

BOX 7/Folder 3
‘Life Lines – Lady Farrier’, draft article on Helen Salter for Australian Magazine and related letter from the editor Steve Fosberry, 1999-2000

BOX 7/Folder 4
‘Swan Dives’, draft of short story and related letters from Island magazine, 1999-2000

BOX 7/Folder 5
‘The Mosquito Scarer’, 6 drafts of short story and related letters from Ivor Indyle, editor of Heat magazine, 1999-2000

BOX 7/Folder 6
Unpublished manuscript of children’s story entitled ‘Bonnie the Best’ with drawings; various draft versions with manuscript annotations; letters received from literary agent Jill Hickson and various publishers concerning ‘Bonnie the Best’, 1995

BOX 7/Folder 7
“Old notes/scraps from Fineflour, The Mint Lawn, Grass Sisters”, notebooks with notes and fragments concerning writing of novels, 1977-1993

BOX 7/Folder 8
“Recent Australian Writing. Spring 1984” including manuscript and typescript notes, news cuttings and research material

BOX 8/Folder 1
“Poetry drafts 1989-1999”, draft and final versions of published and unpublished poems by Gillian Mears with acceptance and rejection letters

BOX 8/Folder 2
Short stories and essays, corrected page proofs of ‘Bird O Circle’ published in Best Australian Short Stones 1999'; corrected draft and corrected page proofs of ‘Mono No Aware: The Slender Sadness’ published in Best Australian Essays 1999; corrected draft and final draft of ‘Swan Dives’; correspondence with publishers; correspondence regarding Radio National programme ‘Five Feet High and Rising”, about Grafton River floods, 1999

BOX 8/Folder 3
“Journalism 1999”, including corrected drafts of ‘Holding Sometimes’, ‘Eileen’s Christmas Fudge’ and ‘A Singing Story’ and correspondence with publishers

BOX 8/Folders 4-5
“Essay for Peter Craven 1999”, six corrected draft versions of ‘Mono No Aware: The Slender Sadness’ rewritten for inclusion in Best Australian Essays 1999, edited by Peter Craven, and including notes, research material and interview notes on Timbarra Gold Mine, 1988-1989

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