Series 2: Writing by Sasha Soldatow

MLMSS 11874 /Boxes 5-13

series

1967-2005

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs

9673192

1.44 metres of textual material (9 boxes)

Comprises drafts of short stories, articles, book chapters, research material relating to Soldatow's writing.

Box 5

‘Memento Mori’ (published as ‘Travelling on Love and Uncertainty,’ Blackwattle Press, 1991) edited typescript drafts, 1990-1991, editing notes by Gary Dunne

Notes for unfinished article on multiculturalism, 1985-1986

Autograph book, 1977 including Jan Sharp, Phillip Noyce, Ross Campbell, Cressida Campbell, Helen Garner; Autograph book, Hanoi 1991; notes ‘Newcastle Movie, 1985’; “a general notebook early to mid-1980s, with some private material”

‘Three Sisters’ by Anton Chekhov. Material relating to the translation of this work by Soldatow

’79 AD: The Eruption of Vesuvius’ edited, typescript drafts, 1995; play treatment papers, 2000
Loose notes on various themes, 1980-2005

Article and research on Sydney Olympics, 2000; ‘Patterns No. 2’ by Sasha Soldatow, 1974; copies of Soldatow articles in ‘Campaign’, 1990s

Folder of short stories and notes including from ‘Private – Do Not Open’, with explanatory, interpretive manuscript annotations by Soldatow; Notes and draft chapters for ‘Gloves’, 1990; ‘Sydney after the Rain’ drafts, 1987; ‘Private Thoughts of Families’, 2000; ‘bits of biography’, 1985; ‘Trying to Remain Standing’, June 1985; ‘Sister Irony’ 1985 rewritten February 2003; ‘Art and terrorism’, 2003

Original artworks by Sasha Soldatow and others including David Perry and cartoonist Leigh Hobbs, 1975-2004

Box 6

‘Private – Do Not Open’ by Sasha Soldatow, five edited draft typescripts, folder of ‘Rejects, doubles and problem bits’, 1987. Published by Penguin, 1987

Box 7

Research and writing for the book Poet of the 21st century, Harry Hooton : collected poems / poems and prose introduced and selected by Sasha Soldatow. North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1990

Correspondence and research notes relating to the book. Correspondents include Jean-Paul Delamotte, Mollie Ryan, William Margolis, Richard Hall, Tommy Pascoe-Deane, Tuli Kupferberg, Richard Kelly Tipping, Aviva Whiteson, Humphrey McQueen, Seiichi Miura, Jean-Claude Redonvet, Harold Stewart

Typescript edited draft, ‘Poet of the 21st century, Harry Hooton’

Edited proofs, ‘Poet of the 21st century, Harry Hooton’

Master galley proof with manuscript corrections and annotations, 1990

Material on Taizi Yamaga sent by Seiichi Miura

‘Olivant Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Edited by D. Vincent Smith’, 1955 including mention of Hooton

‘Walt Whitman. A Centennial Celebration’ The Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 Chapbook No. 3 with annotations by Leslie Woolf Hedley. Includes Hooton poem ‘It’ll all be Wrong in the End’, 1955

Research papers, notes, articles and a review by Adrian Rawlins

‘Rewording ’87 Poets Union’ includes ‘An Introduction to Harry Hooton’ by Soldatow

Folder of Hooton material, manuscripts copies and originals of published works:
‘Dynamic Logic: The Will to Power over Things’ carbon typescript, ca. 1956 (originally held by William J. Margolis)
Letter to the Editor of “The Makar”, by Terence McMullen, carbon typescript, 11 May 1962
The First Boke of Fowle Ayres, Australia 1944, with pink wrapper, stapled (16 pp.) [Fragile]; A.D. Hope / Harry Hooton / O.M. Somerville No. 2, 1944 in same wrapper, stapled, with annotations, published by Harry Hooton (19 pp.) [Fragile]

Photocopies of Hooton material held by Peter Coleman
Photocopies of Hooton material held by Edwin Morrisey

Box 8

Soldatow kept a series of folders titled ‘Biographical Material’ over several years. They contain, essays, drafts, notes, observations and poetry. Material contains more recent annotations in pencil

Biographical Material 1967-1970 includes university history and english essays and research notes; ‘The Memorandum’ playbill written by Vaclav Hamel, directed by George Whaley; Sasha Soldatow as Mark Lear, 1969; articles, photocopy of Soldatow’s honours thesis ‘Battleship Potemkin and other Soviet films of the Nineteen Twenties’, University of Melbourne, 1970

Biographical Material 1971-1974 includes Material relating to Tin Alley Players, diary extracts, news cuttings, sketches, poetry, essays, original work for ‘Patterns’ and observations

Biographical Material 1975-1976 includes notes, prose, articles

Biographical material, 1977 includes published article from Nation Review, 10-16 February 1977 with Helen Golding; observational diary February – April 1977, includes observations on Ruth Biegler, Darcy Waters, Bill Harding, John Paramour, Margaret Fink, Martin Sharp, Paul Aamodt, Peter Kingston, Garry Macdonald, John Taylor, Frank Walters; material relating to the Victimless Crime Seminar, February 1977; Art, Life and Culture souvenir manifesto, 1977; homoerotic artwork by Sasha Soldatow exhibited at Art, Life and Culture, exhibition, 1977; typescript and manuscript stories, published and unpublished, 1977

Pages from notebook containing notes on various subjects, 1977-1979

Biographical material, 1978-1979 including published and unpublished articles, 1978 visual journal with prose, poetry and observations, torn piece of blue and white striped cloth with ‘Fun 7 December 1979’ in black ink

Biographical material, 1980-1981 includes articles, published and published, notes, book submission for the 1980 Olympics, transcripts of material aired on 2SER FM

Box 9

Biographical material, 1982-1983 including drafts, research notes, ‘Gay Information’ Summer 1982/83; Papers prepared for AIDS seminar, 9th Annual conference of Lesbians and Homosexual Men, first draft ‘Never Blue’, poetry drafts

Biographical material, 1984-1986 including book proposal ‘The Edges of Sex’, articles book reviews, ‘Practising Dying’ draft story for ‘Private – Do Not Open’, general notes

Early writing, notes including ‘White Noise’ and other stories published in ‘Private – Do Not Open’ (later annotations in ink), 1973-1995

Notes for ‘The Gloves of Mr Menzies’ 1986-1990

Research notes and bibliography on cards

Box 10

‘Green Scrapbook A’ contains early photographs of Soldatow’s parents Paul and Lily, ca. 1940s; photographs of Sasha and Reinhardt Hassert, 1970s; early poetry and prose by Soldatow and others, 1967-1973

Box 11

‘Blue Scrapbook B’ is written in journal form from 13 July 1973 and includes observations on texts, life, and other writing. Includes poetry, prose, and newscuttings, 1973-1976

'Cuttings Notebook C' contains newscuttings including letters to the editor, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, poetry and prose; issues 1-6 of ‘Patterns’; several early copies of Soldatow’s publication ‘Only the Sensible News’; published articles in various publications including Dharma, University of Melbourne Gazette, Catalyst, Nation Review, Farrago, Tharunka, The Living daylights, Circus, Melbourne University magazine, Makar, City Squatter, Honi Soit, Camp Ink, Dodo Two, 1968-1984

Box 12

Diaries 1975-1984

Box 13

Diaries 1985-1990, 4 address books

English, Russian

Partly restricted: Applies to correspondence. Conditions available on request.

Copyright status:: Items in this collection where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago are out of copyright. Other items are in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Estate of Sasha Soldatow - applies to items where copyright was held by Sasha Soldatow
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder