Research papers relating to Patrick White including correspondence, articles, newspaper cuttings and notes dating from 1956 to 2008. Correspondence with writers including Thea Astley, Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Green, David Marr, Frank Moorhouse, Janet Tuner Hospital and one folder relating to Helen Darville dating from 1979 to 1997.

Correspondence with Australian authors, mostly concerning his publication Whales, a celebration (1983) and the Harbourfront Literary Festival in Toronto, Canada.

This collection has correspondence and press cuttings relating to John Bestons' research on Patrick White. Includes letters from many Australian authors, such as Patrick White, Thea Astley, Gwen Harwood, Xavier Herbert, Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, David Williamson and Judith Wright. It contains newspaper cuttings relating to Shirley Hazzard; manuscripts (handwritten and typescript) by John Beston, including the manuscript for 'Patrick White : The search for a life value'. There are seven publications by or relating to Patrick White that have been annotated by John Beston while undertaking his research.

Notes, typescript articles, speeches, correspondence, photographs, cards, invitations, programmes. Includes material relating to : Sir Raphael Cilento; University of Queensland events, including Sir Raphael Cilento Oration; Ron Edwards, Jack Lindsay, Patrick White, Douglas Gordon, Percy Trezise. There is also some biographical material about Len and Fedora Fisher.

Postcard from Patrick White to Gwen Harwood responding to her letter to him, dated 3 Dec 1978. He mentions reading about Gwen and her life in Tasmania in the papers, and discovering her poetry. He fondly recalls an 'idyllic summer' visiting Browns River, Hobart, as a child. He ends with a comment about sending Gwen a cheque, likely related to her winning the Patrick White literary award.

This series comprises seven publications by or relating to Patrick White that have been annotated by John Beston while undertaking his research. The publications are:
Marr, D. (1992). Patrick White : a life. Alfred A. Knopf.
Morley, P. A. (1972). The mystery of unity : theme and technique in the novels of Patrick White. University of Queensland Press.
White, P. (1967). Four plays. Sun Books.
White, P. (1961). Riders in the chariot. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
White, P. (1956). The tree of man. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
White, P. (1970). The vivisector. Viking Press. [Inserted: Typescript and handwritten page with title 'Keneally interview']
White. P. (1957). Voss. Viking Press. [Covers have come away]

This series includes: newspaper cuttings relating to Shirley Hazzard; manuscripts (handwritten and typescript) by John Beston, including the manuscript for 'Patrick White : The search for a life value'.

Correspondence to John Beston from many Australian authors relating to his research on Patrick White. Authors include Patrick White, Thea Astley, Gwen Harwood, Xavier Herbert, Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, David Williamson and Judith Wright.

Series A consists of papers relating to Patrick White including correspondence, articles, newspaper cuttings and notes dating from 1956 to 2008.

Box 1

Folder 1
Reviews of The cockatoos, The full belly and A woman’s hand.

Folder 2
Articles by Ben Nicholson. Reviews of The vivisector.

Folder 3
Reviews of The burnt ones, The aunt’s story, The living and the dead and Happy valley.

Folder 4
Reviews and launch invitation to the Patrick White Letters (edited by David Marr).

Folder 5
Original and copies of Patrick White letters and Alan Lawson correspondence with David Marr.

Folder 6
Reviews of Riders in the chariot.

Folder 7
Reviews of The solid mandala.

Folder 8
Reviews, The tree of man and The eye of the storm.

Folder 9
Correspondence from 1956 and 1972-1973, includes two original Patrick White letters.

Folder 10
Uncollected Patrick White stories, poems, letters, and articles.

Folder 11
Reviews of Patrick White plays

Folder 12
Reviews of Voss.

Folder 13
Photocopies of reviews and newspaper cuttings about Patrick White. Mostly in languages other then English.

Folder 14
Postcards and poster poems, mostly relating to Billy Jones.

Folder 15
Correspondence to and from Alan Lawson, 1974 to 1982.

Folder 16
Correspondence relating to Meanjin with Geoffrey Dutton, Clem Christensen and others, 1972 to 1975.

Folder 17
Promoting Australian Literature in Schools (1990). Report to the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Prepared by Ian Reid, Centre for Studies in Literary Education Deakin University.

Box 2

Folder 1
Reviews of Flaws in the glass: a self-portrait and Memoirs of many in one.

Folder 2
Patrick White research including papers, slides and pamphlets on Stroud’s centenary, articles about Patrick White and his family history.

Folder 3
Papers and articles about Patrick White.

Folder 4
Patrick White bibliography.

Folder 5
Newspaper cuttings and photocopies of reviews of Voss, Riders in the chariot, The tree of life, The aunt’s story, The burnt ones, The living and the dead, Four plays, and *The solid mandala.

Folder 6
Correspondence to Alan Lawson from various other academics about Patrick White. Articles and reviews.

Folder 7
Theatre programs from Brisbane and Melbourne.

Folder 8
Newspaper cuttings and journal articles about Patrick White from August 1973.

Box 3

Item 1 (in 3 parts)
'Alternative mythical structures in the fiction of Patrick White', by Brenda Bosman (1989). PhD thesis (Rhodes). Part 1 Chapter 1.

'Alternative mythical structures in the fiction of Patrick White', by Brenda Bosman (1989). PhD thesis (Rhodes). Part 2 Chapters 2-5.

'Alternative mythical structures in the fiction of Patrick White', by Brenda Bosman (1989). PhD thesis (Rhodes). Part 3 Chapter 6.

Birth and death certificates, notes, family tree, correspondence concerning Patrick White and the Withycombe and Lipscomb families.