Letters (1 enclosed with poem), from John Manifold, 1957 to 1969.

Letters and postcards from Judith Rodriguez to David Malouf.

Letters and postcards from David Malouf to Judith Rodriguez, 1957 to 1960, numbered 75/DM1 – 75/DM37. Some discussion of Four Poets project. Letter 75/DM24 includes poems written by David Malouf to be critiqued by Judith Rodriguez. The titles of the poems are: “At My Grandmother's”, “Family Photographs”, “In an Antique Land”, “Footnote for a Bestiary”, “Difficult Letter”, “Indoor Garden”, “Dress Circle”, “Notes from a Menagerie”, “Unholding Here”, “Hotel Room Revisited”, “Sheer Edge”, “Arc Lamp”, “Five Paces”, “Dark Destroyer”. These poems are typescript. Judith Rodriguez has also annotated other poems, previously sent to her by Malouf, onto the backs of the poems she has been asked to critique. The annotated poems are: “Maiden Aunts”, “Childhood Illness”, “Epitaph on a Monster of our Times” and “Instead of An Elegy”. Some letters have annotations by Judith Rodriguez.

Thirty-nine tyescript drafts, some with handwritten emendations. Mostly comprises reviews of literary works by others.

Booklet, nine leaves, comprised of nine typescript poems, stapled together with a yellow cover, and handwritten title and number 1 on inside of front cover. Each poem has date at the bottom of the page. Poems are: Quest (August 1959); Word my oracle (November 1960); Encounter (February 1961); The windy cock (January 1961); Listening and living (January 1962); Tree-climbing in summer (May 1962); Pine-grove : (words for a design) (1962); Grapefruit at lights out : (words for a design) (June 1968); and Jingle for a serene full moon on a warm night (February 1969). The last poem has a handwritten corrrection dated 2014.

Booklet stapled together with lightweight card cover with forty poems. Sticky taped to inside cover is a typewritten letter from Judith Rodriguez to her mother which says, in part: "It is a selection of poems made with you in mind..." Poems, with dates: To my mother, who loves and disagrees; Watching the wake; On journeying apart; The unforgiving clock; The poenix; Lullaby; The Cats; On the farewell gift of a jade ring; Landfall - the second city; The lovers; Indifference; Apology to the spectator; At Luciano's, Port of Spain; Betrayal; Looking at; Free-wheeling; For Hazim Abdullah (d. June 1963); Lesson in mime; Miscarriage; Names for children; Frontier incident; Evening in Society, Port of Spain; Armistic Day, 1966; The Pre-Cook; Party; Bigfoot territory; Caution for an English February; Quest; Word my oracle; The windy cock; Encounter; Listening and living; Tree-climbing in summer; Pine-grove; The bush-fiddle; Pages from a sketch-book, 1959: for Kate Manifold; Witnesses; A drawing of Diego Rivera; Grapefruit at lights out : (words for a design); and A painting of fruit, and Fabio away.

Correspondence mainly in the form of letters and postcards with various authors: Philip Martin concerning “Girl Warrior”, Don Maynard, Les A. Murray concerning “The New Moreton Bay”, Stephen Murray Smith concerning “On Journeying Apart”, Barry O'Donohue, Grace Perry, Andrew Sant and Fay Zwicky. Includes poems from some correspondents.

This series contains drafts of reviews, published and unpublished, of other authors works as well as documents for some of the literary and art awards where she was a judge.

Booklet, seventeen leaves, comprised of sixteen typescript poems, stapled together with a purple cover, and handwritten title and number 3 on inside of front cover. Each poem has date at the bottom of the page. Poems are:

• Word of the explorers (April 1970); handwriten note at top in brackets: To Em. Prof. F.W.R.
• On some university lecturers (February 1959).
• Conceit upon pens (November 1966).
• Inscriptions, Granite Belt (May 1959).
• Holiday Haiku (August 1963).
• Open-air cinema (March 1970).
• Bigfoot territory (February 1969); 2 leaves; at top of poem "On the trail of a gaint," by Albert S. Hunter, Herald, Sat. 22. ii.69.
• Frontier incident (February 1962).
• Armistice Day, 1966 (November 1966); title has '1966' crossed through.
• June 1970 (undated).
• Evening in Society, Port of Spain (March 1969).
• Brown Ellen (January 1970).
• Women's ward (October 1967).
• These many deaths (April - August 1970); handwritten note at top of page: Coffee with Jill (Farrar) Morris.
• Talking of people (April 1970); handwritten note at top of page in brackets: to D.M.
• Caution for an English February (February 1962).

Letters, postcards and poems from Don Maynard, 1959 to 1982.