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'Sam's birth' and 'Sam's birthday' (A letter to our son) [article] (1988)

Letter written to Carey's son, Sam, about his experiences and feelings about his son and his birth. This file comprises: 4 drafts entitled 'Sam's Birthday'. Two are marked 2nd draft. A 5th draft is entitled 'Sams Birth'. Typescript and photocopies of typescript, one with handwritten emendations. Reprint of A Letter to Our Son from Granta where it was first published. This material originally in an envelope labelled: 'A Letter to our Son'- 2 drafts plus a revision titled 'Sam's Birth'(day)'. Letter from 'Nancy' with pp. 17-22.

'Nicholson family history - photos'

Original folder entitled 'Nicholson family history - photos' (now discarded) containing photographs and negatives used in the publication 19th Century Pioneer: Frank Villeneuve Nicholson Family in Australia. Correspondence relating to the house known as Trafalgar is included.

Nagas [and] 'Kinship 1.0.C' by Camilla Wedgwood

Anthropological field notes and reports, original folder titled 'Nagas' written in pencil and below that, in pen, 'Kinship 1.0.C by Camilla Wedgwood'. It contains a typescript paper by Camilla Wedgwood, with handwritten emendations; the title on page one is 'The English kinship system'; there are 100 pages of typescript and one page in pen and pencil with 'Genealogy illustrating the use of English kinship terms and the multiple relationships arising from the marriage of first cousins'. Wedgwood published an article in Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1929 titled 'Cousin marriage'.

Executive Meetings

Three folders with resolutions, minutes, and reports of the Executive Committee of the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division) from 1961 to 1984 (not inclusive).

Correspondence, 1991

Correspondence, incoming, from 1991:
1991 – 51 letters:
Murray Bail (2);
Alison Clark (3);
Dymphna Clark (1);
Nin Dutton (18 Apr 1991);
Nick Enright (1);
Kate Grenville (1);
Elizabeth Jolley (8 Jul 1991);
David Marr (27 Jun 1991 – ‘I’ve now seen the PW [Patrick White] book […]. I took the first copy round to show Manoly. […] Even though it was cold we had tea on the terrace and M started telling me things I wish I had in the book. He talked about meeting Patrick: that first night they went out for a meal. M said, ‘I found I could talk to him. He understood what I was saying and I understood him […]. We talked for hours. He made me happy at once, and I think I made him happy.’ I’d have given pages of my own prose to have ‘He made me happy at once…’;
Drusilla Modjeska (1);
Frank Moorhouse (6 Nov, 26 Nov 1991);
Janette Turner Hospital (15 Apr, 22 Oct 1991);
Others (35).

Documents relating to poetry prizes

This file has documents relating to judging the Herald C J Dennis Memorial Poetry Competition in 1976; The Australian poetry prize and anthology, 1984 - 1985; and the Canning Literary Awards, 1984.

Poems, 1980s

Poems, published and unpublished, by Judith Rodriguez, most typescript, month and year of creation, some with publication details, some with handwritten emendations. Covers the years 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1985-1990.

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