Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 197-?-1974 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Keneally AO, an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, was born in Sydney in 1935. He initially trained to become a Catholic priest before moving into a teaching career. His most famous novel, Schindler's Ark was published in 1982 and became the first Australian novel to win the Booker Prize.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Simon King was a publisher with William Collins and Random House.
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 197-?-1974
Collection alternatively titled as: Thomas Keneally Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research notes, manuscripts, correspondence relating to novels Blood Red, Sister Rose and Gossip from the Forest.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Sharrad P (2023) ‘The art in fiction: Thomas Keneally’, Journal of Commonwealth literature, 58(2):280–292, doi:10.1177/0021989420961820.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Keneally, Thomas (Subject)
Genre access points
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, FF, 14-May-2020.
Revised, AM, 04-Mar-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.