Research, manuscripts and correspondence relating to the novel Gossip from the forest (1975).

Box 2
Folder 1
72 leaves of notes, handwritten, and research materials on Armistice used for Gossip from the forest. Includes photocopied pages from Armistice, 1918 by Harry R. Rudin and The kings depart : the German revolution and the Treaty of Versailles 1918-19 by Richard M. Watt, annotated in pen; a hand-drawn map, in pen, of Germany, alongside a note to 'Mrs. Woollard' from Thomas Keneally with typing directions (referenced in the letter from Iris [?] Woollard in Folder 6); a pen illustration of Friedrich Ebert; one leaf of a handwritten draft from the novel Passenger (1979); and an envelope addressed to 'Mrs. Keneally' with 'Research armistice' written on the front in pen.

Folders 2-3
Draft, Gossip from the forest, 320 leaves, mostly typescript, some handwritten, inconsistent pagination in the top right corner starting from 13. Some of the pages have been cut and pasted or taped together. Pen and pencil annotations throughout. Includes a map, hand-drawn with pen, of the Western Front.

Folder 4
Draft, Gossip from the forest, 109 leaves, some typescript and some handwritten, inconsistent numeric and alphabetic pagination in the top right corner. Some pen and pencil annotations throughout. Many of the pages have been cut and pasted or taped together. Also includes some notes with editorial comments and directions.

Folder 5
Draft, Gossip from the forest, 168 leaves, some handwritten, some typescript, with annotations throughout and inconsistent pagination in top right corner; many loose cut-up fragments of the draft for Gossip from the forest; and an envelope addressed to literary agent Tessa Sayle, from Thomas Keneally.

Folder 6
Correspondence related to Gossip from the forest. Includes two letters, two leaves total, undated, from Iris (?) Woollard in Kent, England, concerning the typing of Gossip, and one of the letters makes reference to the hand-drawn map of Germany in Folder 1; one letter, four leaves, from Philip Ziegler of Collins Publishers, London, dated 17 July 1974, with editorial comments about Gossip.

Parcel 2
Folders 1-3
Draft, Gossip from the forest, 247 leaves, mostly handwritten, some typescript, inconsistent pagination in the top right corner. Many of the pages have been cut and pasted together.