Collection UQFL331 - Madge Staunton Papers

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Reference code

UQFL331

Title

Madge Staunton Papers

Date(s)

  • [1954?]-1984. (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 box.

Context area

Name of creator

(1917-1985)

Biographical history

Madge Staunton, poet, lived most of her life in Queensland. She began writing poetry in the 1970s. Won two Henry Lawson Festival awards (1974,1975); won the Silver Jubilee Henry Lawson Festival Award (1982); won Highly Commended for the Anne Elder Award (1982). She was involved in the visual arts, and adjudicator of many poetry competitions.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, [1954?]-1984
Collection alternatively titled as: Madge Staunton Collection.

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Scope and content

Correspondence relating to literary awards, functions and festivals, publishers, anthology requests, eisteddfods; books of poetry collections; festival brochures and entry forms; photographs; literary magazines and newsletters; biographical statements; manuscripts of poems.
Bulk of papers 1970-1984.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arrangement :
Folders 1 and 2 : correspondence and miscellaneous.
Folders 3 and 4 : typescripts and holographs (poems).

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Language of material

  • English

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991004859209703131

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Status

Migrated

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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