Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1954?]-1984. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box.
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, [1954?]-1984
Collection alternatively titled as: Madge Staunton Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
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).
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
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Staunton, Madge, 1917-1985 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.