Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [ca.1965]- (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
605 boxes, 8 parcels.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The archive documents the history of the press from about 1965, the time of University of Queensland Press's expansion from a university publications outlet into a fully-fledged publishing house. UQP has a strong focus on Australian studies and has produced series such as Paperback Poets, Poets on Record, Australian Authors, Studies in Australian Literature, Black Australian Writers and Australian public figures and Australian public issues on tape. Authors with production files in the collection include Peter Carey, Olga Masters, David Malouf, Thomas Shapcott, John Manifold, Michael Dransfield, Janette Turner Hospital, Nancy Cato, Judith Rodriguez, Ross Fitzgerald and Denis Murphy.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, [ca.1965]-
Collection alternatively titled as: University of Queensland Press Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes production files (including typescripts, proof copies, galley proofs), correspondence, and minutes of publishing meetings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except some restricted material in Boxes 98 and 117. Application for access to restricted material may be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
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
Digital copies of some items held in Fryer Library (Restricted) collection in UQ eSpace.
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Allahyari, K. (2017). Peter Carey's Archive and the Australian Literary Field. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature: JASAL, 17(2), 1-8.
Lee, C. (2014). Literary Adaptation and Market Value: Encounters with the Public in the Early Career of Roger McDonald. Queensland Review, 21(1), 39-48.
Steggall, Stephany Evans. (2015). Interestingly enough... : the life of Tom Keneally. Collingwood, Vic. : Nero, an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd.
Publication note
'Literary Papers in the University of Queensland Press Archive, The University of Queensland Library, Fryer Library'. (2001). Guide to Australian literary manuscripts. University of Western Australia Library & Australian Literary Manuscript Collections Project.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
Libraries Australia ID
OCLC Number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- University of Queensland Press (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.