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Papers of Eleanor Dark

Title
Papers of Eleanor Dark
Repository
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Reference
MS 4998
Date Range
1923 - 1974
Description

The collection consists of newspaper clippings (1936-1954) mainly reviews of Eleanor Dark's novels, and letters (1923-1974) from a number of the prominent Australian literary figures of the period. The correspondents include Manning Clark, Kate Baker, Jean Devaney, Flora Eldershaw, Mary Gilmore, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Miles Franklin, Eric Lowe, Marjorie Barnard, Ethel Turner, Xavier Herbert, Frank Dalby Davison, Brian Fitzpatrick, Alec Chisholm, Kylie Tennant, Meta Mackan, Ruth Park, Ethel Curlewis, C.B. Christesen.

Quantity
0.1 m
Access
Available for reference. Not for loan.
Finding Aid

National Library of Australia, 'Papers of Eleanor Dark (1901 - 1985)', in Finding Aids Manuscripts, http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/4998.html. Details

Descriptive list available (6p.)

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

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