• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001825

Papers of Mavis Thorpe Clark, 1920-1999 [manuscript]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
  • Reference MS 7847
  • Date Range 1920 - 1999
  • Description

    MS 7847 comprises manuscripts, typescripts, notes, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Clark’s work as a writer. The correspondence is mostly with publishers and editors, including, Cole Turnley, E.W. Cole, W. Heinemann, George Robinson, Edward Vidler, Derek Smith, Sir Donald Bradman, Zola Kay, Chris Tangey, Catherine Hennessy, and Jackie McDonald. The MS Acc99.226 instalment includes notes and notebooks, talks given by Clark, newspaper cuttings, press releases and correspondence relating to several of her works, including, No mean destiny, They came south, Nowhere to hide, Blue above the trees and her autobiography, Trust the dream. In addition, manuscripts of various unpublished works, a scrapbook on Pastor Doug, and papers relating to conferences Clark attended. The MS Acc05.016 instalment comprises correspondence, drafts, screenplays, royalty statements, agreements, files on Public Lending Right and Copyright Agency Limited, diaries and photographs.

  • Quantity 13.75 m
  • Access Available for research. Not for loan.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Clark, Mavis Thorpe (1909 - 1999)