• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003594

Papers of Marjorie Pizer, [ca. 1940]-1989 [manuscript]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
  • Reference MS 8094
  • Date Range 1940 - 1989
  • Description

    1. 20 notebooks of the 1940s containing research by Pizer and Holburn mainly into Australian radical poetry. (Box 1). 2. Draft typescript anthology of Australian poetry resulting from the above research. Precursor of the shorter published anthology “Freedom on the Wallaby” (1953). (Box 2). 3. Manuscripts and proofs of “The Sixtieth spring” (1982), “Fire in the heart” (1990) and “Equinox” (1987) – books of poetry by Pizer published by Pinchgut Press. 4. Correspondence with Angus & Robertson re her school anthology “Come Listen” (1966). 5. Notes on 27 half sheets by Muir Holburn for a talk on Adelaide Ironside, Inez Hyland and Lesbia Harford. 6. 17 small notebooks containing drafts of poems by Pizer, 1977-89.

  • Quantity 3 boxes 0.42 m
  • Access Access restricted.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Pizer, Marjorie (1920 - 2016)