Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

Correspondence 1951-1956 re material for anthologies Australian Bush Ballads Vol. I and Old Bush Songs Vol. II edited by Douglas Stewart and Nancy Keesing - also miscellaneous articles and cuttings. Collected material - a draft copy of Old Bush Songs; duplicates and variant versions of material, with book lists and notes on sources; rejected material. Also notebooks containing comment on verses in the Bulletin, 1881-1931, and in libraries, including the Mitchell Library.

5 v., 1 (2") box.

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Keesing, Nancy

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Educated at Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Frensham and the University of Sydney, she has been Chairman of the Literature Board of the Australia Council since 1974. Miss Keesing is a member of the Royal Australian Historical Society, the Australian Jewish Historical Society, P.E.N. and vice president of the English Association (N.S.W. Branch). Publications include four books of poetry, two of criticism, an autobiography and two books for young people. She is married to Dr. A.M. ...