Papers [manuscript]. 1908-1971.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1908-1971.

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The papers include literary manuscripts, notebooks, autobiographical notes, newspaper reviews and leaders by Slessor, reviews by others of his work, photographs, and an extensive collection of correspondence. The correspondents include R.D. FitzGerald, Dame Mary Gilmore, H.M. Green, Sir Paul Hasluck, Christopher Koch, Norman Lindsay, Hugh McCrae, David Rowbotham, Douglas Stewart, and numerous other Australian writers. There are also manuscripts of 28 poems by other poets, including W. Hart-Smith, Jack Lindsay, Phil Lindsay, Kenneth Mackenzie, McCrae and Rowbotham. Commonwealth Literary Fund and National Literary Board of Review files are also included. One bound copy, inscribed to Sleesor and illustrated inside front and back covers by the author, entitled "The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and other Poems" by Ronald McCuaig, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1961.

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McCuaig, Ronald

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Commonwealth Literary Fund

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The C.L.F. was founded in 1908. Originally intended to assist impoverished writers and their dependents, the Fund financed Fellowships awarded annually to writers of promise, and made grants to publishers. From the description of Manuscripts and papers [manuscript]. 1960-1973. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225835317 ...

National Literary Board of Review.

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Slessor, Kenneth, 1901-1971

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Author, journalist, poet. Member of Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Literary Fund since 1954 and of the Commonwealth Literary Censorship Board. Editor Smith's Weekly, Sydney Sun and Daily Telegraph and of Southerly. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1908-1971. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225824484 ...