Papers of Kylie Tennant, 1891-1989 (bulk 1933-1988) [manuscript]. 1891-1989.

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Papers of Kylie Tennant, 1891-1989 (bulk 1933-1988) [manuscript]. 1891-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271352749

The papers reflect the personal and professional life of Australian writer, Kylie Tennant. They include correspondence, personal documents, notes and notebooks, literary manuscripts, press cuttings, photographs and graphic material. The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence and research material, notes and drafts relating to Tennant's literary works. The papers of Tennant's husband, L.C. Rodd, are present throughout the collection, largely in the form of correspondence. Australian literary figures amongst the correspondents include: Kay Brown, Nancy Cato, Clem Christesen, Robert Darby, Beatrice Davis, Geoffrey Dutton, Miles Franklin, Mary Gilmore, Dorothy Green, Max Harris, Elizabeth Harrower, Tom Inglis Moore, Elizabeth Jolley, Nancy Keesing, David Martin, Stephen Murray-Smith, Nettie Palmer, Nancy Phelan, Hal Porter, Colin Roderick, Peter Scriven, Thomas Shapcott, Douglas Stewart, Judah Waten, Patrick White and Patricia Wrightson. Other correspondents represented in the collection by significant amounts of papers include long-term friend and Maitland City Librarian, Mavis Cribb, the Reverend Alfred Clint, Doris Chadwick, Jack Ross and Tennant's children, Bim (John) and Benison Rodd.

7.25 m. (45 boxes and 2 fol. boxes)+ 1 elephant folio.

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Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988

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Kylie Tennant was a novelist and short-story writer who had also published works on Australian history. She had been a member of the Commonwealth Literary Fund Advisory Board since 1961. Her novels had brought her the S.H. Prior Memorial Prize and the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1941-1988. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825153 Novelist and short-story writer who has also published works on Australian...