MS 7847
Papers of Mavis Thorpe Clark


Biographical Note

Author of educational and children's books. Clark's publications include Pony from Tarella (1959), The min-min (1967), Blue above the tree (1968), Wildfire (1973) and Soft shoe (1988).

Series Description

SERIES I : Correspondence

BOX 1

Folder 1       Correspondence                       1923-47           
Folder 2       Correspondence                       1947-48           
Folder 3       Correspondence                       1949-53           
               (Mostly copies of letters sent)                        
Folder 4       Correspondence                       1949-52           
               (Mostly copies of letters sent)                        
Folder 5       Correspondence                       1953-56           
Folder 6       Correspondence                       1957-59           
               (Mostly letters received)                              
Folder 7       Correspondence                       1953-61           
               (Mostly copies of letters sent)                        
Folder 8       Correspondence                       1961-62           
Folder 9       Correspondence                       1963-64           

Box 2

Folder 10      Correspondence                       1965-66            
Folder 11      Correspondence                       1967               
Folder 12      Correspondence                       1968               
Folder 13      Correspondence                       1969               
Folder 14      Correspondence                       1970               
Folder 15      Correspondence                       1971               
Folder 16      Correspondence                       1972               
Folder 17      Correspondence                       1973               

Box 3

Folder 18      Correspondence                       1974               
Folder 19      Correspondence                       1975               
Folders 20-21  Correspondence                       1976               
Folder 22      Correspondence                       1977               
Folders 23     Correspondence                       1978               
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Folder 24      Correspondence                       1979               

Series II : Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence and newspaper

clippings relating to Clark's published works

Box 4

Folders 25-29   Manuscripts (First drafts), typescripts and      1924-29         
                correspondence relating to 'Peggy's rival'                       

Box 5

Folders 30-31   Typescripts and manuscript of 'The twins aboad'                 
Folders 32-36   Manuscipts, typescripts, correspondence and newspaper           
                clippings relating to 'Hatherly's first fifteen'                

Box 6

Folders 37-38    Manuscript (First draft) and typescript of 'Dark     
                 pool                                                 
                 island'; including the first two chapters of 'Sunny  
                 Mount school' and 'Light ended' 1936-48              
Folders 39-40    Manuscripts (First drafts; some chapters are not     
                 included) and typescripts of 'The twins from Timber  
                 Creek' or 'Home again at Timber Creek' 1947-49       
Folder 41        Manuscript of 'Jingaroo' 1930                        

Box 7

Folders 42-44    Manuscript (First draft) and typescripts (Publisher's    
                 and radio copies) of 'Jingaroo' 1953                     
Folders 45-46    Manuscript (First draft) and typescript of 'Sunnymount   
                 school' or 'Sunnyview school'. In 1951 it was            
                 published under a new title 'Missing gold'               

Box 8

Folder 47        Manuscript of the last chapters of the newspaper         
                 serial entitled 'Dark pool island'; a short story        
                 'Four bad boys'; a play (myth) written for radio         
                 'The love story of cupid'; an adult short story          
                 'The butterfly'; an article 'Facts of life'; and a poem  
                 'I plucked a rose'                                       
Folder 48        Typescript of 'The treasure in the barn'. This was       
                 published under the title 'Missing gold'                 
Folders 49-51    Manuscript, typescripts (Publisher's and ABC radio       
                 copies. Episodes 45-52 are not included) and             
                 correspondence with Heinemann relating to 'The brown     
                 land was green' 1951-56                                  

Box 9

Folders 52-55    Manuscripts (Including first drafts) and typescripts     
                 (Including first draft and carbon copy of final draft)   
                 of 'Gully of gold' 1961-62                               

Box 10

Folders 56-57    Manuscript (first draft) and typescripts (Including      
                 carbon copies of some of the T.V. scripts) of 'Pony      
                 from Tarella' 1958                                       
Folder 58        Manuscript, notes, typescript and correspondence         
                 relating to 'Fishing' 1962-63                            
Folder 59        Manuscript and typescript of 'John Batman'               
Folder 60        Typescript (Publisher's copy) of 'They came South' 1963  

Box 11

Folder 61        Carbon copy of typescript for the ABC radio serial of    
                 'They came South'                                        
Folder 62        Typescript (Publisher's copy) and notes of 'Pastor       
                 Doug' 1965                                               
Folders 63-64    Manuscript and typescripts (first draft incomplete)      
                 and typescript (publisher's copy, complete) of           
                 'Min-Min'                                                
                 1966                                                     
Folder 65        Typescript of short story entitled 'Sylvie' 1962         

Box 12

Folders 66-67    Manuscript (First draft) and typescript of "Blue above   
                 the tree' 1966                                           
Folders 68-69    Typescripts and some correspondence relating to 'A       
                 pack-tracker' 1966-67                                    
Folder 70        Manuscript of 'Spark of opal'                            

Box 13

Folders 71-72    Typescripts (Publisher's production copy and first       
                 carbon copy) of 'Spark of opal 1967                      
Folders 73-74    Manuscript (First draft) and Typescript (Publisher's     
                 copy) of 'Nowhere to hide' 1943-44; 1969                 

Box 14

Folder 75        Typescript (Publisher's copy) of 'The mystery of the    
                 island' 1943-44                                         
Folders 76-77    Typescript and correspondence relating to 'The opal     
                 miner' (Later published as 'Opal mining') 1968          
Folders 78-80    Manuscript, typescripts (Landsdowne press' and          
                 Macmillan's copies) and some correspondence 1970-71     

Box 15

Folder 81     Typescripts (Including the first working copy) of 'Iron     
              ore mining' 1971                                            
Folder 82     Typescript (Publisher's copy) of 'Strolling players' 1972   
Folder 83     Manuscript (First draft), Typescript (Publisher's copy)     
              and notes relating to 'Wildfire'                            

Box 16

Folders 85-87    Manuscript, typescripts (Including publisher's copy      
                 and notes of 'New golden mountain' 1970-73               
Folders 88-89    Typescripts (First typed draft ,with some notes, and     
                 publisher's copy) of 'The sky is free' 1973              

Box 17

Folders 90-93   Manuscript, typescripts (Publisher's and working          
                copies) and notes relating to 'The hundred islands'1976   
Folder 94       Manuscript and typescript of 'Iron ore mining' 1971       

Box 18

Folder 95        Typescript, notes and correspondence relating to         
                 'Spanish Queen' 1976-77                                  
Folders 96-98    Manuscript and typescripts (First typed draft and        
                 publisher's copy) of 'The boy from Cumeroogunga' 1979    
Folders 99-100   Manuscript, typescript, notes and correspondence         
                 relating to 'The lilly-pilly' 1978-79                    

Box 19

Folder 101     Manuscript and typescript of 'Joey' 1979-80                
Folders 102    Manuscript and typescript of 'A stranger came to the       
103            mine' 1978-80                                              
Folder 104     Manuscript of 'Solomon's child' 1981                       

Box 20

Folders 105-  Typescripts (First typed draft and publisher's copy)        
105           of 'Solomon's child'                                        
Folder 107    Manuscript and typescript of 'Boo to a goose' 1979-80       
Folder 108    Notes, typescript and correspondence relating to            
              'The thief who came quietly' 1980-81                        
Folders 109-  Typescript and correspondence relating to 'Young            
110           and brave' 1981                                             

Box 21

Folders 111-    Manuscript and typescript (Publisher's copy) of           
112             'No mean destiny' 1986                                    
Folder 113      Notes and manuscript of 'Soft shoe' 1981                  

Box 22

Folder 114    Typescript, galley proof and correspondence relating to     
              'Soft shoe' 1987                                            
Folder 115    Manuscript of 'The Prince Vega'                             
Folders 116-  Manuscript and typescript of 'Out of revenge'               
117           1939                                                        
Folder 118    Manuscript and typescript of 'Found on the waterfront'      
              1939                                                        

Box 23

Folders 119-  Manuscript and typescript of 'The house of Innismore'       
120           1938                                                        
Folders 121-  Manuscript and typescript of 'The blue homestead'           
122           1946-50                                                     

Box 24

Folder 123    Manuscript and typescript of 'Greek myths' which was        
              adapted into radio plays (3LO); and the manuscript of       
              'The little folks from Bundy' 1934                          
Folders 124-  Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The hero of Clifton'        
125           and 'New girl Clifton'. The latter was published in         
              The ... girl annual 1948                                    
Folders 126-  Manuscript of 'Guest in danger' or 'Wallaby Hill'           
127                                                                       

Box 25

Folders 128-    Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Guest in danger';         
131             also known as 'Wallaby Hill', 'Harbour rescue', 'Let's    
                call him Tim!', 'The harbour's yield', or 'Tim of         
                Wallaby Hill' 1947-48                                     
Folders 132-    Manuscript and typescript of 'The folk next door',        
133             written for radio station 3DB 1946                        

Box 26

Folder 134       Typescripts of the following short stories:              
                   'A good save'                                          
                   'Danny again'                                          
                   'Danny shines again'                                   
                   'Danny takes a knock'                                  
                   'Danny's sixth sense'                                  
                   'The dud'                                              
                   'How things work out'                                  
                   'In the wrong colours'                                 
                   'Island in the river'                                  
                   'Jeff's reward'                                        
                   'The night freighter'                                  
                   'Night hold-up'                                        
                   'The nightwatchman'                                    
                   'The pay-off'                                          
                   'The perfect nuisance'                                 
                   'Tommy fights again'                                   

Series III : Manuscripts, typescripts, notes and correspondence

relating to early unpublished works

Folder 135       Manuscript, notes and typescript of 'In the days of      
                 Charlemagne' 1926                                        
Folders 136-     Manuscript and typescript of 'In the ruck' 1928          
137                                                                       

Box 27

Folders 138-     Manuscript and typescript of 'The fourth generation'     
139              1928                                                     
Folder 140       Manuscript, typescript and correspondence relating to    
                 'Friend o' mine' 1929-30                                 

Box 28

Folders 141-     Manuscript and typescript of 'They also serve'           
142              1933                                                     

Series IV : Manuscripts, typescripts, notes and correspondence

relating to works written during schooldays

Box 29 (Two plastic bags) 1922-25

Series V : Printed material

Dark pool island,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1949
The twins from Timber creek,
	Melborne: Oxford University Press, 1949
Home again at Timber Creek,
	Melbourne: Oxford University press, 1950
	(Signed copy)        
Box 30

Jingaroo,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1951
	(Signed copy)

The brown land was green,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974
	(Signed copy)

.Gully of gold,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1969
	(Signed copy)

Pony from Tarella,
	Melbourne: Heinemann, 1959

.John Batman,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1971

They came south,
	Melbourne: Heinemann, 1963

Pastor Doug,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1965

Fishing,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1963

The Min-min,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974

Blue above the trees,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1967

A pack-tracker,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1968

.Spark of opal,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1968

.Nowhere to hide,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1969

.Opal mining,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1969

.Iron mountain,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1970
Box 31

.Iron oremining,
	Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1972

.Strolling players,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1972

.Wildfire,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973

.New golden mountain,
	Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1973

.The sky is free,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974

.The hundred islands,
	 Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976

.The boy from Cumeroogunga,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1979

.A stranger came to the mine,
	Melbourne: Hutchinson, 1980

.Spanish Queen,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977

.The Lilly-Pilly,
	Adelaide: 1979

.Joey,
	Sydney:Addison-Wesley, 1980

.Solomon's child,
	Melbourne: Puffin, 1981

.Boo to a goose,
	Sydney: Addison-Wesley, 1981

.The thief Who came quietly,
	Sydney: Addison- Wesley, 1982

.Young and brave,
	Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984

.No mean destiny,
	Melbourne: Hyland House, 1986

.Soft shoe,
	Gosford, NSW: Bookshelf, 1988
Series VI : Folio Items

Folio 1          Newspaper clippings             1961-70                         
Folio 2          Newspaper clippings             1957-64                         
Folio 3          Newspaper clippings             1950-64                         
Folio 4          Newspaper clippings             1948-50                         
Folio 5          Newspaper clippings             1932-54