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
A-B
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
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