MS 9356
Papers of David Marr (1947- )



Summary

Creator: Marr, David, 1947-  
Title: Papers of David Marr
Date range:   1920s-96 (bulk 1979-96)    
Reference number:  MS 9356
Extent:  12.48 m. (71 boxes, 16 cartons, 6 folio boxes)

Administrative Information

Access
Available for research. Not for loan.

Provenance
The collection was purchased by the National Library from David Marr in 1999. Further papers were donated to the Library in November 1999 (Series 30/ Item 11), November 2000 (Series 1/ Folders 4-10) and January 2001 (Series 27/ Item 41).

Scope and Content

The papers comprise correspondence, research material, photographs, reviews, permission files and drafts of Marr's books Barwick (1980), The Ivanov trail (1984), Patrick White a life (1991), Patrick White letters (1994) and The price of heaven (1999).

The bulk of the correspondence, around 4000 letters, relates to Marr's research and writings on Patrick White. It extends from 1985 to 1998 and is arranged chronologically in 88 bundles. The letters and faxes, including copies of those written by Marr, document Marr's life over nine years, as he pursued friends and acquaintances of White and dealt with all the problems associated with writing the two Patrick White books.

Some of the correspondents wrote dozens of letters and they are often very lengthy. The principal correspondents are Veronica Brady, Paul Brunton, Geoffrey Dutton, Ninette Dutton, Chuck Elliott (Random House), Andrew Fisher, Peggy Garland, Graham Greene (Jonathan Cape), Elizabeth Harrower, Graham James, Heather Johnson, Matthew Kelly (Random House), Alan Lawson, Richard de Mestre, Anthea Morton-Saner, Jean Scott Rogers, John Thompson and Gerard Windsor.

Wherever possible, the original arrangement of the papers and the file titles have been preserved by the Library. The papers relating to the two books on Patrick White were extremely well organised and Marr's arrangement of the papers has been retained in series 13-29. Some of the papers were removed from the original ring binders or plastic folders.


Biographical Note

David Marr was born in Sydney in 1947. He was educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he graduated in Arts and Law. He had been an articled clerk with the legal firm Allen, Allen and Hemsley, but he soon turned to journalism and wrote for the Bulletin and the National Times. He was editor of the National Times in 1981-82. He was later a reporter on the ABC program 'Four Corners' (1985, 1990-91) and the presenter of Radio National's 'Arts today' program (1994-96). He is currently a feature writer for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Marr is the author of Barwick (1984), The Ivanov trail (1984), Patrick White: a life (1991) and Patrick White: letters (1994) and The price of heaven (1999).

Reference
Who's who in Australia 1999, p. 1144
An interview with David Marr by Ann Turner, recorded in May 1988, is held in the Oral History Section at ORAL TRC 3717.


Series List

Series

Title

1

Barwick: contracts and business papers, 1981-93

2

Barwick: research papers, 1954-80

3

Barwick: interviews, n.d.

4

Barwick: drafts, 1979

5

Barwick: publicity, 1980

6

Barwick: corrected copy, n.d.

7

The Ivanov trail: contracts and business papers, 1979-85

8

The Ivanov trail: research papers, 1982-83

9

The Ivanov trail: notes and card index, c.1983

10

The Ivanov trail: drafts

11

The Ivanov trail: reviews, 1984

12

Television feature film 'Humpty dumpty man', 1984-85

13

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: correspondence, 1985-98

14

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: business correspondence, 1985-94

15

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: subject files, 1950-90

16

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: copies of Patrick White's letters, 1920-90

17

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research, 1939-88

18

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: press files, 1939-90

19

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: properties, c.1866-1970

20

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: photographs, n.d.

21

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: permission files, 1986-90

22

Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: other research material, 1977-93

23

Patrick White a life: drafts, 1990-92

24

Patrick White a life: publication, 1987-92

25

Patrick White a life: reviews, 1991

26

Patrick White a life: audio book,

27

Patrick White letters: drafts, 1993-94

28

Patrick White letters: publication and publicity, 1994

29

Patrick White letters: reviews, 1994-96

30

Miscellaneous papers, 1969-94

 

Series Description

Series 1 Barwick: contracts and business papers, 1981-93

Sir Garfield Barwick (1903-1997) grew up and was educated in Sydney and was called to the Bar in 1927. By the early 1940s he was recognised as one of the leading barristers in Australia and he appeared in a succession of major High Court and Privy Council cases until his election to the House of Representatives in 1958. He was Attorney-General in 1958-63 and Minister for External Affairs in 1961-64. In 1964 he was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, a position he occupied until 1981.

David Marr had worked in the Sydney legal firm of Allen, Allen and Hemsley, a firm that had often briefed Barwick in his years at the Bar. In 1977 Marr began to collect material for a biography of Barwick. In the following year he interviewed Barwick, but the Chief Justice later indicated his opposition to the project and provided no further help. Barwick was first published in1980 by Allen and Unwin. A new edition by the same publisher appeared in 1992.

The correspondence in Folders 4-10 was added to the collection on 23 November 2000. The correspondents include Sir Garfield Barwick, Justice Rae Else-Mitchell, R.R. Downing, Sir Lionel Murphy, Geoffrey Griffith and C.W. Pincus. Copies of some of Marr's letters are also included.

Folder
1	Contracts with Hale & Iremonger and Allen & Unwin
2	Financial papers, 1981-82
3	Correspondence with Allen & Unwin, 1992-93
4	Correspondence, 1978-79
5	Copies of Marr's letters to Sir Garfield Barwick, 1979
6-7	Correspondence, 1979-80
8	Correspondence, 1980
9	Correspondence, 1980-81
10	Letters from friends and the general public about the book, 1981-84


Series 2 Barwick: research material, 1954-80

The series includes notes, photocopies, cuttings, card indexes and other papers accumulated while Marr was researching his book.

Wherever possible, the original arrangement of the papers and the file titles have been preserved by the Library. To comply with the Library's preservation guidelines, some of the papers were removed from the ring binders or plastic folders.

Folder/bundle
1	Airlines
2	Cases
3	Dobell case, 1943
4-5	Copies of Hansard, 1956-64
6	High Court building, 1968-78
7	Copies of Justinian, 1979-80
8	Sir John Kerr
9-14	Land holdings of Barwick
15	Lawyers
16	Macquarie University
17-20	Parliament
21-22	Privy Council, 1967-72
23	Parramatta
24	Questions, scraps, ideas
25-29	Sacking of the Whitlam Government, 1975
30	Searches: notes for research assistant
31-33	12 notebooks
34-36	Notes and clippings, 1954-79
37-39	Notes, photocopies and cuttings, 1974-80
40-47	Notes and photocopies, n.d.
48	Photocopies and cuttings, 1979-80
49	Miscellaneous notes, n.d.
50	Card indexes

Series 3 Barwick: interviews

In researching for Barwick Marr interviewed friends, colleagues and acquaintances of Sir Garfield. The series comprises transcripts and handwritten notes of the interviews. The interviewees include Sir Howard Beale, A.J. Blackshield, Malcolm Booker, Sir John Carrick, Sir William Deane, Kep Enderby, Rae Else-Mitchell, Milo Dunphy, John Ewens, William Gummow, Richard Hall, Clarrie Harders, R.A.G. Henderson, Sir Richard Kirby, Geoff Lindell, James McClelland and Lady McNicoll.

Wherever possible, the original arrangement of the papers and the file titles have been preserved by the Library. Some of the papers were removed from the ring binders or plastic folders.

Folder
1	A-D
2	E-F
3	F-L
4	K-M
5	O-S
6	S-W

Series 4 Barwick: drafts, 1979

The series comprises mostly of typewritten drafts. Wherever possible, the original arrangement of the papers and the file titles have been preserved by the Library. Some of the papers were removed from the ring binders or plastic folders.

Folder
1	First draft shown to John Iremonger
2-4	Draft 2
5	Draft 3
6	Draft 3: first draft of 'Barwick A: 1950-58' submitted to Iremonger in June 1979
7-8	Draft 3: first draft of 'Barwick B: 1950-58' submitted to Iremonger in June 1979
9-11	Draft 4: first fairly complete draft sent to professional typist
12	Draft 5: chapters 1-15
13	Draft 5: chapters 16-20
14	Draft 5: chapters 1-9
15	Draft 6
16	Draft 7 A: chapters 1-12
17	Draft 7 A: chapters 13-20
18-24	Draft 7 B: second proof for re-type
25	Draft of chapter 1: 'A start of life'
26	Draft of chapter 2: 'Masters'
27	Draft of chapter 3: 'Hard times'
28	Draft of chapter 4: 'Persuasion'
29	Draft of chapter 5: 'Combat training, Barwick at war'
30-31	Draft of chapter 6: 'All the precedents' men'
32-34	Draft of chapter 7: 'The great financial romance'
35-38	Draft of chapter 8: 'Communist Party Dissolution Bill'
39	Draft of chapter 8
40	Draft of chapter 9
41-44	Draft of chapter 10: 'Petrov'
45	Draft of chapter 11: 'Unfinished business'
46	Draft of chapter 14: 'Trouble on the north west frontier'
47	Draft of chapter 15: 'Free market forces'
48-50	Draft of chapter 17: 'Work as Chief Justice'
51	Draft of chapter 18
52-54	Draft of chapter 19: 'Sacking'
55	Drafts
56	Proof from Griffin Press

Series 5 Barwick: publicity, 1980

This small series contains flyers and guest lists for the launching of the book.

1 folder


Series 6 Barwick: corrected copy, n.d.

A corrected copy of the book used for the new edition which was published in 1982.

1 volume


Series 7 The Ivanov trail: contracts and business correspondence, 1979-85

In April 1983, a few weeks after it came into office, the Hawke Government decided to expel Valery Ivanov, the First Secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Canberra, because his relationship with the lobbyist David Combe constituted ‘a high security risk’. Combe had been Federal Secretary of the Australian Labor Party from 1973 to 1981. In May 1983 the Prime Minister announced that his Ministers had been directed not to associate with Combe and he revived the Royal Commission into the Security Services to investigate the affair. The Commission, chaired by Justice Robert Hope, reported in December 1983 that Combe had been a KGB target and that his evidence had not been entirely truthful.

Marr was assigned by the National Times to cover the proceedings of the Royal Commission. He was subsequently given leave to write a book on the affair, which he completed within a few months. The Ivanov trail was published by Thomas Nelson in 1984.

The series includes contracts between Marr and Thomas Nelson and correspondence with the publisher.

2 folders


Series 8 The Ivanov trail: research material, 1982-83

The series includes notes, photocopies, cuttings and other papers accumulated by Marr while carrying out research for the book.

The original arrangement of the papers within the files and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder
1	Harvey Barnett
2-5	Laurie Matheson
6	Cuttings and photocopies, 1982-83
7	Submission of the State of South Australia to the Hope Royal Commission, 1983
8	Photographs, n.d.
9	Miscellaneous research
10	Notebook

Series 9 The Ivanov trail: notes and card index, c.1983

The series comprises a card index and notes taken by Marr while on assignment to cover the hearings of the Hope Royal Commission for the National Times in 1983.

Folder/item
1-6	Notes
7	Card index

Series 10 The Ivanov trail: drafts

The drafts, mostly with corrections, have been kept in chapter order. The file titles and the arrangement of the papers within the files have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1-6	Drafts
7-8	Chapter 1: 'A secret life'
9	Chapter 6: 'Russian salad' (photocopy)
10	Chapters 1-7
11	Chapters 8-10
12	Chapters 11-12
13	Chapter 12: 'Hope, life and liberty'
14-19	Miscellaneous drafts, including photocopies
20-21	Proofs, including photocopies

Series 11 The Ivanov trail: reviews, 1984

The series comprises reviews of the book

1 folder


Series 12 Television feature 'Humpty Dumpty man', 1984-85

In 1984 Marr was engaged by Endeavour Film Productions, Canberra, to advise the scriptwriter of the 'Humpty Dumpty man', a television feature based on his research for The Ivanov trail. The series includes correspondence, notes and drafts, including papers relating to a legal action concerning Marr's unpaid consultation fees. The correspondence was mostly with Chris Warner of Trout Films and Marr's solicitors.

Folder/item
1-2	Correspondence, notes and drafts, 1984
3-4	Correspondence and notes concerning legal action, 1984-85
5	Notes and scene breakdown
6	Story outline
7	First draft of the 'Loyal Australian' (original title), Jan. 1985
8	First draft of the 'Humpty Dumpty man', March 1985
9	First draft of 'The tiger's trail', March 1985
10	Drafts of Act I
11-14	Drafts of Act II
15-16	Drafts of Act III
17-18	Drafts of Act IV
19	Breakdown of Acts IV and V
20-22	Drafts

Series 13 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: correspondence, 1985-98

In early 1985 David Marr began to interview Patrick White with a view to writing a biography. In May 1986 White gave Marr authority to collect White’s letters. Marr had a number of interviews with White over five years and in July 1990 he brought him the draft of the book. White pointed out several factual errors, but did not request any changes. He died two months later. Patrick White a life was published by Random House in 1991.

Marr decided to publish a selection from the huge number of letters of White that he had collected for the biography. This entailed complex negotiations with many of White’s correspondents, some of whom threatened legal action if particular letters were published. Patrick White letters, reproducing about 600 letters written between 1918 and 1990, was published by Random House in 1994.

The series comprises around 4000 letters (the majority faxes) relating to Marr's research and writings on Patrick White. It extends from 1985 to 1998 and is arranged chronologically in 88 bundles. The letters and faxes, including copies of those written by Marr, document Marr's life over nine years, as he corresponded with friends and acquaintances of White and dealt with all the problems associated with writing the two books.

Some of the correspondents wrote dozens of letters and they are often very lengthy. The principal correspondents are Veronica Brady, Paul Brunton, Geoffrey Dutton, Ninette Dutton, Chuck Elliott (Random House), Andrew Fisher, Peggy Garland, Graham Greene (Jonathan Cape), Elizabeth Harrower, Graham James, Heather Johnson, Matthew Kelly (Random House), Alan Lawson, Richard de Mestre, Anthea Morton-Saner, Jean Scott Rogers, John Thompson and Gerard Windsor.

Other correspondents include Luciana Arrighi, Nancy Keesing, Thea Astley, Murray Bail, Thomas Keneally, Peter Beatson, Michael King, Ingmar Bjorksten, Jean Lambert, Barbara Blackman, Ray Bloomfield, Julie Lewis, Ron Blair, Sumner Locke-Elliott, Billy McCann, Liz McDonald (Lothian Books), Gordon Chater, Humphrey McQueen, Dymphna Clark, Alison Mansbridge, Liz Cowen, Harry Medlin, Peter Craven, Tim Curnow, Keith Michell, Lawrence Daws, Barbara Mobbs, Desmond Digby, David Moore, Rosemary Dobson, Edna O’Brien, Jurgen Oertel, Juliet O’Hea, Elizabeth Falkenberg, Tim Pearce, Nicholas Pearson (Jonathan Cape), Janet Frame, Nicholas Pounder, J.D. Pringle, Elise Goodman, Annie Proulx, Dorothy Green, Barrett Reid, Paul Reynolds, Kate Grenville, Elizabeth Riddell, Frances de Groen, John Gielgud, Peter Rose, Alice Hamalgyi, Peter Scriven, David Hare, Peter Sculthorpe, Max Harris, Clem Semmler, Jim Sharman, Shirley Hazzard, Gavin Souter, Jill Hellyer, James Stern, A.D. Hope, Randolph Stow, Hu Wenzhong, James Tacey, Barry Humphries, Kylie Tennant, Barry Jones, Tim Winton and Betty Withycombe.

Folder	Bundle	Dates
1	1	Jan-Dec 1985
2	2	Jan-Feb 1986
3	3	Feb-Aug 1986
4	4	Aug-Nov 1986
5	5	Nov 1986-Apr 1987
6	6	Apr-Aug 1987
7	7	Jul-Sep 1987
8	8	Sep 1987-Jan 1988
9	9	Jan-Mar 1988
10	10	Mar-May 1988
11	11	May-Jul 1988
12	12	Jul-Aug 1988
13	13	Aug-Sep 1988
14	14	Sep-Oct 1988
15	15	Oct-Dec 1988
16	16	Nov 1988-Jan 1989
17	17	Jan-Mar 1989
18	18	Mar-Jun 1989
19	19	Feb-Aug 1989
20	20	Aug-Oct 1989
21	21	Oct 1989-Jan 1990
22	22	Jan-May 1990
23	23	May-Sep 1990
24	24	Sep-Nov 1990
25	25	Nov-Dec 1990
26	26	Dec 1990-Jan 1991
27	27	Jan. 1991
28	28	Jan-Feb 1991
29	29	Feb-Mar 1991
30	30	Feb-Mar 1991
31	31	Apr-May 1991
32	32	Apr-Jun 1991
33	33	Jun-Jul 1991
34	34	July 1991
35	35	July 1991
36	36	Jul-Aug 1991
37	37	Aug 1991
38	38	Aug 1991
39	39	Oct 1991
40	40	Nov-Dec 1991
41	41	December 1991
42	42	Jan-Mar 1992
43	43	March 1992
44	44	Mar-Jun 1992
45	45	Jul-Aug 1992
46	46	Aug-Sep 1992
47	47	Sep-Oct 1992
48	48	Sep-Nov 1992
49	49	Nov-Dec 1992
50	50	December 1992
51	51	Jan-Feb 1993
52	52	Jan-Mar 1993
53	53	Mar-May 1993
54	54	June 1993
55	55	Jun-Jul 1993
56	56	August 1993
57	57	August 1993
58	58	Sep-Oct 1993
59	59	Oct-Nov 1993
60	60	Nov 1993-Jan 1994
61	61	January 1994
62	62	January 1994
63	63	Jan-Feb 1994
64	64	Dec 1993-Mar 1994
65	65	Mar-Apr 1994
66	66	April 1994
67	67	Apr-May 1994
68	68	May 1994
69	69	May-Jun 1994
70	70	June 1994
71	71	Jun-Jul 1994
72	72	Jul-Aug 1994
73	73	August 1994
74	74	Aug-Sep 1994
75	75	Sep-Oct 1994
76	76	October 1994
77	77	Sep-Nov 1994
78	78	October 1994
79	79	Nov 1994-Jan 1995
80	80	Jan-Feb 1995
81	81	Feb-Mar 1995
82	82	Mar-Aug 1995
83	83	Aug-Oct 1995
84	84	Oct-Dec 1995
85	85	Dec 1995-May 1996
86	86	May-Oct 1996
87	87	Oct 1996-Mar 1997
88	88	June 1997-Nov 1998

Series 14 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: business correspondence, 1985-94

The series comprises business letters, including copies of letters written by Marr, relating to the books on Patrick White. They extend from 1985 to 1994 and were arranged by Marr chronologically in 12 bundles. The correspondents include Caroline Lurie (Australian Literary Management), Graham Greene (Jonathan Cape), Anne Chisholm, the Australian Literature Board, Angus and Robertson, Allen and Unwin, Thomas Nelson Australia, the Bancroft Library (University of California, Berkeley) and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (University of Texas, Austin).

Other letters from publishers and agents are in Series 13.

Folder	Dates
1	Jan 1985-Feb 1987
2	Mar 1985-Aug 1987
3	Aug 1987-May 1988
4	May 1988-Feb 1989
5	Feb-Dec 1989
6	Oct 1989-Nov 1990
7	May-Oct 1991
8	Jul 1991-May1992
9	May-Aug 1992
10	Aug-Sep 1992
11	Sep 1992-June 1993
12	June 1993-Apr 1994

Series 15 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: subject files, 1950-90

The series includes files of notes and photocopies entitled 'War', 'Dogwood', 'Nobel Prize', 'Martin Road', 'Interviews' (including Marr's interviews with White) 'More questions' and others. The papers have been filed in alphabetical order. The arrangement of papers within the files and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1	America: photocopies of letters of Spud Johnson to Patrick White 
	(1940-44) and miscellaneous articles.
2	List of addresses and names for the 1991 launch of Patrick White a life
3	Curtis Brown, London
4	Cambridge: photocopies, notes and leaflets
5	Criticism: articles and cuttings, 1956-87, including:
		· Article on The tree of man, Observer, 29 Apr 1956
		· R.F. Brissenden.  'Patrick White', Meanjin, Dec 1959
		· O.N. Burgess.  'Patrick White, his critics and Laura Trevelyan',
		  Australian Quarterly, Dec 1961
		· A.P. Riemer.  'Back to abyss: Patrick White's early novels', 
		  Southerly, no. 4, 1987
6	More criticism
7-8	Roy de Maistre: the art, 1960-77
9	Roy de Maistre: the life
10	Dogwoods: notes, photocopies and photographs
11-12	Illustrations for Patrick White a life
13	Illustrations and maps: raw material
14	Indexes: photocopies of entries from biographical dictionaries
15-18	Transcripts of interviews by Marr with Patrick White, 12 Jan 1985-7 May 1990
19	Interviews with Patrick White: list of questions and rough notes
20	More questions: handwritten notes of interviews with Patrick White 
	and others (including Kath Walker, Elizabeth Riddell, Barrett Reid, 
	Dorothy Green, Elizabeth Harrower, Frank McDonald, Hazel 
	Hollander, David Cahill, James McClelland, Harry Harper, A.D. Hope, 
	Jim Sharman, Anne Mayor, Tara McCarthy and Patricia White), 1985-90
21	Jackarooing: Bolaro, Adaminaby
22	Letterbook: working breakdown and list of correspondents
23	London
24	Manoly
25	Martin Road
26	Nobel Prize, 1973: cuttings and photocopy of Marr's draft with David 
	Harry's corrections
27	Paintings: concerning Patrick White's gift of about 265 paintings to the 
	Art Gallery of New South Wales
28	Pepe Mamblas (Jose Ruix de Arana y Bauer Duque de Baena): extracts 
	from Mamblas' diary and article written by Mamblas after Patrick 
	White won the Nobel Prize
29	Post-war: back and forth
30	Press and other material (including typescript of the Three uneasy 
	pieces and draft of 'In search of Patrick White', a radio feature by David 
	Moore, n.d.)
31	School days: Tudor House, Moss Vale and Cheltenham College, 
	England
32	Speeches: copies of speeches and cuttings, including:
		· 'Address to librarians of Australia', Mitchell Library, 1950
		· 'Citizens for democracy', 1983
		· 'Testimonial gathering for the Whitlams', 30 Jan 1978
		· 'Message to Writers' Week', Adelaide, 8 Mar 1986
		· 'A sense of integrity', 20 Jul 1988
33	War
34	The Whites: White relations, Victor, Ruth, Suzanne and Frank White
35	White properties: 'Belltrees', Scone, 'Timor', Upper Hunter and 
	'Lulworth', Sydney  (see also Series 18)
36	The Withycombes

Series 16 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: copies of Patrick White's letters, 1920-90

The series comprises photocopies of over 3000 Patrick White letters held in libraries and private possession. About 600 of these letters were included in Patrick White letters.

Lever arch files	Dates
1			1920-40
2			1950-57
3			1958-60
4			1961-62
5			1963-64
6			1965-66
7			1967-68
8			1969-70
9			1971-72
10			1973-74
11			1975-76
12			1977-79
13			1980-82
14			1983-90
15			Index to letters

Series 17 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research, 1939-88

The series comprises reviews, notes by Marr (including his summaries of some of White's letters to Peggy Garland, Elizabeth Falkenberg, Geoffrey Dutton, James Stern and Ronald Waters), typescripts and photocopies of research material. The papers were originally kept in ring binders. As many of them were rusty, the papers were removed from the ring binders. The original arrangement of the papers within the files and Marr's file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1	Art Sex God Oz Self, 1961-86
2	The aunt's story, 1948-58
3	'Bald mountain' and four plays, 1963-64
4	'Big toys', 1977-79
5	'Bread and friends' (Bread and butter women)
6	The burnt ones, 1962-65
7	Cape: copies of the chapters of Patrick White a life which were sent 
	to Jonathan Cape, July 1987
8	A Cheery soul, 1962-79
9	Cockatoos, 1970-74
10	The eye of the storm, 1970-74
11	Flaws in the glass, 1981-82
12	A fringe of leaves, 1974
13	'The ham funeral'
14	Happy Valley
15	Interviews (notes of interviews with Patrick White by Tara McCarthy of 
	the Canadian Broadcasting Commission, Gordon McLauchlan of TV-1 
	New Zealand and White and Neil Armfield discussing The Signal driver 
	with Gus Worby for Theatre Australia, March 1982), 1969-88
16	The living and the dead, 1941-63
17	Memoirs of many in one, 1986
18	Netherwood, 1983-84
19	Opinions: notes, arranged in alphabetical order, on White's views of 
	writers (such as Martin Boyd, David Campbell, T.S. Eliot, 
	George Eliot and Katherine Mansfield), film directors (such as Ingmar Bergman), 
	composers (J.S. Bach and Richard Strauss) and sculptors (Constantin 
	Brancusi)
20	Poetry: notes concerning poems by Patrick White, arranged by subjects, 
	including 'The ploughman and other poems', Thirteen poems and 'The 
	home behind the baricades'
21	[Night] the prowler
22	Research
23	'Return to Abyssinia'
24	Revue
25	Riders in the chariot, 1961-62
26	Ruth, 1939-41
27	Sales: notes on Patrick White's earnings
28	Screen plays
29	The season at Sarsparilla, 1976
30	'Shepherd [on the rocks]', 1987
31	Signal driver, 1982-85
32	[The solid] Mandala, 1966-67
33	Stories Statements Letters, 1973-88
34	Three uneasy pieces
35	Translation
36-38	Travel drafts: US-France-Egypt, 1987-88
39	The Tree of man, 1956
40	The Twyborn affair
41	Unpublished
42	The vivisector, 1970
43	Voss
44	Voss film, 1970-83
45	Voss opera, 1973-82

Series 18 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: press files, 1939-90

The series includes photocopies and cuttings of articles and Who's Who entries relating to Patrick White and the theatre.

5 files


Series 19 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: properties of the White family, c. 1866-70

The series comprises photocopies of legal papers, such as mortgage certificates, land deeds and land grants, documenting the acquisitions and sale of various properties in New South Wales by members of the White Family. The arrangement of papers within each file and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1	Barwon Vale, near Walgett, NSW, 1911-37
2	Millgrove butter factory, Hunter Valley, NSW, c.1911
3	Mortgages to Victor Martindale White, 1911-30
4-6	Piercefield, c.1866-70
7	Piercefield, 1910-11
8	Piercefield: Withycombe kids (Ruth, Ralph and Clement James Withycombe), 1903-11
9	White and Withycombe general properties, 1906-60
10-11	Ruth White's properties, 1902-66

Series 20 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: photographs, n.d.

Folder/item
1-6	Illustrations
7	Illustrations for A fringe of leaves
8	Illustrations for the cover of Patrick White letters

Series 21 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: research: permission files, 1986-90

The series comprises a note (6 May 1986), typed and signed by White, giving Marr permission to read his letters and one ring binder containing other letters of permission (arranged in alphabetical order, 1986-90).

2 items


Series 22 Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters: other research material, 1977-93

The series includes notes, photocopies and cuttings. The arrangement of papers within each file and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1	Copy of 'The budgiwank experiment' (later known as Shepherd on the 
	Rocks): a play by Patrick White
2	Copy of 'Kidults': a screenplay by 'Penny Finkelstein' (Patrick White)
3	Andrew Kirton: notes and letters of Kirton (Marr's research assistance), 
	1993
4	Miscellaneous notes
5	Copy of 'The monkey puzzle': a comedy for the screen written by 
	Patrick White, produced by Anthony Buckley and directed by Jim 
	Sharman, n.d.
6	Copy of 'Three uneasy pieces'
7	A note on Patrick White by Brett Whiteley, n.d.
8	Copy of revised second draft of Voss, adapted for film by David 
	Mercer for Joseph Losey, n.d.
9-10	Voss opera
11	Material from White's desk
12	Postcard: portrait of Patrick White, n.d.
13	Miscellaneous illustrations and articles for Patrick White a life
14	Research: list of names and addresses
16	Obituaries of Patrick White, 1990
17	Notes on notes for Patrick White a life
18	Notes on notes II for Patrick White a life
19-20	'Research: people': comprising photocopies from biographical 
	dictionaries on actors, writers and artists
21-22	Interviews, arranged in alphabetical order, 1985-90
23	'Press files: Pre Nobel, 1939-73'
24	'Press files: Nobel to 1979' (i.e. 1975-79)
25	'Press files: The eighties' (i.e. 1980-88)

Series 23 Patrick White a life: drafts, 1990-92

The series comprises annotated drafts, which are mostly in lever arch files. Some of the annotations were done by Nick Enright, Neil Armfield, Barbara Mobbs and David Marr. The original arrangement of the papers and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Folder/item
1	Nick chapter  1-9
2	Nick chapter 10-29
3	Draft to Nick for comments, June 1987
4	Nick I
5	Nick I 2
6	Nick II 2
7	Nick II chapter 1-16
8	Nick II chapter 17-29
9	Barbara Mobbs Jul 1990 chapter 1-16
10	Barbara Mobbs Jul 1990 chapter 17-29
11	Liz draft 2 chapter 1-16
12	Liz draft 2 chapter 17-29
13	Final I chapter 1-16
14	Final I chapter 17-29
15	Master II chapter 1-16
16	Master II chapter 17-29
17	Draft III chapter 1-16
18	Draft III chapter 17-29
19	Draft chapter 1-16
20	Draft chapter 17-29
21	Draft
22-27	Author's marked proofs
28-29	Drafts
30	Final III: includes changes made by White, Rae de Teliga and Marr
31	Final IV
32	'Fifth and last batch'
33	Cape: my corrections Pt. I (chapter 1-16), 19 Oct 1990
34	Copy-editing: first batch, 8 Jan 1990
35	Last corrections before proofs
36	Response to the first Vintage proofs, 23 Apr 1992
37	Copy of letter to Ann Chisholm, n.d.
38	Word count and corrections

Series 24 Patrick White a life: publication, 1987-92

Folder
1	Offers made to Marr by various publishers, 1987
2	Random House royalty statement for the paperback edition, 1992

Series 25 Patrick White a life: reviews, 1991

Australian and overseas (mostly British) reviews sent to Marr by friends and his publisher, Jonathan Cape.

Folder
1	English reviews sent by Jonathan Cape, 1991
2-8	Other reviews (mostly Australian), 1991

Series 26 Patrick White a life: audio book, n.d.

The audio book was narrated by James Condon and produced by Louis Braille Productions, n.d.

5 cassettes


Series 27 Patrick White letters: drafts, 1993-94

The series comprises annotated drafts, which are mostly in lever arch files. The original arrangement of the papers within the files and the file titles have been preserved by the Library.

Item 41, containing master proofs of the book, was added to the collection on 8 January 2001.

Folder/item
1-2	First proofs
3-4	Final typescript 2
5-6	Draft 3)
7-9	Photocopy of draft 3
10-11	Draft 4
12-13	Draft 6
14-15	Proofs
16-17	First go at second proof
18-19	Second go at second proof
20-21	Proofs
22	Drafts, Mar-Aug 1994
23-26	Drafts, 1994
27-28	Drafts
29	Draft: cut from 52 to 29 pages, 9 June 1993
30	Draft: cut from 70 pages to 48, July 5-6, 1993?
31-32	Final typescripts
33	Index
34-40	Typesetting

Series 28 Patrick White letters: publication and publicity, 1994

The series includes acknowledgements, correspondence with Barbara Mobbs and notes on corrections to be made to reprints of the book.

Folder
1	Acknowledgements, corrections and correspondence with Barbara Mobbs, 1994
2	Correspondents check list
3	Illustrations

Series 29 Patrick White letters: reviews, 1994-96

Australian and overseas (mostly British) reviews sent to Marr by friends and his publisher, Jonathan Cape.

Folder
1	Reviews, 1994
2	English reviews sent by Jonathan Cape, 1995
3-4	Reviews, 1995-96

Series 30 Miscellaneous papers, 1969-94

The series contains a file of correspondence, receipts and hotel bills relating to Marr's visit to America in 1993, posters and other items (such as computer disks, cassettes and videos) relating to Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters and other papers. The correspondents include Elise Goodman, Ingmar Björkstén and Vincent Price.

Folder/item
1	Promotional material (such as speech notes, flyer papers relating to the 
	book launching, invitations, book signing and literary lunch) for 
	Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters
2	Invitation to private viewing of Desmond Digby's theatre designs, 
	Melbourne, 16 March 1969
3	Conference papers on 'Commission, Contempts and Civil Liberties', 
	held in Canberra, 1984
4	Copies of Ariel Book News, Nov. 1987 and Good Weekend, 2 Dec. 
	1989
5	'PW: US trip', 1993
6-8	Computer disks
9	Cassettes:
		oDavid Marr talking to May-Britt Akerholt about The ham funeral, 
		23 Nov. 1989
		oInterview with Manoly Lascaris, n.d.
		oMarr's interview with Margaret Throsby, 15 July 1994
		oPatrick White's political anti-war speeches, n.d.
		oPatrick White on nuclear war, ABC, 21 May 1983
		oABC interview with Patrick White, n.d.
		oRecordings Sydney Symphony Orchestra and SOV, n.d.
		oPatrick White's interview with Veronica Brady, n.d.
		oDavid Marr on ABC radio PM program, n.d.
10	Videos:
		oSunday show on Patrick White, 18 July 1991
		oSunday show on Patrick White, 14 October 1994
		oFull Frontal program, Channel 7, Melbourne on Patrick White 
		letters, n.d.
		oThe burning piano: a portrait of Patrick White, n.d.
11	A copy of The Boltons Theatre: first season: containg 'Return to 
		Abyssinia' by Patick White, London: Marsland Publications, 1947 
		(Added 30 November 1999)

Posters for Patrick White a life and Patrick White letters and a family tree of the 
Marr family (10 items)

Box List

Box/folio

Series

Folder/item

1 A

1

1-3

1

2

1-5

2

2

6-13

3

2

14-20

4

2

21-28

5

2

29-36

6

2

37-43

7

2

44-49

8

2

50

8

3

1-6

9

4

1-3

10

4

4-8

11

4

9-11

12

4

12-13

13

4

14-16

14

4

17-21

15

4

22-29

16

4

30-37

17

4

38-45

18

4

46-52

19

4

53-56

19

5

1

19

6

1

20

7

1-2

20

8

1-5, 9

21

8

8, 10

Folio 1

8

6-7

21

9

1-6

22

9

7

22

10

1-7

23

10

8-12

24

10

13-15, 19-20

Folio 1

10

16

Folio 2

10

17-19

24

11

1

25

12

1-8

26

12

9-16

27

12

17-22

28

13

1-8

29

13

9-16

30

13

17-24

31

13

25-32

32

13

33-40

Box/carton/folio

Series

Folder/item

33

13

41-48

34

13

49-56

35

13

57-64

36

13

65-72

37

13

73-80

38

13

81-88

39

14

1-8

40 A

14

9-12

40

15

1-4

41

15

5-9

42

15

10-15

43

15

16-23

44

15

24-30

45

15

31-34

46

15

35-36

47

16

1-3

48

16

4-6

49

16

7-9

50

16

10-12

51

16

13-15

52

17

1-8

53

17

9-14

54

17

15-21

55

17

22-29

56

17

30-38

57

17

39-45

58

18

1-5

59

19

1-9

60

19

10-11

60

20

1-4

61

20

5-8

61

21

1

61

22

1-2

62

22

4-12

63

22

13-18

64

21

2

64

22

19-20

65

22

21-22

Folio box 3

22

23-25

65

23

1-2

66

23

3-7

67

23

8-10

68

23

11-14

69

23

15-17

70

23

18-20

71

23

21-22

72

23

23-25

Box/carton/folio

Series

Folder/item

73

23

26-29

74

23

30-38

75

24

1-2

75

25

1-6

76

25

7-8

76

26

1-5

77

27

1-4

78

27

5-9

79

27

10-13

Folio box 4

27

14-17

Folio box 5

27

18-21

80

27

22-28

81

27

30-32

82

27

33-37

83

27

38-40

83

28

1-3

84

29

1-4

84

30

1-4

85

30

5

85

30

6-8 (computer disks)

86

30

9-10 (cassettes and videos)

86

30

11 (Added 30.11.1999)

87

1

11 (Added 23.11.2000)

Folio Box 6

27

41 (Added 08.01.2001)

 

Map drawer (H/Wing)

Description

Quantity

20

Posters

10 items

September 1999; amended June 2006.