MS 7949
National Library of Australia
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Created: March 1990, updated December 1991
Collection Summary
- Creator
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Craig McGregor
- Title
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Papers of Craig McGregor
- Date Range
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1961-2005
- Collection Number
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MS 7949
- Extent
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8.85 metres (56 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This collection follows the author's own arrangement and contains literary, personal and general correspondence as well as essays, short stories, notebooks, drafts and original manuscripts. Note that boxes 33-56 were added to the original instalment of papers in December 1991.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1655908) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Craig McGregor, National Library of Australia, MS 7949, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Biographical Note
Craig McGregor was born in Jamberoo, NSW in 1933 and is well known as an author, journalist, and social commentator. His short stories and articles had appeared in magazines and newspapers throughout the world and he has scripted films as well as the rock opera, "Hero". He spent two years in the United States (1970-1972) on a Harkness Fellowship and has won a number of literary awards including the Xavier Society Prize for Literature, the Walkley Award for Journalism, and the Sir William Mc Kell Award.
His books include two novels, Don't Talk to Me About Love (1971) and The See-Through Revolver (1977), and several books on Australian culture, Profile of Australia (1966), The Australian People (1980), Soundtrack for the Eighties (1982), and Time of Testing: the Bob Hawke Victory (1983).
Item Descriptions
Series. Up against the wall, America
Correspondence, drafts, reviews, 1972-1973 (File 1) - Box 1
Sources: clippings, articles, notes, 1970-1971 (File 2) - Box 1
Sources: clippings (File 3) - Box 1
Clippings and reviews (includes material on Bob Dylan), 1973 (File 4) - Box 1
Springback binder containing manuscript (File) - Box 1
Series. Freelance work and journalism
Lecture notes, course outlines: New York University, 1970 (File 5) - Box 2
Papers, correspondence: Griffith University, University of NSW, 1975-1983 (File 6) - Box 2
Notes and article on Patrick White, University of NSW 1977 handbook, Book review of Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment (File 7) - Box 2
Freeland manuscripts: "The true story of 1975" - "Gary Timperley - Guide to North Coast NSW" - "Consensus" - "Poms in Ozpic" - "How I wrote time of testing" (File 8) - Box 2
"Portrait of Sydney": draft and final version - "Stereotypes in Australian Literature": notes and papers; - "The New Journalism" (File 9) - Box 2
National Times articles - "Fred Williams" - "The Unconcerned Photographer": manuscripts (File 10) - Box 2
Landmark (1978 competition) - papers, correspondence, Journalism, - notes, correspondence, 1976 (File 11) - Box 2
Western Australian Institute of Technology - correspondence, notes, 1981 (File 12) - Box 2
Series. Soundtrack for the Eighties
Copy of Hodder and Stoughton manuscript (File 13-15) - Box 3
Manuscript of English edition (File 16) - Box 3
Copies of individual essays (File 17-18) - Box 3
Elegy for the Seventies (US edition), Hegemony - manuscripts (File 19) - Box 3
Sources: drafts, papers, correspondence (File 20-21) - Box 3
Working manuscript, correspondence with publishers, 1981-1983 (File 22-23) - Box 4
Manuscripts (2 volumes in plastic bags) (File 22-23) - Box 4
Series. Cartoonists of Australia (proposed book - unpublished)
Correspondence, cartoons, clippings, drafts, 1979-1980 (File 24-25) - Box 5
Cartoons - originals and copies (File 26) - Box 5
Cartoons, drafts (File 27-28) - Box 5
Series. Bob Dylan: a retrospective
Correspondence with publishers, clippings, drafts, 1978-1981 (File 29-30) - Box 5
Series. Bawdy ballads and sexy songs
Draft copy (File 31) - Box 5
Series. The See-Through Revolver
Reviews, correspondence (File 32-33) - Box 6
Correspondence, notes, reviews (File 34) - Box 6
Drafts, letter (File 33-36) - Box 6
Manuscript (in plastic bag) (File) - Box 7
Manuscripts (springback binders - 2 volumes) (File) - Box 7
Series. Papers relating to Don't Talk to Me About Love
Rewrite by Douglas Stewart, rejected drafts (File 37) - Box 8
Correspondence, 1970-1972 (File 38) - Box 8
Original manuscript (File 39) - Box 8
Typescript volume "A Life of Questions" by "Clindy". Early drafts of Don't Talk to Me About Love (File 39) - Box 8
Series. Hero (Rock Opera performed in Sydney in May 1976)
Notes, papers, letters, press clippings, 1976 (File 40) - Box 9
Reviews, correspondence, notes, 1972-1976 (File 41) - Box 9
Draft, lyrics and libretto (File 42) - Box 9
Notes, drafts, reviews, correspondence, 1972-1976 (File 43) - Box 9
Reject pages (File 44-45) - Box 9
Letters from Don Henderson (co-author), working lyrics, 1972-1976 (File 46) - Box 9
Early draft, sketch by Bruce Petty (File 47) - Box 10
Publicity, drafts, guides to tapes, Don Henderson's script (File 48) - Box 10
English and US versions of script, rejected and retyped pages (File 49) - Box 10
Original manuscript, 1975 (File 50) - Box 10
(springback binder)
Script (File 51) - Box 11
Songs and lyrics (File 52) - Box 11
Correspondence, 1972-1976 (File 53-55) - Box 11
Draft copy of manuscript (springback binder) (File) - Box 11
Series. Time of Testing: the Bob Hawke Victory
Correspondence, synopsis, notes, reviews, articles, 1983 (File 56) - Box 12
Manuscript (File 57-59) - Box 12
Assorted papers on Australian political parties (File 60) - Box 13
Clippings, papers, documents (File 61) - Box 13
Draft manuscript (File 62-64) - Box 13
Reject pages (File 65) - Box 13
Series. Profiles and articles
Bruce Dawe poems, papers, 1982 (File 66) - Box 14
Richard Walsh notes, drafts, letter (File 67) - Box 14
Max Harris notes, letter, clippings, 1977 (File 68) - Box 14
Barry Humphries notes, programmes, clippings, 1982 (File 69) - Box 14
Pop Culture - correspondence, drafts, manuscript, 1979-1980 (File 70-71) - Box 14
Pop Culture - drafts and notes of various articles, letter (File 72) - Box 14
"21 Great Songs of Rock" - notes, clippings (File 73) - Box 15
"Men in Vogue" - articles, drafts, correspondence, 1976-1977 (File 74) - Box 15
Club Mediterranean - notes, drafts, brochures, clippings, 1977 (File 75) - Box 15
Gary Johnson - article (File 76) - Box 15
Dick Johnson - article (File 77) - Box 15
North Coast - articles (File 78)
Malcolm Fraser - newspaper clippings, 1977-1978 (File 79) - Box 15
Ralph Willis - National Times article (File 80) - Box 16
William Dix - miscellaneous papers, notes, clipping,s brochure (File 81) - Box 16
"Life after Wran" - miscellaneous papers, clippings on possible successors, 1981-1982 (File 82) - Box 16
Bob McTavish - article (File 83) - Box 16
Barrie Unsworth - article (File 84) - Box 16
Nicholas Whitlam - article clipping (File 85) - Box 16
Andrew Peacock - article (File 86) - Box 16
Various freelance articles - clippings and drafts, 1981-1983 (File 87-88) - Box 17
Beer - sources, notes, clippings, letters, 1977-1979 (File 89-90) - Box 17
John Cain - sources, drafts, clippings, notes, 1982-1983 (File 91-92) - Box 17
Melbourne - sources, drafts, clippings, papers, 1981-1983 (File 93-94) - Box 17
Series. Short stories, film script, novella
Early stories, published and unpublished (File 95-96) - Box 18
"Anna" : film script and short story - drafts, outlines, letters, 1972 (File 97-98) - Box 18
Novella: "The Affair" - manuscript (File 99) - Box 18
Series. History of surfing
Manuscript (rough copy) (File 100-3) - Box 19
Manuscript (File 104) - Box 19
Drafts, notes, correspondence, sources, 1983 (File 105-8) - Box 19
Correspondence, 1980-1981 (File 109-11) - Box 20
Clippings, reviews, correspondence, 1980-1983 (File 112) - Box 20
Popular Culture - drafts, notes, correspondence, 1974-1978 (File 113-16) - Box 20
Series. Miscellaneous papers
Short stories - drafts, correspondence, notes, 1981-1983 (File 117-18) - Box 21
"The Dismissal" - notes, papers, letters, 1983 (File 119) - Box 21
Miscellaneous articles, reviews, clippings, letters, script, 1966-1978 (File 120) - Box 21
Early clippings and Reviews, 1966-1968 (File 121-22) - Box 21
"One Hundred Visions of Australia" - drafts, clippings, 1966 (File 123) - Box 22
Memos written during early employment at the Sun-Herald (File 124) - Box 22
Correspondence, drafts, 1963-1968 (File 125-26) - Box 22
Writing About himself - drafts (File 127) - Box 22
Maps of Byron District (in plastic bag) (File) - Box 23
Correspondence with publishers, writers, agents, and others, 1961-1976 (File 128-32) - Box 23
Includes letters from Bruce Dawe, Judith Wright, Hal Porter, A.D. Hope, Geoffrey Blainey, Russell Braddon, and others.
Personal papers, notes, letters, 1972-1974 (File 133) - Box 23
Clippings, reviews, articles, 1969-1971 (File 135) - Box 23
Royalties and Public Lending Rights - papers, 1967-1977 (File 136-37) - Box 24
National Times - correspondence, memos, drafts, ideas, 1979-1983 (File 138-39) - Box 24
Freelance articles - correspondence, manuscripts, ideas, 1977-1981 (File 140-42) - Box 24
Society of Authors - papers, 1978 (File 143) - Box 24
Architects Conference - correspondence, programme, papers, plans of Sydney Cove, 1983 (File 144) - Box 24
Correspondence with publishers, writers, agents, 1982-1983 (File 145-46) - Box 25
Letters to and from Robert Kolominska, 1973 (File 147) - Box 25
Correspondence with Don Henderson, 1976 (File 148) - Box 25
Freelance work - correspondence, clippings, drafts, manuscripts, 1970-1983 (File 149-51) - Box 25
Diary notes, 1970-1971, 1983 (File 152) - Box 26
Correspondence - personal and literary, 1976-1981 (File 153-55) - Box 26
Speech and Submission by Paul Keating, 1976 (File 156) - Box 27
Mick Young/SA Labor Party - clippings, notes, papers, 1977 (File 157-58) - Box 27
Bill Hayden - clippings, notes, 1975-1977 (File 159) - Box 27
Bob Hawke - clippings, notes, 1974-1976 (File 160-61) - Box 27
Professor John Andrews - photographs, notes, clippings, 1973-1975 (File 162-63) - Box 27
Music Board - papers, correspondence, 1974-1976 (File 164-66) - Box 28
Radio Program - notes, clippings (File 167) - Box 28
Jamberoo (place of birth), notes (File 168) - Box 28
Education in the Arts- papers, notes, correspondence, reports, 1976 (File 169-71) - Box 28
Contests and Awards - papers, letters, 1966-1977 (File 172) - Box 28
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, vol 16, no 1, March 1980 (File 173) - Box 29
Opinion: The Journal of SAETA, August 1978 (File 173) - Box 29
Classic Car Investment Review by Michael Robinson (File 173) - Box 29
Miscellaneous papers, clippings, 1979-1982 (File 174-75) - Box 29
Australian Centre for Photography - papers, brochures, notes, articles, letter, 1975-1977 (File 176-77) - Box 29
AATE Conference - programme, correspondence, 1977 (File 178) - Box 29
Curriculum Development Centre - report, letter, 1976 (File 179) - Box 30
"The Arts in Schools", October 1974 (File 180) - Box 30
St Albans Curriculum Development Project - Submission to SGC, 1976 (File 181) - Box 30
Curriculum Development Centre - correspondence, report, 1977 (File 182) - Box 30
Clippings, 1966-1968 (File 183-84) - Box 30
Beaches of Australia - correspondence, notes, draft, 1969 (File 185) - Box 30
Harkness foundation - correspondence, personal papers, 1969-1973 (File 186-87) - Box 30
Sydney College of the Arts - correspondence, papers, notes, 1976-1977 (File 188-89) - Box 31
Music - miscellaneous papers (File 190) - Box 31
ABC and FM Radio - notes (File 191) - Box 31
Drugs - clippings, papers, 1962-1966 (File 192) - Box 31
Ideas, Time Life Books, General clippings, notes, correspondence, 1973-1977 (File 193) - Box 32
Bawdy Ballads and Sexy Songs (Ed.) (File) - Box 32
Profile of Australia (pub. 1966) (File) - Box 32
Don't Talk to Me About Love (pub. 1971) (File) - Box 32
Bob Dylan: A Retrospective (Ed)(pub 1972) (File) - Box 32
Up Against the Wall, America (pub 1973) (File) - Box 32
The See-Through revolver (pub 1977) (File) - Box 32
The Australian People (pub 1980) (File) - Box 32
Sound Track for the Eighties (pub 1983) (File) - Box 32
Time of Testing: The Bob Hawke Victory (pub 1983) (File) - Box 32
Manuscript of "Australia: Time Present" (Item) - Folio 1
Never published due to the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.
Series. Short stories
Real Lies, 1987: typescript and galley proofs (File 194-200) - Box 33
Typescripts and drafts of miscellaneous short stories (File 201-13) - Box 34-35
Series. Books
Australian Built, 1987 (File 214-18) - Box 35
Darling Harbour, a bicentenary book for the NSW Government. Reports, meetings, exhibition, research material, typescript, notes, drawings, maps, printed material and a play "The making of an exhibition" (File 219-31) - Box 36-37
Typescripts, texts, proofs,background material and caption for Celebrating Us, 1988 (File 232-36) - Box 38
Typescript and background material for Headliners, 1990 (File 237-40) - Box 38-39
Series. Profiles
The following files contain notes typescripts and research material.
Profiles, miscellaneous (File 241) - Box 39
Kim Beazley (File 242) - Box 39
Allan Border (File 243) - Box 39
Peter Brock (File 244) - Box 39
John Button (File 245) - Box 39
John Cain (File 246-47) - Box 40
Bob Carr (File 248) - Box 40
Simon Crean (File 249-50) - Box 40
John Dawkins (File 251-52) - Box 40
Delilah (Jazz Singer) (File 253) - Box 41
Bill Dix (File 254) - Box 41
Don Dunstan (File 255-56) - Box 41
John Elliott (File 257-59) - Box 41
Elizabeth Evatt (File 260-61) - Box 41
Wayne Goss (File 262) - Box 42
Nick Greiner (File 263-64) - Box 42
Bob Hawke (File 265-67) - Box 42
Bill Hayden (File 268) - Box 42
John Hewson (File 269) - Box 43
John Howard (File 270-72) - Box 43
Brian Howe (File 273-74) - Box 43
Clive James (File 275-76) - Box 43
Michael Johnson (File 277) - Box 43
Vince Jones (File 278) - Box 44
Leonie Kramer (File 279) - Box 44
James Mollison (File 280) - Box 44
Jac Nasser (File 281) - Box 44
Susan Ryan (File 282) - Box 44
Harry Seidler (File 283-84) - Box 44
Ian Sinclair (File 285-86) - Box 44
John Stone (File 287-89) - Box 45
Bobbi Sykes (File 290-91) - Box 45
Barry Unsworth (File 292-93) - Box 45
Gough Whitlam (File 294) - Box 45
David Williamson (File 295) - Box 46
Jill Wran (File 296-300) - Box 46
43 Notebooks arranged in alphabetical order (File) - Box 47
Series. Essays and articles
Byron Bay, 1989 (File 301-304) - Box 48
The Cities (File 305) - Box 48
Adelaide (File 306) - Box 48
Gundagai (File 307) - Box 48
Kakadu (File 308) - Box 48
People, places and personalities (File 309) - Box 48
Future Sydney (File 310-11) - Box 49
Bob Dylan (File 312) - Box 49
William Styron (File 313) - Box 49
Margaret Thatcher (File 314) - Box 49
Australian economy (File 315-16) - Box 49
Housing (File 317-19) - Box 50
Labor Government (File 320) - Box 50
Phillips - Electorate (File 321) - Box 50
"The way we are:" a political article (File 322) - Box 50
Articles for the Sydney Morning Herald, 1989 (File 323-25) - Box 50
Freelance articles and correspondence, 1987 (File 326-28) - Box 51
Miscellaneous essays and articles (File 329-31) - Box 51
Series. Film scripts
'The Australian People' (File 332-34) - Box 52
'Beyond the brick veneer' (File 335) - Box 52
'Celebrating Us' (File 336-342) - Box 52
'Class' (File 343) - Box 53
Close to the edge' (File 344-48) - Box 53
'Utopia now' (File 349-51) - Box 54
Miscellaneous film ideas (File 352-53) - Box 54
Correspondence and contracts for films, 1979-1983 (File 354) - Box 54
Series. Other miscellaneous papers
Literary correspondence, 1986-1989 (File 355-56) - Box 54
Job application for a job at the Sydney College of the Arts, 1986 (File 357) - Box 54
Australian Railways (File 358) - Box 55
'A vernacular history of Australia', outline for a proposed book, 1985 (File 359) - Box 55
Bicentennial school project (File 360) - Box 55
Articles for the New York Times (File 361-62) - Box 55
'Portraits of Power', a proposed book (File 363) - Box 55
Articles for Qantas in flight magazine, 1984 (File 364) - Box 55
Articles for the Readers Digest (File 365) - Box 55
Articles for the Review Magazine (File 366) - Box 56
Articles for Time Life Books (File 367-69) - Box 56
Talk on Australia, given to the Commonwealth Press Union, 1987 (File 370) - Box 56