Guide to the Papers of Gwen Meredith
MS 6789
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Gwen Meredith
- Title
- Papers of Gwen Meredith
- Date Range
- 1938-1987
- Collection Number
- MS 6789
- Extent
- 7.44 metres (38 archive boxes + 1 large folio box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2592126) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Gwen Meredith, National Library of Australia, MS 6789, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original consignment comprises Boxes 1-25. Further papers added February 1988 (Boxes 26-38).
Item Descriptions
Early life; personal and family history; photographs. School days; telegrams and cards received on occasion of marriage of Gwen Meredith and Ainsworth Harrison, 24 December 1938; letters received on occasion of awards of MBE (1967) and OBE (1977). Comprises 7 folders. (File) - Box 1
Correspondence with family during overseas trips, 1953, 1969 and 1973. Comprises 9 folders. (File) - Box 2
Correspondence with Angus and Robertson; copyrights; contracts with ABC; correspondence with Rural Department, ABC. Comprises 7 folders. (File) - Box 3
Research for The Lawsons and Blue Hills: correspondence with Government Departments and with John and Gladys Blewitt. Comprises 7 folders. (File) - Box 5
Childrens' plays. Comprises 3 folders. (File) - Box 13
Includes: Ginger (1940s); Mystery ships (1944); and Anderson's place.
Childrens' stories. Comprises 1 folder. (File) - Box 13
Includes: Tiny was a cow (1949); Iris was a hen (1950); Raleign was a dog (1950); Dinah was a mare; Peter was a possum; and Bonnie.
Scripts for plays. Comprises 9 folders. (File) - Box 14
Includes: An Adequate reason; Advance news; Annabell decides; Ask no questions; Bennie's back again; The Boarder; Converstone; and "Facade" and "Strangers" (T.V.) - both (versions of the same play).
Scripts for plays. Comprises 10 folders. (File) - Box 15
Includes: His song; Its a pity; The labour of thine hands; Looking back; The man who couldn't sing (T.V.) & short stories; Mother moves; Murders are messy; The Opportunist (1st play for ABC); Ordinary people; and Pastures new.
Scripts for plays. Comprises 10 folders. (File) - Box 16
Includes: Positions vacant; The proposal; The rest of the people; Shout at the thunder; That reminds me; Thats different; Wives have their uses; and The woman in the hat.
Scripts for radio serial, The night porter written in 1943 for Edward Howell of AWA (2Ch.). (File) - Box 19
Scripts for documentary plays. Comprises 13 folders. (File) - Box 20
Includes: The atom; Black sugar; You are an agent; A fish story; King Cotton comes to Queensland; Great inheritance (won 1st prize in an ABC documentary drama competition; later published in an anthology of Australian plays edited by Leslie Rees); I travelled in a migrant ship; The new country; Only one answer; The road; The roar back; What of the future (written for the AIM); The wheels run on; Untitled play about soldiers' rations; and In New Guinea during World War II.
The Inlanders. Radio scripts written for the Australian Inland Mission, who arranged for their production. Comprises 3 folders. (File) - Box 21
Portion of a film script written by Gwen Meredith in conjunction with Maxwell Dunn for what later became film "Sons of Matthew" produced by Charles Chauvel. Comprises 1 folder. (File) - Box 21
"You can't tame the wind" - 3 Act play (1950's) never produced. And One way or the other - short story. Comprises 1 folder. (File) - Box 21
Blue Hills. Comprises 6 folders. (File) - Box 22
Includes: Blue Hills - final episode; Blue Hills - a sentimental journey; Blue Hills - a day at the show; RSVP Blue Hills; Blue Hills - T.V. suggestions; and Interview with Nellie Lamport (Hilda).
The Lawsons. Comprises 10 folders. (File) - Box 24
Includes: scrap-book; Script for Armistice Day 1945; Episode I; and Stella Lawson - serial for T.V.