Guide to the Papers of Allan and Wendy Scarfe

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MS 9325, MS Acc07.140, MS Acc12.076

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Collection Summary

Creator
Allan and Wendy Scarfe
Title
Papers of Allan and Wendy Scarfe
Date Range
c.1950-2010
Collection Number
MS 9325, MS Acc07.140, MS Acc12.076
Extent
1.2 metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2249609).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Allan and Wendy Scarfe, National Library of Australia, MS Acc07.140, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9325. Original Consignment

Comprises newspaper reviews from 1964-1999, of the Scarfe's publications; photocopies of correspondence from Jayaprakash Narayan, 1958-1971; two handwritten manuscripts of Wendy's novel The day they shot Edward; and, two typescript drafts of No taste for carnage: Alex Sheppard, a portrait 1913-1997, one annotated in pencil.

Contained in 1 box.

Class MS Acc07-140. Consignment Added 2007

Comprises drafts, correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the Scarfe's books on Jayaprakash Narayan and William Sheppard, and to Labor's Titan: the story of Percy Brookfield, 1878-1921, by Gilbert Giles Roper.

Contained in 2 boxes.

Labor's Titan manuscript, 1983? (File) - Box 1

Correspondence with publishers and others re books, book reviews, 1950s-1980s (File) - Box 1

Three files of correspondence, research and newspaper cuttings re publications on Jayaprakash Narayan, 1970s-1990s (File) - Box 1

Correspondence with Alexander Sheppard 1991-1993, correspondence with publishers re book on Sheppard, 1990s (File) - Box 1

Three cassette tapes of Alex Sheppard (File) - Box 2

Handwritten manuscript for No taste for carnage : Alex Sheppard, a portrait, 1913-1997 (File) - Box 2

Colonel Alexander William Sheppard 1913-1997, Documents, tape transcripts, translation of pamphlet, letters. MS of the publication No taste for carnage (File) - Box 2

Class MS Acc12-076. Consignment Added 2012

Comprises notes from interviews, miscellanous correspondence, unpublished material, newpaper cuttings and copies of articles and reviews. The instalment also comprises work books for Wendy's novels: Fishing for strawberries, Jershua Braddon, Painter and The day they shot Edward; a handwritten manuscript of All that grief, co-authored by Wendy and Allan and sources for the Roper-Scarfe biography of Percy Brookfield, Tibor's Titan. Also included is material relating to various biographies and manuscripts of Allan's story Time divides us all.

Contained in 5 boxes.

Work Books of Wendy Scarfe's novels. MS of the novels in her Jerusha Braddon Trilogy. Book 1. 'Fishing for Strawberries,' Seaview Press, Adelaide, 2001 - five notebooks, 2001 (File) - Box 1

Work Books of Wendy Scarfe's novels. 'Jerusha Braddon, Painter,' 12 handwritten MS notebooks, 2005 (File) - Box 1

Work books of Wendy Scarfe's novels. 'The Day They Shot Edward', 5 handwritten notebooks, 2003 (File) - Box 1

Handwritten MS of 'All That Grief', 1983-94 (File) - Box 1

Notes of interviews - 3 packets of miscellaneous letter (File) - Box 1

1 packet of letters of Col. Alex Sheppard Mrs Eileen Sheppard re. 'No Taste for Carnage', 1998 (File) - Box 1

MS of Allan Scarfe's short stories included in 'The Scourge of Termite-ists,', 2009 (File) - Box 1

Sources for Roper-Scarf biography of Percy Brookfield, 'Labor's Titan', 1983 (File) - Box 2

Miscellaneous letters (File) - Box 2

Materials for 'All that Grief' - 2 packets, 1994 (File) - Box 2

Letters to publishers - 2 packets (File) - Box 2

1943 War Relief Certificate (File) - Box 2

Flinders University Correspondence re. 'Tiger on a Reiin' (File) - Box 2

Allan's unpublished play 'Australia Day Live' (File) - Box 2

Letters/reviews of Wendy's novel, 'Laura My Alter Ego' (File) - Box 2

Letters re. 'All that Grief', 1993 (File) - Box 2

MS of Allan's story 'Time Divides Us All', Up to 2009 (File) - Box 2

Allan's file - professional life as a teacher at Warrnambool High School, 1989 (File) - Box 2

Letters from other authors (File) - Box 3

Publishers' letters, 1990's (File) - Box 3

Unpublished article on Edna S Roper OBE (File) - Box 3

Extract from unpublished 'Left of Centre' (File) - Box 3

Graphs on 'A Corpse in Calcutta', 2000 (File) - Box 3

Two folders - material for MS for revised edition 1997 of 'J.P. His Biography' (File) - Box 3

Typescript - early draft of 'J.P. His Biography', 1973-1975 (File) - Box 3

Research material for biography of Indian political leader George Fermandes (File) - Box 3

2 folders unpublished unfinished MS of George Fernandes biography (File) - Box 3

Dr Tom Weber's letters and articles (File) - Box 3

Papers South Asia Workpaper, Latrobe University - Allan's paper on George Fernandes, 1989 (File) - Box 3

Wendy's 1967 papers on the Bihar Riley Committee - see 'Tiger on a Rein' 1969 (File) - Box 3

Book lanches and reviews (File) - Box 3

The other side - magazine edited and contributed to by George Fernandes - 20 issues, 1988 (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

Two Pamphlets - PB Book by Fernandes (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

Photocopy of Fernandes' 'What Ails the Socialists?' (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

4 packets photocopies of newspapers articles on G.F. (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

1989 Address on Fernandes at La Trobe University South Asia Workshop Papers, 1989 (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

Newspaper items about the authors, 1963- (File) - Box 4

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

George Fernandes Speech - La Trobe University, 1989 (File) - Box 5

George Fernandes - Indian Politician - Unfinished biography

Handwritten MS - 17 workbooks of 'An Original Talent'; two workbooks 1a, 2a of above, 2010 (File) - Box 5

Five workbooks of Wendy's novel, 'Fishing for Strawberries' (File) - Box 5

Three typescript MS of Wendy's trilogy (File) - Box 5

Four packets of reviews of Wendy's books (File) - Box 5


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