MS 7408, MS Acc06.023
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Crick, Donald
- Title
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Papers of Donald Crick
- Date Range
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1955-1993
- Collection Number
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MS 7408, MS Acc06.023
- Extent
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2.4 metres (10 boxes + 1 poster)
- Physical Facet
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MS 7408: (4 ms boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of novels and plays, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, book reviews and articles by or about Donald Crick.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2263600).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Donald Crick, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Arrangement
The first consignment was purchased by the Library in 1987 and a further consignment purchased in 1997.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Bibliography
Crick has published five novels: Bikini girl (1963), Martin Place (1963), Period of adjustment (1966) - winner of the Mary Gilmore Centenary Award in 1965, A different drummer (1972) and The moon to play with (1981) - winner of the Rigby 1980 Anniversary Award.
Biographical Note
Donald Crick was born in Sydney on 16 July 1916. He has worked as a writer, farm and factory worker, clerk, insurance representative, contributor and book reviewer for The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Australian Author and Realist. He was awarded Commonwealth Literary Fund grants in 1970 and 1973-74.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 7401. Original Consignment
Comprises the following papers. Box 1: A typescript of Bikini girl, first draft manuscript of Martin Place, and a typescript of Martin Place. Box 2: The first draft manuscript of Period of adjustment, typescript of Period of adjustment, first draft manuscript of A different drummer, and a typescript of A different drummer. Box 3: The first draft manuscript of The moon to play with, typescript of The moon to play with, roneoed copy of the screenplay of The Veronica, roneoed copy of screenplay of A different drummer, and a photocopy of the typescript of screenplay of The moon to play with. Box 4: Correspondence with R.M. Williams (27 letters), Dymphna Cusack and Norman Freehill (7 letters), USSR correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence, cuttings of reviews by Donald Crick, papers relating to the Darwin Aboriginal Writers Workshop and New Zealand material.
Contained in 4 boxes.
Class [unnumbered]. Original consignment 1987
Typescript Bikini girl, 1963 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
First draft manuscript Martin Place, 1963 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
Typescript Martin Place, 1963 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
First draft manuscript Period of adjustment, 1966 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Typescript Period of adjustment, 1966 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
First draft manuscript A different drummer, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Typescript A different drummer, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
First draft manuscript The moon to play with, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Typescript The moon to play with, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Roneoed copy of the screenplay of The Veronica, 1983 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Roneoed copy of screenplay of A different drummer, 1985 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Photocopy of transcript of screenplay of The moon to play with (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Class [unnumbered]. Consignment of October 1997
Correspondence with R.M. Williams, 1963-93 (c. 27 letters). Crick began corresponding with the businessman, cattle station owner and horse breeder, R.M. Williams, in 1963. In his letters, Williams discussed in some detail his work, including mustering and breaking horses on his cattle station, Rockybar, in Queensland, drought and his family. There are also references to Crick's books, Alan Marshall, the R.M. Williams shops, his move in 1972 to Hodgson Vale, near Toowoomba and his new venture of breeding Arabian horses. Typescripts of Williams' reminiscences and copies of a number of Crick's letters are also included. In one of his letters, Crick gave an account of his visit to the USSR in 1972 in connection with the publication of Martin Place in Russia (File 1) - Box 4
Correspondence with Dymphna Cusack and her husband, Norman Freehill, 1969-71 (seven letters, and copies of five of Crick's letters). Subjects discussed include Patrick White's The Vivisector, Dal Stivens winning the Miles Franklin Award, a magazine of the Foundation of Aboriginal Affairs, David Ireland, Thomas Keneally'sThree cheers for the paraclete and other books, articles for Meanjin and Jill Hellyer (File 2) - Box 4
USSR correspondence, 1965-92 (c. 21 letters). Correspondence with Anatoly Melnikov (Liaison Officer of the Writer's Union who accompanied Crick on his visit to the USSR), Eugenie Dombrovskaya (Lecturer in Australian Literature at Moscow Institute who was responsible for having Martin Place published in USSR) and Irina Golovaya (File 3) - Box 4
Miscellaneous correspondence and copies of some of Crick's letters, 1955-92. Correspondents include A.D. Hope, Alan Jones, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Max Harris and others (File 4) - Box 4
Miscellaneous correspondence and copies of some of Crick's letters, 1967-84. Correspondents include: Arthur Calwell, E.G. Whitlam, Geoffrey Blainey, A.J. Grassby and others. Subjects include censorship, Australian Society of Authors, Commonwealth Literary Fund, and immigration (File 5) - Box 4
Miscellaneous correspondence and copies of some of Crick's letters, 1978-89. Subjects include Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Society of Authors (File 6) - Box 4
Cuttings and typescripts of book reviews (The Australian and TheSydney Morning Herald) written by Crick, 1966-74 (File 7) - Box 4
Miscellaneous articles (The Australian Author) written by Crick, 1964-80 (File 8) - Box 4
Darwin Aboriginal Writers Workshop, 1974. The file includes photographs, typescript reports of the workshop and an article entitled 'Aboriginal new writing' by Crick, roneoed copy of 'Aboriginal literature' by Kath Walker and other papers (File 9) - Box 4
New Zealand material, 1969-70. Papers relating to Crick's visit to New Zealand in 1969 to establish a New Zealand branch of the Australian Society of Authors (File 10) - Box 4
Class Acc06_023. Consignment Added 2006
Comprises published novels, press clippings of reviews and articles, and drafts and manuscripts of Crick's plays, screenplays and novels. Also included are two copies of Martin Place translated into Russian.
Contained in 6 boxes with 1 poster.