Guide to the Papers of Montague Grover
MS 6268, MS Acc11.133
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Grover, Montague, 1870-1943
- Title
- Papers of Montague Grover
- Date Range
- 1880-1931
- Collection Number
- MS 6268, MS Acc11.133
- Extent
- 1.56 metres (11 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises handwritten drafts, typescripts and cuttings of Grover's memoirs (Hold page one), short stories and articles, as well as miscellaneous cuttings, cutting books and photographs. It also includes the papers of his parents, Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for research.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Montague Grover, National Library of Australia [vlass number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The collection was purchased by the Library from Michael Cannon, Grover's grandson, in 2001.
Related Materials
Papers of Grover's grandson, Michael Cannon, are held in the Manuscript Collection at MS 6205.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into three series. Wherever possible, the Library has retained Michael Cannon's descriptions of the papers.
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Born 31 May in West Melbourne, the son of Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover |
| 1881 | Attended Melbourne Grammar School |
| 1881-1892 | Articled to an architecture firm, but the depression ended his hopes of a career in architecture |
| 1890 | Began writing short stories and articles for the Bulletin. Later Grover also contributed poems and short stories to Lone Hand and Smith's Weekly. |
| 1896 | Joined the Argus |
| 1897 | Married Ada Goldberg and they had two sons and five daughters |
| 1902-1903 | Travelled to England as secretary to J.C. Williamson |
| 1907 | Moved to Sydney |
| 1910-1925 | Worked as a journalist for Sir Hugh Denison, owner of the Evening Star (became the Sydney Sun). In 1922 Sir Hugo then sent Grover to Melbourne to start the Sun News-Pictorial (now the Melbourne Herald Sun). The following year they also published the Melbourne Evening Sun. These two newspapers were taken over by Murdoch's Melbourne Herald group. The Sydney papers remained under Sir Hugo's control. |
| 1914 | Divorced his first wife |
| 1915 | Married Regina Roseville Varley and they had three children |
| 1929-1930 | Worked for Murdoch |
| 1931-1933 | Editor of the Sydney labour daily, the World |
| 1943 | Grover died on 7 March. He was survived by his second wife and seven children. |
| 1993 | Hold page one: memoirs of Monty Grover, editor was edited and introduced by Grover's grandson, Michael Cannon and published by Loch Haven |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Born 31 May in West Melbourne, the son of Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover |
| 1881 | Attended Melbourne Grammar School |
| 1881-1892 | Articled to an architecture firm, but the depression ended his hopes of a career in architecture |
| 1890 | Began writing short stories and articles for the Bulletin. Later Grover also contributed poems and short stories to Lone Hand and Smith's Weekly. |
| 1896 | Joined the Argus |
| 1897 | Married Ada Goldberg and they had two sons and five daughters |
| 1902-1903 | Travelled to England as secretary to J.C. Williamson |
| 1907 | Moved to Sydney |
| 1910-1925 | Worked as a journalist for Sir Hugh Denison, owner of the Evening Star (became the Sydney Sun). In 1922 Sir Hugo then sent Grover to Melbourne to start the Sun News-Pictorial (now the Melbourne Herald Sun). The following year they also published the Melbourne Evening Sun. These two newspapers were taken over by Murdoch's Melbourne Herald group. The Sydney papers remained under Sir Hugo's control. |
| 1914 | Divorced his first wife |
| 1915 | Married Regina Roseville Varley and they had three children |
| 1929-1930 | Worked for Murdoch |
| 1931-1933 | Editor of the Sydney labour daily, the World |
| 1943 | Grover died on 7 March. He was survived by his second wife and seven children. |
| 1993 | Hold page one: memoirs of Monty Grover, editor was edited and introduced by Grover's grandson, Michael Cannon and published by Loch Haven |
Biographical Reference(s)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1891-1939, p. 133-134.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 6268. Original consignment
Comprises handwritten drafts, typescripts and cuttings of Grover's memoirs (Hold page one), short stories and articles, as well as miscellaneous cuttings, cutting books and photographs. It also includes the papers of his parents, Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover.
Contained in 9 boxes.
Series 1. Writings, 1890-1931
The series comprises handwritten drafts, typescripts, notes and cuttings of Grover's plays, poems and short stories. Most of the papers have been pasted onto notebooks and the majority of them were undated.
Notebook, entitled 'Poetry, various', containing handwritten drafts and cuttings of poems, c. 1890s (File 1)
Notebook containing handwritten drafts of poems and list of income from journals, 1897-1898 (File 2)
Notebook containing handwritten drafts and cuttings, some of which relates to Grover's tour of Europe with J.C. Williamson between 1902 and 1903 (File 3)
Two typescripts for the play 'The dictator' written while Grover was working for the Argus, c. 1908 (File 4)
Notebook containing cuttings of 'One Punch Patsy' from the Bulletin and 'The commercial altruist' from Lone Hand, 1909 (File 6)
Notebook entitled 'The campers' Decameron' containing cuttings of stories published in Lone Hand, n.d. (File 18)
Typescripts of poems, notes and plays 'Doing it all', 'The captain of industry' and 'Gib it Tshillin' (File 19)
Notebook containing notes and handwritten drafts for Glover's reminiscences 'Dog bites man' (File 22)
Notebook entitled 'Idylls of the push' containing cuttings, published in the Bulletin, Outpost and other journals, of short stories (File 28)
Series 2. Cutting books and photographs, 1880s-1930s
The series comprises cutting books of newspaper cuttings on subjects such as divorce, abortion, court reports on rape cases and maritime strike. Some of the cuttings are loose.
Series 3. Papers of Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover, 1883-1911
Jessie and Harry Ehret Grover were the parents of Montague Grover. The series comprises their cutting books, scrapbook and diaries. The cutting books contain articles on subjects such as British and European royal families, British and Australian politicians, short articles entitled 'Glady's letter' and other social news.
Class MS Acc11.133. Consignment added 2011
Comprises some of the research files Michael Cannon compiled while producing the volume Hold page one. Memoirs of Monty Grover editor. Includes correspondence, newspaper extracts and other papers dealing with genealogical aspects of the Grover family and articles about, or by, Montague Grover. Amongst other material, one file contains Montague Grover's will and certain papers related to Harry Grover, Montague's son.
Contained in 2 boxes.
Container List
| Series | File/s | Box |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-6 | 1 |
| 1 | 7-13 | 2 |
| 1 | 14-21 | 3 |
| 1 | 22-29 | 4 |
| 1 | 30-36 | 5 |
| 1 | 37-43 | 6 |
| 2 | 1-5 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 1-4 | 8 |
| 3 | 5-6 | 9 |