Guide to the Papers of Sophie Cunningham

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MS 10265

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2016

Collection Summary

Creator
Cunningham, Sophie
Title
Papers of Sophie Cunningham
Date Range
c. 1969 to 2008
Collection Number
MS 10265
Extent
1.2 metres (8 ms boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Papers relating to Sophie Cunningham's career in publishing with McPhee Gribble/Penguin and Allen & Unwin, including edited proofs, book covers, production files about writes such as Mandy Brett, David Menandue, Paul Livingston and Louise Southerden, and professional correspondence. The collection also comprises correspondence, press clippings and articles by Cunningham. Correspondents include Hilary McPhee, Helen Garner, Tony Ayres, Peter Nicholls, Michelle de Krester, Kaz Cooke and Morris Gleitzman.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7135261).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Sophie Cunningham, National Library of Australia, MS 10265, [series/file/item number(s)]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Item Descriptions

Class 1. Consignment Received March 2014

Series. Articles and Reviews

Bird, Geography, Meanjin, 2004-2008 (File 12) - Box 3

Series. Bird

Mandy Brett's first edit, Late 2006 (File 3) - Box 1

Mandy Brett's pre copy edit.

Mandy Brett's second edit, January 2008 (File 4) - Box 1

Mandy Brett's copy edit.

Bird Proof copy, mid-2008 (File 5) - Box 2

The proof was different to the final book, which is unusual.

Launch speech by Jane Gleeson-White, 2008 (File 24) - Box 6
Editorial responses to Bird, 2006 (File 25) - Box 6

Series. Buddhism

Discussion with Lothian publishers about possible book project, 2002 (File 11) - Box 3

Includes book proposal and letter of offer. Project did not go ahead.

Research materials for Bird, Buddhist esoterica, 2004-2008 (File 14) - Box 4
Lama Yeshe teachings, Peter Kelly ms, Buddhist painting book (File 27) - Box 7

Series. Correspondence

Allen & Unwin professional correspondence, 1996-2002 (File 20) - Box 5
Personal correspondence A-J (File 21) - Box 5

Steven Armstrong - Arts administrator; Tony Ayres, film maker; Tom Bishop, academic; Gillian Bouras, author; James Button, ex, friend, journalist, writer; Michael Callahan, artist, friend; Jim Cathcart, arts admin, friend; Kate Cole-Admas, friend, journalist, author; Griff Clemens, friend; Kaz Cooke, friend, author; Saul Cunningham, brother; John Cunningham, legal father; Christopher Cyrill, author; Michelle de Krester, friend, author; Helen Garner, friend, author; Jane Gleeson-White, colleague, friend, author; Morris Gleitzman, friend, writer; Katherine Hattam, friend, artist; Kim Langley, friend, journalist; Daniel Joyce, lawyer, academic.

Personal correspondence M-Y (File 22) - Box 6

Bobby Mahlab, friend, media owner; Sarah Mathers, close friend; Matthew Martin, cartoonist; McGregor family (excluding Alex McGregor); Hilary McPhee, boss, mentor, friend; Sylvia Martin, family friend, writer; Peter Nicholls, biographical father; Adrienne Nicotra, sister-in-law, scientist; Jean-Jacque Portail, boyfriend from late 1980s, former husband of Helen Garner; Tim Richards, author; Miranda Salt, friend, colleague; Amrutha Slee, friend, journo, publisher; Susan Stewart, University friend; Julia Taylor, colleague at McPhee Gribble; Ian Trounce, ex housemate; Deb Verhoeven, uni friend, film academic, theorist; Sari Wawn and Bernie McMahon, mother and her third husband; Bob Weis, film maker, friend; Diana Wells, graphic designer, photographer, friend; Chong Weng Ho, graphic designer, artist, illustrator, friend; William Yang, photographer.

Freelance jobs, McPhee Gribble/Penguin correspondence, more personal A&U regarding Melbourne book and article on Longing written for the Age, 1994-2006 (File 23) - Box 6
Correspondence with Alexander McGregor, 1993-2000 (File 37) - Box 8

Series. Film Work

Geography film script notes from meetings with Glenda Hambly, 2004 (File 10) - Box 3
Development notes for a tv series with Tony Ayres - Psy Girl, 2005 (File 29) - Box 7

Series did not go ahead.

Series. Geography

Drafts of Geography, 2000 (File 1) - Box 1

Print outs of significant changes or pages with comments.

Geography - film script and notes, 2004-2005 (File 2) - Box 1
Media specifically about Geography, 2004 (File 8) - Box 2
Editorial response from Chrissie McMahon (step-sister) (File 26) - Box 6
Correspondence regarding Geography, 2004 (File 40) - Box 8

Series. Meanjin

Letters of application, letters of resignation, some survey information, a cover (File 32) - Box 7

Series. Melbourne

Editorial responses to Melbourne, 2010 (File 13) - Box 3
Research on bookshops for Melbourne book, 2010 (File 16) - Box 4

Series. Miscellaneous

Articles, obituaries of friends, invitations, 1994-2012 (File 15) - Box 4

Includes article on gay rights, letter from Lindsay Tanner, articles on blogging.

Catalogues with copy by Cunningham, catalogues of exhibitions featuring artwork by friends (File 18) - Box 4
Software idea developed briefly with Hilary McPhee and Inventive Labs, 2004 (File 39) - Box 8

Series. Newspapers and Magazines

Articles by Cunningham, news clippings, 2000-2006 (File 6) - Box 2
Media about Cunningham, 1993-1997 (File 7) - Box 2
Newspaper clippings and early articles, 1969-2003 (File 9) - Box 3

Most material is earlier in the date range. Includes Melbourne Times film reviews; photo taken the day man landed on the moon.

Series. Public Speaking

Miscellaneous public talks, 1993-2006 (File 35) - Box 8

Series. Publishing

Book covers of Cunningham's books, 1990s-2000s (File 17) - Box 4

Includes original wood cut for Richard Flanagan's death of a river guide.

Production file for David Menandue's book Positive (File 19) - Box 5

This project passed from John Iremonger to Sophie Cunningham after John's death. Includes book proposal, costings, book covers. Unusually complete for a file held outside a publishing house.

Production file for Paul Livingston's Releasing the Imbecile Within, 2003 (File 28) - Box 7
Production file for Louise Southerden's 'Surf's Up', 2002-2003 (File 34) - Box 8

Includes finished copy, contract notes, production notes, author correspondence.

Correspondence and details of work at Lonely Planet publishers, 2007-2008 (File 38) - Box 8

Series. Residencies and Grants

File for Asialink grant/residency (successful) and Literature Board grant (unsuccessful), 2004-2007 (File 31) - Box 7
File for Cranlana residency, 2010 (File 33) - Box 8

Series. Writing on Television

Production file for chapter on TV for Introducing Sociology: Place, Time and Division, 2004 (File 30) - Box 7
Copy of Lounge critic Talk on URST including order of film clips used, 2004 (File 36) - Box 8

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