Guide to the Papers of Christopher Koch
MS 6488, MS Acc13.102, MS Acc14.142
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Koch, Christopher John
- Title
- Papers of Christopher Koch
- Date Range
- 1937-2013
- Collection Number
- MS 6488, MS Acc13.102, MS Acc14.142
- Extent
- 6.93 metres (42 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 archives box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
- Sponsor
- This guide was prepared by the Pictures & Manuscripts Branch with the assistance of the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Papers of Christopher Koch were accumlated over the course of his career. They comprise largely correspondence, drafts and proof of novels, travel ephemera, diaries, research notes, photographs, slides, notebooks, commentaries, radio transcripts, articles and clippings. Notable correspondents include Larry McMurtry, Jean-François Vernay, Vivian Smith, Les Murray, Roland Robinson, Ray Mathew, Douglas Stewart, Kenneth Slessor, Sophie Masson, Cynthia Blanche and William Hartmann. Stage and screenplay script adaptations for The year of living dangerously are complimented by production photographs, notes from literary agents, screenplay writers and directors such as Peter Weir. There are a number photographs and transparencies with portraits of Koch as well as a collection of black and white photographs relating to cameraman Neil Davis. Objects interfiled in the awards series include the Priestley Medal, the Tasmanian Government Arts Award, 2000 Fairlight Talking Book Awards and the Estonian Award.
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-vn2167393).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Christopher Koch, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/items number(s)]'
Provenance
The initial two instalments of papers were acquired from Christopher Koch in 1981 and 2013. The final instalment was acquired from Koch's publisher, Margaret Connolly, in 2014.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Biographical Note
Christopher Koch was born in Tasmania, Hobart and graduated with honours from the University of Tasmania with degrees in English and philosophy. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a radio producer for the Australian Broadcasting Service in Sydney. After publishing his first novel The Boys in the Island (1958), Koch undertook a UNESCO Mission travelling to Indonesia in 1968. The following year he wrote his second novel Across the sea wall. His real breakthrough came with his novel The year of living dangerously (1978) which shared the Book of the Year Award and the National Book Council Award. The novel was then made into a movie in 1982.
Koch travelled to China, Europe and India where he obtained material for his work, publishing eight more novels over his career. His works were widely published overseas in the 1970's and 1980's and adapted for film and stage. Koch's contribution to Australian literature attracted many awards and honours including Order of Australia in 1995, the Miles Franklin Award for Doubleman in 1985, and Highways to a war in 1996. Koch died on September 23, 2013 at the age of 81 in Tasmania.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 6488. Initial consignment received 1981
The focus of the papers in this consignment is the final typed draft of The year of living dangerously, showing a considerable amount of amendment and correction, together with some related material and correspondence. There is also correspondence with others, including a significant number of letters from Roland Robinson and Ray Mathew. Other correspondents include Vivian Smith, Les Murray, Douglas Stewart, Kenneth Slessor and John Thompson
Correspondence from Vivian Smith, 1954-1965 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 6488)
Typescript and handwritten letters; including postcard and photographs of Koch, his brother Philip, Vivian Smith and others (1943 - 1954)
Correspondence from Vivian Smith, 1952-1956 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 6488)
Letters including poem Bus ride, Regatta Day and The Diagram of the night
Correspondence from Les Murray, 1966-1980 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 6488)
Typescript and handwritten letters including postcards
Correspondence from Roland Robinson and Ray Mathew, 1952-1961 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 6488)
Typescript and handwritten letters
Correspondence, 1952-1967 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 6488)
Letter from Anthony Wren, V.L. Borin, Charles Higham, James McQueen, James McAuley (Quadrant) , Douglas Stewart (The Bulletin), Ken Slessor (Daily Telegraph), John Thompson Australian Broadcasting Commission, David Rowbotham (The Courier mail), Geoff Lehmann and Hal Porter
Class MS Acc13.104. Consignment received 2013
Working papers and background research for Koch's novels in the form of a series of notebooks, travel diaries, colour sketches and correspondence with peers. Exhanges between Koch and his brother about The Year of living dangerously. Notebooks contain details on casting, characters, plots and themes
The Doubleman Notebooks 2-3,5-7, nd (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc13.104)
Notebook 1 and 4 were not included in the papers transferred to the National Library. Published by Angus and Robertson, 1985. Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers.
The Doubleman Notebooks: 8-17, 1978-1979 (File 2-3) - Box 1 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; The entertainerswritten on Notebook 10, The Lord of the dance handwritten on Notebook 11, Folk singer handwritten on covers
The Doubleman: Notebooks 18-28 (File 1) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers; Revision 1 and 2 handwritten on Notebooks 21 and 22
Notebooks 23-28, 1983-1984 (File 2) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers
Highways to a war & Out of Ireland: Notebooks 1-4, 1987-1989 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on both titles and both published by DoubleDay, 1999; Van Dieman's Land handwritten on some covers
Highways to a war & Out of Ireland: Notebooks 5-19, 1989-1992 (File 1) - Box 3 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on both titles and both published by DoubleDay, 1999; Van Dieman's Land handwritten on some covers
Highways to a war & Out of Ireland: Notebooks 20-30, 1992-1993 (File 1) - Box 4 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on both titles and both published by DoubleDay, 1999; Van Dieman's Land handwritten on some covers
Out of Ireland: Notebooks 1-4, 1994-1996 (File 3) - Box 4 (MS Acc13.104)
Published by DoubleDay, 1999
Out of Ireland: Notebooks 5-18, 1996-1999 (File 1) - Box 5 (MS Acc13.104)
Includes visit to Molesworth, biographical information on Dr Nigel Howard, hand drawn map by Mick Townsley and colour sketch of countryside by Koch
The Memory room: Notebook 1-15, 1999-2006 (File 1) - Box 6 (MS Acc13.104)
Files 1- 3: Published by Knopf, 2007; Notes on auditions, cast, plot, revisions, chronology of characters
Lost voices: Notebook 1-10, 2008-2011 (File 4) - Box 7 (MS Acc13.104)
Published by Fourth Estate, 2012; Memoirs handwritten on covers. Notes on cast, plot, narrative method, chronology of characters; sketches
Background research for Highways to a war, 1989 - 1993 (File 3) - Box 7 (MS Acc13.104)
Southeast Asia file containing handwritten interviews conducted by Christopher Koch (1989-1993) with various correspondents and news photographers, who reported from Southeast Asia and Indochina in the 1960's and 1970's; loose copy of Foreign correspondents club of Thailand vol. 6 Nov 1985; There is material in Box 7, folder 3, containing potentially problematic material relating to Neil Davis (one of the composite inspirations for Mike Langford in Highways to a War) which Koch noted was not public knowledge. Discuss access conditions regarding this in formal letter of offer to Margaret Connolly - though material is likely to be PRR (via Koch's widow Robin, and Margaret) for some time. [EC - 15/10/2013]
Background research The Year of living dangerously, 1974-1975 (File 4) - Box 7 (MS Acc13.104)
Correspondence between Christopher Koch and brother Phillip during the writing of The Year of Living Dangerously. Letters from Christopher were sent from various places in Europe, including Spain, Bavaria and Somerset in the UK, to his brother in Melbourne Philip Koch was the ABC's correspondent in Indonesia during the Sukarno era, and the bulk of the exchange consists of questions by Christopher concerning the background of the time and technical problems of reportage from Indonesia, and his brother's answers. He also gives plot details to his brother as the book develops and asks for his opinion on these. Such exchanges run to considerable length
Background research The Year of living dangerously, 1968-1971 (File 1) - Box 8 (MS Acc13.104)
Maps, numbered photographs with notes on Jakarta; National Geographic Jan 1971; papers from Christopher Koch's UNESCO mission in Indonesia in 1968, an assignment which gave him background for the novel
Background research for Out of Ireland, 1992-2003 (File 2) - Box 8 (MS Acc13.104)
Articles (1972-2003); photographs of New Norfolk Oast house and scenery, maps - hand coloured, etc. Concerning 19th century Ireland and the Young Irelanders transported to Tasmania in 1848
Background Research for The Memory Room, 2005 - 2007 (File 3) - Box 8 (MS Acc13.104)
Papers including correspondence from Pierre Hutton, concerning the External Affairs administrative setup in Canberra in the 1980's; articles on Canberra, Soviet espionage and strategic defence centres such as Pine Gap; Letters from friends including Tony Walker, concerning Beijing in the 1980's
Background for Lost Voices (File 4) - Box 8 (MS Acc13.104))
Correspondence with Warren Reed, Derek Lore; articles include comic strip artists of the 1930's Pat Sullivan, Rudolph Dirks, Len Lawson, ; wet-plate photography; convict clerks; 19th century guns; painter Edward Hopper; women's fashions of the 1950's etc
Highways to a War (Viking), 1994-1995 (File 5) - Box 8 (MS Acc13.104)
Comprises batches 1 - 3: Original typescripts with copy editing pp 1-503
Highways to a War (Viking), 1994-1995 (File 1) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
Comprises batch 4: Original typescripts with copy editing pp 504-603
Crossing the Gap: A Novelist's Essays, 1987 (File 2) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
Typscripts with copy editing 146 p (Chatto & Windus, London)
Christopher Koch's sketches, 1949 - 1981 (File 3) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
Made on Koch's travels - mainly in pen and ink and coloured pencil; Among those in Southeast Asia are images he drew on for his novels: eg, Across the Sea Wall, The Year of Living Dangerously and Highways to a War
Diary - China (May 14th - June 5th, 1981), 1981 (File 4) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
The diary was used as material for an essay, The Secret Bird in his collection of essays, Crossing the Gap (Vintage Books, 1987). Christopher Koch was a member of an Australian writer's delegation bought to China as a guest of the Chinese Government. The others were Nicholas Hasluck and Hugh Anderson. Diary also drawn on for background in the novel The Memory Room (Knopf, Random House Australia, 2007)
Journey through Southeast Asia and Indo China, (May to July 1987), 1987 (File 5) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
56 p.; In 1987, Christopher Koch was commissioned to write a TV mini series by the South Australian Film Corporation. He was to adapt ONE CROWDED HOUR, the biography of Tasmanian war photographer Neil Davis, written by his friend Tim Bowden. Koch was receptive to this, since he had already begun the novel HIGHWAYS TO A WAR, in which the fictitious character Mike Langford is partly based on Davis - with whom Koch was at High School. To research the material for the mini series, a journey was made to most of the places in S.E. Asia and Indochina where Davis had lived and worked, interviewing his colleagues and friends there. Koch was accompanied by Tim Bowden and Jock Blair: the head of the Film Corporation. Interviews are also recorded back in Australia with colleagues of Neil Davis - including Koch's brother Philip Koch. Koch produced a detailed treatment for the series, but he could not agree with the way in which Jock Blair and his colleagues wanted to shape the material, and resigned from the project. As it turned out, it was never made. Subsequently, much of the material gave him useful background for HIGHWAYS TO A WAR (Viking, New York, 1995.) HIGHWAYS is a work of fiction and in no way a biography of Davis, as an examination of the text shows. Mike Langford is a composite, also drawing on elements of cameramen Tim Page and Sean Flynn, and his story is essentially invented
Diaries - Ireland, 2000 (File 6) - Box 9 (MS Acc13.104)
Comprises Dairies 1-3: Journey through Ireland research material for The Many-Coloured Land
Background for Highways to a war, nd (File 1) - Box 10 (MS Acc13.104)
Filing cards 1-85; Nature and structure of ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service), secret intelligence operatives: methods and tradescraft, plot possibilities: field work in Indochina, characterisations: Aubrey (Austin) Hardwick and Donald Mills, nature of Mike Langford's involvement
Background for Highways to a war, 1980 (File 2) - Box 10 (MS Acc13.104)
Excerpt from The Khmer Republic at war and the final collapse by Lt. General Sak Sutsakhan, Commander of the Cambodian Government forces resisting the Khmer Rouge; Declassified document lodged with the US Army
Class MS Acc14.142. Consignment received 2014
Series 1. Correspondence, 1985-2013
Jean Fracois Vernay letters, 2007 (File 9) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Vernay wrote a biography of Koch Water from the Moon
Various personal and literary, 1995-2009 (File 8) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondants - include Bryce Courtney, Les Murray, Frank Moorehouse and Laurie Clancy
Various personal and literary, 1977-2004 (File 2) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes fan letters, reactions to Weir's Film of The Year of Living Dangerously; David Smith AM, Larry McMurtry and sequence of letters from Cynthia Blanch
Various personal and literary, 1998-2003 (File 3) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes fan letters and a sequence of letters from Margaret Geddes, Rita Mund (some in German)
Various personal and literary, 1985-1993 (File 4) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Sensitivities: Falling out between Koch and Les Murray (1990) Larry McMurtry personal illness and medication
Various personal and literary, 1993-2004 (File 5) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Exchanges between Koch and noteables such as Les Murray, Larry McMurtry, Xavier Bon, Jean-François Vernay, Sophie Masson, Cynthia Blanche, William Hartmann, Sensitivities: Interview transcript with Professor Peter Alexander heavily edited by Koch with correspondence relating to friendship with Les Murray (1995)
Various personal and literary, 1995-1996 (File 6) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Exchanges between Koch and noteables such as Les Murray, Richard West, Xavier Bon, Jean-François Vernay, Sophie Masson, Anne Whitehead
Noel Henrickson, 1995-2005 (File 10) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Exchanges between Koch and Henrickson, a Queensland academic who wrote a biography of Koch
Noel Henrickson, 1991-1993 (File 10) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Exchanges between Koch and Henrickson, a Queensland academic who wrote a biography of Koch
Random House/ Wylie/ Godwin, 1998-2001 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence re: publishing/backlists of Highways to a War, The Year of Living Dangerously and others
Crossing the Gap, 1986-1987 (File 4) - Box 18 (MS Acc14.142)
Chatto Windus (Publishers); newspaper clippings/reviews
Crossing the Gap, 1986-1987 (File 5) - Box 18 (MS Acc14.142)
Chatto Windus (Publishers); newspaper clippings/reviews
Series 2. Across the Sea Wall
Series 4. Boys in the Island
Papers, 1973-1989 (File 4) - Box 19 (MS Acc14.142)
Various copy edits, correspondence, receipts, invoices - includes book jacket (Angus and Roberston)
Correspondence - Publishers, 1956-1960 (File 5) - Box 19 (MS Acc14.142)
Exchanges between Koch and various publishers, including early letters of rejection for publication and edits
Film correspondence, 1983-1990 (File 7) - Box 19 (MS Acc14.142)
Negotiations etc: Australian Film Commisssion and Producers - letters, including handwritten drafts of early contracts; correspondence, including dispute between Koch and AFC to have his name removed from final film, and letter outlining his dismay at the film's final finished product
Series 6. Highways to a War
Dramatic treatment, nd (File 4) - Box 14 (MS Acc14.142)
Typescript adaptation for Highways to a War (Author?) for film or stage
Background research, 1993-1994 (File 9) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes feedback with editing by Carl Robinson, Milton Osborne, David Chandler and others
Script Consultancy, 1997 (File 7) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Written submissions - Peter Schreck: Mike Jenkins/Matt Carroll - 1997 - Various script treatments and planning
Matt Carroll Films, 1997 (File 6) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Contracts, correspondence, invoices/remittance for film options
Heinemann, 1995-1996 (File 9) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
UK: Jacket and blurbs: editing: correspondence/edits
Minerva Paperback Publicity Includes correspondence, book jacket, 1995-1996 (File 3) - Box 6 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes correspondence, book jacket
Minerva Paperback: U.K., 1995-1996 (File 7) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence - includes correspondence for UK edition
Background research (File 6) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes references, clippings, bibliographies and references for novel
VIKING: Wylie Aitken and Stone, 1994 (File 10) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence re: publishing of Highways and The Year of living dangerously
Series 7. Out of Ireland
NIDA, 2000-2001 (File 3) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence between Koch and NIDA re: stage adaptation of Out of Ireland in 2000-2001, and consequent termination of project
Doubleday hardback edition, nd (File 1) - Box 18 (MS Acc14.142)
Jacket roughs and proofs, publishing and copy edits
Background research, 2001-c2002 (File 2) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
Politics 1 - Various articles, clippings, journalism including handwritten notes
Background research, 2000-2001 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Society - 2- clippings from newspapers/magazines and poetry; some correspondence
Series 8. The Doubleman
Correspondence, 1984-1986 (File 9) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Relating to reception in both Australian and Overseas
Correspondence, 1985-1999 (File 10) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Includes from BBC Radio 1999 (for radio adaptation?)
Europe (Klett-Cotta), 1989-1991 (File 12) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence between Koch and European publishers Klett-Cotta
Correspondence USA, 1984-1994 (File 13) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Letters to USA publishers, in particular McGraw Hill
Angus and Robertson Collins, 1991-1992 (File 5) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, contracts, book jackets
Background research, c1979 (File 5) - Box 14 (MS Acc14.142)
Notes, clippings, correspondence, promotional material including proofs of postcards, cover, press booklet with inscription ; Sketches and corrections
Promotional material, c1979 (File 6) - Box 14 (MS Acc14.142)
Proofs of postcards, cover, press booklet with inscription ; Sketches and corrections
Series 9. The Year of Living Dangerously
Correspondence with Karl Schmude, 2003 (File 4) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence; copy entry for Encyclopaedia of Catholic Literature
Correspondence with publishers, 1978-1979 (File 5) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
(Australia) Nelson/Joseph/Sphere (1)
Correspondence with publishers, 1979-1984 (File 6) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
(Australia) Nelson/Joseph/Sphere (2)
Correspondence, 1984 (File 3) - Box 5 (MS Acc14.142)
Pertaining to a private screening of The year of living dangerously film by Australian Ambassador in Berne which caused some issues; contains official Confidential First cablegram
Magazines/Serials, 1982-1989 (File 7) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
Copies of articles from Actuel, Cinema Papers pertaining to the film The Year of Living Dangerously. Koch handwritten annotations on cover with page references to specific articles
Magazine, 1982-1989 (File 3) - Folio-Box 23 (MS Acc14.142)
Copy of Lettre Internationale with article pertaining to the film
Press, UNITED STATES, 1983 (File 1) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Copy of Variety (March 1983) and New York Times (Feb 1983) both with articles on film
U.K. and U.S. (1), 1975-1978 (File 5) - Box 5 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence relating to publishing overseas
U.K. and U.S. (2), 1978-1983 (File 7) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence relating to publishing overseas
FILM, 1980-1983 (File 1) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence with MGM, script development; writers guild of America award nomination
FILM, 1979-1981 (File 8) - Box 18 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence with MGM, Australian Film Commission, Brixton Productions Limited et al.; shooting location list
The case of Le Carre, 1976-1977 (File 3) - Box 10 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, research, statement pertaining to the plagiarism of Koch's book by Le Carre, who's publisher Hodder had mysteriously 'lost' a copy of Koch's manuscript only for elements to appear in one of Le Carre's works The Honourable Schoolboy
Film adaptation, 1981-1983 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Promotional posters/flyers includes March 1983 edition of Cinema Papers, featuring letter to the editor from Christopher Koch on p10 relating to screenwriting credits
Stage adaptation, 1999 (File 4) - Box 16 (MS Acc14.142)
Script adapted for the stage by Dickon Oxenburgh, Draft 5 - 10 February 1999 - Also says draft 6, 16 Feb 199 - For Black Swan Theatre Company
Series 10. The Many-Coloured Land
Publicity, 2002-2004 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Letters/emails between Koch and various publishers (including Macmillan, Picador), publicists, media outlets, reviews/reviewers
Papers, 2002-2003 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Editing, Picador and permissions. Includes correspondence with publishers and agents
Series 12. Lost Voices
Correspondence, 2012 (File 1) - Box 29 (MS Acc14.142)
Email correspondence regarding the publication and interviews
Editing and production, 2012 (File 2) - Box 29 (MS Acc14.142)
Printed email correspondence; manuscript edits
Publicity and sales, 2012-2013 (File 4) - Box 29 (MS Acc14.142)
Stock - reviews and publicity prints
Fourth Estate Edition, 2012 (File 2) - Box 30 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated edit of manuscript (pp 1-234)
Fourth Estate Edition, 2012 (File 3) - Box 30 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated edit of manuscript (pp 235-468)
Fourth Estate Edition, 2012 (File 1) - Box 31 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated publishers' proofs of lost notes
Series 13. Australian Broadcasting Commission
ABC Archives, 1963-1973 (File 1) - Box 9 (MS Acc14.142)
Documents, contracts etc relating to Koch's employment by the ABC as education and programme officer
Clippings and correspondence, 1985 (File 12) - Box 6 (MS Acc14.142)
Regarding ABC budget cuts and quality of programming etc of which Koch was a vocal opponent
Series 14. Awards
Colin Roderick Award (James Cook University), 2000 (File 1) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Awarded to Out of Ireland - Correspondence for ceremony; press clipping
Miles Franklin 1986, 1986 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence of congratulations, press clippings, and hand-written acceptance speech; personal letter of congratulations from Hon. John Howard
Miles Franklin 1996, 1996 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Awarded to Highways to a War - correspondence of entrance, acceptance and winning of award, and personal correspondence of congratulations
Vic Premier's Award, 2000 (File 2) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence re: award and letters to the editor, The Australian, in reaction to Peter Craven column (18/10/2000) criticising award
Pin, Tasmanian Government Arts Award, 2007 (File 4) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Object "In Distinguished Company" 2007. Black, double opening box. Leaflet inside. Awarded to Koch 2007
Medallion, Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, 1999 (File 5) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Object - H.T. Priestley Medal, awarded to Koch 1999. Black, single opening box
Red and gold plaque, 2000 Fairlgith Talking Book Awards, 2000 (File 6) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Object - Highways to a War, Winner 1996 Talking Book Awards and Shortlist Talking Book of the Decade (1990-1999)
Green and gold plaque, "2000 Fairlight Talking Book Awards, 2000 (File 7) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Object - Highways to a War, Winner 2000 Talking Books Awards Decade
Prime Minister's Literary Award -, 2013 (File 5) - Box 29 (MS Acc14.142)
Email correspondence re: Koch's nomination for PMs Literary Award
Estonian Award - Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2002 (File 1) - Box 8 (MS Acc14.142)
Object - contains Medal, program (in Estonian) and correspondence relating to Koch's being awarded the 5th Class Order of The Cross of Terra Mariana for special services to the Republic of Estonia (for his novel The Doubleman) in 2002
Order of Australia 1996, 1994-1995 (File 9) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Clippings, correspondence, programs, photographs regarding Koch's Order of Australia, 1995
Royal Blind Society Award, 1996 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence and achievement award - 3M Talking Book Award
Stanford Fellowship, 1959-61 (File 9) - Box 5 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence for Koch's application for Stanford writing fellowship and consequent Visa troubles associated with it; includes newspaper article
Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship : Dwarf of Melbourne, 1958-66 (File 6) - Box 5 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, application
University of Tasmania, Doctor of Letters, 1989-1990 (File 8) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, graduation program regarding Koch's award of Honary Doctor of Letters, University of Tasmania, 1990
University of Tasmania, Doctor of Letters, 1990 (File 2) - Folio-Box 23 (MS Acc14.142)
Original Doctorate
Series 15. Clippings
Professor Sydney Orr, 1956 (File 1) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Clippings of wrongful dismissal courtcase involving University of Tasmania Professor Sydney Orr and the Hobart Supreme Court
JAKARTA - Sunday Life Article, 2002-2003 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
November 2002 - Copy of Sun Herald 'Sunday Life' Magazine, February 23, 2003 Return to Jakarta written by Koch about his return to Indonesia for the first time since 1965
Film, 1980s (File 2) - Box 11 (MS Acc14.142)
Various articles on books made into film including The year of living dangerously; Peter Weir
John Wren, 1971-1980 (File 8) - Box 5 (MS Acc14.142)
Articles relating to John Wren, the Australian gambler
Hal Porter, 1984, 1993 (File 3) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.142)
Clippings pertaining to writer Hal Porter, including one obituary and reviews of Mary Lord's biography on Porter
Literary Archives, 198 (File 4) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Various articles of personal and professional interest
Literary Archives, 1954-1981 (File 5) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Various articles of personal and professional interest
Newspaper clippings, 1980 (File 5) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Mostly pertaining to Koch, made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Series 16. Research
De Gaulle, 1962-1970 (File 2) - Box 19 (MS Acc14.142)
Various magazine articles and newspaper clippings
Saigon, 1991 (File 7) - Box 6 (MS Acc14.142)
Articles/clippings on Carl Robinson's Old Saigon restaurant and Ian Glen's TV series on Saigon
Indochina War Notes : William Pinwill: 1985, 1985-1991 (File 3) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Handwritten research notes, annotated articles, press clippings. In memoriam for William Pinwill
Joe Lee, post 1970 (File 2) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Typescript 'Captured by the NVA' by Joe Lee with annotations from Koch
Neil Davis, 1976-1981 (File 4) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated typescripts - Intelligence reports/Voice pieces - includes correspondence to Andrew Peacock
Photography (File 5) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated clipping Frames of Reference on phographer David Moore, The Australian Magazine
Visitors at at War (I): William Pinwill, 1960's; 1991 (File 6) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated typescripts - Contributors W Pinwill, Don Simmons, Don Hook Geoff Hughes - Note "Copy supplied by correspondents to Bill Pinwill for a book he intended editing, to be entitled VISITORS AT A WAR. Never completed. Given to me before his death, 1991. C.J Koch"
Visitors at at War (II): William Pinwill, 1960's; 1991 (File 7) - Box 17 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotated typescripts - Contributors Tim Bowden, Mike Carlton, Neil Davis - Note "Copy supplied by correspondents to Bill Pinwill for a book he intended editing, to be entitled VISITORS AT A WAR. Never completed. Given to me before his death, 1991. C.J Koch"
Series 17. Island and Otherland
Manuscript, 2002-2003 (File 5) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence and edit suggestions between Koch, Henrickson and Paul Fenton
Manuscript, 2002-2003 (File 4) - Box 7 (MS Acc14.142)
Manuscript for Noel Henrickson's biography of Koch with Koch's handwritten edits
Reviews/publicity. Island and Otherland is Henricksen's biography of Koch, 2003 (File 7) - Box 21 (MS Acc14.142)
Series 19. One Crowded Hour - TV Mini series
Series 20. Photographs
Collection of pictures taken on trip to Asia, nd (File 1) - Folio-Box 23 (MS Acc14.142)
Koch and others on overseas trip to Asia - Wu Men Meridian Gate Front entrance of forbidden City; Hang Chow West Lake; Botanical Gardens Hang Chow with writer Chen-Jian Jun, Hugh Anderson, He Bin, Nick Hasluck and officials
Series 22. Screenplays
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1980 (File 1) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
Screenplay by CJ Koch and P Weir (First Draft) February 1980
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1980 (File 2) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
Screenplay by CJ Koch and P Weir, March 1980
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1980-1981 (File 3) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
A screenplay by Alan Sharpe
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1981 (File 4) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
Screenplay by Alan Sharpe - Based on a screenplay by CJ Koch and Peter Weir, January 1981
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1981 (File 5) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
Screenplay by David Williamson, using additional material from screenplays by Alan Sharpe, Peter Weir and CJ Koch - Second draft August 1981
The Year of Living Dangerously, 1981 (File 6) - Box 15 (MS Acc14.142)
Screenplay by David Williamson, using additional material from screenplays by Alan Sharpe, Peter Weir and CJ Koch - Fourth draft November 1981 with annotations from Koch
Script of The Doubleman, 1987 (File 1) - Box 16 (MS Acc14.142)
By CJ Koch - First draft, May 1987 For Phillip Emmanuel Production Ltd
Series 23. Speaking engagements
Series 24. Travel
China, c1980s (File 1) - Box 25 (MS Acc14.142)
Collection of postcards, travel diary/notes, ephemeral material, maps etc from Koch's travel through China
Europe, c1960s (File 2) - Box 25 (MS Acc14.142)
Collections of postcards, notes, itineraries, visas etc from Koch's travel through Europe
Ephemera (File 3) - Box 25 (MS Acc14.142)
Various items including, maps - some with annotations by Koch, of travels through Europe, China, Indochina
Monograph India by Madeline Bierdeau, 1960 (File 1) - Box 26 (MS Acc14.142)
Heavily annotated/highlighted by Koch
Monograph Ireland Lisa Gerard Sharp, 2000 (File 2) - Box 26 (MS Acc14.142)
Post it notes and annotations by Koch
Monograph Ireland: the rough guide, 1999-2000 (File 3) - Box 26 (MS Acc14.142)
Post it notes and annotations by Koch
Monograph The Last Conquest of Ireland (?), 1861 (File 4) - Box 26 (MS Acc14.142)
Written by John Mitchell 1861 - Missing cover; Post it notes and annotations by Koch
Copies of National geographic, 1962; 1989 (File 5) - Box 26 (MS Acc14.142)
Mainly pertaining to Indochina
Monograph Guide to Thailand by Achille Clarac, 1981 (File 1) - Box 27 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotations by Koch
Monograph The Jakarta Explorer by the Indonesian Heritage Society, 2001 (File 2) - Box 27 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotations by Koch
European Literary Visit, 1984-1985 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, itinerary, speaking engagements, report on trip re: lectures on Australian Literature overseas
UNESCO Mission 1968, 1968 (File 4) - Box 9 (MS Acc14.142)
Contract, correspondence, visa etc for Koch teaching consultancy to Indonesia with UNESCO 1968
Publications by Koch, 1968 (File 5) - Box 9 (MS Acc14.142)
Relates to Educational Broadcasting in Indonesia as a result of the UNESCO Mission
Mysore, India 1987, 1986-1987 (File 7) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.142)
Correspondence, itineraries, postcards etc for Koch's visit to India to present at India Internationl Centre panel on Australian Literature
Series 26. Miscellaneous
Monograph - Ships of today, 1958 (File 1) - Box 28 (MS Acc14.142)
(Australian And New Zealand) Annotations by Koch
Monograph - The Wonder Book of Ships, 1939 (File 2) - Box 28 (MS Acc14.142)
Annotations by Koch, inscribed by Koch's grandfather
Press Clippings/ Filing-, 1990s (File 1) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
includes correspondence and handwritten notes, made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Newspaper clippings, 1983-1991 (File 2) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Various articles made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Newspaper clippings/ correspondence, 1995-1998 (File 4) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death; includes photographs
Letters to file, 1984-2008 (File 6) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence, made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death - with noteables including Gwen Harwood, Les Murray, Roland Robinson; letter detailing biography of Koch's grandparents
Letters to file, 1987-1988 (File 7) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Various correspondence, made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Newspaper clippings, 1980 (File 8) - Box 12 (MS Acc14.142)
Filing - various newspaper clippings, made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Schoolyear books, c1961-1994 (File 2) - Box 13 (MS Acc14.142)
St Virgil's College Hobart 1911-1961, The Virgilian 1944, 1947, The old Virgilian (1994)
Newspaper clippings/ correspondence, 1993-1998 (File 3) - Box 13 (MS Acc14.142)
Made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Newspaper clippings/ correspondence, 1993-1998 (File 4) - Box 13 (MS Acc14.142)
Made ready for sorting/filing by Koch before his death
Chad Habel, 2008-2012 (File 2) - Box 24 (MS Acc14.142)
Contains some of Habel's work (academic at Flinders University who writes on Koch)
Monograph - The Marvellous Adventures of Percy Pig, c1937 (File 3) - Box 28 (MS Acc14.142)
Sketches at back by Koch
Monograph - Bonzo Laughteer Annual, nd (File 4) - Box 28 (MS Acc14.142)
Inscribed, coloured in and illustrations by Koch.