Guide to the Papers of Kate McNamara

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MS 8512; MS Acc03.074; MS Acc03.079; MS Acc04.140.MS Acc04.156; MS Acc14.073; MS Acc14.156. MS Acc18.073

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Collection Summary

Title
Papers of Kate McNamara
Date Range
ca. 1959-2018
Collection Number
MS 8512; MS Acc03.074; MS Acc03.079; MS Acc04.140.MS Acc04.156; MS Acc14.073; MS Acc14.156. MS Acc18.073
Extent
4.95 metres (20 ms boxes, 5 cartons, 1 folio box)
Physical Facet
MS 8512; MS Acc03.074; MS Acc03.079; MS Acc04.140; MS Acc04.156; MS Acc14.073; MS Acc14.156; MS Acc18.073
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises correspondence, drafts of plays and poems, diaries, journals, cuttings, and ephemera.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2701778).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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

Provenance

The papers were acquired from Kate McNamara in a number of instalments.

Collection Retrieval Notice

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

Canberra based poet and playwright.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 8512. Original Consignment

Personal and literary correspondence, 1973-1988 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

Correspondents include Richard Hopkinson, Paula Keogh, Dorothy Hewett, Pip Proud, Peter Ride and Merv Lilley.

Reviews and news cuttings, 1984-1989 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

Michael Dransfield (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

Thirteen published and unpublished poems attributed to Michael Dransfield. 

Drafts of plays, 1983 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

The Magnificent Millie McGoochie, Rubina

Drafts of plays, 1984 (File 5-6) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

The rule of Zip

Drafts of plays, 1984 (File 7-8) - Box 1 (MS 8512)

No chance

Drafts of plays, 1985 (File 9-10) - Box 2 (MS 8512)

We're not ratbags

Drafts of plays, 1985 (File 11-12) - Box 2 (MS 8512)

The wish palace

Drafts of plays, 1988 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 8512)

The secret room

Drafts of plays (File 14-16) - Box 2 (MS 8512)

Product of the dream factory

Drafts of plays (File 17-19) - Box 3 (MS 8512)

Product of the dream factory

Drafts of plays, 1989 (File 20-21) - Box 3 (MS 8512)

Year of the dog

Class MS Acc03.074. Consignment Received March 2003

This consignment comprises diaries, letters, drafts of plays and poems, cuttings and printed ephemera.

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc03.074)

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Carton 2-3 (MS Acc03.074

Class MS Acc03.079. Consignment Received March 2003

This consignment comprises papers relating to Year of the dog, Aktion Surreal, Johno Johnson, The infinite gays, Chris Barnett, The wish palace, International Conference of Women Playwrights, Francis Webb, Persephone, and early poems by McNamara.

Papers (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc03.079)

Class MS Acc04.140. Consignment Received June 2004

This consignment comprises manuscripts and papers.

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Box 1-2 (MS Acc04.140)

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Carton 3 (MS Acc04.140)

Class MS Acc04.156. Consignment Received July 2004

This consignment comprises manuscripts and papers.

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Box 1-2 (MS Acc04.156)

Manuscripts and papers (File) - Box 3-4 (MS Acc04.156)

Class MS Acc14.073. Consignment Received June 2014

This consignment comprises personal and visual journals from 1988-2006, family correspondence; photographs; cards; drafts for poems and plays including Wild Lady, Kazan, The Hebrew Master, and Alwyn or the Loon; issues of The Pacific - Australia's Illustrated Weekly; assorted drafts from various poets and authors including Richard Hopkinson, Kathy Kituai, Neil Freeman and Dymphna Cusack; two VHS tapes marked Year of the Dog and In the Secret Room; and flash drives.

Journals, 1988-1998 (File) - Carton 1 (MS Acc14.073)

Journals, 2001-2004 (File) - Carton 2 (MS Acc14.073)

Journals, 2005-2006 (File) - Carton 3 (MS Acc14.073)

Visual, Photos, Drawing

Letter to Richard Hoskinson (unsent) 1975, 1975 (Item NLA.MS-DM008797) - Digital-Carriers-Box 151
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

[CD is missing - This Note is inside an empty CD/DVD case for a Madonna recording - Greatest Hits Volume 2]

Journals (File) - Carton 4 (MS Acc14.073)

Family, Private, Visual

Family correspondence (File) - Carton 5 (MS Acc14.073)

Includes photos and cards

[no information] (Item NLA.MS-DM008798) - Digital-Carriers-Box 151
1 item, Imation 8Gb, USB flash drive (memory stick, thumb drive)

[a Yellow stick]

[no information] (Item NLA.MS-DM008799) - Digital-Carriers-Box 151
1 item, 128Mb, USB flash drive (memory stick, thumb drive)

[a silver stick with a cover]

[no information] (Item NLA.MS-DM008800) - Digital-Carriers-Box 151
1 item, Belkin 54Mb, USB flash drive (memory stick, thumb drive)

[a balck stick uncovered]

year of the dog - N.07 (Item NLA.MS-SAV017522) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-012
1 item, Palsonic E180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc
in the secret room no 32 (Item NLA.MS-SAV017523) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-012
1 item, Scotch, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc

a triumphant tribute to the courage of women who have to deal with domestic violence by Kate McNamara

Issues of Pacific and assorted poems by various authors (File) - Folio-Box 6 (MS Acc14.073)

Class MS Acc14.156. Consignment Received December 2014

This consignment comprises personal and business correspondence, drafts and poems by Kate McNamara and others, minutes from Aberrant Genotype Press meetings, material from playwrights' conferences, printed ephemera and photographs.

Theatre (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc14.156)

Papers (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc14.156)

Correspondence, theatre, etc to 2014; material from the International Women's Playwright's Conference, Ireland and Greece

Miscellaneous correspondence, short stories, poetry (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc14.156)

Aktion Surreal, Slaughterhouse, etc. (File) - Box 4 (MS Acc14.156)

Class MS Acc18.073. Consignment Received May 2018

This consignment comprises finished and unfinished typescripts and manuscripts of poems and short stories; notebooks; correspondence; galley proofs; fragments and notes; educational material; family papers; poetry written for Kate McNamara for her 60th birthday; and early poems of Michael Dransfield and Richard Hopkins.

Note: McNamara provided hand written notes of content details for each file, which have been placed with the relevant papers in each file.

Manuscripts and papers, c1959 -2018 (bulk 2000-2018) (File) - Box 1-2 (MS Acc18.073)


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