Guide to the Papers of Meriel and Roy Wright
MS 6315
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Meriel and Roy Wright
- Title
- Papers of Meriel and Roy Wright
- Date Range
- 1971
- Collection Number
- MS 6315
- Extent
- 0.36 metres (2 archive boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2110675) for the access conditions.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Meriel and Roy Wright, National Library of Australia, MS 6315, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series A. Materials relating to visit by Professor R. Douglas Wright and Mrs. Meriel Wright to the People's Republic of China, 4 September to 2 October 1971
Original letters written by Meriel Wright in China, 4 September to 24 September 1971 (File 1a)
Letters were not posted to Australia after 24 September as MW expected to be back in Australia before their probable arrival.
Typed original of A.1(1) and (2) plus transcription of verbatim shorthand notes taken by Meriel Wright in China (File 2)
A carbon copy of this document was cut and pasted to make With Love from China - Letters to My Mother, (see item A.3 in this collection), the title first chosen for a book.
The second title chosen was China - The Clear Mirror (since it showed Australian society so clearly!)
Finally published in November 1973 as China - The New Neighbour (Sydney: Tempo Books). (Note that the Contents page in this publication retains the second title.)
