Guide to the Papers of Craig McGregor

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MS 7949

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Created: March 1990, updated December 1991

Collection Summary

Creator
Craig McGregor
Title
Papers of Craig McGregor
Date Range
1961-2005
Collection Number
MS 7949
Extent
8.85 metres (56 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This collection follows the author's own arrangement and contains literary, personal and general correspondence as well as essays, short stories, notebooks, drafts and original manuscripts. Note that boxes 33-56 were added to the original instalment of papers in December 1991.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1655908) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Craig McGregor, National Library of Australia, MS 7949, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

Craig McGregor was born in Jamberoo, NSW in 1933 and is well known as an author, journalist, and social commentator. His short stories and articles had appeared in magazines and newspapers throughout the world and he has scripted films as well as the rock opera, "Hero". He spent two years in the United States (1970-1972) on a Harkness Fellowship and has won a number of literary awards including the Xavier Society Prize for Literature, the Walkley Award for Journalism, and the Sir William Mc Kell Award.

His books include two novels, Don't Talk to Me About Love (1971) and The See-Through Revolver (1977), and several books on Australian culture, Profile of Australia (1966), The Australian People (1980), Soundtrack for the Eighties (1982), and Time of Testing: the Bob Hawke Victory (1983).

Item Descriptions

Series. Up against the wall, America

Correspondence, drafts, reviews, 1972-1973 (File 1) - Box 1

Sources: clippings, articles, notes, 1970-1971 (File 2) - Box 1

Sources: clippings (File 3) - Box 1

Clippings and reviews (includes material on Bob Dylan), 1973 (File 4) - Box 1

Springback binder containing manuscript (File) - Box 1

Series. Freelance work and journalism

Lecture notes, course outlines: New York University, 1970 (File 5) - Box 2

Papers, correspondence: Griffith University, University of NSW, 1975-1983 (File 6) - Box 2

Notes and article on Patrick White, University of NSW 1977 handbook, Book review of Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment (File 7) - Box 2

Freeland manuscripts: "The true story of 1975" - "Gary Timperley - Guide to North Coast NSW" - "Consensus" - "Poms in Ozpic" - "How I wrote time of testing" (File 8) - Box 2

"Portrait of Sydney": draft and final version - "Stereotypes in Australian Literature": notes and papers; - "The New Journalism" (File 9) - Box 2

National Times articles - "Fred Williams" - "The Unconcerned Photographer": manuscripts (File 10) - Box 2

Landmark (1978 competition) - papers, correspondence, Journalism, - notes, correspondence, 1976 (File 11) - Box 2

Western Australian Institute of Technology - correspondence, notes, 1981 (File 12) - Box 2

Series. Soundtrack for the Eighties

Copy of Hodder and Stoughton manuscript (File 13-15) - Box 3

Manuscript of English edition (File 16) - Box 3

Copies of individual essays (File 17-18) - Box 3

Elegy for the Seventies (US edition), Hegemony - manuscripts (File 19) - Box 3

Sources: drafts, papers, correspondence (File 20-21) - Box 3

Working manuscript, correspondence with publishers, 1981-1983 (File 22-23) - Box 4

Manuscripts (2 volumes in plastic bags) (File 22-23) - Box 4

Series. Cartoonists of Australia (proposed book - unpublished)

Correspondence, cartoons, clippings, drafts, 1979-1980 (File 24-25) - Box 5

Cartoons - originals and copies (File 26) - Box 5

Cartoons, drafts (File 27-28) - Box 5

Series. Bob Dylan: a retrospective

Correspondence with publishers, clippings, drafts, 1978-1981 (File 29-30) - Box 5

Series. Bawdy ballads and sexy songs

Draft copy (File 31) - Box 5

Series. The See-Through Revolver

Reviews, correspondence (File 32-33) - Box 6

Correspondence, notes, reviews (File 34) - Box 6

Drafts, letter (File 33-36) - Box 6

Manuscript (in plastic bag) (File) - Box 7

Manuscripts (springback binders - 2 volumes) (File) - Box 7

Series. Papers relating to Don't Talk to Me About Love

Rewrite by Douglas Stewart, rejected drafts (File 37) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1970-1972 (File 38) - Box 8

Original manuscript (File 39) - Box 8

Typescript volume "A Life of Questions" by "Clindy". Early drafts of Don't Talk to Me About Love (File 39) - Box 8

Series. Hero (Rock Opera performed in Sydney in May 1976)

Notes, papers, letters, press clippings, 1976 (File 40) - Box 9

Reviews, correspondence, notes, 1972-1976 (File 41) - Box 9

Draft, lyrics and libretto (File 42) - Box 9

Notes, drafts, reviews, correspondence, 1972-1976 (File 43) - Box 9

Reject pages (File 44-45) - Box 9

Letters from Don Henderson (co-author), working lyrics, 1972-1976 (File 46) - Box 9

Early draft, sketch by Bruce Petty (File 47) - Box 10

Publicity, drafts, guides to tapes, Don Henderson's script (File 48) - Box 10

English and US versions of script, rejected and retyped pages (File 49) - Box 10

Original manuscript, 1975 (File 50) - Box 10

(springback binder)

Script (File 51) - Box 11

Songs and lyrics (File 52) - Box 11

Correspondence, 1972-1976 (File 53-55) - Box 11

Draft copy of manuscript (springback binder) (File) - Box 11

Series. Time of Testing: the Bob Hawke Victory

Correspondence, synopsis, notes, reviews, articles, 1983 (File 56) - Box 12

Manuscript (File 57-59) - Box 12

Assorted papers on Australian political parties (File 60) - Box 13

Clippings, papers, documents (File 61) - Box 13

Draft manuscript (File 62-64) - Box 13

Reject pages (File 65) - Box 13

Series. Profiles and articles

Bruce Dawe poems, papers, 1982 (File 66) - Box 14

Richard Walsh notes, drafts, letter (File 67) - Box 14

Max Harris notes, letter, clippings, 1977 (File 68) - Box 14

Barry Humphries notes, programmes, clippings, 1982 (File 69) - Box 14

Pop Culture - correspondence, drafts, manuscript, 1979-1980 (File 70-71) - Box 14

Pop Culture - drafts and notes of various articles, letter (File 72) - Box 14

"21 Great Songs of Rock" - notes, clippings (File 73) - Box 15

"Men in Vogue" - articles, drafts, correspondence, 1976-1977 (File 74) - Box 15

Club Mediterranean - notes, drafts, brochures, clippings, 1977 (File 75) - Box 15

Gary Johnson - article (File 76) - Box 15

Dick Johnson - article (File 77) - Box 15

North Coast - articles (File 78)

Malcolm Fraser - newspaper clippings, 1977-1978 (File 79) - Box 15

Ralph Willis - National Times article (File 80) - Box 16

William Dix - miscellaneous papers, notes, clipping,s brochure (File 81) - Box 16

"Life after Wran" - miscellaneous papers, clippings on possible successors, 1981-1982 (File 82) - Box 16

Bob McTavish - article (File 83) - Box 16

Barrie Unsworth - article (File 84) - Box 16

Nicholas Whitlam - article clipping (File 85) - Box 16

Andrew Peacock - article (File 86) - Box 16

Various freelance articles - clippings and drafts, 1981-1983 (File 87-88) - Box 17

Beer - sources, notes, clippings, letters, 1977-1979 (File 89-90) - Box 17

John Cain - sources, drafts, clippings, notes, 1982-1983 (File 91-92) - Box 17

Melbourne - sources, drafts, clippings, papers, 1981-1983 (File 93-94) - Box 17

Series. Short stories, film script, novella

Early stories, published and unpublished (File 95-96) - Box 18

"Anna" : film script and short story - drafts, outlines, letters, 1972 (File 97-98) - Box 18

Novella: "The Affair" - manuscript (File 99) - Box 18

Series. History of surfing

Manuscript (rough copy) (File 100-3) - Box 19

Manuscript (File 104) - Box 19

Drafts, notes, correspondence, sources, 1983 (File 105-8) - Box 19

Correspondence, 1980-1981 (File 109-11) - Box 20

Clippings, reviews, correspondence, 1980-1983 (File 112) - Box 20

Popular Culture - drafts, notes, correspondence, 1974-1978 (File 113-16) - Box 20

Series. Miscellaneous papers

Short stories - drafts, correspondence, notes, 1981-1983 (File 117-18) - Box 21

"The Dismissal" - notes, papers, letters, 1983 (File 119) - Box 21

Miscellaneous articles, reviews, clippings, letters, script, 1966-1978 (File 120) - Box 21

Early clippings and Reviews, 1966-1968 (File 121-22) - Box 21

"One Hundred Visions of Australia" - drafts, clippings, 1966 (File 123) - Box 22

Memos written during early employment at the Sun-Herald (File 124) - Box 22

Correspondence, drafts, 1963-1968 (File 125-26) - Box 22

Writing About himself - drafts (File 127) - Box 22

Maps of Byron District (in plastic bag) (File) - Box 23

Correspondence with publishers, writers, agents, and others, 1961-1976 (File 128-32) - Box 23

Includes letters from Bruce Dawe, Judith Wright, Hal Porter, A.D. Hope, Geoffrey Blainey, Russell Braddon, and others.

Personal papers, notes, letters, 1972-1974 (File 133) - Box 23

Clippings, reviews, articles, 1969-1971 (File 135) - Box 23

Royalties and Public Lending Rights - papers, 1967-1977 (File 136-37) - Box 24

National Times - correspondence, memos, drafts, ideas, 1979-1983 (File 138-39) - Box 24

Freelance articles - correspondence, manuscripts, ideas, 1977-1981 (File 140-42) - Box 24

Society of Authors - papers, 1978 (File 143) - Box 24

Architects Conference - correspondence, programme, papers, plans of Sydney Cove, 1983 (File 144) - Box 24

Correspondence with publishers, writers, agents, 1982-1983 (File 145-46) - Box 25

Letters to and from Robert Kolominska, 1973 (File 147) - Box 25

Correspondence with Don Henderson, 1976 (File 148) - Box 25

Freelance work - correspondence, clippings, drafts, manuscripts, 1970-1983 (File 149-51) - Box 25

Diary notes, 1970-1971, 1983 (File 152) - Box 26

Correspondence - personal and literary, 1976-1981 (File 153-55) - Box 26

Speech and Submission by Paul Keating, 1976 (File 156) - Box 27

Mick Young/SA Labor Party - clippings, notes, papers, 1977 (File 157-58) - Box 27

Bill Hayden - clippings, notes, 1975-1977 (File 159) - Box 27

Bob Hawke - clippings, notes, 1974-1976 (File 160-61) - Box 27

Professor John Andrews - photographs, notes, clippings, 1973-1975 (File 162-63) - Box 27

Music Board - papers, correspondence, 1974-1976 (File 164-66) - Box 28

Radio Program - notes, clippings (File 167) - Box 28

Jamberoo (place of birth), notes (File 168) - Box 28

Education in the Arts- papers, notes, correspondence, reports, 1976 (File 169-71) - Box 28

Contests and Awards - papers, letters, 1966-1977 (File 172) - Box 28

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, vol 16, no 1, March 1980 (File 173) - Box 29

Opinion: The Journal of SAETA, August 1978 (File 173) - Box 29

Classic Car Investment Review by Michael Robinson (File 173) - Box 29

Miscellaneous papers, clippings, 1979-1982 (File 174-75) - Box 29

Australian Centre for Photography - papers, brochures, notes, articles, letter, 1975-1977 (File 176-77) - Box 29

AATE Conference - programme, correspondence, 1977 (File 178) - Box 29

Curriculum Development Centre - report, letter, 1976 (File 179) - Box 30

"The Arts in Schools", October 1974 (File 180) - Box 30

St Albans Curriculum Development Project - Submission to SGC, 1976 (File 181) - Box 30

Curriculum Development Centre - correspondence, report, 1977 (File 182) - Box 30

Clippings, 1966-1968 (File 183-84) - Box 30

Beaches of Australia - correspondence, notes, draft, 1969 (File 185) - Box 30

Harkness foundation - correspondence, personal papers, 1969-1973 (File 186-87) - Box 30

Sydney College of the Arts - correspondence, papers, notes, 1976-1977 (File 188-89) - Box 31

Music - miscellaneous papers (File 190) - Box 31

ABC and FM Radio - notes (File 191) - Box 31

Drugs - clippings, papers, 1962-1966 (File 192) - Box 31

Ideas, Time Life Books, General clippings, notes, correspondence, 1973-1977 (File 193) - Box 32

Bawdy Ballads and Sexy Songs (Ed.) (File) - Box 32

Profile of Australia (pub. 1966) (File) - Box 32

Don't Talk to Me About Love (pub. 1971) (File) - Box 32

Bob Dylan: A Retrospective (Ed)(pub 1972) (File) - Box 32

Up Against the Wall, America (pub 1973) (File) - Box 32

The See-Through revolver (pub 1977) (File) - Box 32

The Australian People (pub 1980) (File) - Box 32

Sound Track for the Eighties (pub 1983) (File) - Box 32

Time of Testing: The Bob Hawke Victory (pub 1983) (File) - Box 32

Manuscript of "Australia: Time Present" (Item) - Folio 1

Never published due to the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.

Series. Short stories

Real Lies, 1987: typescript and galley proofs (File 194-200) - Box 33

Typescripts and drafts of miscellaneous short stories (File 201-13) - Box 34-35

Series. Books

Australian Built, 1987 (File 214-18) - Box 35

Darling Harbour, a bicentenary book for the NSW Government. Reports, meetings, exhibition, research material, typescript, notes, drawings, maps, printed material and a play "The making of an exhibition" (File 219-31) - Box 36-37

Typescripts, texts, proofs,background material and caption for Celebrating Us, 1988 (File 232-36) - Box 38

Typescript and background material for Headliners, 1990 (File 237-40) - Box 38-39

Series. Profiles

The following files contain notes typescripts and research material.

Profiles, miscellaneous (File 241) - Box 39

Kim Beazley (File 242) - Box 39

Allan Border (File 243) - Box 39

Peter Brock (File 244) - Box 39

John Button (File 245) - Box 39

John Cain (File 246-47) - Box 40

Bob Carr (File 248) - Box 40

Simon Crean (File 249-50) - Box 40

John Dawkins (File 251-52) - Box 40

Delilah (Jazz Singer) (File 253) - Box 41

Bill Dix (File 254) - Box 41

Don Dunstan (File 255-56) - Box 41

John Elliott (File 257-59) - Box 41

Elizabeth Evatt (File 260-61) - Box 41

Wayne Goss (File 262) - Box 42

Nick Greiner (File 263-64) - Box 42

Bob Hawke (File 265-67) - Box 42

Bill Hayden (File 268) - Box 42

John Hewson (File 269) - Box 43

John Howard (File 270-72) - Box 43

Brian Howe (File 273-74) - Box 43

Clive James (File 275-76) - Box 43

Michael Johnson (File 277) - Box 43

Vince Jones (File 278) - Box 44

Leonie Kramer (File 279) - Box 44

James Mollison (File 280) - Box 44

Jac Nasser (File 281) - Box 44

Susan Ryan (File 282) - Box 44

Harry Seidler (File 283-84) - Box 44

Ian Sinclair (File 285-86) - Box 44

John Stone (File 287-89) - Box 45

Bobbi Sykes (File 290-91) - Box 45

Barry Unsworth (File 292-93) - Box 45

Gough Whitlam (File 294) - Box 45

David Williamson (File 295) - Box 46

Jill Wran (File 296-300) - Box 46

43 Notebooks arranged in alphabetical order (File) - Box 47

Series. Essays and articles

Byron Bay, 1989 (File 301-304) - Box 48

The Cities (File 305) - Box 48

Adelaide (File 306) - Box 48

Gundagai (File 307) - Box 48

Kakadu (File 308) - Box 48

People, places and personalities (File 309) - Box 48

Future Sydney (File 310-11) - Box 49

Bob Dylan (File 312) - Box 49

William Styron (File 313) - Box 49

Margaret Thatcher (File 314) - Box 49

Australian economy (File 315-16) - Box 49

Housing (File 317-19) - Box 50

Labor Government (File 320) - Box 50

Phillips - Electorate (File 321) - Box 50

"The way we are:" a political article (File 322) - Box 50

Articles for the Sydney Morning Herald, 1989 (File 323-25) - Box 50

Freelance articles and correspondence, 1987 (File 326-28) - Box 51

Miscellaneous essays and articles (File 329-31) - Box 51

Series. Film scripts

'The Australian People' (File 332-34) - Box 52

'Beyond the brick veneer' (File 335) - Box 52

'Celebrating Us' (File 336-342) - Box 52

'Class' (File 343) - Box 53

Close to the edge' (File 344-48) - Box 53

'Utopia now' (File 349-51) - Box 54

Miscellaneous film ideas (File 352-53) - Box 54

Correspondence and contracts for films, 1979-1983 (File 354) - Box 54

Series. Other miscellaneous papers

Literary correspondence, 1986-1989 (File 355-56) - Box 54

Job application for a job at the Sydney College of the Arts, 1986 (File 357) - Box 54

Australian Railways (File 358) - Box 55

'A vernacular history of Australia', outline for a proposed book, 1985 (File 359) - Box 55

Bicentennial school project (File 360) - Box 55

Articles for the New York Times (File 361-62) - Box 55

'Portraits of Power', a proposed book (File 363) - Box 55

Articles for Qantas in flight magazine, 1984 (File 364) - Box 55

Articles for the Readers Digest (File 365) - Box 55

Articles for the Review Magazine (File 366) - Box 56

Articles for Time Life Books (File 367-69) - Box 56

Talk on Australia, given to the Commonwealth Press Union, 1987 (File 370) - Box 56


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