Guide to the Papers of Jim Smith

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MS 6831

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Collection Summary

Creator
Jim Smith
Title
Papers of Jim Smith
Date Range
1974-1982
Collection Number
MS 6831
Extent
0.28 metres (2 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-vn686052) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Jim Smith, National Library of Australia, MS 6831, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence: from Alan Marshall to Jim Smith 1974-1982: 200 typescript letters

Series 2. Four short stories by Alan Marshall: Annotations on some of the title pages indicate that these are based on individuals known to Marshall and Smith when children. All these stories feature "Joe and I"

"Freckles Jack." 1200 words, typescript, 8 pages, no amendments. Published in The complete stories of Alan Marshall (Nelson), 1977 (File (a))

"Jack Beechey alias Duke McLeod" : 3000 words, typescript, 12 pages. No amendments. (Enclosure in letter of 5 July 1974). Published in Alan Marshall: his best stories (Blackburn, Vic, Dominion Press ), 1980 (File (b))

"Miss McPherson" : 1400 words, typescript, 8 pages. No amendments. Published in Alan Marshall:his best stories (File (c))

"The ostrish man": 3200 words, typescript, 16 pages. No amendments (written 1974, as referred to by Marshall in a letter in a letter of 15 May 1974.) Published in The complete stories of Alan Marshall (Nelson), 1977 (File (d))

Series 3. Miscellaneous items

"The Divez.": Short story. Typescript, 5 pages. Enclosure in letter from Marshall to Smith early 1978. Unpublished to date (File (a))

Typescript text of address given by Stephen Murray-Smith at Rationalist Society Dinner 8 November 1974 : A tribute to Alan Marshall. Published as foreword to The complete stories of Alan Marshall (Nelson), 1977 (File (b))

"Hallucination before departure": Typescript, 5 pages, dated 8 August 1980, signed by Alan Marshall. ?Unpublished (File (c))

3 page handwritten narrative (in Marshall's hand) : Beginning "Sometimes when I am alone I see life as a long parade of people on horseback". These are referred to in a letter to Smith dated 13.3.1974 as notes for a talk at Monash University (File (d))

"Alan Marshall collection: Bibliography of his published works": 36 pages. Processed. This was an enclosure in a letter dated 14 March 1974 (File (e))


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