MS 5027
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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George Johnston
- Title
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Papers of George Johnston
- Date Range
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1951-1970
- Collection Number
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MS 5027
- Extent
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1.08 metres (6 archive boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2615476) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 George Johnston, National Library of Australia, MS 5027, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Source material
George Johnston's notes for the Meredith trilogy, c.1962-1968 (File 1) - Box 1
Red bound; hand written.
Travel notes written by George Johnston and Charmian Clift, c.1951-1960 (File 2) - Box 1
These notes used by both Johnston and Clift in their books "Clean Straw for Nothing" and "Peel Me a Lotus" and also in short stories written by them jointly; hand written.
Notes for Charmian Clift's Sydney Morning Herald essays - hand written notes contained in two croxley shorthand note books, c.1965-1967 (File 3-4) - Box 1
With some illustrations by Jason.
Preliminary notes and observations for "Clean Straw for Nothing" (File 5) - Box 1
Letter to John Ulm of Qantas from George Johnston concerning "Clean Straw for Nothing" (File 6) - Box 1
Childhood - "The Dolli Kos" - typed manuscript and related material (File 7) - Box 1
"The Meredith papers" (File 8) - Box 1
George Johnston's paste up book of clippings of his war correspondents report for The Age etc. (File 9) - Box 1
Series 2. George Johnston - manuscripts
"My Brother Jack" - two completed manuscripts by George Johnston. (File 1-2) - Box 2
"My Brother Jack" - television scripts written by Charmian Clift (File 3) - Box 2
"Clean Straw for Nothing" by George Johnston; three complete manuscripts; first draft with corrections (File 4-5) - Box 2
"Clean Straw for Nothing" - one incomplete manuscript (File 6-7) - Box 3
"Cartload of Clay" - manuscript by George Johnston (File 8) - Box 3
"Cartload of Clay" - one incomplete manuscript (File 9) - Box 3
"Far Face of the Moon" - completed manuscript by George Johnston (File 10) - Box 3
Manuscripts of a number of George Johnston's short stories; probably unpublished (File 11-16) - Box 3
"The Party Next Door" - one manuscript of George Johnston; television play; unpublished and unproduced (File 17) - Box 4
"The Measurers" - one manuscript of George Johnston's television play; unpublished and unproduced (File 18) - Box 4
"The Albatross Colony" - one manuscript of George Johnston's television play; unpublished and unproduced (File 19) - Box 4
"Bed of Thorns" - three manuscripts of George Johnston's television play; unpublished and unproduced (File 20-22) - Box 4
"Clean straw for Nothing" - three manuscripts of George Johnston's television play (File 23-25) - Box 4
"Beachhead" - Two manuscripts; produced c.1963. (File 26-27) - Box 4
By both the BBC and ABC; both by George Johnston.
"The Seven Day Bicycle Rider" - about Sidney Nolan; - two manuscripts by George Johnston; produced on television, c.1967 (File 28-29) - Box 4
"The Seven Day Bicycle Rider" - miscellaneous (File 30) - Box 4
"Russell Drysdale" - television documentary produced c.1967 by George Johnston (File 31) - Box 4
"Ride a Crooked Mile" - about Ben Hall; fragments either by George Johnston or Charmian Clift; script for proposed film; unproduced and unpublished. (File 32) - Box 4
Proposed film script for "The Australians" by George Johnston; produced as film documents, c.1958 (File 33-34) - Box 5
"The Australians" - A theme for a documentary film (File 35) - Box 5
Unmade television scripts film scripts (File 36-37) - Box 5
"Fellow Countrymen"; Proposed film for IATA probably by George Johnston
Manuscripts of miscellaneous George Johnston short stories; probably unpublished, including "The Last Magic" (File 38-46) - Box 5
Script of interview with George Johnston (File 47) - Box 5
Fabian Society Symposium - address by George Johnston (File 48) - Box 5
"Australia is a Happening" - article by George Johnston (File 49) - Box 5
"Australians - the Dilemma of Definition" - article for "Du Weldt" by George Johnston; probably published (File 50) - Box 5
"Aspects of the Novel" - a paper by George Johnston (File 51) - Box 5
Series 3. Charmian Clift manuscripts
"Honours Mimic" - by Charmian Clift - two manuscripts (File 1-2) - Box 5
"The End of the Morning" (corrected) - by Charmian Clift incomplete unpublished work (File 3) - Box 5
Manuscripts of a number of Charmian Clift's short stories; some probably unpublished (File 4-11) - Box 5
Manuscripts of Charmian Clift's Sydney Morning Herald articles; probably all published; with press cuttings (File 12-13) - Box 5
Manuscripts of a number of essays and articles including those for the Readers' Digest (File 14-15) - Box 6
Speech by Charmian Clift to US group about Australian view of United States. (File 16) - Box 6
Letter from Charmian Clift to The Age about "My Brother Jack" series (File 17) - Box 6
Series 4. George Johnston and Charmian Clift manuscripts
"A dream of Treasure" by Charmian Clift and George Johnston - manuscript (File 1) - Box 6
"Communication" - television documentary produced about 1966; by both George Johnston and Charmian Clift (File 2) - Box 6
"Coastline" - proposal for a TV drama series by Charmian Clift and George Johnston (File 3) - Box 6
"To Australia with Love" by Charmian Clift; a documentary film treatment (File 4) - Box 6
"Kate Perrin's Life" - pilot of an unpublished and unproduced television play by both George Johnston and Charmian Clift (File 5) - Box 6
"Holus Bolus" Synopses; intended television drama series; unproduced by George Johnston and Charmian Clift (File 6) - Box 6
"The Albatross Colony" - essay; brief outline of themes for TV documentaries (File 7) - Box 6
Series 5. Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous papers (File 1-3) - Box 6
