Guide to the Papers of Betty Roland
MS 6772
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Betty Roland
- Title
- Papers of Betty Roland
- Date Range
- 1908-1985
- Collection Number
- MS 6772
- Extent
- 1.62 metres (6 ms boxes + 4 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-vn2201748) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Betty Roland, National Library of Australia, MS 6772, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class. Consignment added April 1981
81 letters from Helen Skipper to Betty Roland (30 letters received) (20/5/70 - 30/5/76) (File 7) - Box 1
Notes and comments by Helen Skipper re various events and people and miscellaneous letters (File 1) - Box 2
Photocopies of 13 letters from Max Meldrum to Justus Jorgensen. Originals are at Montsalvat., (May 1924 - October 1930) (File 2) - Box 2
Copies of 40 letters from Mervyn Skipper to Lena, his wife, (nee Wilshire) prior to their marriage while he was stationed in the Malay States and Borneo., (1908 - 1913) (File 3-4) - Box 2
Copies of 2 letters to his mother. 1 letter to sister, (1908) (October 1908, January 1908) (File 3-4) - Box 2
Correspondence between Sigmund Jorgensen and Betty Roland (December 1973 - April 1980) consisting of 13 letters, plus outline of future plans for Montsalvat (File 6) - Box 2
Mervyn Skipper's letter to Lil Jorgensen (copy) asking for lethal dose of poison (Original at Montsalvat). Includes: (File 7) - Box 2
His final words written at point of death 3/10/59. Original at Montsalvat.
Two letters from Matcham Skipper, Mervyn Skippers's son, to Betty Roland written in Rome (File 10) - Box 2
13 letters exchanged between B.R. and Phillip Adams re making film about Montsalvat and Jorgensen, (August 1977 - October 1979) (File 11) - Box 2
Extract from Lena Skipper's diary, telling of origin of The Meeting Pool. Account of Betty Roland's separation from Ellis Davies (1933) (File 12) - Box 2
Part of unfinished novel by Mervyn Skipper containing his impressions of Guido Baracchi (File 12) - Box 2
Photocopy of photo of Helen Skipper taken in courtyard of Betty Roland's house at Montsalvat (1980) (File 12) - Box 2
Photographs, random notes and records. Genealogical tree of Mervyn and Lena Skipper's children. (File 1) - Box 3
Nine photographs: Sue Vanderkelen, Molly Dean, Justus Jorgensen, Mervyn Skipper, Sebastian Jorgensen with Tina Date and son, Ben Jorgensen (File 3) - Box 3
Microfilm of report of inquest held in Melbourne morgue 30/1/1931 published in Truth. First day of hearing. (File 4) - Box 3
Microfilm of special edition of Truth giving account of second day of inquest (31/1/1931) and blow-up of same. (N.B. This was obtained from Melbourne office of Truth there being no record of this special edition held in the Newspaper archives in Melbourne Library). (File 4) - Box 3
T/S of A Visit to Montsalvat. Note: (File 5) - Box 3
This a copy of the original diary by Betty Roland kept during a visit to Montsalvat in January 1941 (118 pages) also account of second brief visit made in 1962 (7 pages)
Diary giving account of first weeks on island of Lesbos (February-March 1959). Subsequent book, Lesbos, the Pagan Island, published Cheshires, 1963, is an extension of this (35 pages) (File 8) - Box 3
T/S of proposed brochure giving brief account of the foundation of Montsalvat and work of Justus Jorgensen intended for sale to visiting tourists. Project never realized (File 9) - Box 3
Nineteen letters exchanged between Betty Roland and various publishers. Subject: Jorgensen and Montsalvat manuscript (File 10) - Box 3
Rough draft of several chapters of novels Beyond Capricorn and No Ordinary Man, published William Collins, London, 1976 and 1974 respectively (File 11-12) - Box 3
Four different treatments of Jorgensen biography, written during years, 1972-1978 (File 6-9) - Box 4
T/S of Caviar for breakfast, published Quartet Books, London, 1979, with editorial alterations and corrections by Anne Godden of Hyland House, Melbourne. Author's objections to same and suggested amendments. (File 3-5) - Box 5
Photocopy of original diary written in Soviet Union, 1933-1934, and used as basic material for Caviar for breakfast (File 6) - Box 5
One letter from Mary Phillips (A.A.'s wife) after reading original Moscow diary 17/9/69 (File 3) - Box 6
Correspondence between B.R. and Jan Utley, son of Freda Utley and Arcadi Bendichensky (File 3) - Box 6
Letter from Kylie Tennant rejecting typescript of Caviar for breakfast on behalf of Macmillan (File 3) - Box 6
Book entitled Justus Jorgensen privately published 1976 by his niece, Jenny Teichman, daughter of his brother Elef Jorgensen (limited edition of 100 copies of which this No. 25 and autographed by author), together with 3 letters from Jenny and 1 letter from Elef, written in regard to the book. (File 4) - Box 6
Class. Consignment added September 1985
Photocopies of page proofs of biography of Justus Jorgensen, The Eye of the beholder (2 folders). (File) - Box 7
Clippings and pamphlets re Montsalvat. Correspondence with Mervyn Skipper., 1942-1946 (File) - Box 7
Page and galley proofs with corrections for Eye. Letters received by Sebastian Jorgensen,., 1975-1977 (File) - Box 7
Corrected typescript of "Jamie - young farmer"; letters received, 196?-1972; and British Passport, 1953-1961 (File) - Box 8
Package of personal diaries and correspondence (File) - Box 10
Including:
Diary, 1933-1967, includes inserted personal correspondence, 1934-1970s.
Diaries, 1942, 1945, 1946.