Guide to the Papers of Chester Eagle

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MS 9970, MS Acc10.194

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Collection Summary

Creator
Chester Eagle
Title
Papers of Chester Eagle
Date Range
1995-2010
Collection Number
MS 9970, MS Acc10.194
Extent
2.25 metres (15 boxes + 1 file + 1 digital carrier)
Physical Facet
MS 9970: (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3766551).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Chester Eagle, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Biographical / Historical

Author. Has published several collections of short stories, a number of novels and three autobiographical works, the first of which Mapping the paddocks (1984), won the Age Book of the Year Award for non-fiction. In the mid 1990s Eagle began publishing his own works under the name Trojan Press.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9970. Original consignment

Comprises 1 file. Contains business cards, three pamphlets and a copy of Eagle's publication Hallucination before departure, his memoir of Alan Marshall. Also included are three copies of the publication Mozart, a memoir by Chester Eagle.

Class MS Acc10.194. Consignment added 2010

Comprises 15 boxes. Contains drafts of published novels, plays, operas and essays, including Hail and Farewell!, Who Could Love the Nightingale, From Faces, Wobbly Mirror, At theWindow, and The Gander Gate; drafts of various unpublished works; travel notes; personal journal; correspondence.

Series. Unpublished works

Personal journal, 1955-1956 (File 1) - Box 1
The Ironclad Outlaw (preparatory), 1962-1963 (File 2) - Box 1
The Ironclad Outlaw (play), 1963-1964 (File 3) - Box 1
The Ironclad Outlaw (some responses), 1964- (File 4) - Box 1
Up There de Cowrcey! (notebooks), 1964-1966 (File 5) - Box 1
Up There de Cowrcey! (CAE typescript), 1965-6 (File 6) - Box 1
Up There de Cowrcey! (gestdnen version - 2 copies), 1966 - (ext) (File 7) - Box 1
Up There de Cowrcey! (preparatory), 1964-1965 (File 8) - Box 2
Off again, on again (playscript) (File 9) - Box 2
Oh well, battle on! (preparatory), 1969-1971 (File 10) - Box 2
Oh well, battle on! (CAE typescript), 1969-1971 (File 11) - Box 2
Opus 4 (playscript) (CAE typescript) (File 19) - Box 5
Opus 4 (playscript) (preparatory), 1969-1970 (File 20) - Box 5
Eyes of the Common Man (photos and essays), 1971-1973 (File 21) - Box 5
Various oddments, 1972-1973 (File 22) - Box 5
Mapping the Paddocks (C, 1983-1985 (File 33) - Box 8
Book reviews, 1977-87 (File 34) - Box 8
Travel notes, Europe, Jan 1979, 1979 (File 35) - Box 8
Travel notes, France, Portugal, Jan-March 1994, 1994 (File 36) - Box 8
Travel notes, Malaysia China, Oct-Nov 1998, 1998 (File 37) - Box 8
Travel notes, Europe, 1981-1982, 1981-1982 (File 38) - Box 8
Travel notes, France, late 1982, 1982 (File 39) - Box 8
Travel notes, Europe, 1987-1988 and 1994, 1987-1994 (File 40) - Box 8

Series. Published works

Hail and Farewell! (The Lochie/sandy controversy), 1970 (File 12) - Box 2
Hail and Farewell! (Conception development - C, 1963 (File 13) - Box 3
Hail and Farewell! (galley proofs) (five items), 1971 (File 14) - Box 3
Who Could Love the Nightingale (CAE typescript), 1972-1974 (File 15) - Box 4
Who Could Love the Nightingale (various papers), 1972-1974 (File 16) - Box 4
"Jim" - From Faces, Wobbly Mirror (C, 1980-1981 (File 23_24_25_26) - Box 5
From Faces, Wobbly Mirror (typesetting copy), 1974 (File 27) - Box 6
At the Window (C/prod/response), 1982-1984 (File 28) - Box 6
The Gander Gate chapters 1 - 20, 1983 (File 29_30) - Box 6
The Gander Gate (preparatory), 1978-1982 (File 31) - Box 7
The Gander Gate (C (File 32) - Box 7
Play Together, Dark Blue Twenty (C, 1985-2010 (File 41) - Box 9
House of Trees (C, 1986-1970 (File 42) - Box 10
Wainwrights' Mountain (C, 1993-2006 (File 43) - Box 10
Wainwrights' Mountain (early efforts), 1960 (File 44) - Box 10
House of Music (C, 1994-2006 (File 45) - Box 10
Victoria Challis (C, 1989-1991 (File 46) - Box 11
Waking into Dream (C, 1996-2001 (File 47) - Box 11
Janus (C, 2000-2009 (File 48) - Box 11
The Centre and other essays (C, 2001-2002 (File 49) - Box 12
Didgeridoo (C, 1998-2000 (File 50) - Box 12
Love in the Age of Wings other operas (C, 2003-2005 (File 51) - Box 12
Cloud of Knowing (C, 1997-2000 (File 52) - Box 13
Benedictus (C, 2005-2006 (File 53) - Box 13
The Wainwright Operas (C, 2004-2007 (File 54) - Box 13
Melba: an Australian City (C, 2003-2004 (File 55) - Box 13
Oztralia (C, 2005 (File 56) - Box 13
Central Station Sydney and other operas (C, 2005-2006 (File 57) - Box 14
The Sun King and other operas (C, 2006-2010 (File 58) - Box 14
The Sun King as separate librettos (Item NLA.MS-DM005281) - Digital-Carriers-Box 106
1 item, imation, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Escape (C, 2004 (File 59) - Box 14
Hallucination before Departure (C, 2005-2006 (File 60) - Box 14
Mozart (C, 2007 (File 61) - Box 14
The Enchanted World other operas (scraps only), 2008 (File 62) - Box 14
Travels (C, 2006-2009 (File 63) - Box 15
All The Way to 2 (C, 2008-2009 (File 64) - Box 15
Libretto - O Vos Omres (development only), 2005 (File 65) - Box 15
Libretto - Chaucer (development only), 1961 (File 66) - Box 15
Letters from various writers, 1961-2010 (File 67) - Box 15

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