Guide to the Papers of Klaus Hueneke

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MS Acc07.176, MS Acc15.121, MS Acc23.078

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Collection Summary

Creator: Klaus Hueneke
Title: Papers of Klaus Hueneke
Date Range: c.1930-2019
Collection Number: MS Acc07.176, MS Acc15.121, MS Acc23.078
Extent: 3.3 metres (19 ms boxes + 1 folio box + 2 shared folio boxes + 50 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises correspondence; material relating to Hueneke's publications, including manuscripts, drafts, notes, reference material, offprints, pamphlets, maps, letters, reviews; personal documents; diaries; notebooks; family history papers including photographs and family letters in German; scrapbooks of press clippings; trip notes from archaeological dig; bushwalks and ski tours; drawings; speeches and talks.

The 2007 consignment comprises correspondence (re Snowy Mountains Scheme, Kosciusko etc), draft publications (Huts of the High Country, Beyond the Cotter etc), family history papers, photographs, school records, diaries, scrapbooks; Trip notes from archaeological dig, bushwalks and ski tours; drawings and speeches and talks given in the 1970s and 1980s.The 2015 consignment comprises thought diaries and field notebooks from 1991-2010, unpublished poetry and articles, a scrapbook of news clippings pertaining to the 2003 Canberra region bush-fires, manuscripts of several of Hueneke's published books, and correspondence.The 2023 consignment comprises an addition of diaries (1977-1998), manuscripts of published and unpublished books, correspondence, documents and drawings to the Papers of Klaus Hueneke.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4310309).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Klaus Hueneke, National Library of Australia, MS Acc07.176, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Biographical / Historical

Klaus Hueneke was born in Roflshagen, Germany, in 1944 and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1955. The family lived in country New South Wales and Hueneke was educated at Macquarie University and the Australian National University. He settled in Canberra in 1973. Hueneke has travelled extensively in the Australian Alps, photographing the landscape, conducting oral histories, and producing books about the area, its history and inhabitants. Hueneke's books include Beyond the Cotter: day adventures by car from Canberra to the Brindabella Mountains and beyond (with Allan J. Mortlock, 1979), Huts of the high country (1982), Kosciusko: where the ice-trees burn (1990), People of the Australian high country (with Graham Scully et al., 1994), and, Mountain landscapes and historic huts: Namadgi, Kosciuszko, Victorian Alps, Tasmania (2006). He has established his own press to publish his and others' works on the Australian Alps.

Item Descriptions

Class MS Acc07.176. Consignment received 2007, 1944 - 2002

2.25 metres,

This consignment comprises correspondence (re Snowy Mountains Scheme, Kosciusko etc), draft publications (Huts of the High Country, Beyond the Cotter etc), family history papers, photographs, school records, diaries, scrapbooks; Trip notes from archaeological dig, bushwalks and ski tours; drawings and speeches and talks given in the 1970s and 1980s.

Series. Manuscripts, books and related papers

1. Exploration Creativity - a series of adult workshops to explore awareness and expression, written by Caroline Hueneke and illustrated by Klaus Hueneke, CCE 1978; booklet only, 1978 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc07.176)

2. Beyond the Cotter, written by Alan Mortlock and I. ANU Press, 1979 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc07.176)

Small book, part of a series published by ANU Press.

3. Huts of the High Country A to Z, manuscript, 1974-1982 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc07.176)

Initially organised in alphabetical order and then rewritten according to geographical regions. Published by ANU Press, has sold over 13,000 copies. Reprinted seven times and still in print.

4. Huts of the high country: letters, reviews, notes; orrespondence and notes to do with Huts, 1976-1987 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc07.176)

5. Huts of the high country: more letters and notes; further correspondence and notes for above, 1982-1984 (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc07.176)

6. Destroying in order to Save - an environmental history of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, unpublished, 1984-1988 (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc07.176)

Including manuscript and notes for incomplete book cum PH D thesis, draft chapters and research material and one large file Ph D notes, articles.

7. Kiandra to Kosciusko, manuscript, 1982-1987 (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc07.176)

Bound between cardboard sheets: Kiandra Feb to June 1919: Yan's Store docket book and publication Report on the Kiandra lead by E.C. Andrews, 1901. Published by Tabletop Press and reprinted once. Sold 4,800 copies and still in print.

8. Correspondence and notes leading towards books Kiandra to Kosciusko and People of the Australian High Country, 1985-1991 (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc07.176)

The people book was published by Tabletop Press in 1994, has sold over 5,000 copies and been reprinted twice. Complementary oral history tapes and transcripts are held by Oral History Unit. Kiandra to Kossie manuscript 1987, Kiandra to Kossie correspondence 1985-1990, and Kiandra notes, articles, sources, etc.

9. Kosciusko source material for various books including unusual material (File) - Box 4 (MS Acc07.176)

10. Oral history log journeys to the mountains [note pad]; Oral History records 1978-1991, lists of people interviewed, copyright permission, some letters and transcripts, etc, 1978-1991 (File) - Box 4 (MS Acc07.176)

11. Kosciusko correspondence with readers and locals, 1990-1994 (File) - Box 4 (MS Acc07.176)

12. One Step at a Time: published book and five versions of the manuscript (File) - Box 5 (MS Acc07.176)

Including family history, father's train jumping journey across Europe in 1932 and most of my big journeys. Contains much material, especially family history, not used in final book. Written for Hueneke and future generations of the tribe. See also Walter Hueneke's diaries. Published book: Tilting at Snowgums.

13. Huts in the Victorian Alps and the people who care for them, manuscript and notes; book published in 2003 by Tabletop Press (File) - Box 6 (MS Acc07.176)

Printed 3000 and sold 1800 copies to date. Won several awards including best non-fiction NSW and ACT Writers Centres, highly commended Victorian Community History Awards.

14. Correspondence and notes relating to Huts in Victorian Alps (File) - Box 6 (MS Acc07.176)

15. Micro cassettes, field recordings mostly in the Victorian high country for the book Huts in the Victorian Alps, 1995-2002 (File)