Guide to the Papers of Hugh Anderson
MS 6946, MS Acc04.186, MS Acc06.138
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Anderson, Hugh
- Title
- Papers of Hugh Anderson
- Date Range
- c. 1890-2003
- Collection Number
- MS 6946, MS Acc04.186, MS Acc06.138
- Extent
- 28.05 metres (116 ms boxes + 1 small-folio box + 14 medium folio-boxes + 6 large folio-boxes + 11 sound/av carriers)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
"MS 6946 comprises personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs, journal articles, newscuttings, notes, printing quotes, reports and reviews. The papers reflect Hugh Anderson's diverse range of interests as a teacher, writer, historian, publisher, folklorist and also his interest in Chinese writings."
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2230337) 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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Hugh Anderson, National Library of Australia, MS 6946, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Collection Retrieval Advice
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Biographical Note
Hugh Anderson was born in Elmore, Victoria in 1927.
He trained as a civil engineer at Bendigo Technical College but changed to teaching a few years later, undergoing training at Bendigo and Melbourne Teachers' College. He joined the Victorian Education Department as a teacher, at first specialising in handicapped children, then as a school and college librarian. After a long teaching career, he retired from the Education Department in 1982, having reached the level of School Principal.
Hugh Anderson has written over 100 books in fields as diverse as Australian history, biography, bibliography, folklore, folksong, literary criticism and school texts. As a publisher Anderson has produced a number of historical and folkloric studies. In 1978 he set up his own publishing firm under the name of Red Rooster Press.
His publications include critical and bibliographical works such as A guide to ten Australian poets (1953), Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice): a bibliography and criticism (1955 with Barbara Ramsden), Shaw Neilson: an annotated bibliography and check list (1956), Christopher John Brennan: a comprehensive bibliography with annotations (1959 with Walter Stone), The singing roads: a guide to Australian children's authors and illustrators (1965, 1969), The poet militant: Bernard O'Dowd (1969), and John Shaw Neilson (1972 with L.J. Blake).
Anderson's interest in Australian folksong and balladry is reflected in his compilation of Colonial ballads (1955) and other editions published as The story of Australian folksong (1970) and in such publications as Botany Bay broadsides (1956), Songs of Billy Barlow (1956), Goldrush songster (1958), Farewell to old England (1964), and Folksongs of Australia and the men and women who sang them (1967 with John Meredith). He also wrote a biography, George Loyau: the man who wrote bush ballads (1991), and published the anthology On the track with Bill Bowyang (1991).
His historical works include Out of the shadow: the career of John Pascoe Fawkner (1962), and Victoria from discovery to federation (1974), Victorian squatters (1983), and Saltwater River history trails (1984). He has also written many school texts on Australian history and a series of books on Australian industry.
Anderson has also contributed articles and reviews on folklore to literary and folklore journals both in Australia and overseas, including Overland, Folklife (UK) and Folk Music Journal (UK). He has been a member of the editorial board of Australian Folklore and a review editor of that journal.
On the invitation of the Chinese Writers' Association and the Chinese Folklore Society, Hugh Anderson has spent much time studying folklore in China and was the leader of several tours by Australians in the 1980s. As a result he has published A wind across the grass (1985), a translation of stories by three Chinese women writers and a bibliography, Australian writing translated into Chinese 1954-1988, compiled with Ma Zuyi and Chen Zhengfa (1989).
In 1986 Hugh Anderson was appointed Chairman of the Australian Government's Committee of Inquiry into Folklife in Australia. The other members of the committee were Gwenda Davey and Keith McKenry. The Committee travelled extensively throughout Australia and Central and Eastern Europe gathering submissions from private individuals, government and cultural organisations. This resulted in the publication of the report Folklife: our living heritage (1987).
References:
The Oxford companion to Australian folklore, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1993
The Oxford companion to Australian literature, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1994
Item Descriptions
Class MS 6946. Original consignments received 1961-1970
Series. Papers received 14 September 1961 (formerly MS 723)
Series. Papers added 13 February 1964 (formerly MS 1021)
Handwritten manuscript by Hugh Anderson of 'The folk songs of Australia' (unpublished) (File) - Box 5
Three typescripts: The violin, the banjo the bones by John Manifold (1957); How's Andy going? by Alan Marshall (19??); and Spiegel the cat by David Martin (1962). The latter dates from the late fifties and has a long holograph letter included, also a piece of verse by Martin. (File) - Box 5
E.M. Miller and J.A. Ferguson letters to Hugh Anderson. A collection of over 35 letters dealing with bibliographical, historical and personal matters (File) - Box 5
Class MS 6946. Consignment received 1983
Series 1. Correspondence - Box 7 - 8
General inwards correspondence, personal, letters re publications, social affairs etc. 500 approx. Also many carbon copies Anderson outwards letters.
Additional folders of correspondence were received - refer to the description of Series 1 of 'Consignments received 1991-1998' in the later part of this guide.
Series 2. Drafts - Box 9
17 notebooks 1949-1975: notes, extracts, listings, rough drafts of articles, books, bibliographic work by Anderson etc.
Series 3. Cuttings - Box 10 - 11
Cutting books, reviews, items of correspondence (Louis Lothian, E.Morris Miller) typescripts of articles; ADB articles by Anderson and research notes; reviews of books by Anderson; prospectuses issued by The Red Rooster Press; letter John Ferguson to H.A.; Readers Reports on Fawkner book of Anderson (A.G. Price; C.M.H. Clark); 2 vols press cuttings re Anderson ex Farrago, Educational Magazine, University literary magazines etc; listing of Anderson bibliography; payments to Anderson; details of material sold to NLA and University of Texas; 1st publication of Hugh Anderson, mimeographed at Bendigo Teachers College 1947.
Series 4. Wild Colonial Boy - Box 11
Text revisions etc. for Hugh Anderson's Wild Colonial Boy and text as issued, Red Rooster Press, 1982. Revised and additional material for 1963 processed edition issued by Wentworth Press.
Series 5. Singing Roads - Box 12 - 13
Singing Roads: draft typescript (1960) and printers copy, both edited; two loose letters from Kathleen Monypenny.
Singing Roads: authors original contributions and letters: Mavis Thorpe Clark; F.D. Davison; Elyne Mitchell; Eleanor Spence; Nance Donkin; Judith Wright; Nan Fullerton; Joan Woodbury; Pixie O'Harris; William Hatfield; Patricia Wrightson; Eve Pownall; Ruth Bedford; Joan Phipson; Ivan Southall; Earl Wilson; Margaret Senior; John K. Ewers; Dora Birtles; Nan Chauncy; Helen Palmer; Mary Patchett; R.S. Porteous.
Material re possible revisions of The Singing Roads: 1 folder notes, copy etc; 1 folder original two vols of The Singing Roads in one alphabet; 1 folder containing correspondence readers reports, reports to Commonwealth Literary Fund re original publication of The Singing Roads; 1 folder cuttings, biographical articles, draft bibliography; 3 spring back folders lists of possible new entries.
Series 6. Chinese Women Authors - Box 14
Note: recordings transferred to Oral History.
1 folder original Chinese texts, edited translations; transcribed texts; recordings of work done by Anderson in China, 12 120 minute cassette tapes recorded in China, various cities, May-June 1981; May-June 1983 covering discussions on P.E.N.; Chinese Writer's Association; childrens' publishing; interviews, extended with Zhag Pa; Han Zi; Wang Xian Ying.
Series 7. Vagabond - Box 14
'The Vagabond' : Unpublished manuscript Anderson and original illustrations by Ron Edwards 170 pp. with bibliography, notes etc; correspondence including letters from Stephen Murray-Smith, Axel Lodewyckz, Douglas Stewart; O.U.P., Jacaranda, Heinemann re possible publication.
Note: M.U.P. announced its own book on 'The Vagabond' and in view of this, publication of Anderson's did not proceed.
Series 8. Guide to Australian Song Collection - Box 15
Guide to Australian Song Collection: an unpublished bibliography, together with correspondence from R.K. Olding, State Library of South Australia re possible publication; 4 folders of material re collection of Australian songs for schools; 1 folder songs of the potato diggers; The Colonial Minstrel: musical play by Len Hall and John Price, roneod script 46 pp.
Series 9. Larrikanism - Box 15
Collection of notes, research materials etc. re larrikanism, compiled by Anderson; copies of newspaper articles, lists of references, refs. to Melbourne and larrikanism; 3 folders miscellaneous working papers on larrikanism, life in Melbourne and esp. Bourke Street.
Series 10. History of Shire of Ripon (Flowers of the field) - Box 16 - 17
History of Shire of Ripon. Card index 1969; original draft typescript; edited typescript appendices as published.
Typescript; original holograph draft manuscript by Anderson printers copy; 1 folder of cuttings; photocopies; letters etc; copy of book Flowers of the Field as issued.
Series 11. Victorian History - Box 18, Folio 1
Subject index to sources on Victorian History; card index, 1 file drawer; typescript of subject listing; working material, research notes etc.
Series 12. E.J. Brady - Box 18
H. Anderson, notebook, entries based on Brady's collection at Mallacoota (Vic); poems; letter from James Tyrell re E.J. Brady; lists of mss. typed by Brady, also lists re his juvenile verses, Japan and wool; draft bibliography of Brady and Bulletin contribs. by Anderson; Anderson notebook re Brady, Dyson, Neilson etc.; photographs E.J. Brady as a boy, Brady's mother; incomplete ms. on Brady by Anderson; cuttings, articles, reviews, obits. E.J. Brady and The Native Companion, article by Anderson; one copy unbound The Earthen Floor by E.J. Brady Grafton 1902; articles re Brady.
Series 14. Ron Edwards - Box 19, Folio 2
Original artwork; material re private press; limited edition publications: The Storm written and illustrated with linoleum blocks by Ron Edwards and printed by him in October 1950; Souvenir of complimentary dinner to J.K. Moir on occasion of award of OBE 1952: printed sheet by R.E.; jacket designs by R.E. for Colonial Ballads; original sketch by R.E. of loungeroom at John Kirtley's Rams Skull Press when R.E. and Barry Tutt joined Kirtley to work at the press.
There is also a collection of drafts, sketches, various designs by R.E.; original artwork jackets for The Australians by Bill Wannan and I can jump puddles by Alan Marshall; letter P.L. Brown to R.E. re history of Ocean Grove; collection of original artwork and posters for H.A. Goldrush Songster 16 pp. Rams Skull Press; Oberea: Rams Skull press edition, R.E./Ray Crooke design work; 2 Ray Crooke silk screen cards 1955.
Includes Stations of the Cross: Ray Crooke woodcuts, text of proposed introduction and one original woodcut, fine; collection of Christmas cards printed at Rams Skull press for Vance and Nettie Palmer, 2 for general sale by the Press; original designs for Christmas Cards by R.E.; R.E. original sketches for Nettie Palmer book on the Dandenongs; various broadsides designed and printed by R.E. at Rams Skull Press; 'Whinge', 'The Burden of Tyre', Jacky Bay Jones, verse by Manifold (printed at The Galley Press); Marco Polo Chronicles Nos. 1-4 (issued for The Australian Book Fair); Rams Skull Press, Anti-Bailiff Sale broadside; advertisements for Rams Skull Press Black Bull chapbooks by Anderson; broadside Royal Duke of Grantham, printed by R.E.; original artwork, coloured woodcut by R.E.; original artwork frontispiece Black Bull chapbooks; Bandicoot Ballads: original illus. by R.E.; advertising copy Bandicoot Ballads; article by R.E. and bibliography of the Rams Skull Press ex Biblionews July 1961; Anderson listing of additional material and unpublished typescript of an articles for Biblionews.
Together with R.E. Curriculum Vitae and 2 pp. typescript by R.E. 'A Word from the Rams Skull Press on Limited Editions', unpublished; list of material re Rams Skull Press purchased from Anderson by University of Texas; R.E. original artwork for Colonial Ballads and for Gold Rush Songster; unpublished sketches by R.E. for unpublished book on Australianisms drawing on Dad & Dave, Larrikins etc; original printing sheets Bandicoot Ballads (nos. 9, 10, 11, 12) and (13, 14, 15, 16).
Series 15. Louis Esson - Box 20 - 22
Includes original papers which belonged to Louis Esson, principally letters received by him but including also unpublished lectures, addresses etc. as well as notebooks and related materials. In addition, the category includes material assembled by Hugh Anderson for his book on Esson Ballades of Old Bohemia.
Photograph of Louis Esson circa 1920's. Original print by Mary Moore. Original notebook 1915-1921? only known surviving notebook of Esson.
Copies of Katharine Susannah Prichard letters, originals in possession of Ric Throssell. Katherine Susannah Prichard 'Why Australians come Home' unpublished article, reply to Jack Lindsay re expatriates 4 pp. typescript.
Lecture by Esson re Joseph Furphy to Fellowship of Australian Writers, original ms.; Lecture by Esson re C.J. Dennis, original ms.
J.F. Paterson: cuttings etc. material re memorial exhibition.
Ballades of Old Bohemia Anderson ms. for the book published by Red Rooster Press 1980 and text as issued. Paste-up for Bohemia book by Anderson. Collection of Anderson research notes, background material etc., much of it not used in Ballades.
Bulletin listing of Esson contributions to Bulletin by Anderson. Open Stage 1972: The Drama Night 3 short plays by Louis Esson, Michael Mitchener and Jack Hibbard.
Louis Esson correspondence: Constance M. Martin (editor for Gollancz, London) 2 letters; Frank Wilmot 1930; William Moore: 15 letters and article; Spencer Brodney 1931; Vance Palmer 8 letters; John Le Gay Brereton 2 letters; Nettie Palmer 1 letter and typescript preface; Dora Wilcox (Mrs William Moore) 3 letters; Maurice Blackburn; Archibald Strong; Australian Broadcasting Commission; Katharine Susannah Prichard 4 letters; Frederick Sinclaire; Louis Esson to Hilda Esson 4 letters; Catherine Lindsay; P.R. Stephensen; Blamire Young; Duncan Mark; Sir David Low; S.H. Prior (The Bulletin); Flora Eldershaw; Hjalmar Josephi; Thomas Lothian; Ted Brady; Bernard O'Dowd; Grant Hervey.
Copies of papers re Esson held M.L., M.L.A., S.L.V. etc.
Louis Esson: radio play 'Lola the Lorelei' ? unpublished ? unperformed; A one-act play, excised by Esson from his three-act play Eureka published in Southern Cross and other plays ed. Hilda Esson
Reviews and articles by and about Esson, including handbill of Five Australian Plays. Louis Esson's own cuttings. Further copies of Esson letters, articles etc. in Australian libraries; Articles for the press; Articles by Esson re J.F. Paterson; Lecture on C.J. Dennis, holograph 11pp.
The Waddy Vol. 1. No. 1. Issued now and then at the Pension Suisse, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 6 December 1986 printed Brown, Prior & Co. Cover design by Ruby Lindsey.
Series 16. R.D. FitzGerald and others - Box 23 - 24
Letters R.D. Fitzgerald to Hugh Anderson 1953-1958 1 folder, 15 letters re his poetry, and typescript copies of same; Anderson original ms. and notes for a volume on poetry of R.D. Fitzgerald: never published and never completed, 2 folders; original cuttings, notes etc. re Fitzgerald; draft bibliography R.D. Fitzgerald 1917-1966 (Note: Anderson may submit this for consideration 1st Walter Stone Memorial Prize). In the same box, unpublished bibliography of Hugh McCrae by Anderson, collection of cuttings articles, verse etc. by or about McCrae; Hugh McCrae The Mimshi Maiden Sydney, Halstead Press n.d.
Katharine Susannah Prichard: broadsides, bibliographical listings; draft bibliography and checklist of KSP writings; handbills; advertising material re KSP publications; Why I am a Communist, KSP pamphlet; correspondence, Stephen Murray-Smith 3 letters to Anderson re publications, mostly 1956, 7 letters and set of notes 13 pp.; Anderson notebook containing letters, drafts of articles etc.
Barcroft Boake: unpublished bibliography by Anderson.
William Baylebridge: annotated bibliography of William Baylebridge by H. Anderson: unpublished typescript with ms corrections; draft report by Hugh Anderson dealing with the publication of the works of Baylebridge; correspondence: William Baylebridge to Louis Lavater; typescript copies letters to Baylebridge from various correspondents and some replies from Baylebridge, correspondants include Percival Serle, Christopher Brennan, Tom Inglis Moore, George Mackaness, P.R. Stephensen, Hugh McCrae.
Note: the copies described here are thought to be the only surviving documentation of the Baylebridge correspondence. Hugh Anderson was given access to the original letters by Mrs Garran Brown, sister to Baylebridge. Anderson was permitted to borrow the file. He had typescript copies prepared and returned the file to Mrs Brown who subsequently died. Anderson has made enquiries about the letters since but they appear to have disappeared.
Talabilla Press: advertisements for Baylebridge's press.
Assorted correspondence: letter to Anderson from L.A. Watt & Co. Ltd. who published Baylebridge's Songs of the South 1908; letter to Anderson by F. McKimm; letter to Anderson from E. Morris Miller re W.B.; Grace Croll re W.B.; Eleanor Hutton re her uncle Louis Lavater and W.B.; letter W.B. to Furnley Maurice (Wilmot); copy of letter John Kirtley to J.K. Moir, memories of Baylebridge; unpublished article on W.B. by Anderson together with assorted notes and Anderson's notes for W.B. bibliography.
Dowell O'Reilly: draft notes for bibliography, unpublished by Anderson; Eleanor Dark (daughter of Dowel O'Reilly), three letters to Anderson re Eleanor Dark by Grove Day.
Steele Rudd: draft bibliography Steele Rudd by Anderson and notes and letters from Norman K. Harvey 1953 re Steele Rudd in Queensland; set of cuttings, reprint from Bulletin 1953 on Steele Rudd short stories etc.
Price Warung: draft notes etc. by Anderson.
Series 17. Adam Lindsay Gordon - Box 25
Last letters; photographs (illustrations for book); notes and references, printers text, photocopies of A.L.G. letters held Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Text as issued.
Series 18. Henry Lawson - Box 25
The Flour Bin written by Henry Lawson, first published in the columns of the Mudgee Guardian and later in the Sydney Sun, it is now brought to book at Talkarra Press, 64 Young Street, Cremorne, N.S.W. by Walter W. Stone to mark the occasion of the Annual Dinner of The Book Collectors Society of Australia held on 2 December 1955 at Sydney. Note: NLA holds a copy of this item.
Series 19. George Mackay - Box 25
Original ms. by George Mackay, chapter from his History of Bendigo 66 p. and letter re the chapter, 1 folder only surviving original material from Mackay.
Series 20. Simon McDonald Folk Songs of Australia - Box 25 - 26, 26A
Video cassette ABC Sunday Magazine interview; six tape recordings Simon McDonald songs (1800' × 3; 900' × 3) and ms. summary of tape recordings; edited transcriptions of tapes by Hugh Anderson; notes, 1 folder, including original notes by McDonald, letters from Simon McDonald; final typescript of book H. Anderson Time out of Mind: Simon McDonald of Creswick; text as issued. Folk Songs of Australia: original ms. (Anderson and John Meredith); galley proofs; index, titles, first lines, contributors and card index etc.
Note: recordings transferred to Oral History.
Series 21. John Shaw Neilson - Box 27 - 31
Scrapbook containing cuttings, letters from Professor Bruce, Canada; letters from Frank Neilson re his brother John Shaw Neilson (41 letters); ms. article by Anderson; letter Phyllis Mander-Jones (M.L.) to Anderson; typescript of article by Anderson for Biblionews; cuttings of J.S.N. poems, 1908-1909.
Scrapbook containing photograph JSN in old age; cuttings of poems; original ms. in hand of J.S.N. comprising fragment JSN notebook, Old Nell Dickenson, JSN household accounts list; greeting card, Country Roads Board printing JSN poem To the Men of the Roads; original ms. JSN 'Waiting for the Rain'; Letter A.G. Stephens to JSN 1919 2 pp. and envelope; JSN ms. 'The Grower of the Strawberries' 2pp; 1 published broadside The Tales we never hear, Melbourne, Troedel & Co. 1893; letter A.G. Stephens to JSN 1916 2 pp; holograph poem 'The poor poor country' 9pp. (in hand of Neilson's niece); holograph poem 'Saucey Suzette' 1p. (in hand of Frank Neilson).
Poems by JSN typed by Frank Neilson (and altered by him); photograph Annie Nielson, sister of JSN; 2 photographs Neilson home at Penala; letter Blamire Young to Furnley Maurice (Frank Wilmot) 1926 re JSN; cuttings etc; letter P. Mander-Jones to Anderson re JSN; letter Louis Lothian to Frank Neilson; Lines written in memory of A.L. Gordon (card designed by Frank Neilson); personal greeting card J.C. Davies, Henry Lawson Society, signed, a special printing of Heart of String, together with poem to JSN by Thos. V.Tierney, Australian Poets Series No. 3.
Original printings of poems by JSN ex Nhill Mail 1893, 1894; 'When are the angels nearest' JSN's first published poem in typescript and with notes; review by Anderson of Harry F. Chaplin's Neilson collection, ms.; letter James Devaney to Hugh Anderson 1950 re JSN; 1 folder copies of documents re John Neilson (father) re selection of land; description of holdings; improvements etc. and survey sketch.
Photocopies from McKimm Papers (the only collection of Neilson material remaining outside institutional library custody). 1 folder.
Set of copies of Neilson notebooks (ML) in 6 large spring-back folders? incomplete. Copies of Neilson material ex. ML, NLA, McKimm; notes by Anderson, L.J. Blake; ms. of their joint book on JSN 1 box. Copies of JSN autobiography (NLA) 1 box.
Green Days and Cherries: material for publication, original mss. and typescript for Red Rooster edition. L.J. Blake's introduction as edited; photocopies of McKimm papers; typescript of Green Days and Cherries, proof copy held SLV; assorted articles, notes re sources of letters, cuttings etc; photograph Sir John Latham, Bernard O'Dowd at JSN graveside; photograph Margaret Neilson and baby JSN; Green Days and Cherries, original ms. of L.J. Blake introduction and copy of text; handlist by Anderson of contents of notebooks ML.
Series 22. Bernard O'Dowd - Box 32
Letter Miss Millie Miller, 1969 natural daughter of B. O'D., list of O'Dowd material sold by Anderson to University of Texas; articles by Anderson; complete typescript autobiography B. O'D. to be published Red Rooster Press; Anderson draft bibliography; 3 copies of The Liberator (free thought movement 1880's); Anderson notes, drafts etc; letter Walter Stone 1957; much material re publication, letters with various literary editors including Barbara Ramsden, M.U.P.; photocopies of collected O'Dowd mss.
Series 23. Walter Stone - Box 32
Extensive correspondence with Hugh Anderson 1962-1981 approx. 70 letters, various addresses and matters, Wentworth Press, Talkarra Press, Biblionews, 64 Young Street, etc.
Series 24. Frank Wilmot - Box 33 - 34
Working papers for an anthology of Wilmot's prose and poetry; annotated copy of Andersons F. Wilmot: a bibliography and a criticism; xerox copies of Wilmot mss. mostly in ML; list of Wilmot material in University of Texas; notes re Wilmot from Percival Serle's unpublished autobiography 'A life of good fortune'; letter Leonard Mann to H.A.; unpublished typescript by Anderson re Furnley Maurice as a critic; notes by E. Morris Miller on Anderson's bibliography; 4 letters.
Barbara Ramsden to Anderson re publication of Wilmot bibliography; letter Percival Serle to Anderson re Wilmot; letter from Mrs Wilmot; typescript article by F. Macartney; six springback folders of Wilmot articles, poems, short stories, lecture notes, C.L.F., almost all certainly in ML; others probably in Serle collection SLV etc.
Series 25. Judith Wright - Box 35
Austro-Verse, Melbourne, Halls Book Store, 1952; articles by or about Judith Wright; A.B.C. script by Kenneth McKenzie; reviews of J.W.; Bulletin cuttings re J.W.; poems 1958-1959; original Bulletin printings J.W. short stories; letters including Howard Sargent (Outposts, London), Cecil Hadgraft, Russel Ward; draft bibliography J.W. by Anderson.
Series 26. Tommy Hammond's Scrapbook - Box 35
A collection, according to a letter from Hammond to Hugh Anderson pasted into the front of the scrapbook, 'of nearly all Paddy Collins Poems. I used to do a bit of Boxing, after every fight Paddy would come down to my place. I would always give him a few bob so you can see why I always got No. 1 Poem. I have also got Jack Bradshaw the Bushranger Poems he used to do what Collins done sell them in the Streets a penny a copy. Also got some out of the A.W.11...' Original bush songs and street poetry, an important primary document.
Series 27. Bush songs - Box 35 - 37
Bush songs, Scrapbooks, 7 volumes: articles, correspondence, reviews, texts, music, programs, press cuttings, photographs, newsletters, photocopies of rare song books (Mitchell Library), Bandicoot Ballads - Broadsides issued by Hugh Anderson. Correspondence includes letters from Edgar Waters, Tom Inglis Moore, Russel Ward, Wendy Lowenstein John Manifold. Ms. lament for Bill Bull (aboriginal player of gum leaf in Collins Street; music; unpublished talks by Anderson for radio etc; unpublished ms. of Black Bull chapbooks; transcriptions of music; illustrations by Ron Edwards; handbills; research material for Colonial Ballads; Old Bush Songs etc. Invaluable series for any person undertaking research in the field of bush, colonial and popular songs.
Series 28. Squizzy Taylor - Box 38 - 40
'Squizzy Taylor': 1 box legal briefs and opinions relating to Lesley 'Squizzy' Taylor obtained by Anderson from Reynolds Q.C. original ms. several hundreds of pp. original printers typescript Anderson book on Taylor; letter Nigel Buesst (film-maker) to Anderson; working papers for biography on Taylor; complete typescript; Anderson notebook containing research material; correspondence re publication; Anderson draft holograph and part typescript; draft mss. notes and typescript; cuttings; letters from Herald Library; xerox prints etc.
Series 29. Sennachie - Box 41
Published in the interests of local history No. 1 1963 - December 1975 105 issues complete; processed.
Class MS 6946. Consignments received 1991-1998
Series 1. Correspondence, 1971-1997
This series comprises correspondence, notes, invitations to book launches, meetings, and openings, postcards, greeting cards, royalty statements, printing quotes, book flyers, publishing catalogues, notices and minutes of meetings and general information. The correspondence covers many topics which reflect the diverse range of interests of Hugh Anderson including writing, history, publishing and his interest in Chinese writers. Individual correspondents include John Meredith, Nancy Keesing, Ron Edwards, Colin Roderick, John S. Ryan, Geoffrey Serle, Gwenda Davey, Graham Seal and Ellie Pullin. Other correspondence is with the Australia Council Literature Board, Australian Society of Authors, Australia China Council, ABC Radio, Australian Folk Trust, Pan Books, New South Wales University Press, the National Library of Australia and various State Libraries.
Folders 1-49 were received in an ealier consignment - refer to Series 1 of 'Consignment received 1983' in the earlier part of this guide.
Series 32. Red Rooster Press business files, 1963-1994
The Red Rooster Press was formed in 1978 by Hugh Anderson as a family publishing business. Its main aim was to publish new editions of worthwhile historical and literary reference works, both recent and old, particularly those relating to Victoria.
The series consists of correspondence, book reviews, invoices, printing quotes and costings, news cuttings, journal articles, reports, royalty statements, and memoranda of agreement. The main correspondents are printing companies and other publishers including Pan, Thomas Nelson and William Collins, the Australia Council Literature Board in relation to grants and subsidies and various other organisations with submissions for new projects. Individual correspondents include John Meredith, Rex Whalan and Guy Featherstone.
Correspondence with the Australia Council Literature Board relating to applications for grants and subsidies, and circulars, memos and guidelines received from the Board outlining their programs and activities,, 1978-1981 (File 1) - Box 47
Correspondence with printing companies requesting printing quotes for various titles, and working notes, 1978-1983 (File 2) - Box 47
Journal articles and news cuttings of book reviews for Red Rooster Press publications, 1978-1982 (File 3) - Box 47
Memorandum of agreement for Ballades of old Bohemia (1979), Frank the poet (1979), Victorian history, 1850-1900 (1979) and The wild colonial boy (1981) (File 4) - Box 47
Correspondence, 1979-1980 with Thomas Nelson and Pan Books regarding a reprint of Larrikin Crook: the rise and fall of Squizzy Taylor first published by Jacaranda in 1971. There are also news cuttings of reviews, a draft memorandum between Hugh Anderson and Pan Books, illustrations and the cover design for the reprint (File 5) - Box 47
Royalty statements, 1979-1988 and correspondence, 1986-1989 with Guy Featherstone, John Meredith and Rex Whalan (File 7) - Box 47
Printing quotes, typesetting costs and notes for Ballades of old Bohemia (1980) and Green days and cherries: the early verse of John Shaw Neilson (1981) (File 8) - Box 48
Correspondence with William Collins for a proposal for a new publication titled 'Australian folksinger', 1980 (File 9) - Box 48
Submissions to Victoria's 150th Anniversary Celebrations Literary and Historical Committee for various publishing projects, correspondence, 1981-1982, with various publishers and organisations relating to publishing projects and a partnership agreement for the establishment of Red Rooster Press in 1977 (File 11_12) - Box 48
Correspondence, printing quotes and invoices, 1983-1986 and a copy of Draft report on book production, Canberra, Industries Assistance Commission, 1985 (File 13_14) - Box 48
Correspondence with the Australian Folk Trust relating to grant applications, 1985-1989. The file also contains copies of applications for Australia Council Literature Board special purpose grants, 1985, 1988, National Library Fellowship, 1984, Ideas for Australia Fellowship, 1991-1992 and Smithsonian Institution Fellowship, 1992-1993 (File 15_17) - Box 48 - 49
Correspondence with the Public Lending Rights Committee relating to general issues and claim requests, claimant advice forms, and general information in the form of brochures, leaflets and reports produced by the PLRC, 1988-1994 (File 18_20) - Box 49
File of miscellaneous reports and articles. They include notes on and a copy of 'Field guide for collectors of folklore and social history' (draft), prepared by the National Library of Australia, 1990, a paper titled 'Australian folk art festival' (n.d.) and a report of a visit to China, 1985 (File 21) - Box 49
Correspondence, 1986-1992 with the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), CAL information kit and copies of annual reports, 1992-1996 (File 22) - Box 50
Series 33. Chronicle of Port Phillip, 1978 - Box 50
Chronicle of Port Phillip, now the colony of Victoria, from 1770 to 1840 by Henry Field Gurner was first published in 1876. A reprint, introduced and edited by Hugh Anderson, was published by Red Rooster Press in 1978.
The series consists of a photocopy of the original publication, notes and a copy of the Chronicle of Port Phillip.
1 folder
Series 34. Goldfields Commission Report, 1978 - Box 50
Report from the commission appointed to inquire into the condition of the goldfields to his excellency, Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.B., Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of Victoria was first published in 1855. A reprint, introduced and edited by Hugh Anderson, was published by Red Rooster Press in 1978.
The series consists of a photocopy of the original report, a paste-up copy and typescript introduction and a copy of Goldfields Commission Report
2 folders
Series 35. Charles Thatcher's gold-digger songbook, 1973-1982
Charles Thatcher's gold-digger songbook by Hugh Anderson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1980. Charles Thatcher, (1831-1878) was a popular entertainer on the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s and 1860s. He composed his own texts, usually to existing tunes and both described and satirized many aspects of life on the goldfields. Charles Thatcher published compilations of his own songs, such as Thatcher's colonial songster (1857) and Thatcher's colonial minstrel (1859). Hugh Anderson also published a biography of Charles Thatcher, The colonial minstrel, in 1960.
The series consists of correspondence, drafts, a typescript of verse and manuscript of the music and design work.
Series 36. Victorian Squatters, 1983-1984
Victorian squatters was compiled by Robert Spreadborough and Hugh Anderson and published by Red Rooster Press in 1983. The book contains an alphabetical listing of squatting runs recorded by district, a series of maps showing run boundaries in each squatting district, and a collection of acts and regulations relating to squatting for the period 1836-1848 in Victoria.
The series comprises correspondence, drafts, galley proofs and corrections, printing quotes and costings, typescript lists, research notes, photocopies, maps, illustrations and card indexes.
Paste-up of title pages, galley proofs, proof corrections, foreword by J.M. Powell, photographs for covers, copies of completed artworks, index of runs and maps (File 3_5) - Box 52
Index of property names, notes on squatting in Victoria, photocopies of acts and regulations relating to squatting in New South Wales and Victoria (File 8) - Box 53
Series 37. Saltwater River history trails: Sunbury to the sea, 1981-1986
Saltwater River history trails: Sunbury to the sea by Hugh Anderson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1984. It is a history of the Maribyrnong River which the early European settlers referred to as the 'salt-water river' and the Maribyrnong River Valley.
The series consists of draft chapters, notes, printing quotes and costings, journal articles, photocopies, news cuttings, research material, maps and book reviews.
Draft chapters, notes, paste-ups, illustrations, maps, journal articles and news cuttings relating to the Saltwater River and Keilor District. (File 1_7) - Box 58 - 59
Series 38. Miska Hauser's letters from Australia, 1985-1987
Miska Hauser's letters from Australia was translated from German by Colin Roderick and edited by Roderick and Hugh Anderson. It was published by Red Rooster Press in 1988. Miska Hauser, (1822-1887) a child prodigy violinist, was born in Pressburg, Hungary. After his education at the Vienna Conservatorium he began concert tours in Europe at the age of 18. Between 1853 and 1858 he made a grand tour of America and Australia. He wrote numerous letters to Europe describing his experiences and these were published regularly in the Ost-Deutsche Post in Austria and then as a collection with the title Aus dem wanderbuche eines osterreichischen virtuosen (1859 and 1860). His 28 letters written during his four years in Australia make up the text of this book.
The series consists of correspondence with Colin Roderick, notes and journal articles on Miska Hauser, draft manuscript, paste-up copy, galley proofs and corrections.
Series 39. Ringwood: place of many eagles, 1973-1988
Ringwood: place of many eagles by Hugh Anderson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1988. The history of Ringwood, Victoria was commissioned to mark fifty years as the Borough and City of Ringwood. An earlier, unpublished version was issued in 1974 for the City of Ringwood Council. Most of the research material upon which this book is based was collected by Ron and Ellie Pullin, members of the Ringwood Historical Research Group, for the earlier version.
The series consists of correspondence, notes, draft chapters, paste-up copy, galley proofs, photographs, printing quotes and costings and index cards. The main correspondents are Ellie Pullin and Peter Tully.
Correspondence, 1973-1988, contract and notes. The correspondents include Ellie Pullin, President of the Ringwood Historical Research Group and Peter Tully, Secretary, Ringwood Bicentennial Community Committee. (File 1) - Box 61
Series 40. Australian writing translated into Chinese, 1954-1988, compiled by Hugh Anderson, Ma Zuyi and Chen Zhengfa, 1986-1988
Australian writing translated into Chinese, 1954-1988 was published by Red Rooster Press in 1989. Ma Zuyi and Chen Zhengfa were both members of the Oceanic Literature Research Unit which was established at Anhui University in 1979. The Institute specialised in the translation of Oceanic literature into Chinese. They also conducted courses in Australian literature.
See also Series 48 for other material on Chinese writers.
The series consists of correspondence with Chinese writers, notes, photocopies of journal articles, a corrected draft and index cards.
Series 41. Cast in his mould, 1984-1985
Cast in his mould was published by Red Rooster Press in 1989. It is a history of the W.L. Allen Foundry in Sunshine, Victoria which was established in 1939. The book commemorates 50 years of operations by the firm.
The series consists of correspondence, draft chapters, photographs, paste-up copy and galley proofs. The main correspondence is with the W.L. Allen Foundry seeking information on its operations and past employees.
Correspondence, 1984-1985 with W.L. Allen Foundry, draft chapters, news cuttings and notes on W.H. Allen Foundry, biographical notes on employees, journal articles on the history of iron and metals and the iron and steel industry in Australia, photographs of employees and the foundry (File 1_6) - Box 66
Series 42. George Loyau: the man who wrote bush ballads, 1991
George Loyau: the man who wrote bush ballads by Hugh Anderson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1991. George Loyau (1835-1898) was a journalist and author who came to Australia in 1853. He worked at many occupations such as gold digger, shearer, overseer, cook, private tutor and press correspondent in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. He later became editor of a number of newspapers including the Burnett Argus (1861), Gundagai Times (1876), Gawler Bunyip (1878-1879). By 1895 he was back in Queensland where he wrote The History of Maryborough (1897).
The series consists of typescript drafts, a paste-up copy of verse and music and galley proofs.
Series 43. On the track with Bill Bowyang, with Australian bush recitations, 1991-1992
On the track with Bill Bowyang with Australian bush recitations was published by Red Rooster Press in 1991. Journalist, publisher and occasional swagman, Alexander Vennard took 'Bill Bowyang' as a pen-name around 1915. He also published under the name 'Frank Reid'. He was best known as the editor of a column in the North Queensland Register called 'On the track'. The column published verse, song, and other items of bush lore, mostly contributed by readers.
The series consists of typescript of introduction, drafts, paste-up copy and galley proofs, biographical information and notes on Alexander Vennard and index cards of song titles and first lines of verse.
Series 44. Australia to Oz?: the making of the tapestry, 1977-1995
Australia to Oz? The making of the tapestry was published by Red Rooster Press in 1996. This book looks at the background and history of the 'Oz?' tapestry in the foyer of the State Library of New South Wales. The tapestry was designed by Sydney artist, Martin Sharp and woven in the Victorian Tapestry Workshop.
The series consists of correspondence, drafts, notes, galley proofs and a scrapbook.
Series 45. Frank Wilmot: printer and publisher, 1997
Frank Wilmot: printer and publisher by Hugh Anderson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1997. Frank Wilmot (1881-1942) was a poet, author, bookseller and publisher. He left school at the age of 13 to join E.W. Cole's Book Arcade, where he stayed for 35 years, finally becoming Manager. His first poem was published in Tocsin in 1897. After initial rejection of his poems by the Bulletin, in 1905 he began writing under the pseudonym 'Furnley Maurice'. From then on his work was widely published in Australia. Prior to his death in 1942, he had been Manager of Melbourne University Press.
The series consists of a typescript copy with corrections and galley proofs.
Series 46. 'Farewell to judges and juries', 1956-1997
Farewell to old England: a broadside history of early Australia by Hugh Anderson was first published by Rigby in 1964. It is a work of British verse or broadsides relating to convict transportation and early Australian settlement up to and including the goldfields era of the 1850s. Since its publication Anderson has continued to research and discover more material. The papers in this series indicate that he planned a second and revised edition of his earlier work with the title. 'The convict lament'. Galley proofs dated 1997 indicate another attempt at publishing under the title 'Farewell to judges and juries'. This edition has not yet been published.
The series consists of correspondence, drafts of chapters, bibliography, paste-up copies and galley proofs, copies of broadsides, notes and reference material and photocopies of journal articles.
Photocopy of 'The Queen against Smith O'Brien 1848', Reports of state trials, London, H.M.S.O., 1888-1898 (File 9) - Box 74
Photocopy of 'The Queen against John Mitchel 1848', Reports of state trials, London, H.M.S.O., 1888-1898 (File 10) - Box 74
List of broadsides by chapter, draft introduction, chapter titled 'London street singers' from Henry Mayhew's London labour and the London poor, (published in 3 volumes from 1856-1860), correspondence, 1980-1996, with the National Library of Australia and overseas libraries and institutions relating to research sources and Anderson's overseas visit in 1986 (File 13) - Box 75
Galley proofs and corrections for select bibliography, manuscript of bibliography (File 14) - Box 75
Letter from New South Wales University Press, 1983, relating to the possible publication of 'The convict lament', book reviews of Farewell to old England (File 15) - Box 75
Series 47. 'A winter in Beijing: Australians at the Boxer Rebellion', 1978-1995
On his return from China in 1977, Hugh Anderson began researching Australia's involvement in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. He traced the day to day reports of two journalists, George Wynne and John Wallace, who went to China as war correspondents for the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald. As yet, this work has not been published.
The series consists of correspondence, draft chapters, paste-up copies, draft bibliography, notes, photocopies of letters and newspaper reports. The main correspondents are W. Wynne, M. Wallace and Gavin Souter.
Correspondence, 1979-1988 with W. Wynne, M. Wallace, Gavin Souter, Heinemann Publishing, Australian War Memorial and others relating to the supply of information and photographs and possibility of publishing the work, notes and biographical information (File 1) - Box 78
Photocopies of letters written by John Wallace of the China Field Force and war correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald, to his wife in Sydney in, 1900-1901 (File 14) - Box 79
Series 48. Red Rooster Press publications by other writers, 1979-1999
This series comprises papers of various authors whose books have been published by Red Rooster Press. They have been arranged chronologically by date of publication.
The papers include correspondence, book reviews, draft chapters, galley proofs, notes, paste-up copies, draft manuscripts, index cards, typescripts, printing quotes and costings. The main correspondence is between Hugh Anderson and these authors, including Guy Featherstone, John Meredith, Ralph Gibson, David Horsfall and Ian McLaren.
Subseries 48_1. Victorian history, 1835-1900: a bibliography of bibliographies and works of reference, 1979
Victorian history, 1835-1900 by Guy Featherstone was published by Red Rooster Press in 1979. The aim of the work was to provide a list of reference works, bibliographies, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and similar publications which would be useful to research workers in the field of Victorian history.
Subseries 48_2. Frank the poet; the life and works of Francis MacNamara, 1966-1989
Frank the poet by John Meredith and Rex Whalan was published by Red Rooster Press in 1979. Francis MacNamara was an Irish convict known as 'Frank the poet' by his fellow convicts in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land in the 1830s and 1840s. Over the years much of his work has been lost or he has been credited with works by other convicts poets. John Meredith and Rex Whalan have, in this publication, managed to collect all the works attributed to him and provide the first documented account of his time in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
Correspondence, 1966-1967, with various libraries and organisations seeking information on Frank MacNamara and asking permission to reproduce printed material, photographs of various pages of a manuscript held in the Mitchell Library titled 'A convicts tour to hell'. (File 5) - Box 82
Subseries 48_3. The wild colonial boy, 1981-1983
The wild colonial boy by John Meredith was published by Red Rooster Press in 1982. This book is about the Irish convict and bushranger Jack Donohoe (1806-1830) who was transported to Australia in 1825. Two years later he escaped into the bush and he eluded police for another three years before he was killed in 1830. Through his exploits as a bushranger, Donahoe became a folk hero and his name lives on in legend and song. The most well known of these is 'The wild colonial boy'.
Subseries 48_4. The people stand up, 1983-1984
The people stand up by Ralph Gibson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1983. The publication is an historical and political analysis of events in Australia, France, England, Germany, India, China, Spain and the USSR during the 1930s. The central theme is the Popular Front. Ralph Gibson, a member of the Communist Party, based the work on his own personal experiences of the time.
Subseries 48_5. Duke of the outback, 1983-1984
Duke of the outback by John Meredith was published by Red Rooster Press in 1983. This book is about Croydon 'Duke' Tritton (1886-1965) a shearer, outback worker and songster of the bush. He frequently performed songs that he had learned in the bush and songs that he wrote himself. Of his own songs, 'Shearing in a bar' is one of the best known.
Subseries 48_6. March to big gold mountain, 1983-1985
March to big gold mountain by David Horsfall was published by Red Rooster Press in 1985. It is an account of the migration of Chinese gold diggers to the goldfields of Central Victoria, during the last century, in particular around Bendigo which was dubbed 'big gold mountain'.
Subseries 48_7. A wind across the grass: modern Chinese writing with fourteen stories, 1985
A wind across the grass: modern Chinese writing with fourteen stories by Han Zi, Zong Pu and Wang Xiao Ying was published by Red Rooster Press in 1985. This book is a collection of stories by three Chinese women writers.
Subseries 48_8. The Chinese in Victoria: official reports and documents, 1984-1985
The Chinese in Victoria: official reports and documents by Ian McLaren was published by Red Rooster Press in 1985. This book is a facsimile reprinting of official reports and documents relating to the Chinese in Victoria, and covers the years 1855 to 1900.
Subseries 48_9. Bibliography of Victorian history, 1850-1900, 1986
Bibliography of Victorian history, 1850-1900 by Guy Featherstone was published by Red Rooster Press in 1986. It updates the first edition which was published in 1979. The works included are those which contain material relevant to Victoria from the time of its first permanent settlement in 1835 to the year 1900.
Subseries 48_10. Ralph Gibson, The fight goes on, 1987
The fight goes on by Ralph Gibson was published by Red Rooster Press in 1987. It looks at Australia and the world in the two post-war decades and was a continuation of Gibson's earlier work The people stand up (1984). This book begins with the Yalta conference of 1945 and concludes in 1962 with the Cuban missile crisis.
Subseries 48_11. Occasions for comment, 1992
Occasions for comment by Jean Stone was published by Red Rooster Press in 1992. Jean Stone began writing poetry as a small child. The poems in this book were written after the formation of the Young Street Poets group in 1979 and some had already been published in various periodicals, anthologies and poetry magazines such as Poetry Australia.
Subseries 48_12. Discovery and settlement of Port Phillip, 1978-1996
Discovery and settlement of Port Phillip: being a history of the country now called Victoria, up to the arrival of Mr Superintendent Latrobe, in October 1839 by James Bonwick was first published in 1856. A new edition, introduced and edited by Hugh Anderson, was published in 1996.
Subseries 48_13. Dylan through the looking glass: a collection of writings on Bob Dylan, 1994
Dylan through the looking glass was first published by Adrian Rawlins in 1994. A second edition was prepared for publication by Red Rooster Press. While the galley proofs were completed in May 1995, the new edition of the book has not yet been published.
Series 49. Relations with Chinese writers, 1963-1985
Hugh Anderson has visited China several times and travelled extensively to meet with and interview Chinese writers and publishers. In 1981 he was a member of the first official Australian Writers' Delegation to visit China at the invitation of the Chinese Writers' Association. His continued interest in Chinese writings led to the publication of A wind across the grass (1985) and Australian writing translated into Chinese 1954-1988 (1989).
The series consists of correspondence, journal articles, news cuttings, notes, poetry, reports, manuscript and tapes. The correspondence is mainly between Hugh Anderson and various Chinese writers relating to visits between the two countries.
Journal articles, news cuttings and notes on contemporary Chinese writers and literature, 1963-1983 (File 1_5) - Box 94
Three poems by Ma Zuyi. One poem is a welcome to China in 1981 with an English translation. The other two poems are about Canberra and there is a note in English explaining the main ideas expressed in the two poems (File 6_10) - Box 95
Correspondence, 1981-1982, notes, news cuttings, journal articles, draft manuscript report and photographs relating to an Australian Writers' visit to China in 1981. The members of the delegation were Hugh Anderson, Nicholas Hasluck and Christopher Koch (File 11) - Box 96
Correspondence, 1981-1983, with the Chinese Writers' Association and other Chinese writers, a report of the visit of the 1981 delegation to China and a photocopy of a hand written diary kept by Mrs Ena Danielson recording her visit to China in May 1983 (File 12) - Box 96
Correspondence, 1982-1983, relating to the visit of Chinese writers to Australia and visits by Hugh Anderson to China (File 13) - Box 96
Correspondence, 1982-1985, with the Chinese Writers' Association relating to visits by Chinese writers to Australia and Anderson's visits to China (File 14) - Box 96
11 tapes of discussions with Chinese writers and publishers in various Chinese cities, 1981-1985 (File 16_17) - Box 96
Pen (CWA) discussions Shanghai 19/05/1983, 19/05/1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014541) - Cassette-Box 650
1 item, Goldring C120, Compact cassette tape
Children's Publishing House Shanghai 21/05/1983, 21/05/1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014542) - Cassette-Box 650
1 item, Scotch 60, Compact cassette tape
Guangzhou Writers 2/06/1983, 2/06/1983 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014545) - Cassette-Box 650
1 item, Goldring C120, Compact cassette tape
Literary discussions Beijing 3/09/1985, 3/09/1985 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014546) - Cassette-Box 650
1 item, Radio Shack Realistic 120, Compact cassette tapeSeries 50. Australian Society of Authors, 1977-1990
The Australian Society of Authors is a non-profit organisation devoted to the interests of authors. Hugh Anderson has been an active member of the Society since its inception and has served at various times as State Representative and member of the Committee of Management.
The series consists of notices of meetings, minutes of meetings, agenda items, financial statements, annual reports, membership statistics, news cuttings, treasurer's reports, and a memorandum of association of the Australian Society of Authors. The papers were organised in manila folders when received by the Library. The original order of the papers has been maintained and there is some overlap between folders.
Series 51. Committee of Inquiry into Folklife in Australia, 1985-1987
In 1985 the then Minister for the Arts, Barry Cohen, invited a working party under the chairmanship of Hugh Anderson to provide definitions and to draft the terms of reference for an inquiry into folklife in Australia. Subsequently the Minister appointed Hugh Anderson as chairman and Dr Keith McKenry and Gwenda Beed Davey as members of the Committee of Inquiry.
The Committee was asked to report upon the nature, diversity and significance of Australian folklife, existing institutional and other arrangements for safeguarding Australian folklife, and the need for new arrangements in the areas of collection, documentation, conservation and dissemination of folklife materials and support for the practice and development of folk arts.
During 1986 and 1987 the members of the Committee travelled extensively within Australia and overseas, holding meetings and consultations with interested persons and with government and cultural institutions. The Committee's report was presented to the Australian Government in 1987 and was published as Folklife: our living heritage (1987).
The series consists of correspondence, agenda, minutes of meetings, submissions, draft chapters, draft of report, notes, news cuttings, journal articles and miscellaneous published material relating to folklife. Correspondence is with private individuals and government and cultural organisations and relates to matters being investigated by the Committee under the terms of reference of the inquiry.
Correspondence and notes, 1985, with the Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment relating to the establishment of a steering group to look at Australia's folk heritage, draft minutes and agenda of Folk Culture Steering Group Meeting, 7-8 May 1985, draft paper 'The ethnic perspective' by Pamela Gardini, and correspondence, 1985, with David Hults, Chairman of the Australian Folk Trust (File 1) - Box 99
Leaflets and press kit, notes and background information relating to the launch of the inquiry on, 26 March 1986 (File 2) - Box 99
General correspondence, 1986-1987, of the Committee with government departments and other organisations (File 3) - Box 99
Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Committee of Inquiry into Folklife in Australia, 1986 (File 4) - Box 99
Record sheet of visits to state capitals in 1986 with main points raised by each organisation listed (File 5) - Box 99
Mailing list including federal and state government departments, academic and private organisations and private individuals (File 6) - Box 99
Notes, maps and arrangements for overseas travel in 1986, submissions to Committee to review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education, 1985 (File 25_26) - Box 106
Draft structure of report for discussion, hand written notes on findings, miscellaneous correspondence, 1986-1987, mainly with government departments (File 29) - Box 107
Correspondence, cuttings and notes of the Australian Folklife Festival Working Party, 1985-1986, copy of preliminary report by Hugh Anderson (File 30_31) - Box 107
Series 52. National Book Council, 1988-1989 - Box 108
The National Book Council was founded in 1973 as an umbrella organisation for all components of the Australian book trade including authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians and readers. Its primary focus is book promotion and the defence of the book in modern society. It is particularly concerned with all aspects of Australian book production, from creation to marketing. Hugh Anderson was the member of the Council representing authors in 1988-1989.
The series consists of agenda for meetings of the Executive Council, minutes of meetings of the Executive Council and the New South Wales and Victorian Committees, copies of agenda items, financial statements and a copy of the constitution of the National Book Council.
3 folders
Series 53. Other papers, 1935-1994
This series contains correspondence, draft manuscripts, biographical material, journal articles, lecture notes, menus, music, news cuttings, pamphlets, research notes, photocopies, photographs, review articles, scrapbooks, screen designs and unpublished papers. Correspondence is with various libraries requesting information and publishers and other organisations with proposals for new publications.
Journal articles, lecture papers and pamphlets by writer and publisher, P.R. Stephensen and news cuttings and journal articles about him. The material ranges from, 1935-1968 (File 1) - Box 109
Preliminary Certificate in Librarianship issued to Hugh Anderson upon completion of the requirements of the Library Association of Australia Board of Examination certification and registration of librarians in, 1955 (File 2) - Box 109
Lecture notes prepared by Hugh Anderson on Australiana for Public Library of Victoria Library Training School, 1960 (File 3_7) - Box 109
Folk songs of Australia and the men and women who sang them by John Meredith and Hugh Anderson was first published by Ure Smith in 1968 and reprinted by them in 1973 and 1979. Another reprint was done by New South Wales University Press in 1985 and they also published a second volume in 1987. The file consists mainly of correspondence, royalty statements and some notes. The correspondence ranges from 1959-1985. The earlier correspondence is between Hugh Anderson and John Meredith and relates to the writing of the work and its content. The later correspondence is with Ure Smith and then the New South Wales University Press, although other publishers such as Pan Books were approached for expressions of interest in publication of the work. (File 8_9) - Box 110
Typescript copy of 'The log of the Lady Nelson on a voyage of discovery to Bass Strait: Acting Lieutenant John Murray, 1801-1802' held in the archives of the Hydrographic Department, Taunton, England (File 10) - Box 110
Journal articles and photocopies of published works relating to the naval exploration of Port Phillip (File 11) - Box 110
Typescript manuscript 'Depression' by Hugh Anderson and published by Hill of Content, 1972 (File 12) - Box 110
Correspondence with the State Library of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales and National Library of Australia relating to information on Adam Lindsay Gordon and two bibliographies from the National Library of Australia and the University of Queensland Library, 1964-1971 (File 15) - Box 110
Two scrapbooks, mounted photocopies of newspaper and journal articles, poems, correspondence and bibliographic references about Adam Lindsay Gordon (File 16_18) - Box 111
Photocopy of typescript memoirs of Joseph A. Panton edited by Hugh Anderson. The manuscript has not yet been published (File 19) - Box 112
Correspondence, 1967-1969, with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Macmillan, Allans Music and others relating to the publication of 'Songs of Australia', manuscript and list of songs, notes and proposal submission. The file also contains some original sketches by Ron Edwards. The manuscript has not yet been published. (File 21) - Box 113
Manuscript and typescript of Australia and Papua New Guinea: 1828-1940 by Hugh Anderson and published by Hill of Content, 1973 (File 22) - Box 113
Notes, drafts and a copy of a talk given at the first Oral History Conference at La Trobe University in 1974 and a review of the papers presented at the conference and published in 1975 (File 23) - Box 113
Photocopy of the log of the HMS Investigator, 1802, notes and correspondence with the Public Record Office, England in 1980 (File 24) - Box 113
Correspondence, 1982, with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria with a proposal for a new publication and correspondence, 1986, with the Victorian Road Construction Authority expressing interest in writing a history of road development in Victoria (File 25) - Box 113
Correspondence, 1982-1983, with the Australian Dictionary of Biography and others seeking information on Donald McDonald (1857-1932), biographical notes on McDonald and a copy of the entry for the ADB, correspondence, 1984-1985, with Angus and Robertson relating to the possibility of publishing a selection of Donald McDonald's writings (File 26) - Box 113
Notes and photocopies of material relating to the Beggs family, an early pioneer family in Victoria and a draft entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography and notes and chronology on the life of Thomas Asche by L.J. Blake (File 27) - Box 113
Manuscript drafts of entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography on W.J.T. Clarke (1800-1874), notes and typescript biographical notes on the Clarke family (File 28) - Box 114
Copies of papers by Bob Hall and Ian Jones presented at the Australian War Memorial History Conference, 8-12 February, 1983 and synopses of other papers (File 29) - Box 114
Drafts for an article 'Virtue in a wilderness: Cecil Sharp's Australian sojourn, 1882-1892', notes, paste-up copy of article with corrections. The article was published in the Folk Music Journal (UK), Vol 6 No 4 1994. The file also contains correspondence, 1988-1993 relating to research on Cecil Sharp and a copy of a lecture 'Cecil Sharp in Australia: some conclusions' given at the centennial meeting of the American Folklore Society, in Philadelphia, U.S.A., 1989 (File 30_32) - Box 114
Papers by Race Mathews: 'Charles Marson and the South Australian Fabian Society (two copies, 1 May 1990 and 5 May 1990); 'South Australian Fabian Society', (12 December 1988) and proofs of an unpublished paper 'Before their time - Charles Marson and the South Australian Fabian Society of 1891' (1992) (File 33) - Box 115
Manuscript and typescript drafts of book reviews for Australian Folklore, correspondence, 1990-1991, mainly with Graham Seal relating to reviews, and notes for a talk on the history of Ringwood, Victoria, 1993 (File 34) - Box 115
Notes on Phillip Somer, Queensland writer of bush songs, including family history notes, drafts of a paper titled 'Was Phillip Somer a bush balladist', correspondence, 1991, with Geoffrey Bolton and the Devon Family History Society relating to the Somer and Gullett families. (File 35) - Box 115
Draft review of Songs of the gold fields, Thumb Creek, Garravembi Press, 1991 by Samuel Le Maitre for Overland, 1991, and a copy of 'That face on the bar-room floor: or where have all the reciters gone' for Overland and published in Australian Folklore, No 15, 2000 (File 36) - Box 115
Drafts and final copy of journal article A neglected musical instrument: the jews-harp by Hugh Anderson published as an offprint from Folklife (U.K.), volume 29, 1990-1991 and notes and journal articles on the jews harp. (File 37_38) - Box 115
Proposal for a biographical reference book on Australian children's authors and illustrators, a proposal for a dictionary of Australian authors and illustrators with a list of proposed entries and a copy of the minutes of the Friends of Dromkeen Annual General Meeting, 29 February 1992 (File 39) - Box 116
Drafts, notes and a final draft for an article 'Man on a bough' about Russel Ward by Hugh Anderson. The article appeared in a special issue of Australian Folklore: a Yearly Journal of Folklore Studies (No 9, 1994) which was dedicated to Russel Ward (File 40) - Box 116
Drafts and notes, 1993-1994, for an article 'Lost in the streets: a gumleaf requiem for Bill Bull' by Hugh Anderson and published in Journal of Australian Studies (File 41_42) - Box 116
Scrapbook containing news cuttings on Bill Bull, news cuttings, notes and journal articles on gumleaf playing and photographs of gumleaf players (File 43) - Box 117
Class MS Acc04.186. Consignment received 2004
A range of papers dating from the 1950s, the main groups comprising papers relating to Anderson's books and publications of the Red Rooster Press; scrapbooks containing copies of broadsides, music and related material, mostly obtained from overseas libraries and archives; correspondence; further papers relating to Anderson's visits to China; and, miscellaneous papers on folklife, copyright and other subjects.
Comprises 2 cartons, 29 other boxes, 5 oversize cartons.
Class MS Acc06.138. Consignment received 2006
Research files, including reasearch material, drafts, correspondence and other papers relating to numerous projects, interests and activities.
Comprises 13 boxes.