Guide to the Papers of Blanche D'Alpuget

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MS 7348

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Collection Summary

Creator
Blanche D'Alpuget
Title
Papers of Blanche D'Alpuget
Date Range
1963-1982
Collection Number
MS 7348
Extent
0.56 metres (4 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises research material compiled by d'Alpuget between 1979 and 1982 while writing the book Robert J. Hawke: a biography (Melbourne: Schwarz/Lansdowne, 1982). The collection includes typescripts of the Hawke biography; notes from conversations and correspondence with Hawke and others; ACTU Executive minutes, 1970-78; papers relating to ACTU Congresses, 1967-79; R.J. Hawke speeches; newspaper and magazine cuttings and other papers. Also includes interview notes for Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1977).

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn766317).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], MS 7348, National Library of Australia, Papers of Blanche D'Alpuget, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were donated to the Library by Blanche d'Alpuget in 1984 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.

Separated Materials

Part of the collection is held by the Oral History Collection at TRC 679.

Biographical Note

Blanche d'Alpuget is an Australian novelist and biographer. Her works include Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby (1977); Monkeys in the dark (1980), Turtle beach (1981) which won the Age book award in 1981, Robert J. Hawke: a biography (1982) and Winter in Jerusalem (1986). She is married to former Australian Prime Minister, R.J. Hawke.

Item Descriptions

ACTU Executive minutes, 1970-78 (File 1) - Box 1

Papers relating to ACTU Congresses, 1967-79 (File 2_3) - Box 1

R. J Hawke speeches, 1974-81 (File 4) - Box 1

R. J Hawke interview notes and other papers (File 5) - Box 1

Corrected typescripts of R. J Hawke: a biography (File 6_10) - Box 2

Notes from conversations with people about Hawke including Ron Heiser, Professor Sam Stoljar, Dr Michael Epstein, Col Cunningham, Sir Peter Abeles, Gill Appleton, Eddie Kornhauser, Peter Redlich, Gough Whitlam, Chris Crellin, Gay Davidson, and Patsy Zeppez, 1980-81 (File 11_12) - Box 2

Item list in file 11

Interview notes, letters, speeches and other papers relating to R. J Hawke, 1963-81 (item list in file 13) (File 13_16) - Box 3

Newspaper article and notes on events concerning Hawke (File 17) - Box 3

Primarily copies of letters by d'Alpuget and Hawke to various correspondents, seeking their cooperation for the biography together with some replies, 1980-81 (File 18_19) - Box 3

Correspondence with publishers, 1982; corrected typescripts of foreword, bibliography, jacket notes etc; and publishers' corrections (File 20) - Box 4

Newspaper cuttings (File 21) - Box 4

Interviews and notes for Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby (1977) (File 22) - Box 4

Series [unnumbered]. Publications: Report by "Hevrat Ovdim" delegation on its visit to Australia (Tel Aviv, Israel, 1972) - Box 4

Series [unnumbered]. Publications: Hurlbut's Story of the Bible (Auckland: William Gribble Co) - Box 4

Series [unnumbered]. Three scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine articles on Hawke, 1979 - Folio-Box 5


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