Guide to the Papers of Blanche D'Alpuget
MS 7348
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
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