Guide to the Papers of Rhyll McMaster

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MS 6462

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Collection Summary

Creator
Rhyll McMaster
Title
Papers of Rhyll McMaster
Date Range
1960-1987
Collection Number
MS 6462
Extent
0.44 metres (various)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2167458).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Rhyll McMaster, National Library of Australia, MS 6462, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Class [unnumbered]. Original consignment

Correspondence, 1966-78, mainly with editors of Australian and overseas journals (File 1-10) - Box 1

Acceptance and rejection letters (File 1-10) - Box 1

Poems, 1964-70, including drafts and revisions (File 1-10) - Box 1

Press cuttings of poems and book reviews (File 1-10) - Box 1

Class [unnumbered]. Consignment received 1 March 1988

Personal correspondence, 1976-87 (File 11-15) - Box 2

Correspondence with editors, 1980-87 (File 16-17) - Box 2

Washing the money - includes correspondence and photographs, 1984-87 (File 18-20) - Box 2, 3

Drafts of poems, 1970-84 (File 21-22) - Box 3

McMaster's reviews and readers' reports, 1980-83 (File 23-24) - Box 3

Script assessments for the Australian Film Commission, 1984-85 (File 25) - Box 3

Class [unnumbered]. Consignment received 24 Feb. 1993

Poetry cassettes and Queensland School Reader (File 1) - Box 4

Australian Poets on Tape - includes material of Rhyll McMaster on side 1. (cassette) (Item 1) - Box 4
Ruth Cracknell and Ron Hadrick read Australian verse - McMaster material included. (cassette) (Item 2) - Box 4
ABC broadcast 8 February 1987 of poems of Rhyll McMaster and John A. Scott. (cassette) (Item 3) - Box 4
Queensland School Reader, Class 6B, 1956. Inscribed by Rhyll McMaster (Item 4) - Box 4

Notebooks and folders (File 2-7) - Box 4

Notebooks, 1981 - 1992. Three exercise books, two blue covered folders, 2 ring-bound folders (Item 5) - Box 4

Material includes accounting for the day to day running of the farm owned by Rhyll McMaster and Roger McDonald at Braidwood, as well as McMaster's notes on her management of the farm. Images from this farm are used in her poems, particularly in On My Empty Feet, (1993).

Magazines containing published poems and stories (File 8) - Box 5

Four school magazines - Somerville House, Brisbane, 1963-65 and 1968 (Item 6) - Box 5

Includes poems and stories by McMaster, including the poems, 'The Leopard Tree and Green Tea', published by the Bulletin while she was still at school, and her winning contribution 'Today It Rains' in the 1965 Annual Lyric Contest, judged by Judith Wright. 1968 issue contains wedding photo of Rhyll McMaster.

Publications in magazines (1965-1987) (File 9) - Box 5

The Bulletin (Item 7) - Box 5

1965, June 26; page 52, poem

1965, Dec. 18; page 55, poem

1965, Dec. 25; page 35, poem

1965, June 12; page 57, poem

1966, Dec. 10; page 59, poem

1967, Jan. 21; page 30, poem

1970, Nov. 28; page 63, article

1972, July 1; page 47, book review

1980, Jan. 29; Poem

1980, July 22; Poem

1982, Dec. 21; page 239, short story

1993, Feb. 2; article about McMaster

Publications in magazines (File 10) - Box 6

Quadrant (Item 8) - Box 6

1975, June; Poem

1975, July; Poem

Westerly (Item 9) - Box 6

1968, July; Poem

The Critical Survey, University of Hull, UK (Item 10) - Box 6

1968, shared first prize in poetry competition; Poems

The Fiction Magazine, UK (Item 11) - Box 6

1983, Spring; Poem

Yugoslavian Literary Magazine (Item 12) - Box 6

1987; Poem

Poems published in newspapers (File 11) - Box 6

File of poems published in newspapers (Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, 1980, 1982, 1983) (Item 13) - Box 6

Literature Board correspondence (File 12) - Box 6

Literature Board correspondence - 1973 application, letters, forms, etc (Item 14) - Box 6

Short stories and correspondence (File 13-14) - Box 6

Short stories and correspondence, including many early drafts of published poems and correspondence with literary editors (Item 15) - Box 6

Artwork (File 15) - Box 6

Folder containing artwork, Judith Rodriguez lino-cuts, 1975 copies of poem Back Steps Lookout, illustrated by Jahna Knyvett, for Canberra Broadsheet, 28 October 1977 (Item 16) - Box 6

Light, 1991 and National Book Week Council tour documents (File 16) - Box 6

Self-published booklet, Light, 1991, and documents relating to National Book Council tour of Queensland, 1991 (Item 17) - Box 6

Poems and prose (File 17) - Box 7

Various prose pieces, handwritten and typed, during 1980s, also contains poems (Item 18) - Box 7

Newspaper articles and reviews; Higher School Certificate poem and children's stories (File 18) - Box 7

Newspaper articles, reviews, book launch (with photo), plus use of poem 'Profiles of my father' in Higher School Certificate, 1986 (Item 19) - Box 7
Children's stories with early and handwritten drafts (Item 20) - Box 7

Personal correspondence while in hospital, 1989 (File 19-21) - Box 7

Clipped set of letters to McMaster while sick in hospital, 1989. Letters and cards including correspondence from Robyn Lucas, Geoffrey Dutton, Susan Geason, Olive Cotton (photos used as cards), Les Murray, Sally McInerney (closed until June 2025), Jill Bridgewood (High School English teacher) and Catherine Morhan (painter). Also includes photos of McMaster by Sally McInerney (Item 21) - Box 7

*Note - some of the letters in this folder are very personal and pertinent to collection of poetry On My Empty Feet.

Publications in magazines (1992-1993) (File 22-23) - Box 7

Recent publications in magazines including Bulletin, September 8 1992 (poem), Voices, 1992 (poem and book review), Poetry Magazine, September 1992 (series of nine poems), Island Magazine, Summer 1992 (poem) and Quadrant, January 1993 (two poems) (Item 22) - Box 7

Editorial correspondence (File 24-26) - Box 8

Editorial correspondence, 1987 - 1993, including letters and notes from other Australian poets such as John Tranter, Tom Shapcott and Clem Semmler (Item 23) - Box 8

On My Empty Feet; radio play (File 27) - Box 8

On My Empty Feet - the radio play, to be broadcast 1993. Early drafts including handwritten amendments to text. Also correspondence related to play (Item 24) - Box 8

On My Empty Feet - the poetry collection (File 28-31) - Box 8

On My Empty Feet - the poetry collection, published by William Heinemann, 1993 (Item 25) - Box 8

Complete file of all poems, handwritten and typed, with annotations and notes from first drafts through to final drafts.

Lyrics, songs and school newspaper article (File 32) - Box 8

Lyrics and songs. Rough drafts, handwritten and typed, 1992, and article in old school newspaper regarding schoolfriend who has become a drummer (Item 26) - Box 8

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