Guide to the Papers of Nicholas Hasluck

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MS 8328

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Collection Summary

Creator
Hasluck, Nicholas
Title
Papers of Nicholas Hasluck
Date Range
1957-2000
Collection Number
MS 8328
Extent
11.55 metres (74 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 sound/av carrier)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Abstract
Correspondence, reviews, files about literary and cultural organisations, a few legal papers, manuscript and typescript drafts of Hasluck's novels, poetry, plays and other literary works, together with papers of Hasluck's father, Sir Paul Hasluck.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers consist of manuscripts and typescript drafts of Hasluck's novels, poetry, plays and other literary works. In addition, there are letters from publishers, agents and other writers, reviews of his books, files about literary and cultural organisations and a few legal papers. Other material includes manuscripts, typescripts, book reviews and correspondence relating to Hasluck's father, Sir Paul Hasluck.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2880276).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Nicholas Hasluck, National Library of Australia, MS 8328, [series/file number]'.

Provenance

Nicholas Hasluck presented his manuscripts and papers to the National Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1991. A further addition was made in 2000.

Papers of his father, Sir Paul Hasluck, are held at MS 5274 and MS 1313. The Oral History Collection holds recording of interviews with Sir Paul and Lady Hasluck (TRC 11, 57/1B, 84, 92, 122/1, 503/3, 503/21, 1966 and DeB 525).

Arrangement

The papers have been organised into nine series.

Biographical Note

Nicholas Hasluck was born in Canberra on 17 October 1942, the son of Paul and Alexandra Hasluck. He was educated at Canberra Grammar School, the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. Since 1968 he has practised as a lawyer in Perth and in 2000 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council in 1978-1982. In December 1998, Hasluck was appointed Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for a three-year term.

Hasluck has published the following works: Poetry: Anchor (Perth, 1976); On the edge (Perth, 1981); Chinese Journey (Perth, 1985). Novels: Quarantine (Melbourne, 1978); The blue guitar(Melbourne, 1978); The hand that feeds you (Perth, 1982); The Bellarmine jug (Perth, 1984); Truant state (Melbourne, 1987); The country without music (Melbourne, 1990); The Blosseville file (Melbourne, 1992); A grain of truth (Melbourne, 1994); Our Man K (1999). Stories: The hat on the letter O (Perth, 1978). Essays: Collage; recollections and images of the University of Western Australia (Perth, 1987). Offcuts from a legal literary life (Perth, 1993). Play: Van M (Melbourne, 1990).

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence, 1971-1998

Correspondence about Hasluck's writings mainly with publishers, editors and agents and occasionally with other writers. Correspondents include Judith Rodriguez, Ian Templeman, Ray Coffey, Richard Walsh, Caroline Hobhouse, Murray Pollinger, Gina Pollinger, Kay Ronai, Frances Kiernan, David Foster, Helen Daniel, Bruce Sims, Brian Dibble, Penguin Books, Judy Barry, Lynn Allen, Peg McColl, Simon Ambrose, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, David Galef, Rosemary Sorensen, Alison Greenwood, Bruce Bennett, Tom Shapcott, Clayton Joyce, Manning Clark, Rod Moran, Dinny O'Hearn, Robert Manne and Christopher Koch.

[Title not available], 1971-1973 (File 1)

[Title not available], 1975-1976 (File 2)

1978 (File 3)

[Title not available], 1978-1979 (File 4)

[Title not available], 1979-1980 (File 5)

[Title not available], 1979-1980 (File 6)

[Title not available], 1980-1982 (File 7)

[Title not available], 1982-1983 (File 8)

[Title not available], 1983-1987 (File 9)

[Title not available], 1984-1985 (File 10)

1985 (File 11_12)

1986 (File 13_16)

[Title not available], 1986-1987 (File 17)

[Title not available], 1987-1988 (File 18)

1988 (File 19)

[Title not available], 1988-1989 (File 20)

1989 (File 21)

1990 (File 26_27)

[Title not available], 1990-1991 (File 28_30)

[Title not available], 1991-1992 (File 31_32)

[Title not available], 1993-1994 (File 33_35)

[Title not available], 1995-1998 (File 36_38)

Correspondence and other papers on the 1926 Forest River Massacre, 1994-1998 (File 39_42)

Correspondence re Clarke Brothers (The Bushrangers, 1988) (File 43)

Correspondence re The Country without music, 1990 (File 44)

Correspondence re Van M, 1988-1994 (File 45_48)

Series 2. Manuscripts of books, 1978-1999

Subseries 2_1. Quarantine (1978)

Notes and outline (File 1)
Manuscripts (File 2)
Typescripts (File 3_9)
Revised versions (File 10)
Film synopsis, 1986 (File 11)
Copies of book (File 12_13)
Correspondence re production Quarantine telemovie/screenplay, 1994 (File 164)
Drafts of the telemovie/screenplay, 1994 (File 165_170)

Subseries 2_2. The hat on the letter O (1978)

Typescripts (File 14_22)
Copies of book (File 23_35)
Typescript (File 171)

Subseries 2_3. The blue guitar (1980)

Typescripts (File 23a_25c)
Film treatment (File 26_27)
Film script (File 28_30)
Typescript of radio play (File 31)
Copies of books (File 32_33)
Correspondence about The blue guitar as a radio play, 1987-1991 (File 172)
Typescript of play and copy of L. Nowra radio play entitled The Widows (File 173_176)
Copy of book (File 177)

Subseries 2_4. The hand that feeds you (1982)

Typescript (File 34)
2nd version typescript (File 35)
3rd version typescript (File 36)
Typescripts (File 37_42)
Manuscripts (File 43_37)
Typescripts (File 48_51)

Subseries 2_5. The Bellarmine jug (1984)

Background material (File 52_70)
Original typescript (File 71)
Typescripts, 1981 (File 72_75)
Manuscripts, 1981 (File 76_81)
Typescripts, July 1981 (File 82_87)
June 1983 (File 88_93)
Typescripts (File 94_96)

Subseries 2_6. Chinese journey (1985)

Typescript (File 97)

Subseries 2_7. Truant state (1987)

Publisher's copy (File 98)
Manuscript (File 99_103)
Typescripts (File 104_107)
Original photocopy (File 108)
Control copy (File 109_112)
Typescripts (File 113_115)
Typescripts and report by H. Daniel (File 116)
Final drafts (File 117)
Summary file (File 118_121)
Typescripts and synopses (File 122_123)

Subseries 2_8. Collage (1987)

Typescripts (File 124_126)
Manuscript (File 127_130)
Typescripts (File 131_132)
Background material (File 133_138)
Background material and correspondence, 1987-1988 (File 139_140)

Subseries 2_9. The country without music (1990)

Typescript (File 141)
Background material (File 142)
Background material and plot summary (File 143)
Discarded drafts (File 144)
Typescript and correspondence (File 145)
Background material (File 146_161)
Manuscripts (File 162)
Typescript (File 163)

Subseries 2_10. The Blosseville file (1992)

Typescript (File 178_183)
Typescript (File 184)
Typescript (File 185_188)
Edited copy marked for typesetting (File 189_190)
Typescript with extensive annotation (File 191_195)
Typescript proof, letters and background material (File 196_198)
Proofsheet (folio) (File 199)

Subseries 2_11. A Grain of truth (1994)

Court transcripts and background research material (File 200_213)
Background material, newspaper cuttings and audio tape, 1988-1994 (File 214_222)
Handwritten notebooks and photocopy of incomplete draft, 1991 (File 223_224)
Penultimate draft, and letters, 1992 (File 225_227)
Drafts and clean copy of draft, 1992 (File 228_239)
Manuscript amended with extensive annotations, April 1993 (File 240)
Typescript drafts, June 1993 (File 241_249)
Discarded versions and Hasluck's notebook (File 250)
Draft of final version, July 1993 (File 251_253)
Typescripts drafts and note outlining the development of the drafts (File 254_262)
Disks (File 263_267)
Typescript drafts, June, July, September (editorial work) 1993 (File 268_275)
Proof of typescript and incomplete typescript, September 1993 (File 276_280)
Typescript copy of final version and typescript, November 1993 (File 281_286)
Typescript extracts and some correspondence about dust jacket design (File 287_288)
Publicity and copies of reviews, 1993-1995 (File 289_291)
Copy of the book (File 292)
Research notes in alphabetical arrangement (File 293)
Typescripts, November 1993 (File 294_295)
Proofsheets (folio) (File 296)

Subseries 2_12. Our Man K (1999)

Typescript drafts and various extracts, 1996 (File 297_301)
Manuscript, 1997 (File 302_305)
Clean copy of typescript (File 306_309)
Typescript, February 1998 (File 310_317)
Typescript with extensive annotations, February 1998 (File 318_321)
Incomplete typescript and original version, February 1998 (File 322_324)
Various typescripts (some incomplete) with annotations and correspondence, 1998 (File 325_340)
Corrected proofs and manuscript of article and notes (File 341_345)
Typescript with amendments, July 1998 (File 346)

Series 3. Manuscripts of unpublished works, 1978-1989

This series comprises draft material and correspondence relating to Hasluck's poetry volume 'A brief ambition'.

Typescripts (File 1)

Manuscript (File 2)

Final outline (File 3)

Typescript, 1979 (File 4_6)

Manuscript (File 7_8)

Typescripts (File 9)

Typescript, 1978 (File 10_12)

Typescript of selected poems and correspondence, 1989 (File 13)

Series 4. Other manuscripts, 1988-1993

This series includes Hasluck's writings for theatre and television.

In folder 31 there is an index listing.

Subseries 4_1. Van M (1990)

Van M (play): typescript (File 1_2)
Manuscript synopsis, 1987 (File 24)
Typescript drafts and copies, 1989-1991 (File 25_27)

Subseries 4_2. Cityscapes (1990)

Typescripts, copies and letters, 1990 (File 28_30)

Subseries 4_3. The Clarke Brothers (1989)

Background research material (File 31_32)
Typescripts, 1988 (File 34_35)

Subseries 4_4. Other manuscripts

Miscellaneous prose manuscripts (File 3_11)
'The local legion': typescripts (File 12)
'Silhouettes and satires': typescripts (File 13)
Anchor and other poems: typescript (File 14)
Miscellaneous poetry manuscripts (File 15_23)
'Matinees': final draft (File 23a)

Subseries 4_5. Offcuts from a legal literary life (1993)

Manuscript (File 36)
Typescripts (File 37_38)
Typescript and background material (File 39_40)
Typescript (File 41_42)
Typescript with annotations, research photographs and correspondence, 1992-1993 (File 43_44)

Series 5. Book reviews, 1978-1999

Cuttings and photocopies of reviews of Hasluck's books

[Title not available], 1978-1984 (File 1)

[Title not available], 1984-1988 (File 2)

[Title not available], 1989-1999 (File 3)

Miscellaneous reviews and reports, 1978-1984 (File 4)

The Country without music: newspaper reviews, 1990-1991 (File 5)

Series 6. Literary papers, 1978-2000

This series incudes files relating to Hasluck's involvement with the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) comprising correspondence, minutes, agendas and newsletters. He has been an active member of the ASA and advises the organisation about legal matters, such as copyright issues. The series comprises papers that Hasluck has presented at writers' festivals and his reviews of other writers' works.

Launching of Quarantine, 1978 (File 1)

Promotion of The Bellarmine jug, 1984 (File 2_3)

Photocopies of articles about the Freshwater Bay Press (File 4)

Australia Council, 1980-1981 (File 5)

International PEN, Perth Centre, 1985 (File 6)

Writer-in-Residence, National University of Singapore, 1985 (File 7_8)

Publicity for Country without music (1990) (File 9)

Review of The Lawyer and the Libertine, 1998 (File 10)

PEN, 1977-1991 (File 11_13)

Australian Society of Authors, 1983-1992 (File 14_24)

Review of The Lawyer and the Libertine and research notes, 1985-1988 (File 25_27)

Reviews of other writers work, 1976-1988 (File 28)

Papers presented at writers' festivals and critique of Hasluck's work, 1995-2000 (File 29_30)

Series 7. Legal papers, 1976-1992

Since 1968 Hasluck has practised as a barrister in Perth. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2000. The series includes conference papers and material on litigation involving the Western Australia Opera.

International Law Association Conference, Madrid, 1976 (File 1_4)

General instructions about Hasluck's practice, during his absence overseas and papers about a Law and Literature Conference, 1991-1993 (File 5)

Legal case about the Western Australian Opera, 1992 (File 6)

Series 8. Miscellaneous papers, 1983-1992

Photocopy of part of the screenplay Chinatown by Robert Towne, including notes. Draft, part one, Eureka Stockade, by Tom Hegarty and newspaper articles relating to other writers' work, 1983 (File 1)

Newspaper reviews of other plays and notes, 1988-1992 (File 2)

Copy of the book The country without music (File 3)

Series 9. Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, 1957-1997

Nicholas Hasluck has played an active part in editing and organising the posthumous publication of the writings of his father. The series comprises drafts of books and Nicholas Hasluck's correspondence with publishers. There are papers relating to Paul Hasluck's published works, Light that time has made (1995) and The chance of politics (1997).

Subseries 9_1. Miscellaneous papers, 1995

"Paul Hasluck: The War Years" (Item NLA.MS-VID001155) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-035
1 item, Ausmag, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc
Synopsis of video recording Paul Hasluck: The war years (File 1)
The war years film/documentary project and letters of Nicholas Hasluck, 1995 (File 2_6)

Subseries 9_2. Light that time has made (1995)

Typescripts, edited with a post script by Nicholas Hasluck (File 7_21)

Subseries 9_3. Chance of politics (1997)

Typescript edited by Nicholas Hasluck with annotations (File 22_24)
Disk of revised introduction, extracts and correspondence with publisher, photocopies of letters of Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Eric Harrison, 1957-1997 (File 25_28)
Typescript (File 29)
Reviews and articles by Sir Paul Hasluck in Quadrant, 1977-1988 (File 30_35)

Container List

Series File Box
1 1-8 1
1 9-17 2
1 18-25 3
1 26-33 33
1 34-40 34
1 41-48 35
2 1-5 4
2 6-13 5
2 14-19 6
2 20-28 7
2 29-35 8
2 36-42 9
2 43-51 10
2 52-68 11
2 69-75 12
2 76-84 13
2 85-89 14
2 90-93 15
2 94-99 16
2 100-106 17
2 107-114 18
2 115-118 19
2 119-125 20
2 126-134 21
2 135-141 22
2 142-153 23
2 154-161 24
2 162-163 32
2 164-170 36
2 171-177 37
2 178-181 26
2 182-183 27
2 184 32
2 185-190 38
2 191-198 39
2 199 Folio box 1
2 200-203 40
2 204-207 41
2 208-211 42
2 212-216 43
2 217-221 44
2 223-230 45
2 231-235 46
2 236-243 47
2 244-246 48
2 247-254 49
2 255-262 50
2 268-275 263-267 missing 51
2 276-283 52
2 284-288 53
2 289-292 54
2 293-295 74
2 296 Folio box 1
2 297-304 55
2 305-312 56
2 313-320 57
2 321-325 58
2 326-327 59
2 328-329 60
2 330-336 61
2 337-345 62
2 346 74
3 1 24
3 2-8 25
3 9-12 26
3 19-22 27
3 13 63
4 1-2 27
4 3-14 28
4 15-23a 29
4 24-27 63
4 28-35 64
4 36-38 65
4 39-44 66
5 1-4 30
5 5 66
6 1-4 30
6 5-8 31
6 11-17 67
6 18-24 68
6 25-30 69
7 1-4 31
7 5-6 69
8 1-3 31
9 1 31
9 2-10 70
9 11-19 71
9 20-26 72
9 27-35 73

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