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Series 12: Business papers, c. 1912-1971

Comprises Items 1-928.

The series consists of correspondence, financial and property management papers, and publishing and employment contracts. It includes: Slessor's income tax returns; royalty statements from Angus and Robertson; correspondence concerning payment of taxes; bills and receipts for medical and school fees; correspondence with Oxford University Press, Macmillan, Angus and Robertson, Oswald Ziegler Publications, Collins, Thomas Nelson and Jacaranda Press about copyright fees and payments; and correspondence concerning payment for Slessor's work as an editor of The Penguin book of Australian verse (1958).

Insurance policies and receipts, correspondence about superannuation, and correspondence, agreements and rent accounts relating to Slessor's properties at Elizabeth Bay and Chatswood are also held. Agreements with Angus and Robertson deal with the publication of One hundred poems (1944), Poems (1962), Six voices (1963) and Selected prose (1968, which was published as Bread and wine in 1970). A contract with Consolidated Press Limited, dated 12 March 1957, relates to his employment as a journalist with the Daily Telegraph.

 

Folder 1 Business and taxation papers, 1937-1949
Comprises Items 1-35.
Folder 2 Business and taxation papers, 1950-1959
Comprises Items 36-162.
Folder 3 Business and taxation papers, 1960-1967
Comprises Items 163-357.
Folder 4 Business and taxation papers, 1968-1969
Comprises Items 358-469.
Folder 5 Business and taxation papers, 1970-1971
Comprises Items 470-568.
Folder 6 Business papers, largely relating to insurance, 1947-1971
Comprises Items 569-691.
Folder 7 Property management papers for 712 Pacific Highway and correspondence regarding its sale, 1912, c. 1929-1971
Comprises Items 692-913.
Folder 8 Publishers' agreements and an employment contract with Consolidated Press, 1944, c. 1957-1968
Comprises Items 914-928.
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