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Series 1: Correspondence received and drafts of correspondence sent by Patrick White, 1939-1994 (bulk 1970s-1990s)
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence (inwards), 1939-1991

 

Folder 1 Correspondence from May-Brit Akerholt, 1987-1990
Folder 2 Correspondence from James Allison, 1980s
Folder 3 Correspondence from Neil Armfield, 1980-1982
Folder 4 Correspondence from Luciana Arrighi (Chetwynd), c.1980
Also includes a children's book by Luciana Chetwynd, Seawater and the dragon
Folder 5 Correspondence from Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981-1994
Also includes list of artworks White deeded to the Gallery in his will
Folder 6 Correspondence from Peter Bleesens, 1984
Includes photograph of Bleesens and dog
Folder 7 Correspondence from Maie Casey, 1976-1979
Includes 2 limited edition volumes of verse by Maie Casey, Melba re-visited and Verses
Folder 8 Copy of poem 'The banana shed' signed by John Coleing, n.d.
Folder 9 Correspondence from H.C. 'Nugget' Coombs, 1988
Includes photograph of baby named Patrick White II
Folder 10 Correspondence from Ruth Cracknell, 1979
Folder 11 Correspondence from Roy de Maistre, 1968-1974
Includes press cuttings, obituaries and other ephemera
Folder 12 Correspondence from Desmond Digby, 1963
Includes photocopy of outgoing letter by Patrick White to Desmond Digby, press cuttings and other ephemera
Folder 13 Volumes presented to Patrick White by Desmond Digby, n.d.
Includes inscribed copy of Waltzing Matilda, illustrated by Desmond Digby, and volume of press cuttings concerning Malcolm Fraser, Sir John Kerr, Peter Sculthorpe and other social and cultural figures
Folder 14 Correspondence from Geoffrey and Ninette Dutton, 1982
Includes undated series of black & white and colour photographs of White and Lascaris with Dutton Family at Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Folder 15 Correspondence from Nick Enright, 1984
Folder 16 Correspondence from Lady Mary Fairfax, 1981-1988
Christmas cards including family photographs and news
Folder 17 Correspondence from Elizabeth Falkenberg, 1979-1990
Includes press cuttings, mostly of European architecture
Folder 18 Correspondence from Fitzgerald, Halliday and Co., 1967
Fitzgerald, Halliday and Co. acted for White in matters relating to mineral rights
Folder 19 Hand painted postcard by David Garland, 1971
Folder 20 Correspondence from Peggy Garland, 1980-1984
Includes photograph of Peggy Garland's son, David Garland and his dog, and a copy of Crafts magazine with an article about David Garland's pottery
Folder 21 Correspondence from Dorothy Green, 1986
Folder 22 Correspondence from Graham C. Greene, 1981-1990
Graham C. Greene was White's publisher at Viking Press
Folder 23 Correspondence from Marion Hardman, 1975
Folder 24 Correspondence from Bill Hayden, 1983
Folder 25 Correspondence from Christine Hiller, n.d.
Folder 26 Correspondence from Myfanwy Horne, n.d.
Folder 27 Correspondence from Barry Jones, 1990
Includes an article by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 'The first circle'
Folder 28 Correspondence from Reverend Kevin V. Joyner, 1975-1983
Includes a number of religious publications by Joyner
Folder 29 Correspondence from E.W. Irwin, 1964
Folder 30 Correspondence from Michael King, 1984
Includes several photographs of White and King
Folder 31 Correspondence from Axel Kruse, 1982
Includes a copy of an article by Kruse, 'How to read the literary hoax of the century', together with draft reply by White
Folder 32 Correspondence from Nicholas Kyriacos, 1989
Folder 33 Correspondence from Elizabeth Knight, 1988
Includes a pamphlet on Centennial Park
Folder 34 2 photographs and a memorial booklet for 'Lizzie' Kirk, 1975
Folder 35 Correspondence from Stephen Layford, n.d.
Folder 36 Correspondence from Robert Liddell, 1976
Folder 37 Correspondence from Charles Lloyd-Jones, 1982
Folder 38 Correspondence from Noel O'Neill, 1986-1988
Folder 39 Correspondence from Barbara Mobbs, 1989
Folder 40 Article about Jim McClelland, inscribed to Patrick White, 1985
Folder 41 Correspondence from Keitha Montefiore, 1990
Concerns naming of school, 'Mandala'
Folder 42 Correspondence from Gwen and David Moore, n.d.
Folder 43 Correspondence from Jinx and Sidney Nolan, 1982
Includes 2 cards hand-painted by Sidney Nolan and a photocopy typescript of an unpublished poem by White, 'Aspects of Mrs Fraser', dedicated to Sidney Nolan, together with several black & white Axel Poignant photographs of Nolan and White
Folder 44 Correspondence from the Olsens, n.d.
Folder 45 Correspondence from Rudolph Oertel, 1977
White stayed with and studied German with the Oertel family in Hanover during the 1930s
Folder 46 Correspondence from Elly Polymeropoulos (nee Lascaris), n.d.
Folder 47 Correspondence from Max Renton, 1979
Folder 48 Correspondence from Hilda Richardson, 1939
Hilda Richardson was White's housekeeper at 13 Eccleston Street Victoria S.W. 1, London
Folder 49 Correspondence from Salman Rushdie, 1985
Folder 50 Correspondence from Gina Schien, n.d.
Folder 51 Correspondence from Jim Sharman, 1984-1991
Includes black & white photograph of White and Sharman
Folder 52 Correspondence from Martin Sharpe, n.d.
Includes typescript of 'VII sermones ad mortuos' by Carl Jung
Folder 53 Correspondence from John Sligo, 1974
Folder 54 Correspondence from Kylie Tennant, 1983
Folder 55 Correspondence from Acton Tyler Coppin, 1989
Hand-made card
Folder 56 Correspondence from Ero and Stathis Tzahanatzis, n.d.
Folder 57 Correspondence from Tom Uren, 1989
Folder 58 Correspondence from Gunther Wagner, 1990
Folder 59 Correspondence from Thea Waddell, 1984
Folder 60 Correspondence from Kerry Walker, 1987
Includes black & white photographs, ephemera, and typescript copy of 'Knuckledusters: The jewels of Edith Sitwell', 1987, words by Kerry Walker, music by Nigel Butterley
Folder 61 Correspondence from Ronald Waters [?], n.d.
Folder 62 Correspondence from William Yang, 1989
Folder 63 Correspondence from Peter Yeend, 1988
Includes photograph of White's father, from the Archives of The King's School (Sydney, NSW)
Folder 64 Correspondence from unidentified writers
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