MS 1634
Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901-1968)



Scope and Content Note

  • Papers
  • 1882-1975
  • 9.5 metres (73 boxes)
  • Available for reference

The papers comprise correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, diaries, photographs, cuttings and research material relating to the life and writings of Henrietta Drake-Brockman. The collection also contains some papers of the Jull and Stewart families.

Biographical Note

Henrietta Jull was born in Perth in 1901. In 1921 she married Geoff Drake-Brockman, then Commissioner for the far north west of Australia. They travelled extensively in north western Australia and this formed the basis of her articles for the West Australian and her novels Blue north (1934), The younger son (1937) and The fatal days (1947).

Drake-Brockman also wrote for the theatre in the 1930s and 1940s. She was co-editor with Walter Murdoch of Australian Short Stories (1951).

Drake-Brockman joined the Sydney branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1939 and was one of the founders of the West Australian Branch, becoming president in 1941 and again in 1956-57. She was awarded an O.B.E. in 1967 and died in 1968.

Series List

  1. Family correspondence
  2. General correspondence
  3. Correspondence with individuals
  4. Correspondence with publishers
  5. Correspondence arranged by subjects
  6. Greeting cards and invitations
  7. Diaries and notebooks
  8. Writings
  9. Organisations, associations and societies
  10. Business and finance
  11. Memorabilia
  12. Newspaper cuttings
    • Personal
    • Subjects and data collected
    • Miscellaneous (in date order)
    • Articles and stories
  13. Publications
    • Magazines and journals
    • Travel brochures and maps
    • Catalogues and programs
  14. Photographs
    • Photographs, snapshots and negatives (see also folio item 1) Slides
  15. Miscellaneous
    • Henrietta Drake-Brockman material
    • Sir John Moore
    • Department of External Affairs
  16. Geoff Drake-Brockman
  17. Jull Family
    • Martin E. Jull
    • Dr Roberta Jull nee Stewart
  18. Books
  19. Objects
  20. Folios (3 items)

Series Description

Series 1. Family correspondence

Files

1 - 6        To parents 1901-46                                    
7 - 9        From parents 1912-47                                  
10           From family and friends 1916-18                       
11 - 20      From Geoff Drake-Brockman 1915-56                     
21 - 37      To Geoff Drake-Brockman                               
38 - 46      Between Julia Drake-Brockman and parents              
47 - 59      Between Julia and John Moore 1948-67                  
60 - 66      From Paris Drake-Brockman 1935-53                     
67 - 73      From Paris and Anne Drake-Brockman 1954-68            
74           To Paris Drake-Brockman and his family 1963-68        
75 -78       Letters and cards from grandchildren mostly undated   
             (c.1950-60)                                           

Series 2. General correspondence

Files

1 - 24       1929 -1968                                            
25 - 28      Telegrams and congratulations on OBE 1967             

Series 3. Correspondence with individuals

Files

1            Burgoyne, Geoff 1938-68                                  
2            Brooke, Sir Charles Vines 1944-46                       
             Dare, G.F.                                              
3            Dark, Eleanor 1948                                      
             Davison, Harley 1956-59                                 
             Duncan, Catherine 1945                                  
4            Foreman, Violet 1962-66                                 
5            Franklin, Miles 1943-54                                 
6            Gilmore, Dame Mary 1940-53                              
7            Glaskin, Gerald Marcus 1955-63                                   
8            Greenway, Harold 1944-50                                
9 - 11       Hasluck, Alix and Paul 1940-65                          
12           Hawker, Patience 1916-17                                
13 - 14      Hill, Bob and Ernestine 1938-64                         
15           Howarth, R.G. 1949-54                                   
16 - 17      McCrae, Hugh 1936-40                                    
18           Mitchell, Elyne 1950-58                                 
             Moore, Tom Inglis. 1936-40                              
             Murdoch, Sir Walter 1938-61                             
19           Morris, Myra 1947-57                                    
20           Mulgrue, Ethel and George 1941-61                       

Files

21           Muscio, Mildred 1938-52                                 
22           Porter, Hal 1956-67                                     
23           Prichard, Katharine S. 1932-53                          
24           Skinner, Mollie 1939-58                                 
25           Stewart, Douglas 1941-61                                

Series 4. Correspondence with publishers

Files

1 - 5        Angus and Robertson 1941-67                                
6            Frank Johnson 1945-63                                      
7            Stuart Sayers (The Age) 1964                               
8            Various publishers 1945-63                                 
9            Van Dishoeck (Spiegel, Bussum)1946                         

Series 5. Correspondence arranged by subjects

Files

             Australian Short Stories                                   
1            Correspondence re World Classics series selected by        
             Walter Murdoch 1947-48                                     
2            Correspondence with Walter Murdoch and others              
3            Letters of permission, lists and short stories             
4            Correspondence including some newspaper clippings          
             1946-1957                                                  
                                                                        
             Ballarat                                                   
5            Correspondence, notes, notebook and data collected 1944    
                                                                        
             Batavia                                                    
6            Correspondence and photographs 1964-67                     
7            Correspondence, transcripts of articles 1966-67            
8            Photograpic reproductions of documents, maps etc           
             concerning Batavia.                                        
                                                                        
             Busselton, West Australia                                  
9            Notes, notebook copies of letters and printed material     
             1966                                                       
10           Transcript of Fanny Bussell's diary 1872-96                
                                                                        
             Collie Church, West Australia                              
11           Correspondence and data collected on the South West        
             1948-55                                                    
                                                                        
             Canning Stock Route                                        
12           Correspondence and notes 1942-45                           
                                                                        
             Fatal Days                                                 
13           Correspondence, newspaper clippings, comments and          
             review of novel                                            
                                                                        
             Joseph Furphy                                              
14 - 15      Correspondence 1947-65 regarding the Furphy bequest        
             and some photographs.                                      
                                                                        
             Kalgoorlie                                                 
16           Letter, draft and article 1965-66                          
                                                                        
             John Boyle O'Reilly                                        
17           Correspondence regarding O'Reilly's escape from            
             prison in 1869, photographs and newspaper cuttings.        

Series 6. Greeting cards and invitations

Files

1 - 5        Mostly Christmas cards [n.d.]                              
6 - 7        Invitations  1901-67                                       

Series 7. Diaries and notebooks

This series contains notebooks, pocket diaries, appointment diaries, and calenders, some with loose notes and newspaper cuttings interleaved, arranged in date order.

Items

1 - 61       1912-62                                                      
62 - 76      Notebooks [n.d.]                                             
77 - 78      Recipe books with notes and newspaper clippings interleaved  

Series 8. Writings

Files

1            High school compositions and essays 1913-16                   
2 - 3        Essays, poems and short stories 1916- ?                       
4            Oxford Anthology 1947 (notebook)                              
5            Short stories and fictions for Verandah tales                 
6            Four notebooks with short stories                             
7            Untitled manuscript [n.d.]                                    
8 - 9        Poems by Henrietta Drake-Brockman and others, undated         
10 - 21      Articles and short stories, typescripts and drafts            
22           Typescripts of articles (one article by Geoff                 
             Drake-Brockman),                                              
             for Texas Quarterly  1961-62 and some related correspondence  
23           Typescripts, notes and some correspondence for articles in    
             Quadrant 1967                                                 
24           Correspondence and typescripts and newspaper cutting          
             regarding articles in Minneapolis Quarterly 1948              
25 - 31      Typescripts, draft and sketches of short stories and          
             articles                                                      
                                                                           
32           Correspondence relating to the publishing of short stories    
             1937-39                                                       
33 - 38      Articles and novels on the West and North West of Australia,  
             including research material, notes and notebooks              
39 - 44      When the Americans came typescripts (2 copies)                
45           Australian legendary tales typescript and correspondence      
             with publishers                                               
46 - 50      Australian dictionary of biography articles on                
             C.E. Broadhurst, E.R.Brockman, Maitland Brown, A.P.Bussel,    
             including research material, notes and correspondence         
51 - 55      Australian writers and their work Katharine S                 
             Prichard: typescript, biographical notes, research            
             material and correspondence.                                  
56 - 59      Television scripts and related correspondence 1963-68         
60 - 61      'The Destroyer' typescript of a play, notes and               
             correspondence  1959-64                                       
62 - 66      Miscellaneous radio plays and related correspondence 1958-61  
67 - 70      Broadcasts and radio talks  1966                              
71 - 72      Reviews for books, shows and theatre                          
73 - 79         Lectures and speeches                                      

Series 9. Associations, societies, organisations

Files

               Art Gallery Society                                           
1            Constitution, minutes of meetings 1951-53                       
             Australian Association for Cultural Freedom                     
2 - 3        Correspondence, reports, circulars and memos 1954-67            
4            Miscellaneous printed material.                                 
             Australian Society of Authors                                   
5 - 6        Minutes of meetings, reports, some correspondence 1961-87       
7            Miscellaneous publications.                                     
             Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition, 1951                 
8            Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings.                  
             Commonwealth Literary Fund                                      
9            Correspondence 1957, 1963                                       
             English Association                                             
10           Reports, memoranda 1957-62, presidential addresses              
             1954-64 (incomplete).                                           
             Fellowship of Australian Writers                                
11 - 12      Constitution, presidential addresses 1940-49                    
13           Correspondence 1952-64                                          

Files

14 - 18      Reports, meeting of the Commonwealth council, some              
             related correspondence, minutes of meetings,1961-64             
19           Circulars 1952-58                                               
20           Printed material: Fellowship,  Volume 1 Number 1 -              
             Number 4, 1944                                                  
             International P.E.N.                                            
21 - 23      Correspondence, circulars, memoranda and newsletters            
24           International P.E.N. Congress, New York, 1966                   
             programs, notes, speeches and newspaper cuttings                
             Theatre Groups, Repertory Club                                  
25           Correspondence, constitutions and rules 1947-67                 
             Theosophical Society                                            
26           Correspondence, newspaper clippings and printed material        
             1938-56                                                         
             University of Western Australia                                 
27           Conferring of degrees, annual reports and guide to documents    
             and publications relating to the history of West Australia      
             1918-50, and 'Guide to University of W.A.'                      
             University of W.A. Golden Jubilee, 1963                         
28           Invitations, programs and addresses to convocation.             
             University of W.A. Friends of Library                           
29 - 30      Minutes of meetings, two letters and miscellaneous              
             printed and roneoed material, 1945-67                           
             University of W.A. Summer Art School                            
31 - 32      Correspondence, articles, notes and creative                    
             writings by students, 1963-64                                   
             Westerly                                                        
33           Minutes and correspondence of the editorial                     
             committee meetings, 1964-65                                     

Series 10. Business and finance

Files

1 - 3        Perpetual Trustees & Co: correspondence relating to               
             Mrs Hill and Gordon Walker 1944-45, and estates of                
             Dr Roberta Jull and others 1960-67                                
4            Accounts and receipts (European trip 1962)                        
5            Miscellaneous bank statements and receipts 1961-65                

Series 11. Memorabilia

Files

1 - 3        Five sketchbooks 1911 with pressed flowers interleaved             
4            Sketchbook and manuscript 'The Little Mermaids' by Henrietta       
             Jull, 1911                                                         
5            Two autograph books of Henrietta Jull 1912, 1916                   
6            Watercolour painting, one print and sketch                         
7            Sketchbooks and school publications of Julia and Paris             
8            Drawings and sketchbook of grandchildren                           

Series 12. Newspaper cuttings

Subseries 1. Scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings of family and friends

Files

1 - 7        Scrapbooks 1917-64 with loose cuttings and photos interleaved        

Subseries 2. Newspaper cuttings on subjects and research material collected

Files

8 - 41       Alphabetically arranged files                                       

Subseries 3. Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings

Files

42 - 81      Cuttings in date order 1933-81                                      

Subseries 4. Newspaper cuttings of articles and short stories

Files

82 - 86      Scrapbooks 1929-62 with articles and a novel:                         
             The disquieting sex, Consolidated Press, 193-?                        
87 - 97      Cuttings of short stories and reviews                                 

Series 13. Publications

Subseries 1. Magazines and journals containing writings by Henrietta Drake-Brockman

             Walkabout 1942-55 with index to articles and short stories           
             Westerly 1967-68, 5 issues                                           
             Southerly 1967-68, 1 issue                                           
             Kenyon Review 1968, 1 issue                                          
             The Critic  Vol 1 (1) 1961 -  vol 6 (5) 1965 (incomplete)            
             Miscellaneous magazines and journals                                 

Subseries 2. Travel brochures and maps

Qantas Airways brochures, travel guides, maps with personal 	
notes and annotations

Subseries 3. Catalogues and programs

Museums and exhibition catalogues, theatre and art programs

Series 14. Photographs and slides

Subseries 1. Photographs and negatives

Family portraits, photographs and portraits of friends,
snap shots and negatives, souvenir post cards from Asia and Europe,
and a box of photographs of Abrolhos and Wallabi Islands

Subseries 2. Slides

Slides acquired on travels in Asia  and Europe

Series 15. Miscellaneous

Subseries 1. Personal

Files

1               Desk calendars 1940-58 (with few annotations)                 
2               Three prayer books                                            
3               Notes from a medical journal on contraception                 
                Miscellaneous notes                                           
4               Doctors' prescriptions, receipts and miscellaneous items      
5               Sketch of Henrietta, and certificate for a radio play         
                competition                                                   
6               Miscellaneous notes                                           
7               Photocopies of catalogue cards                                
8               Mounted literary quotations and typscripts of stories (by     
                others)                                                       
9               Passports, bank book, driver's licence and other documents    
10              Obituaries of Henrietta Drake-Brockman 1968, also             
                correspondence                                                
                concerning exhibition of Women and Writing   1975             

Subseries 2. Sir John Moore

File

11              Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission            
                transcript of proceedings 20 August 1959, recording             
                presentation of Justice Moore as Presidential Member of the     
                Commission                                                      

Subseries 3. Department of External Affairs

Files

12              Material on Vietnam 1966-68                                    
13              Addresses and speeches by Minister for External Affairs Paul   
                Hasluck 1966-67                                                
14              Information Bulletin 1966-67 and Current Notes on              
                International Affairs 1944                                     

Series 16. Geoff Drake-Brockman

Subseries 1. Personal papers

Files

1 - 4           Correspondence and notes 1916-18                               
5               Letters from Harold Greenway 1944-45                           
6 - 7           Personal papers 1916-41, 1963                                  

Subseries 2. Geoff Drake-Brockmans' writings

Files

8               Manuscript: Adventure into memory                              
9 -12           Typescript: The turning wheel                                  
13              Autographed book: The turning wheel 1960                       
14              Typescripts and draft of article and speech, 1946, also        
                article by K.M. Durack                                         
15              Newspaper cuttings and printed material 1934-71                

Series 17. The Jull Family

Subseries 1. Martin E. Jull

Files

1               Letters to Martin E. Jull 1882-1916                            
2               Documents, indenture, marriage and death certificates, also    
                  extracts from birth, death and marriage registers 1852-1921  
3                 Will 1901 also obituary notes 1921                           
4               M.E. Jull estate 1936-60                                       
5               Extracts of diary 1883-84 and transcript of a diary 1899       

Subseries 2. Dr Roberta Jull (nee Stewart)

6 -7            Letters to Roberta Jull 1901-59                                
8               Letters from Paris and Julia 1939-45                           
9               Documents: marriage certificate 1872, medical history and      
                will                                                           
10              Notes on family history and biographical notes 1895-1955       
11              'The tale of a family', reminiscences of Roberta Jull,         
                notebook with loose notes and letter interleaved               
12              Obituary and biographical notes on Roberta Jull (nee           
                  Stewart) 1961-65                                             
13              Correspondence and notes with Dr J.E. Ferguson 1900-12         
14              Estate of Roberta Jull                                         
15              Letters of Ferguson Stewart to his wife 1916                   
16              Fanny Ellen Jull: will 1950 and family corespondence           
                  re estate of Fanny E. Jull                                   
17              Transcript of diary of Charles Slade Abraham 1873              
18              Diary of J. Ferguson Stewart 1916                              

Series 18. Books

Books of Dr Roberta Jull and Henrietta Drake-Brockman

Series 19. Objects

Paint box and pallets and lady's belts

Series 20. Folio items

File

1              Posters, photos and book plates                                 
2              Certificate of O.B.E., and issues of The Western Mail           
3                Souvenir issues of The Graphic 1911                           

Box List

Box                 Series                  Files                                        
1                   1                       1-10                                         
2                   1                       11-20                                        
3                   1                       21-28                                        
4                   1                       29-37                                        
5                   1                       38-46                                        
6                   1                       47-55                                        
7                   1                       56-64                                        
8                   1                       65-74                                        
9                   1                       75-78                                        
9                   2                       1-5                                          
10                  2                       6-15                                         
11                  2                       16-24                                        
12                  2                       25-28                                        
12                  3                       1-6                                          
13                  3                       7-15                                         
14                  3                       16-25                                        
15                  4                       1-9                                          
16                  5                       1-8                                          
17                  5                       9-17                                         
18                  6                       1-7                                          
19                  7                       1-20  (items) 1912-34                        
20                  7                       21-52   "     1933-68                        
21                  7                       53-78   "     undated                        
22                  8                       1-9                                          
23                  8                       10-19                                        
24                  8                       20-28                                        
25                  8                       29-38                                        
26                  8                       39-46                                        
27                  8                       47-55                                        
28                  8                       56-62                                        
29                  8                       63-70                                        
30                  8                       71-79                                        
31                  9                       1-8                                          
32                  9                       9-17                                         
33                  9                       18-24                                        
34                  9                       25-33                                        
35                  10                      1-5                                          
36                  11                      1-8                                          
37                  12 Subseries 1          1-7                                          
38                  12 Subseries 2          8-16                                         
39                                          17-25                                        
40                                          26-33                                        
41                                          34-41                                        
42                  12 Subseries 3          42-50                                        
43                                          51-58                                        
44                                          59-67                                        
45                                          68-74                                        
46                                          75-81                                        
47                  12 Subseries 4          82-86                                        
48                                          87-95                                        
49                                          96-97                                        
49-51               13 Subseries 1          Magazines and journals                       
52-55               13 Subseries 2          Travel brochures and maps                    
56                  13 Subseries 3          Catalogues and programs                      
57-62               14 Subseries 1          Photographs, snapshots and negatives         
63-65               14 Subseries 2          Slides                                       
66                  15 Subseries 1          1-7                                          
67                                          8-10                                         
67                  15 Subseries 2          11                                           
67                  15 Subseries 3          12-14                                        
68                  16 Subseries 1          1-7                                          
69                  16 Subseries 2          8-14                                         
70                  17 Subseries 1          1-5                                          
70                  17 Subseries 2          6-10                                         
71                                          11-18                                        
72                  18                      Books                                        
73                  19                      Objects                                      
                    20                      Folio items