Guide to the Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman
MS 1634
National Library of Australia
| Date completed: | August 1991 |
| Last updated: | November 2008 |
This finding aid was revised and published with the assistance of the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust
Table of Contents
Summary
Introduction
Scope and Content
Access
Copying and Publishing
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Access Terms
Biographical Note
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Family correspondence
Series 2 General correspondence
Series 3 Correspondence with individuals
Series 4 Correspondence with publishers
Series 5 Correspondence arranged by subjects
Series 6 Greeting cards and invitations
Series 7 Diaries and notebooks
Series 8 Writings
Series 9 Organisations, associations and societies
Series 10 Business and finance
Series 11 Memorabilia
Series 12 Newspaper cuttings
Series 13 Publications
Series 14 Photographs and slides
Series 15 Miscellaneous
Series 16 Geoff Drake-Brockman
Series 17 Jull Family
Series 18 Books
Series 19 Objects
Series 20 Folio items
Container List
Summary
| Creator: | Drake-Brockman, H. (Henrietta), 1901-1968 |
| Title: | Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman |
| Date Range: | 1882-1975 |
| Collection Number: | MS 1634 |
| Extent: | 10.95 metres (73 boxes) |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia |
Introduction
Scope and Content
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.
Copying and Publishing
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Henrietta Drake-Brockman, National Library of Australia, MS 1634, [series and/or folder number]'.
Access Terms
Personal Names
Howarth, R.G. (Robert Guy), 1906-1974; Morris, Myra; Porter, Hal, 1911-1984; Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969; Skinner, M. L. (Mary Louisa), 1876-1955; Stewart, Douglas, 1913-1985; Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey, 1886-1977; Drake-Brockman, Julia; Drake-Brockman, Paris, 1927-2000; Drake-Brockman, Anne; Hasluck, Paul, Sir, 1905-1993; Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972; McCrae, Hugh, 1876-1958; Moore, John, Sir, 1915-; Jull, Martin Edward, 1861-1917; Burgoyne, Geoffrey Landerdale, 1878-1969; Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954; Gilmore, Mary, Dame, 1865-1962; Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta, 1872-1961;
Corporate Names
International P.E.N.; Fellowship of Australian Writers; Australian Society of Authors; Angus & Robertson; Australian Association for Cultural Freedom;
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 1956-1957. She was awarded an O.B.E. in 1967 and died in 1968.
Series List and Descriptions
Series 5 Correspondence arranged by subjects
Folder 1 Australian Short Stories : Correspondence re World Classics series selected by Walter Murdoch 1947-1948
Folder 11 Collie Church, West Australia: Correspondence and data collected on the South West 1948-1955
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
Series 8 Writings
Folder 22 Typescripts of articles (one article by Geoff Drake-Brockman), for Texas Quarterly and some related correspondence 1961-1962
Folder 24 Correspondence and typescripts and newspaper cutting regarding articles in Minneapolis Quarterly 1948
Folder 33-38 Articles and novels on the West and North West of Australia, including research material, notes and notebooks
Folder 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
Series 9 Organisations, associations and societies
Folder 2-3 Australian Association for Cultural Freedom: Correspondence, reports, circulars and memos 1954-1967
Folder 5-6 Australian Society of Authors: Minutes of meetings, reports, some correspondence 1961-1987
Folder 8 Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition: Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings 1951
Folder 10 English Association: Reports, memoranda 1957-1962, presidential addresses 1954-64 (incomplete)
Folder 14-18 Fellowship of Australian Writers: Reports, meeting of the Commonwealth council, some related correspondence, minutes of meetings 1961-1964
Folder 20 Fellowship of Australian Writers: Printed material: Fellowship,Volume 1 Number 1 - Number 4 1944
Folder 24 International P.E.N. Congress, New York,programs, notes, speeches and newspaper cuttings 1966
Folder 27 University of Western Australia 1918-1950
Conferring of degrees, annual reports and guide to documents and publications relating to the history of West Australia and 'Guide to University of W.A.'
Folder 29-30 University of W.A. Friends of Library 1945-1967
Minutes of meetings, two letters and miscellaneous printed and roneoed material
Series 10 Business and finance
Series 12 Newspaper cuttings
Subseries 12.1 Personal scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings of family and friends
Folder 1-7 Scrapbooks with loose cuttings and photos interleaved, 1917-1964
Subseries 12.2 Newspaper cuttings on subjects and research material collected
Folder 8-41 Alphabetically arranged files
Series 13 Publications
Suberies 13.1 Magazines and journals containing writings by Henrietta Drake-Brockman
The journals include Walkabout with index to articles and short stories (1942-1955), Westerly(5 issues, 1967-1968), Southerly (1967-1968), Kenyon Review 1968), and The Critic Vol 1 (1) 1961 - vol 6 (5) 1965 (incomplete).
Series 14 Photographs and slides
Series 15 Miscellaneous
Suberies 15.1 Personal
Folder 1 Desk calendars (with few annotations) 1940-1958
Folder 2 Three prayer books
Folder 3 Notes from a medical journal on contraception. Miscellaneous notes
Folder 4 Doctors' prescriptions, receipts and miscellaneous items
Folder 5 Sketch of Henrietta, and certificate for a radio play competition
Folder 6 Miscellaneous notes
Folder 7 Photocopies of catalogue cards
Folder 8 Mounted literary quotations and typscripts of stories (by others)
Folder 9 Passports, bank book, driver's licence and other documents
Folder 10 Obituaries of Henrietta Drake-Brockman 1968, also correspondence concerning exhibition of Women and Writing 1975
Series 16 Geoff Drake-Brockman
Subseries 16.1 Personal papers
Folder 1-4 Correspondence and notes, 1916-1918
Folder 5 Letters from Harold Greenway, 1944-1945
Folder 6-7 Personal papers 1916-1941, 1963
Subseries 16.2 Geoff Drake-Brockman's writings
Folder 8 Manuscript: Adventure into memory
Folder 9-12 Typescript: The turning wheel,
Folder 13 Autographed book: The turning wheel, 1960
Folder 14 Typescripts and draft of article and speech, also article by K.M. Durack, 1946
Folder 15 Newspaper cuttings and printed material, 1934-1971
Series 17 Jull Family
Subseries 17.1 Martin E. Jull
Folder 1 Letters to Martin E. Jull, 1882-1916
Folder 2 Documents, indenture, marriage and death certificates, also extracts from birth, death and marriage registers, 1852-1921
Folder 3 Will 1901 also obituary notes 1921
Folder 4 M.E. Jull estate, 1936-1960
Folder 5 Extracts of diary 1883-1984 and transcript of a diary, 1899
Subseries 17.2 Dr Roberta Jull nee Stewart
Folder 6-7 Letters to Roberta Jull, 1901-1959
Folder 8 Letters from Paris and Julia, 1939-1945
Folder 9 Documents: marriage certificate, medical history and will, 1872
Folder 10 Notes on family history and biographical notes, 1895-1955
Folder 11 'The tale of a family', reminiscences of Roberta Jull, notebook with loose notes and letter interleaved
Folder 12 Obituary and biographical notes on Roberta Jull (nee Stewart), 1961-1965
Folder 13 Correspondence and notes with Dr J.E. Ferguson, 1900-1912
Folder 14 Estate of Roberta Jull
Folder 15 Letters of Ferguson Stewart to his wife, 1916
Folder 16 Fanny Ellen Jull: will and family correspondence re estate of Fanny E. Jull, 1950
Folder 17 Transcript of diary of Charles Slade Abraham, 1873
Folder 18 Diary of Lt-Col. Dr. J. Ferguson Stewart, C.O., 10th Australian Field Ambulance, AIF, Middle East and France, 1916
Container List
| Box | Series | Files |
| 1 | 1 | 1-10 |
| 2 | 1 | 11-10 |
| 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 |
| 19 | 7 | 1-20 (items) 1912-34 |
| 20 | 7 | 21-52 (items) 1933-68 |
| 21 | 7 | 53-78 (items) 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 | 12/1 | 1-7 |
| 38 | 12/2 | 8-16 |
| 39 | 12/2 | 17-25 |
| 40 | 12/2 | 26-33 |
| 41 | 12/2 | 34-41 |
| 42 | 12/3 | 42-50 |
| 43 | 12/3 | 51-58 |
| 44 | 12/3 | 59-67 |
| 45 | 12/3 | 68-74 |
| 46 | 12/3 | 75-81 |
| 47 | 12/4 | 82-86 |
| 48 | 12/4 | 87-95 |
| 49 | 12/4 | 96-97 |
| 49-51 | 13/1 | Magazines and journals |
| 52-55 | 13/2 | Travel brochures and maps |
| 56 | 13/3 | Catalogues and programs |
| 57-62 | 14/1 | Photographs, snapshots and negatives |
| 63-65 | 14/2 | Slides |
| 66 | 15/1 | 1-7 |
| 67 | 15/1 | 8-10 |
| 67 | 15/2 | 11 |
| 67 | 15/3 | 12-14 |
| 68 | 16/1 | 1-7 |
| 69 | 16/2 | 8-14 |
| 70 | 17/1 | 1-5 |
| 70 | 17/2 | 6-10 |
| 71 | 17/2 | 11-18 |
| 72 | 18 | Books |
| 73 | 19 | Objects |
| 73 | 20 | Folio items |