MS 4887
Papers of Frank Hardy (1917-1994)
Papers
1931 1988
33.88m. (242 boxes) + 39 folio packages + 1 elephant folio item
Access: Entire collection is restricted folio item 1 in Series 3
which is closed until 2014.
The papers of the writer Frank Hardy were purchased by the Library in
seven instalments between 1975 and 1988.
The collection is large and documents Hardy's career as a writer,
television and radio panellist, guest speaker, and member of the Communist
Party of Australia. His papers consist of correspondence, diaries, drafts
of his published works, notes, notebooks, scrap books, tape recordings and
photographs.
Material relating to his principal works form the largest part of the
collection. It includes correspondence much research material, early
drafts, annotated typescripts, scrap books containing reviews, as well as
copies of the published texts. The collection also contains papers
connected with political and literary organisations; material relating to
the Power without Glory trial; biographical and critical material
on Henry Lawson, Russian poet Evgenii Yevtushenko, and writings by others.
There is correspondence with publishers and fellow writers in Australia
and overseas, 1946-1973; and letters from Martin Boyd, Eric Lambert, the
Palmers, Neville Shute, Jack Lindsay, Howard Fast, Owen Webster, family,
friends and communist party comrades. Photos include Hardy in Russia,
Europe, United States and Australia, historical material of revolutionary
Russia, and post war Poland.
The original instalment (Boxes 1-166) is organised into thirty-seven
series, which are described briefly. The additional instalments (Boxes
167-215) are listed partly by series and partly by inventory of files.
Other holdings
The script of Hardys 1958 play Black diamond is held at MS
718. Cuttings relating to the Power without glory case are held at
MS 2765.
In the National Librarys Oral History Collection are approximately
25 cassettes and tape recordings, many of Hardy dictating (TRC 367 and TRC
2613). There are also interviews with Hardy at ORAL TRC 4/2B and ORAL DeB
80.
In the National Librarys Microform Collection is a microfilm of
press reports on the Cairns Unemployment Riot of 1932, taken from
newspapers.
The Library of the Australian Defence Force Academy holds further papers
of Frank Hardy (mss G261).
Frank Hardy, the fifth of the eight children of Thomas and Winifred
Hardy, was born on 21 March 1917 in Southern Cross, Victoria. Later the
family moved to Bacchus Marsh, where Hardy attended school until the age
of thirteen. For the next few years he was a seasonal worker and in 1937
moved to Melbourne. In that year Radio times published a selection
of his cartoons. In 1940 Hardy married Rosslyn Couper and they had three
children, Frances, Alan and Shirley. From 1954 they made their home in
Sydney.
Whilst Hardy was in the Army and stationed in the Northern Territory, he
started writing poetry and anecdotes for his Unit's paper Troppo
tribune, which he edited during 1943 and 1944. In 1944 he joined the
staff of the army magazine Salt. Later his short stories 'A
stranger in the camp' and 'The man from Clinkapella' won competitions and
soon his work was being accepted by Coast to Coast and the Guardian.
Many of his early stories were written under the pseudonym Ross Franklyn.
After the war, Hardy worked part-time as a journalist and began research
for his first novel Power without glory. It was published in 1950
and almost immediately Hardy was arrested on a charge of criminal libel. A
sensational court case resulted in his acquittal. A television series
adapted from the novel was shown by the ABC during 1976. Earlier, his book
The hard way (1961) had documented the writing of Power
without glory and the subsequent court case.
Hardy joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1940. As its candidate
he twice unsuccessfully sought public office: in 1953 as a Senate
candidate for Victoria, and in 1955 for the seat of Mackellar (NSW) in the
House of Representatives. In 1955 and again in 1967 he was rejected for a
position on the National Committee of the CPA.
After moving to Sydney in 1954, Hardy re-formed the Realist Writers'
Group which he had joined in Melbourne in 1945. From 1958 until 1966 he
was a member of the editorial committee of the Realist writer. In
addition, he was a member of other literary organisations: the
Australasian Book Society, the Fellowship of Australian Writers,
International PEN and the Australian Society of Authors. He was twice
awarded literary fellowships: by the New South Wales Government in 1969
and by the Commonwealth Literary Fund in 1972.
Apart from being the author of best-selling novels and short stories
which have been translated into German, Russian and Czechoslovakian, Hardy
became known as a contributor to newspapers and periodicals, a television
and radio panellist, a book reviewer and a guest speaker. He also wrote
plays, including Who was Henry Larsen (first performed 1984)
and Faces in the street (first performed 1988, published 1990),
which were both based on Henry Lawson.
Hardy's principal works are Power without glory (1950), The
four-legged lottery (1958), The hard way (1961), Legends
from Benson's Valley (1963), The yarns of Billy Borker (1965),
The unlucky Australians (1968), The outcasts of Foolgarah
(1971), and But the dead are many (1975).
Frank Hardy died in 1994.
References
Cavenagh, R.H. The fiction of Frank Hardy (Dissertation
presented to the Department of New England for the degree of Bachelor of
Letters, 1972).
Oxford companion to Australian literature. 2nd ed. Melbourne,
OUP, 1994
List of instalments
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February 1975-February 1977 (Original consignments) |
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Boxes 1-157 (Series 1-30) |
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Addition July 1978 |
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Boxes 158-166 (Series 31-37) |
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Addition October 1979 |
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Box 167 (Series 10 and 32, corresponding to original series) |
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Addition November 1982 |
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Boxes 168 198 (inventoried) |
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Addition June 1984 |
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Boxes 199 215 (inventoried) |
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Addition March 1988 |
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Boxes 216-242 (inventoried) |
- Family correspondence
- Business papers
- General correspondence
- Diaries
- Notebooks
- General press-cuttings
- General publications
- 'Power without glory (1950) and The hard way
(1961)
- Journey into the future (1952)
- The four-legged lottery (1958)
- Legends from Benson's Valley (1963)
- The yarns of Billy Borker (1965)
- The unlucky Australians (1968)
- The outcasts of Foolgarah (1971)
- The needy and the greedy (1974)
- But the dead are many (1975)
- Dramatic works
- Short stories
- Radio and television scripts
- Henry Lawson material
- Other writings, including songs
- Maritime worker
- Realist writers' groups
- Literary organisations
- Principal literary awards
- Political papers
- Evgenii Yevtushenko
- Writings by others
- Tape recordings
- Photographs, cartoons and posters
- You nearly had him that time (1977)
- 'Voices off'
- 'Leap seven times in the air'
- 'Sea novel'
- Miscellaneous notes, papers and printed material
- Citizens for Democracy
- Who shot George Kirkland: a novel about the nature
of truth (1981)
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Note: Details of folio items have been inserted to put them in the
context of their relevant series. For details of standard box quantities,
see the Box List at the end of the finding aid.
| Series 1 |
Family Correspondence |
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Hardy's family correspondence consists almost entirely of letters he
received from his wife Rosslyn and children Frances, Alan and Shirley.
They were written during his trips to Europe in 1962-63, 1965 and 1968
and during months spent in Darwin in 1966. |
| Series 2 |
Business Papers |
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This series contains an incomplete set of taxation returns
(1941-71); domestic and medical accounts and receipts (1953-73); bank
statements (1957-72); cheque butts (1952-72); contracts, and
statements of royalties received from The Bodley Head Ltd, Thomas
Nelson (Australia) Ltd, A.H. and A.W. Reed, William Heinemann Ltd,
Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd, and Festival Records Pty Ltd. |
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See also 1988 addition (box 216) for further business papers. |
| Series 3 |
General Correspondence |
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Although the letters date from 1943, the bulk of the general
correspondence was written after 1960 and consists of letters Hardy
received and copies of some he wrote. His correspondents were mostly
Australian and overseas writers, publishers and fellow members of the
Communist Party. Their letters discuss ideologies, literature,
publishing, royalties, translations, travel and television and radio
work.
During 1955 and 1956 Hardy was secretary of the Powderworks Road
Transport Committee which was a community group working towards
improved transport arrangements for residents of Harbord. The
correspondence between Hardy and New South Wales Governments is
included.
From the late 1960s he became increasingly in demand as a guest
speaker and lecturer. Many of these requests are in this series. Hardy
received many letters from writers seeking help with their
manuscripts.
The series also contains correspondence between Hardy and the actor
James Mason written during 1973, after they met in Europe. At that
time they discussed a proposed film to be produced from a script by
Hardy and with Mason as the star. The film did not eventuate. |
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Further letters appear throughout the collection in their relevant
series as well as in the 1982 addition (boxes 168-174) and the 1988
addition (boxes 216-220).
Folio Item 1 Letters from Elena A. Buratakov (sealed at Hardys
request until 20 years after his death i.e. 2014) |
| Series 4 |
Diaries |
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This series contains Hardy's diaries for the years 1944, 1952,
1955-57, 1959, 1963-69 and 1972. None is complete and some are almost
empty. Many contain records of meetings, appointments, telephone
numbers, details of hours worked and literary plans. There are also
eleven small books which record the Hardy's visit to Europe in
1962-63. Part was written by Rosslyn Hardy. |
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For further diaries, see the 1982 addition (boxes 175-178), the 1984
addition (box 208) and the 1988 addition (box 220-221). |
| Series 5 |
Notebooks |
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Hardy's notebooks vary in size and many are undated. Some contain
notes written during trips to Europe, others contain drafts of his
stories, including the first draft of The man from Clinkapella
in a book marked 1945-46. Hardy's literary plans and other
notes are contained in a large book commenced in 1960 and completed in
1966. Rosslyn Hardy's shorthand books (1963) contain letters dictated
by her husband. Notebooks dealing with a particular monograph have
been placed in their relevant series. |
| Series 6 |
General press cuttings |
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Hardy organised cuttings from Australian and overseas newspapers and
periodicals into 25 folio sized scrap books (1946-82). They contain
reviews of his publications, copies of many of his short stories and yarns
and personal references. A number of loose cuttings complete this
series. Cutting have also been placed in relevant series throughout
the collection as well as the 1982 addition (boxes 196-198), the 1984
addition (boxes 207-208) and the 1988 addition (boxes 221-224). |
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Folio Items 2-28 Twenty five folio sized scrap books + 2 packages of
loose cuttings. |
| Series 7 |
General publications |
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Monographs, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, programs and travel
brochures have been placed here. They cover the years from 1960 until
1970 and reflect Hardy's deep involvement with Eastern European
politics and literature, and with Australian literature, the theatre,
television, the film industry and politics. The many publications
relating to Communism are in Series 26, Political papers. |
| Series 8 |
Power without glory (1950) and The hard way
(1961) |
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This series contains correspondence, typed transcripts of the Wren
v. Hardy case, manuscript and typescript drafts of the above books,
hand-written and typed notes, reviews, research material and newspaper
cuttings.
The correspondence includes letters, telegrams and postcards written
mostly from 1950 to 1962. It is arranged chronologically with undated
letters placed last. It includes letters from Australian writers Eric
Lambert, K.S. Prichard and Martin Boyd, American, European and Russian
writers, Communist Party associates, personal friends and vehement
anonymous critics.
The drafts of Power without glory are incomplete, undated,
and often unnumbered. These pages have been sorted as closely as
possible to the pagination of the first edition, published in 1950 by
the Realist Printing and Publishing Co. Melbourne. The drafts of The
hard way are more systematically arranged in five handwritten and
typed drafts made between 1953 and 1959.
Research material includes 8" x 5" subject cards, jottings
on scrap paper and miscellaneous printed matter later incorporated
into the above book.
Typescripts of Hardy's trial cover proceedings at the Melbourne
Court of Petty Sessions 16-19 January 1951, and at the Victorian
Supreme Court proceedings, 15, 18 December 1950, in the Argus law
reports 10 July 1951: pp. 1552-62.
Other material includes copies of the Newsletter published
by Brian Fitzpatrick for the Frank Hardy Defence Committee, Hardy's
lecture notes, newspaper cuttings during 1950 of the early, middle and
late 1950s, undated handwritten notes for the TV adaptation of Power
without glory, and an annotated proof of Niall Brennan's 1968
study John Wren: gambler. |
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Further material is located in the 1984 addition (boxes 212-213). |
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Folio Item 29 Water colour sketch by Counihan advertising book |
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Folio Item 30 Sketch (ink) |
| Series 9 |
Journey into the future (1952) |
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Journey into the future was a report on a trip to Russia by
Frank and Rosslyn Hardy in 1951-52. It was published by the
Australasian Book Society in August 1952.
The series contains hand written and typed drafts, annotated copies
of the final manuscript and annotated copies of the published
paperback text. A small number of letters received by Hardy in 1952
after publication of the book complete the series. |
| Series 10 |
The four-legged lottery (1958) |
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Hardy's novel The four-legged lottery follows a gambler's
fortunes in Melbourne during the period 1930-50. It was first
published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd in London in 1958. Later
publications were by World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd (1959),
Horwitz (1969), Gold Star Publications (1972) and Rigby (1976). There
are German, Russian and Czechoslovakian translations.
Handwritten and annotated typescript drafts, copies of the completed
manuscript notes for a film treatment of the novel written in 1969,
and a small number of letters complete the series. Hardy's
correspondence with publishers William Heinemann Ltd who represented
T. Werner Laurie Ltd in Australia, and with Curtis Brown Ltd and The
Bodley Head in London, dates from 1957 until 1970. In addition there
are letters received from readers after the original publication of
the book.
Further material is located in the 1979 addition. |
| Series 11 |
Legends from Benson's Valley (1963) |
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Legends from Benson's Valley, a collection of short stories
based on Hardy's recollections of his boyhood in Bacchus Marsh, was
first published in 1963 by T. Werner Laurie Ltd. Later it was
published by Horwitz (1967) and Rigby (1976). There was a Russian
translation in 1964. Its moments like these, published
by Gold Star Publications in 1972, comprised of all the stories in
Legends from Benson's Valley with the exception of The
eviction of Ernie Lyle.
The papers contain Hardy's correspondence with his publishers from
1960 until 1973, letters from critics, and his negotiations in 1973
with the ABC concerning radio adaptation rights. There are also notes,
manuscript and typescript drafts of the stories, unfinished and
unpublished stories and the scripts of the ABC radio adaptation. |
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See also 1988 addition (box 224). |
| Series 12 |
The yarns of Billy Borker (1965) and 'Billy Borker yarns again'
(1967) |
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In 1964 ABC television screened a series of ten episodes based on
Hardy's Billy Borker stories. In the following year a selection of
stories, The yarns of Billy Borker, introduced by Clement
Semmler and illustrated by Vane, was published by A.H and A.W. Reed. A
sequel Billy Borker yarns again was illustrated by Paul Rigby
and published in 1967 by Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. Billy Borker
stories were also published in The Sun News - Pictorial and
The Northern Territory News.
The papers contain letters which Hardy received from people
contributing anecdotes, Vane's sketches and illustrations,
hand-written and typescript gallery proofs of the first book,
transcripts of media interviews and press cuttings. |
| Series 13 |
The unlucky Australians (1968) |
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In early 1968 Frank Hardy went to Wave Hill in the Northern
Territory to assist the Gurindji tribe in their struggle for better
working conditions and for land rights. The result of this involvement
covering 1968-72 was the book, The unlucky Australians (1968,
reprinted 1972).
This series includes material gathered during 1968-72 from people
and groups inside and beyond Australia who had earlier been or were
later to become involved in the struggle, including students,
politicians, churchmen, trade unionists and academics. In the material
are letters, articles, press cuttings, newsletters, reports,
government publications, illustrations, maps, photographs and posters.
Correspondence with Abschol, the Northern Territory Council for
Aboriginal Rights, the World Council of Churches, Federal
parliamentarians Jim Keeffe, Gordon Bryant and Tom Uren, film maker
Cecil Holmes and others comprises one box of the collection. Hardy's
articles in Tribune, The Australian, The Northern Territory News
and Tharunka, press cuttings and issues of the journals
Origin and Aboriginal Quarterly take up several boxes.
There are also four drafts (handwritten and typed) of The unlucky
Australians, printed matter including a confidential report on a
trip to Wattie Creek by Abschol director P.W. Matthews in mid 1970,
parliamentary publications and reports such as that of the minutes of
the Parliamentary standing Committee on Public Works relating to a
road new Wave Hill (1963); and the scripts of the film The unlucky
Australians (1973).
Some tapes of conversations Hardy had with Aboriginal activists
Vincent Lingiari, Pincher Martin and Dexter Daniels in 1968 have been
transferred to the Oral History Collection (TRC). |
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Folio Item 31 Folio package of maps, photographs and sketches |
| Series 14 |
The outcasts of Foolgarah (1971) |
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This satire published as a novel in 1971 went through several
versions (fictional, dramatic and cinematic) under such titles as 'We
the Garbos' and 'It all started over nothing' between 1956 and 1970
before assuming its final form. This series mainly comprised seven
complete and twelve incomplete drafts as well as the computer printout
and galley proofs of these versions. Other related material includes
comments, notes, research data, publications, sketches, press cuttings
and reviews.
The correspondence in the series includes letters from Geoffrey
Dutton, Owen Webster, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, Allara Publishing
and replies from Frank Hardy. It covers 1957-1971. |
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Folio Item 32 Computer printouts |
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Folio Item 33 Sketches for advertising |
| Series 15 |
The needy and the greedy (1974) |
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The needy and the greedy: humorous stories of the racetrack
by Hardy and jockey George Athol Mulley was published in 1975 by Libra
Books, Canberra.
The papers contain a typescript copy of the manuscript, Hardy's
extensive handwritten notes, and a small number of letters containing
anecdotes on racing. Hardy received these from readers during
1970-1971 after his articles, under the by-line of Athol Mulley were
published in Sydney newspapers, The Sun (1970) and The
Daily Mirror (1971) and in Racetrack and international
breeding review (1972). The series also contains a copy of the
agreement dated 11 April 1968 between Mulley and Hardy, and The
Sun newspaper, and Hardy's correspondence with his solicitors
Murphy and Moloney, and Roy F. Turner, Jones and Co. during 1972-1973
concerning his alleged overpayment by Mirror Newspapers Limited. A
xerox copy of the counter claim Hardy and Mulley v. Mirror Newspapers
Limited is included. |
| Series 16 |
But the dead are many (1975) |
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But the dead are many : a novel in figure form was published
in 1975 by the Bodley Head in Australia (Pty) Ltd. The novel was
commenced during a visit to Russia in 1962-63, but revised radically
during the next ten years. After several drafts (in turn entitled
'This way and forever', 'Journey into the past' and 'They eat their
babies in Russia') the book reached its final form: a novel on the
life of an Australian communist and his moral and spiritual conflicts,
which he resolved by suicide.
The papers contain a hand-written synopsis of a proposed book dated
March 1963, hand-written and typescript copies of the final book,
extensive revision notes, research material and Hardy's correspondence
concerning the novel with publishers the Bodley Head, Andre Deutsch
and his agent Curtis Brown (Aust.) Pty Ltd during the years from 1964
until 1972. |
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See also 1982 addition (boxes 180 and 189-190). |
| Series 17 |
Dramatic works |
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This series includes works written for the stage but not film, radio
and television which are included in series 19, and not dramatisations
of the authors major works which are allocated to the relevant
series for the work concerned. The series contains two three act
plays, Black diamonds and Ringbolter, and
various smaller productions. This series has been subdivided into
three sections.
'Black diamonds' was originally shown at the New Theatre, Melbourne,
in 1958. Papers include letters and correspondence written between
1958 and 1964 about the staging of the play and critical evaluations
of it; hand and typewritten drafts; and pamphlets, notes and news
cuttings about Cessnock, NSW, where a strike of coal miners in 1957
inspired Hardy to write the play.
'Ringbolter's first public performance occurred at a reading
at the Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, in 1964. It subsequently won the Dame
Mary Gilmore Award in the same year. Papers include correspondence
(1961-1967) to and from Melbourne and Sydney theatres and comments and
criticism about the play by Mona Brand, Doris Fitton, John McCallum
and others. Also included are hand and typewritten drafts, printed
songs, a glossary of terms used in the play and miscellaneous notes.
Other theatrical productions which are represented in this series
are 'Other Qualities' (1945); 'Nail on the wall (1951); 'All
these wees shall serve (1956, 1958, 1965); The legend of
Don Quince' (synopsis of a play); and 'Music while you work'.
Correspondence in this section broadly covers 1946, 1955 and 1960-1972
including letters to and from Dorothy Hewett, Barry Oakley, Joan
Littlewood, the New Theatre of East Sydney and the Theatre Council of
Western Australia. Other papers include drafts of the plays, a
glossary of terms and notes. |
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See also series 33 Leap seven times in the air. |
| Series 18 |
Short stories |
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Frank Hardy had been a prolific writer of short stories since 1944
when his 'Stranger in the camp' won the School of Modern Writers
competition. This series includes hand-written and typed drafts of
stories from 1944 to 1970, journal and newspaper cuttings of published
stories, and correspondence with publishers and editors of anthologies
and periodicals in which Hardy's works appeared.
The letters cover 1945, 1946, 1947, 1957-70 and include negotiations
with Australian, English, American, German, Russian and
Czechoslovakian publishers of anthologies like Coast to Coast,
newspapers as varied as the Melbourne Sun and Moscow's Izvestia
and periodicals ranging form the Australian Women's day to the
American Harpers.
Published material includes cuttings from Textile Topics,
Progress, Meat Industry Journal and The Clerks, (1946-48)
as well as some more recent material from the Sydney Tribune
and The Daily Mirror, (1960-65).
Drafts of short stories including 'The load of wood' (1945); 'The
Mirror' (1947); 'The Returned soldier' (1950); 'Good as ever' (1957)
and 'The Daily Double' (1970). |
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See also series 32 Voices off. |
| Series 19 |
Radio and Television work |
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This series contains correspondence, scripts of plays written by
Hardy for radio and television, and scripts of Hardy's own television
appearances.
The letters date from 1946 until 1972, and consist of those he
received from the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the British
Broadcasting Corporation, ATN Channel 7 Sydney, Fauna Bonaparte,
Crawford Productions Pty Ltd, Australian Sound and Television Pty Ltd
and broadcasting station 2GB Pty Ltd. Fan mail to Hardy is also
included.
Hardy's scripts for radio and television plays have been arranged
chronologically with those undated placed last. Letters, notes and
research material have been kept with the scripts where this was the
original order. Some of the early radio plays were written under the
pseudonym Ross Franklyn. The plays include Usual
women, Jacky-Jacky gentleman, bushranger and penal
reformer, The man who knew all the answers, Bony
and the mouse (adapted from Arthur Upfields Bony series), One
pair of eyes, The load of wood (adapted form Hardy's
short story), Cobb and Co. Party (for children) and The
snag. There are also scripts for Australia Project - North
West written for the Commonwealth Film Unit, Call me by my
proper name based on the story outline Man alone by
Cecil Holmes, God save the Queen, The cockie in
Bungaree and episodes for the series Our man in Canberra
(1971), the Mavis Bramston Show and 66 and all that.
Many notes and scripts for the ABC program Would you believe
it series 1-5, 1970-1974 have been organised together and form a
large part of the series.
Also included are typescripts of the interviews Hardy made with Tony
Morphett on the ABC television series Spectrum in 1966 and
with Marius Webb on the ABC radio program Books and ideas
in 1972 concerning David Ireland's book The unknown industrial
prisoner. |
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See also 1982 addition (boxes 180-184), 1984 addition (including box
210 and 211) and the 1988 addition (boxes 224-225). |
| Series 20 |
Henry Lawson material |
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Hardy wrote a fictional account of the poet Henry Lawson
(1867-1922). His research into Lawson's life covered some years.
This series includes a typed and manuscript version of the
screenplay 'Larsen completed in 1974, together with
miscellaneous material (press cuttings, copies of Lawson's letters and
poems, cards maintained by Hardy in chronological and subject order
and some letters.
Material in this collection appears to have been collected from the
early 1950s to 1973. |
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Folio Item 34 Outline of Larsen |
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See also the additions for 1982 (box 185), 1984 (box 205) and 1988
(boxes 226-233). |
| Series 21 |
Other writings |
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This collection of Hardy's writings consists of articles, forewords,
lectures and reviews. Where correspondence, research material, notes
and drafts accompany them, this arrangement has been kept.
Included in the series are copies of The troppo tribune
which Hardy edited during 1943-44 whilst he was in the Army at
Mataranka, Northern Territory; Hardy's introduction to Memorial
collection of the works of Ambrose Palmer: man and artist of the
people (1953); his introduction to Dorothy Hewett and Mervyn
Lilley's book of poetry (1963); and a review of Clement Semmler's book
The Banjo of the bush (Lansdowne, 1967).
Hardy attended a seminar Literature in Australia at the
University of New England, Armidale in January 1965. Notes, drafts and
typescripts of his paper, Environment and ideology in Australian
literature (a personal experience) are included here. Again, in
January 1967 he attended New England University as a consultant tutor
at the Writers' Retreat. In these papers, apart from his notes and
writings are letters and manuscripts Hardy received from his students.
His paper The novelist's craft delivered in 1970 at a
Summer School at New England is also included.
From 1966 until 1973 he wrote and revised words for the song Sydney
Town. These drafts, notes and letters from Rolf Harris are
placed here.
Papers concerning Hardy's attendance at the Adelaide Festival of
Arts in 1970 including notes for addresses and printed material.
Hardy contributed articles to newspapers and periodicals. Included
here are collections of research material, notes, drafts and
typescripts of his work on John Gorton (1969) Katharine Susannah
Prichard (1970), Tharunka (1972) and Sidney Sparkes Orr
(1973). |
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See also the additions for 1982 and 1988 (boxes 233-237). |
| Series 22 |
Maritime worker |
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During 1959 and 1960 Hardy was advertising manager of The
Maritime Worker, the official organ of the Waterside Workers'
Federation. The series consists of copies of Hardy's official letters
and a small number of replies, together with an incomplete set of The
Maritime Worker for the years 1959 and 1960. |
| Series 23 |
Realist Writers' Groups |
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The Realist Writers' Group was formed in Melbourne in 1944 as a
working class literary movement. Hardy joined the group in 1945
and when he moved to Sydney in 1954 he re-formed the Sydney group. A
national council of Realist Writers was set up in 1960 with Hardy the
foundation president. In 1966 he was created a life member.
The Melbourne group published the Realist writer from 1952
until 1954 when it was incorporated in Overland and edited by
Stephen Murray-Smith. Dissatisfaction with Overland's
editorial policy led, in 1958, to the Sydney group publishing its own
journal, The Realist Writer, edited by Hardy. He remained
editor until 1962 and a member of the editorial board until 1966. From
1960 The Realist Writer became the organ of the national
council and in 1964 its title was changed to The Realist.
The series contains records of the Sydney Realist Writers' Group
(1954-66) the National Council of Realist Writers (1960-1966),
correspondence between Hardy and contributions to The Realist
Writer (1958-64) and The Realist (1964-66) and the
correspondence between Hardy and Stephen Murray-Smith concerning the
policies of Overland during the years 1955-1958.
Contributions to the realist publications include Mona Brand, Betty
Collins, Dorothy Hewett, Mervyn Lilley, Joan Hendry, Enid Morton and
Lea Cox. Copies of the Melbourne Realist Writer v.1 nos. 1-8,
March 1952 - April 1954, The Realist Writer (Sydney) v.1 nos
1-4, 1960, v.1 no. 1 1961, no. 13, 1963 and The Realist, nos.
15 and 16, 1964 are also included. |
| Series 24 |
Literary organisations |
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This series contains the papers Hardy accumulated as a member of the
Australian Society of Authors, the Australasian Book Society, the
Fellowship of Australian writers and International P.E.N. Each group
has been arranged as a subseries. |
| a) |
The Australian Society of Authors was launched in Sydney on 15 May
1963 and by the end of that year there were members in all states. The
subseries contains a small number of letters to Hardy from the
secretary Jill Hellyer but the bulk of the papers consist of records
of the Society for ten years from 1963. They include an invitation to
the inaugural meeting, a copy of the constitution, notices of
meetings, circulars, quarterly and annual reports, copies of Broadside
v. 1 no. 1, September 1963 to v. 5 no. 3, April 1968, and printed
material.
Hardy represented the A.S.A. on the convening committee of the
National T.V. Congress held in Sydney in March 1965. Notices of
meetings, Hardy's notes, papers of the Congress, press cuttings and
'The report from the Senate Select committee on the encouragement of
Australian productions for television' (October 1963) complete the
series. |
| b) |
The Australasian Book Society was formed in February 1952 at a
meeting in Melbourne convened by George Seelaf, Victorian secretary of
the Butchers' Union. Hardy, Seelaf and others had been engaged in
printing Power without glory and Seelaf suggested
forming a book club to publish left and democratic novels to be
distributed through the accidental but quite historic relations
between writers and readers which the defence campaign (for Power
without glory) had brought together. Something like this has been
carried out under four managers - Bill Wannan, Ian Turner, Les
Greenfield and Jack Beasley" (F. Hardy to The Bulletin 24
August 1963:33). In January 1960 the A.B.S headquarters moved to
Sydney.
The papers contain a typescript copy of the minutes of meetings 1
February and 8 May 1952, notices of further meetings in 1952, minutes
of a meeting of the NSW committee of the Society in April 1957 and
minutes of meetings of the Board of management of A.B.S. in 1961; an
incomplete set of circulars of the Society from 1961 until 1972;
correspondence between Hardy and Greenfield in 1959 concerning
finance, drafts of Hardy's article After ten years, A.B.S. -
roots deep amongst the people, drafts, typescripts and the
amended version of his letter to The Bulletin requested by
Peter Coleman; publications of the A.B.S. including news bulletins,
c.1953, speakers' notes, Discussion group bulletin no. 1
(n.d.) Readers and writers, journal of the A.B.S. v. 1 no. 1,
May 1953, December 1959, November 1963 and May 1964. |
| c) |
The Fellowship of Australian Writers was founded in 1928; its
headquarters are in Sydney and there are branches in all States. The
small subseries contains notices and circulars of the F.A.W. dating
from 1952 until 1972; the circulars are almost complete for the years
1959 to 1970. A small number of letters written to Hardy before the
Writers' Workshop of 1969, together with drafts and typescripts of his
address on behalf of the Fellowship to the Soviet Writers' Union
delegates in 1960 complete the collection. |
| d) |
International P.E.N. is a world association of writers and the
only viable international writers organisation. It was
founded in London in 1921. Hardy was a member of the Sydney centre of
International P.E.N. and the papers contain a small number of
circulars dating from 1961 until 1972. Printed material includes the
P.E.N. charter, and the Autumn 1964 edition of PEN news, the
bulletin of the English centre of International P.E.N. and P.E.N., the
newsletter of the Sydney Centre, no. 1, April 1966. |
| Series 25 |
Principal literary awards |
|
The papers relating to Hardy's principal literary awards have been
divided into two subseries: (a) Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowships
and (b) the New South Wales Literary Fellowship. |
| a) |
Hardy applied for a Commonwealth Literary Fund Fellowship in 1968.
When the awards were announced Hardy's name was absent, although he
alleged that his application was recommended, but had been vetoed by
Immigration Minister, B.M. Snedden. Correspondence written during
1968-69 between Hardy and W.R. Cumming, secretary to the Fund,
together with press cuttings concerning the awards, form the first
part of the subseries.
Later, in 1972, Hardy was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fund
Fellowship to complete a work on Henry Lawson. After this was
announced Derry Hogue of The Australian interviewed Hardy by
telephone. When the article was published, Hardy sued Nationwide News
Pty Ltd for damages for defamation arising out of the
publication. A settlement was made out of court. The papers
contain correspondence between Hardy and the administrators of the
Fund, the Prime Minister's Department and later the Literature Board
(Australian Council of the Arts); a hand written copy of Hardy's
record of his interview with Hogue, correspondence between Hardy and
Roy F. Turner, Freeman and Partners, solicitors for Nationwide News
Pty Ltd and the deed of settlement. |
| b) |
In August 1969 the New South Wales Advisory Committee on Cultural
Giants awarded Hardy a Literary Fellowship for six months to complete
the novel But the dead are many. The small subseries consists
of Hardy's correspondence from 1969 to 1972 with J. Nesbitt, executive
member of the Committee, concerning the grant. |
| Series 26 |
Political papers |
|
Hardy's political correspondence, circulars, notes, drafts of
articles and lectures, together with printed material and press
cuttings he collected on politics have been arranged in this series.
They reflect his commitment to the Communist Party, which he joined in
1940.
Placed at he beginning are a small number of letters and circulars
dating from 1960 until 1972, which Hardy received from the
Australian-Soviet Friendship Society and its successor the
Australian-USA Society; the Young Socialist League of Australia;
Amnesty International; the Central, Sydney district and Education
Committees of the Communist Party of Australia; the committee of the
Victorian Moratorium Campaign; the Youth Campaign against
conscription; the Australian left review and the Tribune.
Hardy's writings follow. Where notes, drafts and typescripts have
been kept, the original order has been maintained. They include his
speech to the Chinese May Day delegation (1956); articles Egon
Kisch in Australia, Current struggles of the Australian
workers, Notes on the struggles of the Australian labour
movement (c1960) and An open letter to Eric Lambert;
and a series of lectures he gave to the Eureka Youth League, Sydney in
1965.
Also contained are a small number of papers relating to Hardy's
candidature for the seat of Mackeller (N.S.W.) in the general election
of 1955.
Placed next are circulars and papers associated with the 18th, 19th,
20th and 21st. Congresses of the Communist Party of Australia
(1958-67), the Youth Peace Festival, Berlin (1951), the World Congress
for General Disarmament and Peace, Moscow (1962), the Australian
Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament, Sydney
(1964), and the Peace Foundation Conference on Czechoslovakia (1969).
The collection contains a quantity of processed and typescript
material including the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th bulletins of
documentation of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation entitled Conference
on solidarity with Czechoslovakian socialism (1969); the papers
delivered at the Conference for Left Action (1969); material received
from I. Evans in 1969 concerning a proposed World Peace Makers'
Association, and the Education bulletin no. 1 and other literature
issued by the Radical Education Foundation (1969); a pageant
by Jim Crawford written in 1960 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of
the founding of the Communist Party of Australia.
Press cuttings and publications collected by Hardy contain material
relating to the Royal Commission on Espionage (1954), the Mt Isa
strike (1965), Australia's participation in the Vietnam War and the
conscription issue during the 1960s, political events in Hungary
(1956), Czechoslovakia (1968) and Indonesia (1956-57 and 1962).
The publications include single copies of Soviet news bulletin
(1965), Press research: a peace information service (1969),
Green light (1952), Headlights (1959), Tribune
(1949, 1955 and 1959) and the Guardian (1949 and 1956) and
speeches made by N.S. Khrushchev from 1959 to 1962 which were
subsequently published as pamphlets. Other publications related to
labour, production, housing, education science, agriculture and the
replies of women in the USSR. |
|
|
|
Folio Items 35-37 Russian books, Russian publications and
ACTU booklet and notes |
|
For other political papers see the additions of 1982 (box 186) and
1988 (boxes 238-241). |
| Series 27 |
Evgenii Yevtushenko |
|
Russian poet Evgenii Yevtushenko visited Australia in 1966 to take
part in the Adelaide Festival of Arts. The series consists of papers
relating to the Festival, Yevtushenko's itinerary, typescript copies
of his poems, the article The poet as a public figure
published in The Bulletin 12 March 1966: 24-25. Yevtushenko
later visited Sydney where he read his poems at a public meeting at
the Old Tote Theatre. As well, the papers contain notes, drafts and
typescripts of Hardy's articles for the Sunday Times (London)
in 1968, when Yevtushenko won the students candidate ballot
for the election of Oxford's Professor of Poetry. Three copies of Yevtushenko
: selected poems (1962), in Penguin Modern European Poets series
are also included. |
| Series 28 |
Writings by others |
|
Manuscript, typescript and processed poems, articles, plays and
songs received by Hardy, often with a request for his comments, have
been placed in this series. Their authors include Audrey Blake, Jim
Crawford, Osborne Davis, M. Eminescu, A.P. Herbert, Jean Hendry,
Rosemary Hooper, H. Kullman, Eric Lambert, R.H. Long, Les A. Murray,
Marjorie Pizer, John Thompson, Allyn Vaisey, Judah Waten and Ray
Williams. |
|
|
|
See also the 1988 addition (box 241). |
| Series 29 |
Tape recordings |
|
The tape recordings in the collection consist of Hardy's interviews
with Gurindji Tribesmen Dexter Daniels, Pincher Lingiari and Mick
Rangiari at Wattie Creek during the strike on Wave Hill Station in
1967; his interview with Tony Morphett in June 1966 (see also Series
17); lectures by Hardy on communism, planning and economics in USSR,
the Russian Revolution of 1917, and recordings of his thoughts for
inclusion in But the dead are many; various interviews
relating to The yarns of Billy Borker and the songs Sydney
Town and Why don't you didgeridoo. |
|
|
|
This material is held in the Oral history Collection at ORAL TRC
367. |
| Series 30 |
Cartoons and photographs |
|
This series consists of an exercise book containing pencil sketches
of cartoon figures by Hardy; snapshots, press photographs and studio
portraits of Hardy and his family, together with photographs he
collected during his overseas trips. |
|
|
|
Folio Items 38-39 2 packages containing cartoons and
photographs. |
|
See also the 1988 addition (box 241). |
Addition July 1978
| Series 31 |
You nearly had him that time, (1977) |
|
Anthology of cricket short stories and anecdotes written by Fred
Trueman and Frank Hardy (published by Stanley Paul (London), 1978).
Manuscript and typescript drafts of stories, galley proofs, contract
(1977), defamation report, notebooks, cassettes, book outline, notes,
cuttings and other papers. |
|
|
|
10 folders |
|
|
| Series 32 |
Voices off, 1977-78 |
|
Unpublished anthology of short stories and recollections. The series
contains manuscript and typescript drafts and notes. |
|
|
2 folders |
|
|
See also further material in the additions of October 1979 and
October 1982 (boxes 189-91). |
| Series 33 |
Leap seven times in the air, 1959-74 |
|
Play on abortion commissioned by the Old Tote Theatre Company in
1973-74. The papers include manuscript and typescript drafts,
notebooks, correspondence (1973-74), plot outline, and cuttings
(1961-73) and printed material on abortion. Also includes drafts of an
earlier play written in the 1950s. |
|
|
|
12 folders |
|
| Series 34 |
Sea novel, 1953-63 |
|
Notes, notebooks, cuttings, manuscripts and issues of the Seamens
journal, 1954-63 relating to an unpublished novel. |
|
|
|
6 folders |
|
| Series 35 |
Miscellaneous papers and printed material, 1954-77 |
|
Periodicals and circulars (1977) and court transcripts relating to
cases involving the Waterside Workers Federation of Australia
and the Seamens Union of Australia (1954). |
|
|
|
8 folders |
|
|
Folio Item 40 - X-rays and commercial prints |
| Series 36 |
Citizens for Democracy, 1975-77 |
|
Citizens for Democracy was an organisation formed in 1976 after the
dismissal of Gough Whitlam in 1975. Its aim was to stimulate debate on
the election of a peoples convention to draft a new constitution
for Australia. Hardy was involved in the organisation and gave
speeches at public meetings.
The papers comprise notes, printed material, cuttings, meeting
papers, correspondence from Gareth Evans (National Conference for a
Democratic Constitution) and others, financial statements and
speeches. |
|
|
|
6 folders |
|
| Series 37 |
Who shot George Kirkland: a novel about the nature of truth
(Pan Books, 1981) |
|
Typescripts including first draft and notes. |
|
|
|
5 folders |
|
|
See also 1982 addition (box 192) and 1984 addition (box 209). |
Addition October 1979
|
Box 167 |
|
|
|
|
Series 10 |
Four-legged lottery (further
material) |
|
Series 32 |
Voices off (further material) |
Addition November 1982
Boxes 168-198 + 3 folio items (Nos. 23-25) + 8 cassette tapes.
|
Correspondence |
|
Boxes 168-174 |
| a) |
Correspondence 1975-82 |
|
Much of this was accumulated by Hardy during his period of residence
in France. Some has been sorted alphabetically by writer, some is
unsorted. Some personal correspondence included. The material includes
letters documenting Hardy's friendship with the popular singer Nana
Mouskouri. |
| b) |
Personal correspondence 1975-81. |
|
|
|
Diaries |
|
|
|
|
Boxes 175-178. |
|
Appointment diaries: 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981. |
|
Journal-type diaries: 1957, 1970-73, 1975-79. |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous papers |
|
|
|
Box 179 |
|
| a) |
Notes for speeches 1980-82 |
| b) |
'The Captain'; a feature film treatment by Roz Waring, 1977. |
| c) |
Songs and poems 1976-82 |
| d) |
Notes and papers for overseas trips 1975-78 and 1977 |
| e) |
Lists and work plans 1977-82 |
| f) |
File on John Henry Hall. |
|
|
|
Subject files |
|
|
|
Bundles numbered 1-32 |
|
|
|
Box 180 |
|
| 1. |
But the dead are many. Xerox copy
of typescript screenplay by Peter Yeldham, based on the novel by Frank
Hardy. 116pp + 1 page. A few annotations, generally of a minor nature.
|
| 2. |
Lester Piggott. Racing stories
1978. Photocopies from the book Lester: a biography, London,
Stanley Paul, 1978; newspaper clippings about Piggott; seven pages
containing draft proposal for a book of racing stories; 9pp. ms and 1p.
typescript entitled There are no certainties in racing,
heavily corrected. |
| 3. |
The Major & Tom, a
television comedy series by Frank Hardy: episode one typescript carbon
copy. No annotations. |
|
|
|
Box 180-181 |
|
| 4. a) |
Greek conspiracy: photocopies of press cuttings 1979-1980.
Photocopies of newspaper clippings about the Department of Social
Security case involving members of the Greek community, especially in
Sydney. |
| b) |
Newspaper clippings on the Social Security case. |
| c) |
Draft letter to the Age on the subject. 4pp. typescript; 1p.
ms., all containing deletions and annotations. |
| d) |
Notes and jottings for a book or play about Greeks and the medical
profession with reference to the so-called 'Social Security fraud'?
Not in Hardy's hand. |
| e) |
Beware the Greeks, a story outline for a screenplay by
Frank Hardy. Research by Yolande Lucire, April 1979, 49pp. carbon copy
typescript; no annotations. Amended, annotated incomplete version of
the story outline, together with 15pp. ms. notes; ms. notes c. 40pp.
in Dr Lucire's hand. Transcript of interview of Dr Lucire with Senator
Dame Margaret Guilfoyle and P.J. Lanigan of Department of Social
Security and Dr Shepherd, 25pp. |
| f) |
Greek film: ms. and typed notes on story outline, some
in Dr Lucire's hand 6pp. and 1 small notebook. |
| g) |
Record of interview 1978 of Detective Inspector Wells and G.
Bakopoules 2pp; record of interviews with N. Kakcuris, 2pp.
incomplete. |
| h) |
Notes, photocopies, typed letter, ms. notes in hand of Hardy and
Lucire on 'Beware the Greeks', c. 3 cm. |
| i) |
Beware the Greeks: typescript carbon copy 75pp; few
annotations. |
| j) |
Folder containing 18pp. transcript of telephone conversation re
Social Security case; photocopies of newspaper clippings; copies of
correspondence re the case c. 4 cm. Amended typescript with ms. notes
in folder 'Beware the Greeks'. |
| k) |
Press cuttings: Greek conspiracy. Ms. notes by Dr. Lucire,
photocopies of newspaper clippings, Hansard, correspondence, report by
Greek welfare workers group, 9pp. |
|
|
|
Box 182 |
|
| 5. |
Letter from C. Semmler to F. Hardy, 17 Feb. 1971, 2pp. Deals with
personal and literary matters. |
|
|
|
Box 182-184 |
| 6. a) |
'The last Big Bet': Screenplay by F. Hardy. Prospectus by Cinecorp
seeking investors. |
| b) |
Photocopy of 'The Last Big Bet' typescript script labelled no. 1
copy A. |
| c) |
Folders of amendments, deletions, notes (2cm). |
| d) |
Index cards, extensively amended, but incomplete. |
| e) |
Correspondence re possible filming |
| f) |
Three typescript versions of 'The Last Big Bet', one bearing title
The four-legged lottery, the novel on which the screen play
was based. |
| g) |
Revised 1980 draft, heavily amended. |
| h) |
Photocopy of screenplay, amended, labelled R. Sanders. |
| i) |
Ms. synopsis of 'The Last Big Bet'. |
| j) |
Two amended versions of screenplay |
| k) |
Second draft 1979; few amendments. |
| l) |
October 1980 version. |
| m) |
Cards, press cuttings, jottings, January 1980. |
|
|
|
Box 185 |
|
| 7. a) |
'Who is Larsen?' notes, December 1980-81. Research notes and
correspondence related to Henry Lawson, especially his medical
condition; xerox copies, articles etc. La Trobe Library journal
Vol. 7 no. 28, October 1981 (Lawson issue). |
| b) |
Larsen book containing two notebooks, transcripts, brief notes on
Lawson correspondence, press cuttings |
| c) |
'Who is Larsen' : playscript (file title); xerox copies poetry;
article re psychiatry; reprint article John Mark Davis The
structure of families of schizophrenics; xerox print of the play
'Who is Larsen' (152pp). |
| d) |
Larsen novel : used notes (file title) contains one sheet only,
crossed through. |
| e) |
Larsen : novel notes, brief notes; some transcriptions of Lawson
letters; press cuttings. |
| f) |
Spiral notebook containing library research notes re Henry Lawson
(ex Lothian collection, La Trobe Library, few pages only). |
| g) |
Larsen notes : London (file title). Reprint article Body feeling
in human relations : the possible example of Brancusi and Giocometti
by Russell Meares; Succeeding : a sequel to pursuing
literature by Henry Lawson, typescript copy (6pp) foolscap; list
of London addresses visited by Henry Lawson; letter to L.H.W. Paine,
Home-Governor the Bethlehem Royal Hospital seeking access to the
medical records of Bertha Lawson; assorted xerox copies; typescript
notes of Frank Hardy analysing his Lawson research. |
|
|
|
Box 186 |
|
| 8 a) |
The Third Past (novel) : brief notes etc., notebook |
| b) |
File of assorted press cuttings and background material |
| c) |
Assorted brief notes |
| d) |
Novel notes: including 'Statement of principles re The Staples
Affair and motions for the extraordinary meeting of the Bar
Association'; assorted brief notes; press cuttings; |
| e) |
The Fourth Post: assorted notes, rough; aide-memoirs material |
| 9. |
Communist Party of Australia: Newsletter (CPA Victorian
Branch), May & August 1982; minutes and other papers of Fitzroy
Branch meetings, 21 May 1981, 4 June 1981, 13 Aug. 1981, 27 Aug. 1981,
10 Sept. 1981, 8 Oct. 1981, 18 Feb. 1982, 1 Apr. 82, 15 Apr. 1982, 20
May 1982, and 17 June 1982; Position paper on Branch
organisation by Quentin; decision, Victorian State Conference,
April 1981; Something is rotten in the Garden State' : report to
Victorian State conference, April 1981 by Philip Herington (17 pp);
Red Lines (Fitzroy Branch CPA newsletter), numerous
issues, 1981; Factory Fodder v. 1, issue 2 (monthly
publication of Collingwood CYSS); Vanessa Redgrave in Australia :
a Socialist League pamphlet and other papers. |
|
|
|
Box 187 |
|
| 10. |
'Pigeon, an Aboriginal rebel : a study of Aboriginal-European
conflict in the West Kimberley, north western Australia during the
1890s' by H. Pedersen (Murdoch University W.A. Hons thesis). |
| 11. |
Papua-New Guinea Court cases; Rod Settle. Letter Rod Settle to Frank
Hardy re study of prisoners sentences by the Papua-New Guinea Supreme
Court, 1972. '?asol' : prisoners before the Supreme Court of Papua-New
Guinea ; a study of 118 prisoners convicted in 1979 (118 pp.
processed). |
| 12. |
Sundry manuscripts; Breaker Morant; screenplay by David
Stevens and Jonathan Hardy from the stage play by Kenneth Ross (139
pp. xerox); John Ayliffe, 'Smart : from A to Z' (typescript 80 pp.),
J.B Hill, 'A waif's story of life and his search for truth (143
pp. xerox print) and covering letter from author, former Western
District Secretary Building Workers Industrial Union, N.S.W. Branch. |
|
|
|
Box 188 |
|
| 13. a) |
The hard way : file containing agreement with Channel 10 on
television rights. Typescript of television adaptation by Sonia Borg
(95 pp. no amendments). |
| b) |
First draft by Sonia Borg 'The hard way' (118 pp); scene breakdown
(12 pp); correspondence and notes (4 pp). |
| 14. |
Eukharin, original manuscript (1978?), (c. 50 pp) ms draft with
amendments. |
| 15. |
Paths to peace : five printed leaflets |
| 16. |
Affidavit : Bill Smith re James Loughnan; prologue for Smiths
book Better off in a home, introduction by Hardy for a book of
short stories by Smith, April 1982; affidavit concerning conversation
re Power without Glory case between Hardy and James A.
Loughnan in 1979 (2 pp). |
| 17. |
Better off in a home by Bill Smith (Albert Park, Vic, Yvonne
Burns, 1982). Dedication in front to Frank Hardy in author's hand. |
| 18. a) |
Nugan Hand: newspaper clippings (National Times) 1980-82. |
| b) |
Copy M.A. thesis Greg Fowler American imperialism and
Nugan Hand, 1981. UNSW (205 pp). |
| 19. |
Gurindji : typescript draft of article entitled 'Wattie Creek
revisited' - some amendments (17 pp). Submitted to National Times
but not used; correspondence with Channel 9 Sixty Minutes;
correspondence with Ray McGinness of Alice Springs re aboriginal
affairs; synopsis for book to be written by G. Foley, (7 pp.). |
| 20. a) |
The red fox: mss. notes and jottings for children's book
by Frank Hardy (8pp) |
| b) |
The red fox who learned to love chickens by Frank Hardy:
short story, five drafts, some incomplete, some heavily amended,
1981-82. |
| 21. a) |
Truthful and the professor: story outline by Jack Davies
and Frank Hardy (57pp., photocopy of typescript; no annotations). |
| b) |
Correspondence and notes about proposed film |
| c) |
Story outline etc. |
| d) |
French translation of story outline |
|
|
|
Box 189-191 |
| 22. a) |
Voices off v. 2. In many drafts, the piece is labelled Fact
or Fiction. New revised notes August 1975; photocopies of diary
entries, |
| b) |
Photocopies of articles (intended for inclusion in Voices off) |
| c) |
Typescript and photocopies of typescript of material for Voices
off. |
| d) |
Voices off, essays v. 2. Miscellaneous mss. notes and
jottings, newspaper clippings. Northern Beaches Region Newsletter,
June-July 1980. |
| e) |
Miscellaneous hand-written and typed drafts, including one
unpublished episode from But the dead are many; photocopies of
short stories by Ross Franklyn |
| f) |
Amended typed draft (11pp.) |
| g) |
Handwritten and typed drafts, some with copious amendments. |
| h) |
Same as (g) |
| i) |
Same as (g) plus photocopies; copies of material provided by
National Library of Australia from earlier batches of Hardy mss. |
| j) |
Residue notes, July 1978. Photocopies and hand-written drafts and
jottings. |
| k) |
Typed and hand-written drafts, amended. |
| l) |
Same as (k) |
| 23. a) |
Who shot George Kirkland?: photocopy of typescript
screenplay |
| b) |
Typed draft of novel, some amendments by Hardy, some by editor for
typesetter (194pp. + 20pp., heavily amended). |
| c) |
First draft of screenplay; roneoed typescript; no amendments
(107pp). |
| d) |
Penultimate draft; screenplay Robert Taylor, director Karin Altnan,
from the novel by Frank Hardy, c. 1981, R.E. Taylor. Copy of
typescript, (169pp). |
|
|
|
Box 192 |
|
| 24. a) |
Who shot George Kirkland. Typed heavily amended drafts of
one chapter. |
| b) |
Notes and typed drafts, about half containing amendments. |
| c) |
Kirkland 'blurb', October 1980. Notes, amended typescript. |
| d) |
Hand-written jottings (c. 25pp). |
| e) |
As (b) |
| f) |
Copy of draft of entire novel; some amendments (194pp). |
| g) |
First galley proofs (177pp). |
|
|
|
Box 193 |
|
| 25. |
Frank Hardy reader (3pp. mss jottings). |
| 26. a) |
August poem 1967, mss notes and typed poem entitled 'Sextet'; letter
to his sister Mary, 1967 (20pp). |
| b) |
'Sextet; variations of a theme by Mary Travers, verses for
Aviva, 1976. |
| 27. |
The man from Clinkapella, typescript (5pp). |
| 28. |
Hypnotism: newspaper clippings, photocopies, etc. |
| 29. |
Asian Orange: jottings, newspaper clippings (3pp). |
| 30. a) |
Age articles 1981. Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings;
photocopies; draft of unpublished article submitted by Hardy to the
Age, 1981 'Who bought Raheer', 4pp.; drafts and 8pp.
typescript. |
| b) |
Age articles 1982. 'Wattie Creek revisited', 17pp.
typescript (relates to material folder 19). Also amended typescript
drafts; copies of correspondence with Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
and his Department on Aboriginal matters, c. 1981-82, 10pp. newspaper
clippings, jottings. |
| 31. |
Max Harris Court Case 1982. Correspondence, clippings, relating to
Hardys suit against Max Harris, Nationwide News Pty Ltd and
Mirror Newspapers Ltd for defamation for an article that appeared in
the Weekend Australian. |
| 32. |
Newspaper clippings, photograph of reviews and new items concerning
Hardy and his books. |
|
|
|
Box 194 |
|
| 33. |
The loser now will be later to win - drafts. |
|
|
|
Box 195 |
|
| 34. |
A terrible beauty is born'. Photocopy typescript. |
| 35. |
'The letter that turned the tide of the war'. Entry in Age
Short Story Competition. Several copies, typescript, written 1978, |
| 36. |
Cairns Riot 1932. Printed items, photographs, photocopies of Adam
Cyston manuscripts (originals in Mitchell Library?), correspondence
1975-82; first typed draft, entitled 'They eat their babies in Russia'
(2 copies) |
| 37 |
Carringbush writers' journal, no. 2 (1982). Galleys and
published issue. |
| 38. |
Australian Writers' Guild. Newsletters, bulletins, 1981-82. |
| 39. |
Photographs of Hardy, his family and friends. |
|
|
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Press clippings |
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|
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Box 196-198 |
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Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, invitations, programs (3
books in folio run Folios 23-25), 1975-82. |
|
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Addition June 1984 |
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|
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Box 199 |
|
|
Manuscript of novel The obsession of Oscar Oswald (Carlton,
Vic : Pascoe Publishing, 1983 |
|
Outline of this novel. |
|
|
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Box 200 |
|
|
Notes and drafts of the novel The obsession of Oscar Oswald. |
|
|
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Box 201 |
|
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Press cuttings for the novel The obsession of Oscar Oswald |
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Details of promotion of this novel. |
|
|
|
Box 202 |
|
|
Manuscript of the companion book to Oscar, Warrant of distress
(Carlton, Vic., Pascoe Publishing, 1983) |
|
Notes, research material, press cuttings for Warrant of distress. |
|
|
|
Box 203 |
|
|
Manuscript of new collection of short stories The loser now will
be later to win |
|
Notes, press cuttings etc. for above short stories. |
|
|
|
Box 204 |
|
|
Essay notes and press cuttings for The obsession of Oscar
Oswald. |
|
|
|
Box 205 |
|
|
Corrected typescript of new version of stage play written in
April/May, 1984 'Who is Harry Larsen' |
|
New notes for above play version. |
|
|
|
Box 206 |
|
|
Correspondence - business and relating to aboriginal affairs and
writing activities. Includes an amended typescript by Keith Dunstan
entitled 'The obsessions of Frank Hardy'. |
|
|
|
Box 207 |
|
|
Press cuttings 1982-84 labelled 'personal' relate mainly to Hardy
but also include matters of personal interest to him. |
|
|
|
Box 208 |
|
|
Press cuttings 1980-84 - general interest cuttings not related to
work |
|
Diary, 1982 |
|
Court transcript libel case against The Australian
and Max Harris, 1982 |
|
Other material on case |
|
Press cuttings etc. on settled libel case against The Australian,
1977 |
|
|
|
Box 209 |
|
|
Photocopy of galley proofs of the novel Who shot George Kirkland,
edited by Beatrice Davis. |
|
Notes for a book of essays 'Will be make it to the year 2020' ;
includes an essay, notes and cuttings on art criticism and another on
environment and ideology in Australian literature. |
|
Typescript of television treatment, written for Crawford's Ltd., of
Hardy's book Legends from Benson's Valley (with notes etc.) |
|
|
|
Box 210 |
|
|
Manuscript of children's book The red fox who learned to love
chickens. |
|
Published material on Australian Aborigines. |
|
Manuscript of outline for TV series The major and Tom. |
|
|
|
Box 211 |
|
|
Manuscript and notes for final version of screen play The last
big bet. |
|
Contracts (1968-78) and correspondence (1982-83) with publishers and
film producers. |
|
Society of Mateship file. |
|
|
|
Box 212 |
|
|
Corrected final typescript of novel Warrant of distress. |
|
Corrected galley proofs of The obsession of Oscar Oswald. |
|
The first copy of Power without glory to come off the press
in April 1950 with an inscription 'to my late wife, Rosslyn'. |
|
Paid accounts. |
|
|
|
Box 213 |
|
|
Photographs |
|
Miscellaneous papers and letters 1983-84. |
|
Newspaper cuttings on Power without glory |
|
Newspaper cuttings on Power without glory trial 1950-51. |
|
|
|
Box 214 |
|
|
Correspondence on the cessation of Carringbush writing |
|
Zionism |
|
Free Peter J. Lawless campaign. |
|
Photocopy of R.H. Cavenagh's thesis on Frank Hardy |
|
Correspondence and contracts of Carringbush Enterprises. |
|
|
|
Box 215 |
|
|
Shorthand notebook, racebooks. |
|
Various newspaper clippings. |
|
Article by Lin Morrow entitled 'Colonialism - alive and well in
Australia today'. |
|
Copy of The Yallourn stories compiled by Ted Hopkins |
|
Correspondence re TV special 'Having a go'. |
|
Music scores |
|
Correspondence from Island Magazine plus two sample copies |
|
|
Addition March 1988 |
|
|
|
Box 216 |
|
|
|
|
Business papers |
|
|
Contracts, 1983 (Pasco Publishers) |
|
Australian Film Commission and Australia Council, 1977-84 |
|
|
|
General correspondence |
|
|
Correspondence, 1951, 1986 |
|
Ian Mill, 1981 |
|
Correspondence, 1982-85 |
|
Parking fines, 1982-84 |
|
Summonses, debt collector threats, fines, 1985 |
|
Parking fines, 1985-87 |
|
Correspondence, 1983-87 |
|
|
|
Box 217 |
|
|
Correspondence, 1984 (2 files) |
|
Correspondence, 1985 |
|
Correspondence, 1985-86 (2 files) |
|
Correspondence, 1986 |
|
|
|
Box 218 |
|
|
Correspondence, 1986 (4 files) |
|
Correspondence, 1986-87 |
|
|
|
Box 219 |
|
|
Correspondence, 1986-87 (3 files) |
|
Correspondence, 1987 (2 files) |
|
Correspondence, 1988 |
|
|
|
Box 220 |
|
|
Correspondence, 1988 |
|
|
|
Diaries |
|
|
|
Diaries, 1982-84 |
|
|
|
Box 221 |
|
|
Diary, 1985-86 |
|
|
|
General press cuttings |
|
|
Personal cuttings, 1984-86 |
|
|
|
Box 222 |
|
|
Personal cuttings, 1985-87 |
|
Sundry cuttings, 1984 |
|
|
|
Box 223 |
|
|
Sundry cuttings, 1985-86 |
|
|
|
Box 224 |
|
|
Sundry cuttings, 1987 |
|
|
|
Legends from Bensons Valley |
|
|
Notes, correspondence and annotated scripts relating to the TV
treatment of Legends from Bensons Valley, 1985-86 (2
folders) |
|
|
|
Radio and television scripts |
|
|
Script ideas for episodes of racing yarns, n.d. |
|
Frank Browne is dancing first draft |
|
|
|
Box 225 |
|
|
Frank Browne is dancing research material, notes
and annotated drafts, 1985 |
|
|
|
Henry Lawson material |
|
|
|
Box 226 |
|
|
Papers relating to the writing and production of Who was Henry
Larsen in 1985 and the reworked and retitled play and filmscript
Faces in the street, 1986-87. The papers include numerous
manuscripts and typescript drafts, notes, research materials, sheet
music written for Lawson poems by Kris Kempster, transcripts of
discussions with actors, correspondence and workshop notes. Many of
the drafts were received, and remain, in a state of great disorder.
The files are arranged roughly chronologically. |
|
Larsen notes, London, 1981-85 |
|
Who was Harry Larsen (annotated typescript), 1984 |
|
Notes and notebooks, 1984-85 |
|
Notes workshop, 1984-86 |
|
Final draft, 1985 |
|
Notes, drafts and other papers, 1985-86 |
|
|
|
Box 227 |
|
|
Faces in the street story outline and treatment for a
film, 1986 |
|
Faces in the street revision Jan. 1987 (4 files) |
|
Faces in the street July 1987 |
|
|
|
Box 228 |
|
|
Faces in the street July 1987 (cont.) (3 files) |
|
Notes to be considered after July workshop, 1987 |
|
Faces in the street Dec. 1987 (2 files) |
|
Faces in the street Act one |
|
Faces in the street Act two |
|
|
|
Box 229-232 |
|
Scripts and notes for Who was Harry Larsen and Faces in
the street. |
|
|
|
Box 233 |
|
|
Who was Harry Larsen typescript notes prepared for
the workshop of the New England Theatre Production dated Feb. 1986.
The notes include discussions of characterisation and themes as well
as transcripts of discussions with actors, rehearsal schedule and
scene analysis. |
|
Articles on Lawson, cuttings, printed poetry and correspondence,
1969-87 |
|
|
|
Other writings |
|
|
Drafts of articles, speeches, a childrens story and other
writings together with related notes, cuttings, correspondence and
other papers. |
|
Lists and speech notes, 1982-83 |
|
Material for articles, interviews and speeches, 1983-84 |
|
Max Walsh article, 1984 |
|
Carringbush man and other Melbourne Times
articles, 1984 |
|
|
|
Box 234 |
|
|
The red fox who learned to love chickens childrens
story and rejection letter from J.M. Dent Publishers, 1982 |
|
Great Australian legends typescript (3 folders) |
|
Franklyn film, n.d., an autobiographical film script
relating to Power without glory |
|
|
|
Box 235 |
|
|
Columns for People, 1984-86 |
|
Melbourne Times columns, 1984-87 |
|
|
|
Box 236 |
|
|
People columns, 1986-87 |
|
Material for sample columns including Paul Hogan article, 1986 |
|
Paul Hogan People and Times on Sunday,
1986-87 |
|
Great Australian myths (columns), 1987 |
|
|
|
Box 237 |
|
|
People columns, 1987-88 |
|
Loose and undated columns |
|
|
|
Political papers |
|
|
|
Box 238-239 |
|
Coalition Against Poverty and Unemployment, 1983-87. The files
contain notes, leaflets, circulars, cuttings, correspondence,
newsletters and other papers. |
|
|
|
Box 240 |
|
|
Fight back Conference, 1986-87 |
|
Peace movement, 1983-84 |
|
Miscellaneous political papers (largely ephemera), 1984-86 |
|
|
|
Box 241 |
|
|
Miscellaneous political papers, 1985-86 |
|
|
|
Writing by others |
|
|
In the true spirit of Hippocrates by Lyn Dennerstein |
|
Working life introduction by Jim Marwood and
chapter 6 Launceston railway workshops |
|
Harry Tuckerman this is your life by Lance
Loughrey |
|
Pallas a one-woman play by Larry Buttrose |
|
The activist outline of a stage play by Larry
Buttrose |
|
|
|
Cartoons |
|
|
Eight original Alan Moir cartoons, later published to accompany
Hardys People column and 16 photocopies of Cornall
cartoons. |
|
|
|
The loser now will be later to win |
|
|
|
Box 242 |
|
|
Galley proofs, newspaper reviews and other papers, 1985 (3 folders) |
|
|
|
Other papers |
|
|
Gurindji visit, 1985 (includes draft article Wattie Creek
revisited, notes, cuttings and other papers) |
|
Murdoch Court Case, 1985 (notes) |
|
Research materials on 1932 Cairns riot (2 folders) |
|
Prison arrest, 1986 |
|
Lists, 1983-88 |
|
BOX |
SERIES |
|
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1-2 |
1 |
|
2-3 |
2 |
|
3-11 |
3 |
|
12-14 |
4 |
|
15-17 |
5 |
|
18-27 |
6 |
|
28-41 |
7 |
|
42-63 |
8 |
|
64-66 |
9 |
|
67-70 |
10 |
|
70-71 |
11 |
|
71-73 |
12 |
|
73-81 |
13 |
|
82-87 |
14 |
|
88-90 |
15 |
|
90-101 |
16 |
|
102-110 |
17 |
|
110-115 |
18 |
|
116-124 |
19 |
|
125-131 |
20 |
|
132-136 |
21 |
|
137 |
22 |
|
138-140 |
23 |
|
140-141 |
24 |
|
141-143 |
25 |
|
143-152 |
26 |
|
153-154 |
27 |
|
154-155 |
28 |
|
156-158 |
30 |
|
158-159 |
31 |
|
160 |
32 |
|
161-162 |
33 |
|
163 |
34 |
|
164-165 |
35 |
|
165 |
36 |
|
166 |
37 |
|
167 |
10, 32 |
|
168-242 |
Additions not in Series |
List of folio items
The folio component consists of 40 folio packages. These are held in the
old map strongroom on level 2. The folios are housed in 11 folio boxes,
with one elephant folio package (folio 34) in the map cabinets.
|
Folio Items |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Series 3 |
|
2 28 |
Series 6 |
|
29 30 |
Series 8 |
|
31 |
Series 13 |
|
32 33 |
Series 14 |
|
34 |
Series 20 |
|
35 37 |
Series 26 |
|
38 39 |
Series 30 |
|
40 |
Series 35 |
OLD/NEW BOX CONCORDANCE
This collection was re-boxed in 1996/7. For the benefit of readers who
have references to pre-1996 box numbers, the following table illustrates
changes to box numbering.
| Old box |
New box |
|
|
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1 |
1-2 |
|
2 |
2-3 |
|
3 |
3-4 |
|
4 |
5 |
|
5 |
5-6 |
|
6 |
7-8 |
|
7 |
8-9 |
|
8 |
10-11 |
|
9 |
11 |
|
10 |
12-13 |
|
11 |
13 |
|
12 |
14 |
|
13 |
15-16 |
|
14 |
17 |
|
15 |
18 |
|
16 |
19-20 |
|
17 |
21-22 |
|
18 |
22-23 |
|
19 |
23-24 |
|
20 |
25-26 |
|
21 |
26-27 |
|
22 |
28 |
|
23 |
29-30 |
|
24 |
31 |
|
25 |
32 |
|
26 |
33-34 |
|
27 |
34-35 |
|
28 |
36-37 |
|
29 |
37-38 |
|
30 |
39-40 |
|
31 |
40-41 |
|
32 |
42-43 |
|
33 |
43-44 |
|
34 |
45 |
|
35 |
46-47 |
|
36 |
47-48 |
|
37 |
48-49 |
|
38 |
49-50 |
|
39 |
51-52 |
|
40 |
52-53 |
|
41 |
54-55 |
|
42 |
55-56 |
|
43 |
56-57- |
|
44 |
58 |
|
45 |
59-60 |
|
46 |
60-61 |
|
47 |
62 |
|
48 |
63 |
|
49 |
64 |
|
50 |
65 |
|
51 |
66 |
|
52 |
67 |
|
53 |
68-69 |
|
54 |
69-70 |
|
55 |
70-71 |
|
56 |
71-73 |
|
57 |
73-74 |
|
58 |
74-75 |
|
59 |
75-76 |
|
60 |
76-77 |
|
61 |
78-79 |
|
62 |
79-80 |
|
63 |
80-81 |
|
64 |
82-83 |
|
65 |
83-84 |
|
66 |
84-85 |
|
67 |
85-86 |
|
68 |
86-87 |
|
69 |
87 |
|
70 |
88 |
|
71 |
89-90 |
|
72 |
90 |
|
73 |
91-92 |
|
74 |
92-93 |
|
75 |
93-94 |
|
76 |
94-95 |
|
77 |
95-96 |
|
78 |
97 |
|
79 |
97-98 |
|
80 |
98-99 |
|
81 |
99-100 |
|
82 |
100-101 |
|
83 |
102 |
|
84 |
103-104 |
|
85 |
104-105 |
|
86 |
106-107 |
|
87 |
107-108 |
|
88 |
109-110 |
|
89 |
110-111 |
|
90 |
112-113 |
|
91 |
113-114 |
|
92 |
115 |
|
93 |
116-117 |
|
94 |
117-118 |
|
95 |
118-120 |
|
96 |
120-121 |
|
97 |
121-123 |
|
98 |
123-124 |
|
99 |
125 |
|
100 |
126-127 |
|
101 |
128 |
|
102 |
129-130 |
|
103 |
130-131 |
|
104 |
132-133 |
|
105 |
133-134 |
|
106 |
134-135 |
|
107 |
136-137 |
|
108 |
138-139 |
|
109 |
139-140 |
|
110 |
140-141 |
|
111 |
141-143 |
|
112 |
143-144 |
|
113 |
145-146 |
|
114 |
147 |
|
115 |
148 |
|
116 |
148-150 |
|
117 |
150-151 |
|
118 |
152 |
|
119 |
153-154 |
|
120 |
154-155 |
|
121 |
156-157 |
|
122 |
157-158 |
|
123 |
158-159 |
|
124 |
160 |
|
125 |
161-162 |
|
126 |
162 |
|
127 |
163 |
|
128 |
163-165 |
|
129 |
165 |
|
130 (series 37) |
166 |
|
130 (series 10+32) |
167 |
|
131-135 |
168-174 |
|
136 |
175 |
|
137 |
176 |
|
138 |
177 |
|
139 |
178 |
|
140 |
179 |
|
141 |
180 |
|
142 |
181 |
|
143 |
182 |
|
144 |
183 |
|
145 |
184 |
|
146 |
185 |
|
147 |
186 |
|
148 |
187 |
|
149 |
188 |
|
150 |
189 |
|
151 |
190 |
|
152 |
191 |
|
153 |
192 |
|
154 |
193 |
|
155 |
194 |
|
156 |
195 |
|
157 |
196 |
|
158 |
197 |
|
159 |
198 |
|
160 |
199 |
|
161 |
200 |
|
162 |
201 |
|
163 |
202 |
|
164 |
203 |
|
165 |
204 |
|
166 |
205 |
|
167 |
206 |
|
168 |
207 |
|
169 |
208 |
|
170 |
209 |
|
171 |
210 |
|
172 |
211 |
|
173 |
212 |
|
174 |
213 |
|
175 |
214 |
|
176 |
215 |
SEPTEMBER 1996 (Revised 1999) |