Guide to the Papers of Helen H. Wilson

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MS 6312

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Collection Summary

Creator
Helen H. Wilson
Title
Papers of Helen H. Wilson
Date Range
1952-1980
Collection Number
MS 6312
Extent
0.28 metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise correspondence, photographs, drafts and cuttings. The correspondents include Randolph Stow, Dave McColl (D.C. Thomson & Co), British Broadcasting Corporation, Georgian House and other publishers.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2110652).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Helen H. Wilson, National Library of Australia, MS 6312, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The collection was donated by Helen Wilson to the National Library in several instalments between 1980 and 1984.

Biographical Note

Helen Helga Wilson (nee Mayne) was born in Zeehan, Tasmania in 1902. She spent her early years in the Western Australian goldfields, where her father was a mining engineer. She was educated in Methodist Ladies College, Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia. Her published works include The Mulga tree (1980), Cyclone coasts: Australia's north-west frontier (1980), The house at Hardie's corner (1984) and two collections of short stories A show of colours (1970) and The skedule and other Australian short stories (1979). Wilson died in 1991.

Item Descriptions

Letters from Randolph Stow (including a poem written when Stow was a boy), 1956-57 (File 1) - Box 1

Correspondence, 1952-77 (File 2) - Box 1

The correspondents include Canberra Fellowship of Australian writers, Dave McColl (D.C. Thomson & Co), BBC, Georgian House and other publishers.

Photocopies and cuttings containing book reviews and articles on Wilson, 1955-79 (File 3) - Box 1

Black and white photographs of Helen Wilson, c.1960-80 (File 4) - Box 1

Corrected typescripts of Cyclone coast (File 5-6) - Box 1

Typescript of The mulga tree (File 7) - Box 2

Typescripts of short stories 'Things are different there', 'Darylle [sic] had everything', 'The black pearl' and 'Break through' (File 8) - Box 2

Typescripts of short stories 'Latchkey kids', 'Volcano bird' and 'The opal brooch' (File 9) - Box 2

Typescript of an ABC radio broadcast of 'The white kangaroo' [n.d] (File 10) - Box 2

Typescript of 'Prelude to victory' by Wilson and J.R. Stow [n.d] (File 11) - Box 2

Miscellaneous papers, including a list of short stories, articles and radio scripts [n.d] (File 12) - Box 2


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