MS 7071 Papers of Frank Kellaway (1922- )
Biographical Note
Author. Kellaway was born in London, but grew up in Australia. His
writings include short stories, novels, poems and opera libretti.
Series Description
I Manuscripts
(i) Typescript of 'A shabby charity' (autobiography) (ii) Typescript
of 'Redgum city', including photographs, 1979 (autobiographical) (iii)
Photocopy of typescript of 'The new nomads', including photographs, 1987
(autobiographical) (iv) Typescript, with slight ms. amendments, of
'Hereward' (novel) (v) Typescript, with slight ms. amendments, of 'A
goddess and her people' (novel) (vi) Original typescript, with ms.
alterations, of 'The divers' (novel) (vii) Typescript, with slight ms.
amendments, of Bill's break (novel). Published 1983. (viii) Typescript of
'The tree of knowledge' (play) ) (ix) Typescript of 'Trucks' (play)
(x) Typescript, with slight ms. amendments, of 'Battle for an eyas' (children's
novel) (xi) Typescript, with slight ms. amendments, of 'Cragspindle'
(children's novel) (xii) Notebook containing drafts of poems and notes
(xiii) Notebook containing drafts of poems, drafts of 'The new nomads',
and drafts of reminiscences of Geelong Grammar School (published in
Australians, a historical library, 1987)
II Diaries
(i) Diary, 1972-75, itermittent entries, some describing dreams,
including letters from his separated wife Carlotta (ii) Jamieson diary,
July 1977-Nov. 1978, covering period when Kellaway and Carmel Saville were
camped at Wren's Flat near Mt. Skeene, in the Victorian Alps.Very detailed (4
quarto volumes) (iii) Diary, March-Nov. 1987, describing journey around
Australia on which 'the new nomads' was based. Very detailed. (2 quarto
volumes) Note: Diary entries for other periods e.g. June-Dec.1979, June-Aug.
1984 can be found in other notebooks.
III Literary Correspondence
(i) Letters of Gwen Harwood, 1987-89 (10 letters, 21 postcards) (ii)
Letters of Tony Riddell, 1978-89 (12 letters, 11 postcards) (iii) Letters
of Hilary Cohen, 1987-89 (24 letters) (iv) Letters of Barry Dowling,
1986-89 (19 letters) (v) Letters and cards of other writers, including A.D.
Hope (1), Mal Morgan (2), Peter Murphy (2), Fiona Perry (4), Janet Boddy (13),
Barrett Reid (5), Peter Mathers (2), Mary Durack (1), Ken Gardiner (1), Manning
Clark (6), Russel Ward (9), Lyndsay Gardiner (9), Maria Lewitt (10), Ken Inlgis
(1), 1986-89. (c. 90 letters) (vi) Letters of publishers and editors,
including Chris Wallace-Crabbe (1), S. Murray-Smith (4), Teresa Pitt (4),
Rosemary Nissen (5), Tom Glasson (1), Barrett Reid (2), 1976-89 (21 letters)
IV Family Correspondence
(i) Letters of Michael Kellaway (brother), 1984-90 (41 letters) (ii)
Letters of C.W. (Will) Kellaway (brother), 1984-89 (105 letters) (iii)
Letters and cards of Eileen Lester (mother) (20 items) (iv) Letters of
other relatives, 1984-89 (c. 20 items)
V Correspondence of Eileen Lester
(i) Letters of Frank Kellaway, 1942-82 (40 letters) (ii) Letters of
Mike Kellaway, 1961-82 (c. 80 letters) (iii) Letters of C.W. (Will)
Kellaway, 1954-82 (c. 200 letters) (iv) Letters of Deborah Kellaway (Will's
wife), 1954-82 (30 letters) (v) Miscellaneous letters and cards from
friends, c. 1960-82 (c. 50 items)
VI Miscellaneous Papers
(i) Script of A.B.C. interview with Kellaway and George Dreyfus, 1965
(ii) Draft book reviews
Addition December 1991
Correspondence
Family correspondence, together with letters from Russel Ward, Barrett
Reid, Hilary Cohen, Barry Dowling, Tony Riddell, Gwen Harwood, Cheryl Taylor,
Don Baker, Mike Kellaway, Will Kellaway and others, mostly 1987-1991
Addition August 1994
Correspondence, 1991-1994
1 Letters from Barry Dowling and Kate Kellaway 2 Letters from Greg
Kratzmann, Tony Riddell and Gwen Harwood 3 Letters from Oliver Gasperini
and Don Baker 4 Letters from Peter Murphy, Barrett Reid, Bob and Ailsa
Burns, Maria Lewitt, Robin Sevenoaks and others
Poems
5 Anne Chloe Elder, Don Maynard, Fiona Perry, Barry Dickins and Ken
Taylor
Addition December 1999
Further description of each folder of correspondence and each
journal/notebook is given on a list prepared by Kellaway, a copy of which is
included in Box 17, Folder 1.
Correspondence
1 Letters of Kate Kellaway, 1994-1997 2 Letters of Margaret Benoit,
Ray Coles and Oliver Gasperini, 1994-1997 3 Letters of Barbara Allen, Gayle
Deal, Eric Grayson, Joselyn Hargraves, Jane Heywood, Peter and Fran Leach,
Carolyn Moore, Kate and Pat Pearson, Polly Roden and Bill Thompson, 1995-1999
4-5 Letters of Jean Archer and Deborah Kellaway, 1989-1999 6 Letters of
Gwen Harwood, Greg Kratzmann and Tony Riddell, 1995-1998 7 Letters of
Carmel Saville, 1990-1997 8 Letters of Mike Kellaway, 1994-1999 9-11
Letters of Mike Kellaway, 1958-1982 12 Letters of R.T. Hammerly, Michael
Collins Persse and Peter Stoner, 1994-1998 13 Letters of Dan Kellaway,
Maria Meehan and Sharyn Munro, 1996-1997 14 Letters of Barry Dowling,
George Dreyfus, Paul Howden, Maria Lewitt, Peter Mathers, Dan Maynard, Mal
Morgan, Peter Murphy, Fiona Perry and Susanne Welborn, 1996-1999 15 Letters
of Don Baker, Ian Bassett, Dymphna Clark and Ken and Amirah Inglis, 1993-1999
16 Letters of Carlotta Kellaway, 1995-1999 17-18 Letters of Will
Kellaway, 1994-1999 Journals and Notebooks 19 Sightings journal 1,
1982-1983 20 Sightings journal 2, 1983-1985 21 Sightings journal 3,
Tubbut, 1985-1988 22 Sightings journal 4, Tubbut, 1988-1989 23 'A
Tubbut year abandoned', 1996-1997 24 Koroit journal 1, 1989-1990 25
Koroit journal 2, 1990 26 Koroit journal 3, 1990 27 Koroit journal 4,
1990-1991 28 Koroit journal 4A, 1991 29 Koroit journal 5, 1992 30
Koroit journal 6, 1993 31 Koroit journal 7, 1993 32 Koroit journal 8,
1993 33 Koroit journal 9, 1993 34 Koroit journal 10, 1993-1994 35
Koroit journal 11, 1994-1998 36 Poetry notebook 5 37 Poetry notebook
38 Painting trip journal, 1991 39 Painting trip journal, 1995 40
Painting trip journal, 1995-1996 41 Painting trip journal, 1997-1998 42
Painting trip journal, 1991-1992 43 Early notebook 6, 1950 44 Early
notebook 9, c. 1951 |