Guide to the Papers of Barbara Hanrahan
MS 7754
National Library of Australia
| Date Completed: | July 1989 |
| Last updated: | Feburary 2009 |
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
Biographical Note
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Correspondence, 1972-91
Series 2 Writings, 1974-92
Series 3 Unpublished writings
Series 4 Book reviews, 1973-92
Series 5 Diaries and notebooks (Restricted)
Box List
Summary
| Creator: | Hanrahan, Barbara, 1939-1991 |
| Title: | Papers of Barbara Hanrahan |
| Date range: | 1958-92 |
| Reference number: | MS 7754 |
| Extent: | 3.45 metres (23 boxes) |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia Canberra |
Introduction
Scope and Content
The collection comprises correspondence, notes, typescripts, proofs and drawings relating to fourteen of Hanrahan's novels and some unpublished works. Hanrahan's first novel The scent of eucalyptus is not represented. Also included in the papers are her diaries and notebooks (1958-91).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Barbara Hanrahan, National Library of Australia, MS 7754, [series and/or folder number]'.
Biographical Note
Barbara Hanrahan was an artist, print maker and writer. She was born in Adelaide in 1939 and lived there until her death in December 1991.
She spent three years at the South Australia School of Art and the left for London in 1963 to continue her art studies. She taught in the South Australian School of Art (1963-66). In England Hanrahan taught at the Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall, (1966-67) and Portsmouth College of Art (1967-70).
From 1964 Hanrahan held a number of exhibitions principally in Adelaide and Sydney, but also in Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, London and Florence. He works are represented in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra and many regional galleries.
Barbara Hanrahan's novels include The scent of eucalyptus (1973), The peach groves (1980), The frangipani gardens (1988) and Flawless jade (1989).
See: The encyclopedia of Australian art, p. 549.
The Oxford companion to Australian literature, pp. 315-316.
Series List and Descriptions
Series 2 Writings, 1974-92
This series consists of 14 subseries.
Subseries 2.2 The albatross muff, 1977
Published by Chatto and Windus
Folder 2 Corrected proofs and notes
Subseries 2.3 Where the queens strayed, 1978
Published by the University of Queensland Press
Folder 3 Corrected typescript. Also a letter from Margaret Perkins, Editorial Secretary of the University of Queensland Press
Subseries 2.4 The peach groves, 1980
Published by the University of Queensland Press.
Folder 4 Handwritten notes,
Folder 5 Notes for an early typescript
Folder 6 Corrected typescript and some handwritten pages
Folder 7 Early typescript, uncut version, with editorial pencil marks by D.J. Enright of Chatto & Windus
Folder 8 Corrected typescript
Subseries 2.5 The frangipani gardens, 1980
Published by the University of Queensland Press.
Folder 9 Handwritten notes for pages from early typescript
Folder 10 Corrected typescript
Folder 11 38 textual drawings on 30 pieces of cards. Some of these drawings were used in the book.
Folder 12 Corrected galleys, and folio
Subseries 2.6 Dove, 1982
Published by University of Queensland Press.
Folder 13 Early typescript and notes
Folder 14 Typescript and a set of page proofs
Folder 15 Corrected page proofs and corrected galleys
Folder 16 Handwritten notes and drafts
Subseries 2.7 Kewpie doll, 1984
Published by Chatto and Windus.
Folder 17 Notes and drafts
Folder 18-20 Typescripts and corrected typescripts
Subseries 2.9 Dream people (12 stories), 1987
Published London, Grafton/Collins.
Folder 23 Typescripts
Folder 24 Draft and corrected typescript
Subseries 2.11 Flawless Jade, 1989
Published by University Press of Queensland.
Folder 26-29 Typescripts with corrections
Folder 30-31 Galley proof and blurb
Subseries 2.12 Iris in her Garden, 1991
Published by Brindadbella Press, Canberra.
Folder 32 Typescript of eight short stories, with alterations
Series 3 Unpublished writings
Box List
| Box | Series | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | 1-8 |
| 2 | 1 | 9-10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1-6 |
| 3 | 2 | 7-11 |
| Folio box | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 13-19 |
| 5 | 2 | 20-25 |
| 6 | 2 | 26-32 |
| 7 | 2 | 33-41 |
| 8 | 2 | 42-43 |
| 8 | 3 | 1-6 |
| 9 | 3 | 7-8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1-5 |
| 10 | 5 | Diaries 1-14 |
| 11 | 5 | Diaries 15-23 |
| 12 | 5 | Diaries 23-34 |
| 13 | 5 | Diaries 35-43 |
| 14 | 5 | Diaries 44-53 |
| 15 | 5 | Diaries 54-58; notebooks |
| 16-23 | 5 | Photocopies of diaries & notebooks |