Guide to the Papers of Tom Inglis Moore

MS 8130

National Library of Australia


Date completed: 1995
Last updated: February 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

Organization

Access

Copying and Publishing

Preferred Citation

Provenance

Related Material

Access Terms

Biographical Note

Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Personal notebooks and documents, 1918-71

Series 2 Personal business papers, 1946-72

Series 3 General correspondence, 1925-77

Series 4 Poetry manuscripts and typescripts, 1929-75

Series 5 Prose and drama manuscripts and typescripts , 1930-c.45

Series 6 Sydney Morning Herald, 1934-40

Series 7 Broadcasts, 1939-53

Series 8 Canberra University College/Australian National University, 1946-67

Series 9 Teaching material on Australian literature, 1946-66

Series 10 Teaching and research files on Australian literary figures , 1925-74

Series 11 Research notes on Australian literature and folkore, 1953-67

Series 12 Critical writings on Australian literature, 1932-71

Series 13 Six Australian Poets, 1941-64

Series 14 Anthologies edited by Inglis Moore, 1952-66

Series 15 Social patterns in Australian literature, c.1950-71

Series 16 Books and writers in Australia, 1966-72

Series 17 Reviews of Tom Inglis Moore's books, 1935-66

Series 18 Reviews by Tom Inglis Moore, 1945-72

Series 19 Relations with publishers, 1935-76

Series 20 Works by others, c.1944-72

Series 21 Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1945-72

Series 22 Developments in the study, teaching and promotion of Australian literature, 1948-71

Series 23 Literary associations, 1935, 1948-77

Series 24 Booksellers brochures, catalogues and circulars, 1952-72

Series 25 Printed material on Australian literature, 1921-75

Series 26 The Phillipines, 1930-75

Series 27 Canada, 1962-72

Series 28 Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1946-73

Series 29 Gardening/roses, 1950-74

Series 30 Miscellaneous printed material (non-literary), 1947-76

Series 31 Newscuttings, 1874-90; 1929-c.1966

Series 32 Photographs

Box List



Summary

Creator: Moore, T. Inglis (Tom Inglis), 1901-1978
Title: Papers of Tom Inglis Moore
Date range: 1918-1977 (bulk 1929-1976)
Reference number: MS 8130
Extent: 9.3 metres (56 boxes + 3 folios)
Repository: National Library of Australia Canberra

Introduction

Scope and Content

Together with H.M. Green and Morris Miller, Tom Inglis Moore was instrumental in establishing Australian literature as a subject worthy of academic and scholarly attention. During the 1940s he pioneered the study and teaching of Australian literature in universities. In 1953 he was responsible for the establishment of the first full course in Australian literature (at the Australian National University), a course he ran as Associate Professor until his retirement in 1966.

The Inglis Moore Papers document his interest and involvement in the promotion, study and teaching of Australian literature as a critic, academic and administrator. The correspondence reveals his extensive network of contacts in the field. These included almost all of the prominent Australian writers and critics of the period 1940-65. This correspondence, together with Inglis Moore's teaching and research files, drafts of his critical and creative writings, and papers documenting his involvement with the Commonwealth Literary Fund, the Australian Society of Authors and the Fellowship of Australian Writers, constitute one of the National Library's finest literary collections.

Organization

When the Library took delivery of the Inglis Moore Papers they were in a state of serious disorder. While many of the papers were in labelled files, most were in disarray. The final arrangement of the Papers is therefore an artificial one devised by the staff of the Manuscript Section. Wherever possible, however, Inglis Moore's own filing and record keeping system has been retained.

Access

Available for research.

Provenance

In 1979, the year following Tom Inglis Moore's death, the National Library purchased the Inglis Moore Papers from his daughter, Pacita Alexander.

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.

Related Material

An oral history interview with Tom Inglis Moore, which was recorded by Hazel De Berg in 1967, can be found in the Library's Oral History Collection (DeB 210-211).

Conversation of T. Inglis Moore 1967 DeB 210-211 National Library of Australia music format National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au Oral History Collection

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Tom Inglis Moore, National Library of Australia, MS 8130, [series and/or folder number]'.

Access Terms

Personal Names
Astley, Thea, 1925-; Boldrewood, Rolf, 1826-1915; Brennan, Christopher, 1870-1985; Dark, Eleanor, 1900-1985; Dennis, C.J. (Clarence James), 1876-1938; Dobson, Rosemary, 1920-; Drake Brockman, H. (Henrietta), 1901-1968; Durack, Mary, 1913-1994; Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998; Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954; Furphy, Joseph, 1843-1912; Gilmore, Mary, Dame, 1865-1962; Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946; Harris, Max, 1921-1995; Harwood, Gwen, 1920-1995; Hasluck, Paul, Sir, 1905-1993; Herbert, Xavier, 1901-1984; Hewett, Dorothy; Hope, A.D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-2000; Hopegood, Peter, 1891-1967; Kendall, Henry, 1839-1882; Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922; Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833-1870; Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969; Mackellar, Dorothea, 1885-1968; McCrae, Hugh, 1876-1958; Murdoch, Walter, 1874-1970; Murray, Les A. (Les Allan), 1938-; O'Dowd, Bernard, 1866-1953; Palmer, Vance, 1885-1959; Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969; Shapcott, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1935-; Nielson, John Shaw, 1872-1942; Slessor, Kenneth, 1901-1971; Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988; Throssell, Ric1922-1999; Wallace-Crabbe, Chris, 1934-; White, Patrick, 1912-1990; Wright, Judith, 1915-2000;

Titles
All for Shorty; Australia Writes; No Robbery; Quality Street; A book of Australia; Adagio in blue; Australia writes; Bandicoot Ballads; Bayonet and grass; Book of Australia; Half way sun; Hermes; Literary letter; Meanjin; Nation; Poetry in Australia; Realist writer; Realist; Six Australian Poets; Social patterns in Australian literature; The Bulletin; Thomas Alexander Browne (Rolf Boldrewood): An annotated bibliography, checklist and chronology;

Corporate Names
Angus & Robertson; Australasian Book Society; Australian Institute of International Affairs; Australian Literature Society; Australian National University; Australian News and Information Bureau; Australian Research Grants Committee; Australian Society of Authors; Book Collectors' Society of Australia; Bread and Cheese Club (Melbourne, Vic.); Canberra University College; Commonwealth Literary Fund; Fellowship of Australian Writers; University of Melbourne; University of Queensland;

Geographic Name
Australia; Canada; Philippines;

Biographical Note

Date Event
1901 Born in Camden New South Wales
1919 Captain of Sydney Grammar School
1923 Graduated from University of Sydney with First Class Honours in English
1926 Graduated from University of Oxford with a Master of Arts
1927 Married Peace Little of Sydney
1926-28 Taught English at universities in Massachusetts and Iowa
1928-31 Associate Professor of English, the University of the Philippines
1931 Returned to Australia
1934-40 Leader writer and reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald
1935 Published The Half way sun: a novel of the Philippines (Angus & Robertson)
1936 Co-editor of Best Australian one-act plays with William Moore (Angus & Robertson)
1938 Published a book of poetry, Adagio in blue (Angus & Robertson)
1940-45 Military service in the Australian Army, including active service in New Guinea and service with the Army Education Service, in which he held the rank of Major
1941 Published Emu parade: poems from camp (Angus & Robertson)
1942 Published Six Australian poets (Robertson & Mullins)
1945-71 Member, Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Literary Fund
1946-53 Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies, School of Diplomatic Studies, Canberra University College
1953 Editor of Australia writes: an anthology of contemporary prose and verse (Cheshire)
1954-59 Senior Lecturer in Australian Literature, Australian National University
1957 Editor of Selected poems of Henry Kendall (Angus & Robertson)
1957 Published book of poetry, Bayonet and grass (Angus & Robertson)
1958 Awarded an O.B.E. for services to Australian literature
1959-66 Associate Professor of Australian Literature, ANU
1961 Edited anthology A Book of Australia (Collins)
1964 Co-edited Poetry in Australia: Vol 1 From Ballads to Brennan (Angus and Robertson)
1968 Published Rolf Boldrewood (OUP Great Australians Series)
1971 Published Social patterns in Australian literature (Angus and Robertson)
1978 Died in Canberra


Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Personal notebooks and documents, 1918-71

Series 1 is comprised of 5 folders and 1 folio.

Folder 1-2 University notebooks, 1918-24.

This folder contains 3 notebooks.

Folder 3 Personal notebooks and calendars, 1942-61.

This folder contains 6 items.

Folder 4 Job applications and curricula vitae, 1930, 1942-60.
Folder 5 Miscellaneous personal documents, 1951-71.
Folder Folio O.B.E., 1958.

Series 2 Personal business papers, 1946-72

Series 2 is comprised of 9 folders.

Folder 1 Bank statements, 1953-67.
Folder 2 ANU salary and superannuation, 1946-65.
Folder 3 Booksellers' receipts and statements, 1953-72.
Folder 4 Miscellaneous papers regarding income and investments, 1950-71.
Folder 5 Papers re property at Durville Crescent, Griffith, 1951-64.
Folder 6-7 Papers re property at Dominion Circuit, Forrest, 1950-54.
Folder 8-9 Miscellaneous accounts and receipts, n.d.

Series 3 General correspondence, 1925-77

Series 3 is comprised of 40 folders.

The majority of the correspondence is ordered chronologically, but several files are arranged according to correspondent.

Correspondence can also be found in Series 8B, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21-23 & 26-27. A file of letters from Miles Franklin to Inglis Moore can be found in Series 10.

Folder 1 Family correspondence, 1925-76.
Folder 2 Letters received, 1930-39.

Correspondents include: Carl N. Taylor (USA), William Moore, Louis and Hilda Esson, Vance Palmer, Leslie Rees, John Shaw Neilson, C. Hartley Grattan, Ethel Turner (Curlewis), A.R. Chisholm, Frank Wilmot, Henrietta Drake Brockman, R.D. Fitzgerald, Mary Gilmore, Norman Lindsay, H.M. Green and Paul Hasluck.

Folder 3 Letters received, 1940-45.

Correspondents include: Marjorie Barnard, W.M. Hughes, J.K. Moir, Bernard O'Dowd, Claude M. Fuess (USA), Ernest Mander, Ian Mudie, Frank Dalby Davison, Vance Palmer, Kenneth Slessor, Guy Howarth, R.D. Fitzgerald and William Baylebridge.

Folder 4 Letters received, 1946-47.

Correspondents include: Rex Ingamells, Sydney Tomholt, Val Vallis, A.R. Chisholm, Flexmore Hudson, Frank Dalby Davison, Ian Mudie, Jim Devaney, E. Morris Miller, Guy Howarth, A.D. Hope, Roland Robinson, Kenneth Slessor, Paul Grano, Francis Webb, Brian Elliott, Henrietta Drake Brockman and Walter Murdoch.

Folder 5 Letters received, 1948-49.

Correspondents include Guy Howarth, Walter Murdoch, Vance Palmer, Flexmore Hudson, Leon Gellert, Frank Dalby Davison and Rex Ingamells.

Folder 6 Letters received, 1950-51.

Correspondents include Frank Dalby Davison, Guy Howarth, Leon Gellert, Brian Elliot, Charles Moses, Sydney Tomholt, A.D. Hope, Bernard O'Dowd, Roland Robinson, Mary Gilmore, Nettie and Vance Palmer, Jim Devaney, J.K. Moir, and Rex Ingamells.

Folder 7 Letters received, 1952.

Correspondents include A.E. Mander, Sydney Tomholt, J.K. Moir, Douglas Stewart, Vance Palmer, Rex Ingamells, Frederick Macartney, Dal Stivens and Ian Mudie.

Folder 8 Correspondence, 1953.

Correspondents include Guy Howarth, Roland Robinson, Helen Wilson, J.K. Moir, Vance Palmer, Leslie Rees, Douglas Stewart, Henrietta Drake Brockman, E. Morris Miller, Mary Gilmore, Dal Stivens, J.A. Ferguson, Kenneth Slessor and J.K. Ewers.

Folder 8 Correspondence, 1953.

Correspondents include Guy Howarth, Roland Robinson, Helen Wilson, J.K. Moir, Vance Palmer, Leslie Rees, Douglas Stewart, Henrietta Drake Brockman, E. Morris Miller, Mary Gilmore, Dal Stivens, J.A. Ferguson, Kenneth Slessor and J.K. Ewers.

Folder 9 Correspondence, 1954.

Correspondents include J.K. Moir, E. Morris Miller, Coralie Rees, Frank Dalby Davison, Molly Eldershaw, Kenneth Slessor, Guy Howarth, A.R. Chisholm and H.A. Lindsay.

Folder 10 Correspondence, 1955.

Correspondents include J.K. Moir, Kenneth Slessor, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Allan Ashbolt, Henrietta Drake Brockman, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Stephen Murray Smith, Roland Robinson, Kylie Tennant and E. Morris Miller.

Folder 11 Correspondence, 1956.

Correspondents include Sydney Tomholt, A.R. Chisholm, Rob Scott, J.K. Moir, Frank Dalby Davison, Ernest Mander, Gavin Casey, E. Morris Miller, Roland Robinson, Cecil Hadgraft, Kylie Tennant, Kenneth Slessor, Douglas Stewart, Molly Eldershaw, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Hal Gye, Colin Roderick, Kenneth Binns.

Folder 12-13 Correspondence, 1957.

correspondents include Frank Dalby Davison, Morris Miller, Walter Stone, Andrew Fabinyi, James McAuley, Lou Rees, Syd Tomholt, Douglas Stewart, J.K. Moir, Ernest Mander, Ian Mudie, Henrietta Drake Brockman, Donovan Clarke, Ric Throssell, R.D. FitzGerald, Mary Gilmore, Alan Marshall, Kylie Tennant, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Judah Waten, Molly Eldershaw and Ron Edwards.

Folder 14-15 Correspondence, 1958.

Correspondents include R.D. FitzGerald, Henrietta Drake Brockman, Frank Dalby Davison, Ernest Mander, Rob Scott, J.K. Moir, P.R. Stephensen, Kylie Tennant, Sydney Tomholt, Brian Cox, Russell Ward, Cecil Hadgraft, Max Dunn, Ian Mudie, E. Morris Miller, Vincent Buckley, Judah Waten, Alan Marshall & Mary Gilmore.

Folder 16 Correspondence, 1959.

Correspondents include Vance and Nettie Palmer, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Rob Scott, Sydney Tomholt, Hazel De Berg, Mary Durack, Vincent Serventy, Kylie Tennant and Ian Mudie.

Folder 17 Correspondence, 1960.

Correspondents include Douglas Stewart, Ian Mudie, Thea Astley, David Martin, C.E.W. Bean, Cecil Hadgraft, E. Morris Miller, Stephen Murray-Smith, Clem Semmler, Leon Gellert, Dorothea Mackellar, Jim Devaney, J.G.H. Strehlow, Henrietta Drake Brockman.

Folder 18 Correspondence, 1961.

Correspondents include Alan Marshall, Dorothy Hewett, Guy Howarth, J.K. Ewers, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Jim Devaney, Kylie Tennant, David Martin, Judah Waten, Frank Dalby Davison, Geoffrey Dutton and Cecil Hadgraft.

Folder 19 Correspondence, 1962-63.

Correspondents include Ernest Mander, Max Harris, J.K. Ewers, Kylie Tennant, Guy Howarth, E. Morris Miller, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jim Devaney, Frank Dalby Davison, Sydney Tomholt, R.D. Fitzgerald and Colin Roderick.

Folder 20 Correspondence, 1964.

Correspondents include Keast Burke, Sydney Tomholt, Patrick White, Judah Waten, Frank Dalby Davison, Hugh Anderson.

Folder 21 Correspondence, 1965.

Correspondents include Guy Howarth, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Joseph Jones (Texas), Judith Wright, Bruce Muirden, Barrie Ovenden, A. Grove Day, Sydney Tomholt, Bishop, Tom Reed, Geoff Serle, Ernest Mander, Norman Lindsay, Bruce Nesbitt, C. Hartley Grattan, Rosemary Dobson and J.K. Ewers.

Folder 22 Correspondence, 1966.

Correspondents include R.D. Fitzgerald, Rosemary Dobson, Guy Howarth, J.K. Ewers, Kylie Tennant. A.R. Chisholm, Mary Durack, Les Murray and Vivian Smith.

Folder 23 Correspondence 1967.

Correspondents include Frank Dalby Davison, Rodney Hall, Henrietta Drake Brockman, Hazel De Berg, Mary Durack, Kylie Tennant, A.R. Chisholm, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Sydney Tomholt, Eve Langley, J.K. Ewers, Eric Irvin, Geoff Serle, A.D. Hope, Les Murray and Jim Devaney.

Folder 24 Correspondence, 1968.

Correspondents include Alan Marshall, R.H. Morrison, Rodney Hall, Tom Ronan, Geoff Drake Brockman, Tom Shapcott, Sydney Tomholt, Gwen Harwood, and Mary Durack.

Folder 25 Correspondence, 1969.

Correspondents include Dymphna Cusack, Guy Howarth, Sydney Tomholt, Michael Thwaites, Cecil Hadgraft and Colin Roderick.

Folder 26 Correspondence, 1970.

Correspondents include Ric Throssell, Frank Dalby Davison, Jim Devaney, Sydney Tomholt, Kylie Tennant, Russell Ward, David Martin, Cecil Hadgraft, A.D. Hope and A.R. Chisholm.

Folder 27 Correspondence 1971.

Correspondents include Judith Wright, A.R. Chisholm, Michael Thwaites, Bruce Nesbitt, C. Hartley Grattan, Alan Marshall, Colin Roderick, David Matin, Guy Howarth, Jim Devaney, Leslie Rees, R.D. Fitzgerald, Clem Semmler and Kylie Tennant.

Folder 28 Correspondence, 1972.

Correspondents include Guy Howarth, Alan Marshall, Arthur Calwell, Leslie Rees, Ernest Mander, Kylie Tennant, Ric Throssell, A. Grove Day, Dymphna Cusack, and Herbert Jaffa.

Folder 29 Correspondence, 1973-74.

Correspondents include Ernest Mander, Guy Howarth, Dorothy Green, Cecil Hadgraft, Douglas Stewart, Ian Mudie and Leslie Rees.

Folder 30 Correspondence, 1975-77.

Correspondents include Barbara Blackman, Leslie Rees, A. Grove Day, Douglas Stewart, Ernest Mander, William Wilde and Walter Stone.

Folder 31 Undated Correspondence, n.d.

Correspondents include J.K. Moir, Thea Astley, David Campbell, Kylie Tennant and Cecil Hadgraft.

Folder 32 Correspondence with Clem Christesen (& Meanjin), 1948-77.

File created by Tom Inglis Moore.

Folder 33-34 Correspondence with Clem Christesen (& Meanjin), 1950-75.

Artificial file created by Manuscripts staff.

Folder 35 Correspondence with Xavier Herbert, 1946-62.

File kept by Inglis Moore.

Folder 36 Letters from Peter Hopegood, 1939-53.
Folder 37-38 Letters from Hugh McCrae, 1932-57.
Folder 39 Letters from H.M. Green, 1946-56.
Folder 40 Information requests on Australian literature, 1952-57.

Series 4 Poetry manuscripts and typescripts, 1929-75

Series 4 is comprised of 6 folders.

Folder 1-6 Untitled, 1929-75.

Handwritten, typescript and roneoed drafts of poems by Inglis Moore, the earliest of which date from his time in the Philippines.

Series 5 Prose and drama manuscripts and typescripts , 1930-c.45

Series 5 is comprised of 4 folders.

Folder 1 Typescript of one act play No Robbery, c.1930s.

Includes manuscript inserts.

Folder 2 Typescript of three act play All for Shorty, n.d.
Folder 3-4 Manuscript and typescript drafts of short stories, 1930-c.1945.

Series 6 Sydney Morning Herald, 1934-40

Series 6 is comprised of 1 folder.

Folder 1 Clippings and typescripts of articles by Inglis Moore, 1934-40

Series 7 Broadcasts, 1939-53

Series 7 is comprised of 2 folders.

Folder 1 Typescripts of radio broadcasts, 1939-53.

Includes broadcasts on William Baylebridge and Mary Gilmore.

Folder 2 ABC Radio broadcasts, Quality Street and Australia Writes, 1953.

Series 8 Canberra University College/Australian National University, 1946-67

This series comprises of 3 subseries.

Subseries 8a General, 1950-67

Subseries 8A is comprised of 19 folders.

Folder 1 Papers relating to appointments, study leave, etc., 1950-63.
Folder 2 Miscellaneous circulars and memos, 1955-66.
Folder 3 University Staff Association, 1959-67.
Folder 4 Students' Association, 1954-65.
Folder 5-7 University Council, minutes, etc., 1951-55.
Folder 8-10 Board of Studies, minutes, etc., 1953-60.
Folder 11-12 Faculty of Arts, minutes, etc., 1960-66.
Folder 13 Miscellaneous, including University House, various notices, etc., 1959-65.
Folder 14-17 University Library orders and acquisitions, 1952-66.
Folder 18-19 Printed material, n.d.

Subseries 8B Pacific Studies - Teaching and Administrative Material , 1946-53

Subseries 8B is comprised of 19 folders.

Folder 1 Administrative records, 1946-53.

Includes reports, minutes, memos, etc.

Folder 2 Student and examination records, 1946-53.
Folder 3 Lecture and study tour of Japan and the Philippines (British Commonwealth Occupation Forces), 1947-48.

Includes correspondence, reports, etc.

Folder 4 Working notes, n.d.

Contains 2 exercise books.

Folder 5-7 Working notes for teaching, n.d.
Folder 8 Tutorials, n.d.
Folder 9-12 Lectures, n.d.
Folder 13 Teaching material on India, n.d.
Folder 14 Teaching material on Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma, n.d.
Folder 15 Teaching material on Siam and Indochina, n.d.
Folder 16 Teaching material on Malaya and Indonesia, n.d.
Folder 17 Teaching material on China, Korea and Manchuria, n.d.
Folder 18 Teaching material on Japan, n.d.
Folder 19 Teaching material on Soviet Asia.

Subseries 8C Australian Literature - Administrative Records, 1953-66

This subseries is comprised of 6 folders.

Folder 1-3 Papers relating to the establishment of an Australian literature course at Canberra University College, 1954-55.
Folder 4 Fulbright scholars studying Australian literature in Canberra, 1953-59.
Folder 5 Student records, 1955-66.
Folder 6 Reports, memos, etc., 1955-66.

Series 9 Teaching material on Australian literature, 1946-66

Series 9 is comprised of 3 subseries.

Subseries 9A Commonwealth Literary Fund lectures, 1946-57

Subseries 9A is comprised of 10 folders.

Folder 1 University of Queensland, 1946-51.
Folder 2-3 University of Queensland, 1953.
Folder 4 University of Queensland, 1954.
Folder 5 University of Melbourne, 1957.
Folder 6-7 Lectures on the modern novel, Sydney WEA and University Tutorial Classes.
Folder 8 University of Melbourne.

Includes material on Elliot and Donne.

Folder 9 Discussion Course Number 7 - roneoed lectures.
Folder 10 Roneoed lectures on modern English, 1951-57.

Subseries 9B Canberra University College Lecture synopses, 1954-66

Subseries 9B is comprised of 17 folders.

Folder 1-9 Roneoed synopses on Australian literary styles, genres and individual writers, various dates.

Folders are in numerical sequence.

Folder 10-13 Roneoed lecture,

4 complete sets.

Folder 14 Lecture drafts and typescripts, 1954-55.
Folder 15-17 Lectures, 1964-66.

Subseries 9C Canberra University College - Other Teaching Material, 1955-66

Subseries 9C is comprised of 17 folders.

Folder 1-3 Roneoed and typescript papers on course syllabus and curriculum, 1955-66.
Folder 4-8 Tutorial notes and roneoed handouts, 1955-66.
Folder 9-11 Reading lists.
Folder 12-14 Roneoed and typescript material on Australian drama.
Folder 15-17 Examinations and assessments, 1955-66.

Series 10 Teaching and research files on Australian literary figures , 1925-74

Series 10 is comprised of 3 subseries.

Subseries 10A Christopher Brennan

Subseries 10A is comprised of 7 folders.

Folder 1-7 Research notes, typescripts of articles and papers by Brennan, bibliographic notes, lectures and articles on Brennan by Inglis Moore and others, and typescripts of Brennan's lectures on symbolism.

Subseries 10B Rolf Boldrewood

Subseries 10B is comprised of 9 folders.

Folder 1-8 Research notes, index cards, correspondence, photographic prints, lectures, photocopies and typescript copies of sources relating to Boldrewood, drafts of Inglis Moore's writings on Boldrewood, c.1960-74.
Folder 9 Annotated copy of Keast Burke's Thomas Alexander Browne (Rolf Boldrewood): an annotated bibliography, checklist and chronology, 1956.

Subseries 10C Miscellaneous

Subseries 10C is comprised of 26 folders and 1 folio. Many of these files contain typescripts of scholarly writings on the subject by Inglis Moore.

Folder 1 William Baylebridge and E.J. Brady, 1925-74.
Folder 2 Martin Boyd, Eleanor Dark, C.J. Dennis and Louis Esson, 1925-74.
Folder 3-4 R.D. Fitzgerald, 1925-74.
Folder 5 Miles Franklin, 1925-74.

Includes 20 letters from Franklin to Inglis Moore, 1930-52.

Folder 6 Joseph Furphy and Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1925-74.
Folder 7 A.D. Hope, 1925-74.
Folder 8 Henry Kendall, 1925-74.
Folder 9-11 Henry Lawson, 1925-74.
Folder 12 Henry Lawson, 1925-74.

Includes correspondence, 1925-57 and copies of letters by Lawson.

Folder Folio Henry Lawson - clippings of contributions to The Bulletin, 1887-1924.
Folder 13 Hugh McCrae, John Shaw Nielson and Vance Palmer, 1925-74.
Folder 14 Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1925-74.
Folder 15 Henry Handel Richardson, 1925-74.
Folder 16 Kenneth Slessor, 1925-74.
Folder 17-18 A.G. Stephens, 1925-74.
Folder 19 A.G. Stephens, 1925-74.

Includes some original Stephens correspondence, 1896, 1909-1933 - correspondents include Mary Gilmore and Alexander Turnbull.

Folder 20 Douglas Stewart, 1925-74.
Folder 21 Kylie Tennant, 1925-74.
Folder 22 Sydney Tomholt and Francis Webb, 1925-74.
Folder 23 Patrick White, 1925-74.
Folder 24-25 Judith Wright, 1925-74.
Folder 26 Furnley Maurice, pseudonym for Frank Wilmot, 1881-1942, 1925-74.

Contains 3 annotated typescripts on an essay on Maurice; letter from Percival Serle, 1951. (Addition 3 April 1997.)

Series 11 Research notes on Australian literature and folkore, 1953-67

Series 11 is comprised of 5 folders.

Folder 1-3 Miscellaneous research notes and index cards, 1925-74.

Some of this material relates to Mary Gilmore, c.1953-67.

Folder 4 Research material on bush ballads, 1953-65.
Folder 5 Copy of Bandicoot ballads and associated papers, 1956.

Series 12 Critical writings on Australian literature, 1932-71

Series 12 is comprised of 6 folders.

Folder 1-3 Typescripts of scholarly and critical writings on various aspects of Australian literature, 1932-62.

Topics include Frank Wilmot, Kylie Tennant and Hugh McCrae.

Folder 4 Survey articles on Australian literature, 1951.
Folder 5 Off-prints of articles by Inglis Moore, 1938-71.
Folder 6 Unsorted fragments of drafts.

This is mostly typescript material.

Series 13 Six Australian Poets, 1941-64

Series 13 is comprised of 2 folders.

Folder 1 Typescript draft of manuscript;
Folder 2 Letters from Robertson and Mullins and the Commonwealth Literary Fund regarding the publication of Six Australian poets, 1941-46, 1959-64.

Series 14 Anthologies edited by Inglis Moore, 1952-66

Series 14 is comprised of 3 folders.

Folder 1 Drafts and working notes for A book of Australia, 1960-61.
Folder 2-3 Drafts and working notes for various anthologies including Australian writers, published by the Fellowship of Australian Writers (see also Series 23A), 1952-66

Series 15 Social patterns in Australian literature, c.1950-71

Series 15 is comprised of 56 folders.

Published in 1971, Social Patterns in Australian literature was Inglis Moore's most substantial and enduring contribution to the study of Australian literature. He commenced working on the topic during the 1930s, developing many of its themes during his Commonwealth Literary Fund lectures at the University of Queensland in 1946 and the University of Sydney in 1951 (see Series 9A/1). In 1951 a first draft of the work, under the title The Social Mirror, shared first prize for a work of non-fiction in the Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition. In 1964 Inglis Moore submitted an expanded, updated, reshaped and retitled version of the work to the University of Melbourne in the form of an unsuccessful Doctor of Letters thesis. After his retirement in 1966, utilising financial assistance from the Australian Research Grants Committee, he again reshaped the work, this time into its final form.

Folder 1-6 Miscellaneous drafts and working notes for The Social Mirror, c.1950-51.
Folder 7-12 Working notes and correspondence re D.Litt thesis, 1956-62.
Folder 13-23 Drafts of D.Litt. thesis, 1963-64.
Folder 24-25 Bound copy of D.Litt thesis, Social Patterns in Australian Literature, 1964.
Folder 26 Critiques of thesis and Inglis Moore's comments on examiners' reports, 1964.
Folder 27-48 Working drafts of Social patterns in Australian literature, c.1965-70.
Folder 49 Correspondence with the Australian Research Grants Committee, 1969-70.
Folder 50-56 Final typescript drafts of Social patterns in Australian literature, 1970-71.

Series 16 Books and writers in Australia, 1966-72

This series contains 5 folders.

During the 1960s and early 1970s Inglis Moore prepared and regularly revised various editions of this pamphlet for the Commonwealth Department of Immigration.

Folder 1-5 Correspondence, working notes and drafts, 1966-72.

Series 17 Reviews of Tom Inglis Moore's books, 1935-66

This series contains 3 folders.

Folder 1 Half way sun and Adagio in blue, 1935; 1938-39.

Contains clippings and typescript extracts.

Folder 2 Australia writes and Bayonet and grass, 1953; 1958.

Contains clippings and typescript extracts.

Folder 3 Book of Australia and Poetry in Australia, 1961-62; 1964-66.

Contains clippings and photocopies.

Series 18 Reviews by Tom Inglis Moore, 1945-72

This series contains 3 folders.

Folder 1 Typescript reviews, 1945-61.
Folder 2 Typescript reviews and associated correspondence, 1956-62.
Folder 3 Typescripts and clippings of reviews, 1966-72.

Includes associated correspondence.

Series 19 Relations with publishers, 1935-76

This series contains 5 folders.

Folder 1 Correspondence with and royalty statements from various publishers, 1935-76.

Includes Collins, Cheshire (Andrew Fabinyi) and the University of California Press.

Folder 2-4 Angus & Robertson: royalty statements, contracts and readers' reports, 1935-73.

Correspondents include Beatrice Davis, Colin Roderick, Douglas Stewart and others.

Folder 5 Clippings, other published material and correspondence relating to the battle for control of Angus & Robertson, 1960.

Series 20 Works by others, c.1944-72

This series contains 17 folders.

Folder 1 Holograph and typescript poetry by various authors, mostly undated.
Folder 2 Typescript and roneoed drama: Suburban Requiem by Ric Throssell and Boydtown by Wal Pettersson, 1962.
Folder 3 Typescript of Three Sons: a drama in three acts by Kevin Dowling.
Folder 4-5 Roneoed and typescript copies of ABC radio play scripts, c. 1940s.
Folder 6 Typescripts of four short stories by un-named authors.
Folder 7 Typescript of The Event Itself by Helen Bousfield.
Folder 8 Exercise book of Alison Jones' lecture notes in English, Sydney University, 1952.
Folder 9 Bound transcript with manuscript corrections of Kylie Tennant's Tell morning this, c.1953.
Folder 10-11 Photocopy of transcript of The Nodding Star by Charles Inglis, 1965.
Folder 12 Corrected transcript of M.A. thesis by K.J. Lancaster, Forces in Contemporary Australian Poetry, 1920-48, University of Sydney, 1952.
Folder 13 Roneoed and transcript copies of critical writings on Australian literature, 1946-56.

Includes works by Colin Roderick, A.D. Hope, E. Morris Miller and Florence Maupin.

Folder 14 Roneoed and transcript copies of critical writings on Australian literature, 1962-71.

Includes works by Sir Mark Oliphant, Arthur Calwell, A.D. Hope, Clem Christesen and Florence Maupin.

Folder 15 Roneoed critical writings by Guy Howarth, 1964-65.
Folder 16 Roneoed poetry by Guy Howarth, 1964-72.
Folder 17 Roneoed draft of Bruce Nesbitt's Index to Australian literary pseudonyms, and typescript chapter by Bruce Nesbitt on Bernard O'Dowd, c.1970; c.1965.

Series 21 Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1945-72

This series contains 6 folders.

This series contains papers accumulated by Moore in his capacity as a member of the Commonwealth Literary Fund Advisory Board. These include correspondence, booklists, minutes, reports on funding applications and material relating to CLF sponsored lecture tours by various speakers.

Papers relating to Inglis Moore's own CLF lectures on literature, 1946-57 can be found in subseries 9A.

Folder 1 Miscellaneous papers, 1945-54.
Folder 2 Miscellaneous papers, 1955-58.
Folder 3 Miscellaneous papers, 1959-61.
Folder 4 Reports and correspondence relating to funding for Meanjin, 1946-72 {bulk: 1958-62}.
Folder 5 Miscellaneous papers, 1962-66.
Folder 6 Miscellaneous papers, 1967-72.

Includes photocopy of Helping literature in Australia: the work of the Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1908-1966.

Series 22 Developments in the study, teaching and promotion of Australian literature, 1948-71

This series contains 9 folders.

Folder 1 Correspondence, reports and newscuttings relating to developments in the study and teaching of Australian literature in schools and universities in Australia and elsewhere, 1955-71.

Includes papers relating to the creation of various Chairs in Australian Literature.

Folder 2 Leaflets, correspondence, reports and clippings relating to various literary competitions, 1948-70.
Folder 3 Papers relating to the compilation of lists of representative Australian books for the Australian National Advisory Committee for UNESCO, 1960-66.
Folder 4 Papers relating to various literary festivals and seminars, 1965-67.
Folder 5-6 Typescripts and clippings of articles for The Good neighbour, published by the Department of Immigration, 1962-63.

Includes associated correspondence.

Folder 7-9 Copies of Literary letter, published by the Australian News and Information Bureau (Brian Johns) containing contributions by Inglis Moore, 1959-66.

Series 23 Literary associations, 1935, 1948-77

This series contains 3 subseries.

Subseries 23A Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1935, 1948-70, 1975

This series contains 4 folders.

Folder 1-2 Correspondence and other papers relating to Australian Authors' Week, 1935.
Folder 3-4 Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, notices and other papers, 1948-70, 1975.

Subseries 23B Australian Society of Authors, 1963-77

This subseries contains 6 folders.

Includes minutes, circulars, newsletters, reports and correspondence.

Folder 1 Untitled, 1963-65.
Folder 2 Untitled, 1966-67.
Folder 3 Untitled, 1968-69.
Folder 4 Untitled, 1970-72.
Folder 5 Untitled, 1973-75.
Folder 6 Untitled, 1976-77.

Subseries 23C Other literary associations, 1950-77

This series contains 3 folders.

Folder 1 P.E.N. - correspondence, circulars, clippings, photographs and newsletters, 1950-51, 1963-77.
Folder 2 Book Collector's Society of Australia - notices and newsletters 1951-62; and Australian Literature Society - circulars, 1953-54.
Folder 3 Bread and Cheese Club, Melbourne - notices and newsletters 1956-66; Australasian Book Society 1965-71; English Association 1956-73; and Miscellaneous literary associations, 1955-75.

Series 24 Booksellers brochures, catalogues and circulars, 1952-72

This series consists of three boxes of booksellers' brochures and catalogues, relating mostly to published Australiana. Booksellers represented include Berkelouws, Gaston Renard, Beck Book Co., Fullers, and Angus & Robertson.

Series 25 Printed material on Australian literature, 1921-75

This series contains 10 folders.

Folder 1 Issues of Australian literary magazines, 1935-62.
Folder 2 Issues of Australian literary magazines, 1964-70.
Folder 3 Issues (4) of Poetry Australia, 1966-72; copy of Meanjin, 1975.
Folder 4 Issues (11) of The Bulletin, 1951-61.
Folder 5 Issues of The Realist writer and The Realist, 1960-67.
Folder 6 Issue of Hermes, 1921; four issues of Nation, 1958-71.
Folder 7 7 booklets containing poetry and lectures on literary topics, 1921-70.
Folder 8 Copy of Laugh or cry or yawn, a poetry anthology edited by L.M. Hannan and B.A. Breen, Cheshire, 1971.
Folder 9-10 Theatre programs and other published material, 1946-75.

Series 26 The Phillipines, 1930-75

This series contains 6 folders.

After leaving the Philippines in 1931 Inglis Moore maintained an ongoing interest in the island group, occasionally writing articles and regularly corresponding with acquaintances such as Amador Daguid and A.V.H. Hartendorp. Inglis Moore returned to the Philippines on short study trips in 1947 and 1950.

See also Series 31 for an album of newsclippings compiled by Inglis Moore when he was in the Philippines, 1929-31. Series 32 includes a number of photographs of the Philippines.

Folder 1 Correspondence and drafts of articles, 1930-39.
Folder 2 Correspondence and other papers, 1945-51.
Folder 3 Drafts of articles, reviews and broadcasts on the Philippines, 1950-51.
Folder 4 Correspondence and other papers, 1953-68.
Folder 5 Correspondence and other papers, 1969-75.
Folder 6 Four issues of the Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, 1958-60.

Series 27 Canada, 1962-72

This series contains 3 folders.

In 1963 Inglis Moore carried out a study trip to Canada. The papers in this small series document this trip and the contacts he maintained with Canadian scholars in subsequent years.

Folder 1 Correspondence and other papers, 1962-63.
Folder 2 Correspondence and other papers re Canadian trip, 1963.
Folder 3 Correspondence and other papers, 1964-72.

Series 28 Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1946-73

This series contains 3 folders.

Folder 1 Roneoed circulars, reports, minutes and notices, 1946-47.
Folder 2 Circulars, reports and other papers, 1950-55.
Folder 3 Newsletters, circulars and other papers, 1964-73.

Series 29 Gardening/roses, 1950-74

This series contains 4 folders.

Folder 1 Miscellaneous papers, 1950-57.

Includes plant orders, horticultural notes and leaflets, and circulars from the Canberra Rose Club.

Folder 2 Miscellaneous papers, 1958-63.

Includes gardening magazines.

Folder 3 Miscellaneous papers, 1964-68.

Includes circulars from the Horticultural Society of Canberra.

Folder 4 Miscellaneous papers, 1970-74.

Includes circulars from the Society for Growing Australian Plants.

Series 30 Miscellaneous printed material (non-literary), 1947-76

This series includes magazine issues, tourist, statistical, music and other publications.

Series 31 Newscuttings, 1874-90; 1929-c.1966

Includes three albums of newscuttings, 1874-90, 1929-31 and 1935, the second of which was compiled by Inglis Moore during his time in the Philippines. The remainder of the series consists of loose, unsorted newsclippings, many of which relate to Australian literature.

Series 32 Photographs

Photographs, mostly labelled, of Inglis Moore, his family and acquaintances, in addition to a number of photographs of the Philippines and photographic prints of portraits of Australian literary figures. c.250 photographs in total.



Box List

Box Item Date Range
1 Series 1-2 1918-72
2 Series 2 1946-72
3-7 Series 3 1925-77
8 Series 4-5 1929-c.1945
9 Series 6-8A 1934-67
10 Series 8A 1950-67
11 Series 8A-8B 1946-67
12-13 Series 8B 1946-53
14 Series 8C-9A 1946-66
15 Series 9A 1946-57
16-17 Series 9B 1954-66
18 Series 9B-9C 1954-66
19-20 Series 9C 1955-66
21 Series 10A 1925-74
22 Series 10B 1925-74
23-25 Series 10C 1925-74
26 Series 11-12 c.1953-71
27 Series 12-14 1932-71
28-35 Series 15 c.1950-71
36 Series 16-17 1935-72
37 Series 18-19 1935-76
38-39 Series 20 c.1944-72
40 Series 20-21 c.1944-72
41 Series 21-22 1945-72
42 Series 22-23A 1935-75
43 Series 23B-23C 1950-77
44-46 Series 24 1952-72
47 Series 25 1921-75
48 Series 25-26 1921-75
49 Series 26-28 1930-75
50 Series 29 1950-74
51-52 Series 30 1947-76
53-55 Series 31 1874-c.1966
56 Series 32 n.d.