Guide to the Papers of Nicholas Hasluck
MS 8328
National Library of Australia
| Date completed: | January 1992 |
| Last updated: | November 2000 |
©2000 National Library of Australia. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
Collection Summary
Introduction
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Access
Copying and Publishing
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Related Material
Biographical Note
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Correspondence, 1971-1998
Series 2 Manuscripts of books, 1978-1999
Series 3 Manuscripts of unpublished works, 1978-1989
Series 4 Other manuscripts, 1988-1993
Series 5 Book reviews, 1978-1999
Series 6 Literary papers, 1978-2000
Series 7 Legal papers, 1976-1992
Series 8 Miscellaneous papers, 1983-1992
Series 9 Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, 1957-1997
Container List
Collection Summary
| Creator: | Hasluck, Nicholas, 1942- |
| Title: | Papers of Nicholas Hasluck |
| Date Range: | 1957-2000 |
| Collection Number: | MS 8328 |
| Extent: | 11.52 metres (74 boxes + 1 folio) |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, reviews, files about literary and cultural organisations, a few legal papers, manuscript and typescript drafts of Hasluck's novels, poetry, plays and other literary works, together with papers of Hasluck's father, Sir Paul Hasluck. |
Introduction
Scope and Content
The bulk of the papers consist of manuscripts and typescript drafts of Hasluck's novels, poetry, plays and other literary works. In addition, there are letters from publishers, agents and other writers, reviews of his books, files about literary and cultural organisations and a few legal papers. Other material includes manuscripts, typescripts, book reviews and correspondence relating to Hasluck's father, Sir Paul Hasluck.
Provenance
Nicholas Hasluck presented his manuscripts and papers to the National Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1991. A further addition was made in 2000.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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
Papers of his father, Sir Paul Hasluck, are held at MS 5274 and MS 1313. The Oral History Section holds recording of interviews with Sir Paul and Lady Hasluck (TRC 11, 57/1B, 84, 92, 122/1, 503/3, 503/21, 1966 and DeB 525).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Nicholas Hasluck, National Library of Australia, MS 8328, [series and/or folder number]'.
Biographical Note
Nicholas Hasluck was born in Canberra on 17 October 1942, the son of Paul and Alexandra Hasluck. He was educated at Canberra Grammar School, the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. Since 1968 he has practised as a lawyer in Perth and in 2000 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council in 1978-1982. In December 1998, Hasluck was appointed Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for a three-year term.
Hasluck has published the following works:
| Poetry |
| Anchor (Perth, 1976) |
| On the edge (Perth, 1981) |
| Chinese Journey (Perth, 1985) |
| Novels |
| Quarantine (Melbourne, 1978) |
| The blue guitar(Melbourne, 1978) |
| The hand that feeds you (Perth, 1982) |
| The Bellarmine jug (Perth, 1984) |
| Truant state (Melbourne, 1987) |
| The country without music (Melbourne, 1990) |
| The Blosseville file (Melbourne, 1992) |
| A grain of truth (Melbourne, 1994) |
| Our Man K (1999) |
| Stories |
| The hat on the letter O (Perth, 1978) |
| Essays |
| Collage; recollections and images of the University of Western Australia (Perth, 1987) |
| Offcuts from a legal literary life (Perth, 1993) |
| Play |
| Van M (Melbourne, 1990) |
Series List and Descriptions
Series 1 Correspondence, 1971-1998
Correspondence about Hasluck's writings mainly with publishers, editors and agents and occasionally with other writers. Correspondents include Judith Rodriguez, Ian Templeman, Ray Coffey, Richard Walsh, Caroline Hobhouse, Murray Pollinger, Gina Pollinger, Kay Ronai, Frances Kiernan, David Foster, Helen Daniel, Bruce Sims, Brian Dibble, Penguin Books, Judy Barry, Lynn Allen, Peg McColl, Simon Ambrose, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, David Galef, Rosemary Sorensen, Alison Greenwood, Bruce Bennett, Tom Shapcott, Clayton Joyce, Manning Clark, Rod Moran, Dinny O'Hearn, Robert Manne and Christopher Koch.
Series 2 Manuscripts of books, 1978-1999
Subseries 2.1 Quarantine (1978)
Folder 1 Notes and outline
Folder 2 Manuscripts
Folder 3-9 Typescripts
Folder 10 Revised versions
Folder 11 Film synopsis, 1986
Folder 12-13 Copies of book
Folder 164 Correspondence re production Quarantine telemovie/screenplay, 1994
Folder 165-170 Drafts of the telemovie/screenplay, 1994
Subseries 2.2 The hat on the letter O (1978)
Folder 14-22 Typescripts
Folder 23-35 Copies of book
Folder 171 Typescript
Subseries 2.3 The blue guitar (1980)
Folder 23a-25c Typescripts
Folder 26-27 Film treatment
Folder 28-30 Film script
Folder 31 Typescript of radio play
Folder 32-33 Copies of books
Folder 172 Correspondence about The blue guitar as a radio play, 1987-1991
Folder 173-176 Typescript of play and copy of L. Nowra radio play entitled The Widows
Folder 177 Copy of book
Subseries 2.4 The hand that feeds you (1982)
Folder 34 Typescript
Folder 35 2nd version typescript
Folder 36 3rd version typescript
Folder 37-42 Typescripts
Folder 43-37 Manuscripts
Folder 48-51 Typescripts
Subseries 2.5 The Bellarmine jug (1984)
Folder 52-70 Background material
Folder 71 Original typescript
Folder 72-75 Typescripts, 1981
Folder 76-81 Manuscripts, 1981
Folder 82-87 Typescripts, July 1981
Folder 88-93 June 1983
Folder 94-96 Typescripts
Subseries 2.7 Truant state (1987)
Folder 98 Publisher's copy
Folder 99-103 Manuscript
Folder 104-107 Typescripts
Folder 108 Original photocopy
Folder 109-112 Control copy
Folder 113-115 Typescripts
Folder 116 Typescripts and report by H. Daniel
Folder 117 Final drafts
Folder 118-121 Summary file
Folder 122-123 Typescripts and synopses
Subseries 2.8 Collage (1987)
Folder 124-126 Typescripts
Folder 127-130 Manuscript
Folder 131-132 Typescripts
Folder 133-138 Background material
Folder 139-140 Background material and correspondence, 1987-1988
Subseries 2.9 The country without music (1990)
Folder 141 Typescript
Folder 142 Background material
Folder 143 Background material and plot summary
Folder 144 Discarded drafts
Folder 145 Typescript and correspondence
Folder 146-161 Background material
Folder 162 Manuscripts
Folder 163 Typescript
Subseries 2.10 The Blosseville file (1992)
Folder 178-183 Typescript
Folder 184 Typescript
Folder 185-188 Typescript
Folder 189-190 Edited copy marked for typesetting
Folder 191-195 Typescript with extensive annotation
Folder 196-198 Typescript proof, letters and background material
Folder 199 Proofsheet (folio)
Subseries 2.11 A Grain of truth (1994)
Folder 200-213 Court transcripts and background research material
Folder 214-222 Background material, newspaper cuttings and audio tape, 1988-1994
Folder 223-224 Handwritten notebooks and photocopy of incomplete draft, 1991
Folder 225-227 Penultimate draft, and letters, 1992
Folder 228-239 Drafts and clean copy of draft, 1992
Folder 240 Manuscript amended with extensive annotations, April 1993
Folder 241-249 Typescript drafts, June 1993
Folder 250 Discarded versions and Hasluck's notebook
Folder 251-253 Draft of final version, July 1993
Folder 254-262 Typescripts drafts and note outlining the development of the drafts
Folder 263-267 Disks
Folder 268-275 Typescript drafts, June, July, September (editorial work) 1993
Folder 276-280 Proof of typescript and incomplete typescript, September 1993
Folder 281-286 Typescript copy of final version and typescript, November 1993
Folder 287-288 Typescript extracts and some correspondence about dust jacket design
Folder 289-291 Publicity and copies of reviews, 1993-1995
Folder 292 Copy of the book
Folder 293 Research notes in alphabetical arrangement
Folder 294-295 Typescripts, November 1993
Folder 296 Proofsheets (folio)
Subseries 2.12 Our Man K (1999)
Folder 297-301 Typescript drafts and various extracts, 1996
Folder 302-305 Manuscript, 1997
Folder 306-309 Clean copy of typescript
Folder 310-317 Typescript, February 1998
Folder 318-321 Typescript with extensive annotations, February 1998
Folder 322-324 Incomplete typescript and original version, February 1998
Folder 325-340 Various typescripts (some incomplete) with annotations and correspondence, 1998
Folder 341-345 Corrected proofs and manuscript of article and notes
Folder 346 Typescript with amendments, July 1998
Series 3 Manuscripts of unpublished works, 1978-1989
This series comprises draft material and correspondence relating to Hasluck's poetry volume 'A brief ambition'.
Series 4 Other manuscripts, 1988-1993
This series includes Hasluck's writings for theatre and television.
In folder 31 there is an index listing.
Subseries 4.1 Van M (1990)
Folder 1-2 Van M (play): typescript
Folder 24 Manuscript synopsis, 1987
Folder 25-27 Typescript drafts and copies, 1989-1991
Subseries 4.3 The Clarke Brothers (1989)
Folder 31-32 Background research material
Folder 34-35 Typescripts, 1988
Series 6 Literary papers, 1978-2000
This series incudes files relating to Hasluck's involvement with the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) comprising correspondence, minutes, agendas and newsletters. He has been an active member of the ASA and advises the organisation about legal matters, such as copyright issues. The series comprises papers that Hasluck has presented at writers' festivals and his reviews of other writers' works.
Series 7 Legal papers, 1976-1992
Since 1968 Hasluck has practised as a barrister in Perth. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2000. The series includes conference papers and material on litigation involving the Western Australia Opera.
Series 8 Miscellaneous papers, 1983-1992
Series 9 Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, 1957-1997
Nicholas Hasluck has played an active part in editing and organising the posthumous publication of the writings of his father. The series comprises drafts of books and Nicholas Hasluck's correspondence with publishers. There are papers relating to Paul Hasluck's published works, Light that time has made (1995) and The chance of politics (1997).
Subseries 9.1 Miscellaneous papers, 1995
Folder 1 Synopsis of video recording Paul Hasluck: The war years (video stored in Oral History section)
Folder 2-6 The war years film/documentary project and letters of Nicholas Hasluck, 1995
Subseries 9.2 Light that time has made (1995)
Folder 7-21 Typescripts, edited with a post script by Nicholas Hasluck
Subseries 9.3 Chance of politics (1997)
Folder 22-24 Typescript edited by Nicholas Hasluck with annotations
Folder 25-28 Disk of revised introduction, extracts and correspondence with publisher, photocopies of letters of Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Eric Harrison, 1957-1997
Folder 29 Typescript
Folder 30-35 Reviews and articles by Sir Paul Hasluck in Quadrant, 1977-1988
Container List
| Series | Folder/Item | Box |
| 1 | 1-8 | 1 |
| 1 | 9-17 | 2 |
| 1 | 18-25 | 3 |
| 1 | 26-33 | 33 |
| 1 | 34-40 | 34 |
| 1 | 41-48 | 35 |
| 2 | 1-5 | 4 |
| 2 | 6-13 | 5 |
| 2 | 14-19 | 6 |
| 2 | 20-28 | 7 |
| 2 | 29-35 | 8 |
| 2 | 36-42 | 9 |
| 2 | 43-51 | 10 |
| 2 | 52-68 | 11 |
| 2 | 69-75 | 12 |
| 2 | 76-84 | 13 |
| 2 | 85-89 | 14 |
| 2 | 90-93 | 15 |
| 2 | 94-99 | 16 |
| 2 | 100-106 | 17 |
| 2 | 107-114 | 18 |
| 2 | 115-118 | 19 |
| 2 | 119-125 | 20 |
| 2 | 126-134 | 21 |
| 2 | 135-141 | 22 |
| 2 | 142-153 | 23 |
| 2 | 154-161 | 24 |
| 2 | 162-163 | 32 |
| 2 | 164-170 | 36 |
| 2 | 171-177 | 37 |
| 2 | 178-181 | 26 |
| 2 | 182-183 | 27 |
| 2 | 184 | 32 |
| 2 | 185-190 | 38 |
| 2 | 191-198 | 39 |
| 2 | 199 | Folio box 1 |
| 2 | 200-203 | 40 |
| 2 | 204-207 | 41 |
| 2 | 208-211 | 42 |
| 2 | 212-216 | 43 |
| 2 | 217-221 | 44 |
| 2 | 223-230 | 45 |
| 2 | 231-235 | 46 |
| 2 | 236-243 | 47 |
| 2 | 244-246 | 48 |
| 2 | 247-254 | 49 |
| 2 | 255-262 | 50 |
| 2 | 268-275 263-267 missing | 51 |
| 2 | 276-283 | 52 |
| 2 | 284-288 | 53 |
| 2 | 289-292 | 54 |
| 2 | 293-295 | 74 |
| 2 | 296 | Folio box 1 |
| 2 | 297-304 | 55 |
| 2 | 305-312 | 56 |
| 2 | 313-320 | 57 |
| 2 | 321-325 | 58 |
| 2 | 326-327 | 59 |
| 2 | 328-329 | 60 |
| 2 | 330-336 | 61 |
| 2 | 337-345 | 62 |
| 2 | 346 | 74 |
| 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 3 | 2-8 | 25 |
| 3 | 9-12 | 26 |
| 3 | 19-22 | 27 |
| 3 | 13 | 63 |
| 4 | 1-2 | 27 |
| 4 | 3-14 | 28 |
| 4 | 15-23a | 29 |
| 4 | 24-27 | 63 |
| 4 | 28-35 | 64 |
| 4 | 36-38 | 65 |
| 4 | 39-44 | 66 |
| 5 | 1-4 | 30 |
| 5 | 5 | 66 |
| 6 | 1-4 | 30 |
| 6 | 5-8 | 31 |
| 6 | 11-17 | 67 |
| 6 | 18-24 | 68 |
| 6 | 25-30 | 69 |
| 7 | 1-4 | 31 |
| 7 | 5-6 | 69 |
| 8 | 1-3 | 31 |
| 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | 2-10 | 70 |
| 9 | 11-19 | 71 |
| 9 | 20-26 | 72 |
| 9 | 27-35 | 73 |