MS 8460 Guide to the Papers of Marion Halligan
Summary
Creator: Halligan, Marion (1940-)
Title: Papers of Marion Halligan
Date range: c1970-1999
Reference number: MS 8460
Extent: 4.62m (33 boxes ) + 1 folio box
Administrative Information
Access
Restricted until Halligan's death
Provenance
The papers have been acquired from Marion Halligan under the Taxation
Incentives for the Arts Scheme (later the Cultural Gifts Program) in
instalments received in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 1999.
Scope and Content
The collection comprises papers relating to Halligan's prolific career
as a writer. There are drafts of her books, short stories and reviews and
papers relating to her participation in numerous literary events. There is a
large series of correspondence, mostly relating to literary and publicity
matters. Included is correspondence with literary agents Curtis Brown, numerous
publishers regarding publication of Halligan's books, editors of journals and
newspapers regarding publication of her short stories, reviews essays and
articles and with organisations regarding personal appearances. There is also
correspondence with other authors, many of whom have become personal friends.
Correspondents include Carmel Bird, Judith Brett, David Brookes, Manning Clark,
Robert Dessaix, Geoffrey Dutton, Roseanne Fitzgibbons, Mem Fox, Susan
Hawthorne, A.D. Hope, Nicholas Jose, Stephen Knight, Drusilla Modjeska, Douglas
Muecke, Michael Symons, Brenda Niall, Ric Throssell, Nancy Sawer and Barbara
Kerr Wilson.
Arrangement
The papers have been arranged into series by the Library. Because the
papers have been acquired in a number of instalments, the order of the series
and the order of papers within a particular series may not necessarily be
chronological or logical.
Related Material
An interview with Marion Halligan by Heather Rusden on 17 January 1995
is held in the Oral History Section of the Library at ORAL TRC 3193.
Biographical Note
Marion Halligan is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer and
essayist. Born Marion Crothall in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1940, she was
educated at Newcastle Girls High School and Newcastle University. In
1963, she married Graham Halligan; they had two children. Before becoming a
full-time writer, Halligan worked as a part-time teacher and freelance
journalist.
Halligan has published books, novels and collections of her short
stories. She has also had a number of her short stories and essays published in
journals, periodicals and anthologies. She has been a prolific reviewer of
books, with her reviews appearing in major Australian newspapers and journals.
During the course of her career, Halligan has been a participant in
numerous literary events both in Australia and overseas. In addition to this,
she has been a committee member and Chair of the Australian National Word
Festival and was Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council in
1992-1995.
Halligan has received a number of fellowships from the Literature Board
of the Australia Council and in 1994 she won the Newton John Award, given to a
graduate of Newcastle University for creative and innovative work.
Halligan has won numerous awards for her writing. She has received the
Age Book of the Year Award, the ACT Book of the Year Award, the Nita B. Kibble
Award, the Steele Rudd Award, the Braille Book of the Year Award, the 3M
Talking Book of the Year Award, and the Geraldine Pascall prize for critical
writing. She has been shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Prize, the Miles
Franklin Award and the Nita B. Kibble Award and The Fog Garden was
shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
Halligan's published works include:
Self possession, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, 1987
The living hothouse, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press,
1988
The hanged man in the garden, Melbourne, Penguin, 1989
Spider cup, Melbourne, Penguin Books, 1990
Eat my words, Sydney Angus & Robertson, 1990
Lovers' knots : a hundred-year novel, Melbourne, Heinemann,
1992
The worry box, Melbourne, Minerva, 1993
Wishbone, Melbourne, William Heinemann Australia, 1994
Out of the picture, Canberra, National Library of Australia,
1996
Cockles of the heart, Melbourne, Minerva, 1996
The midwife's daughters, story by Marion Halligan, pictures by
David Mackintosh, Melbourne, Mammoth, 1997
Collected stories, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press,
1997
The golden dress, Melbourne, Viking, 1998
The fog garden : a novel, Sydney, Allen and Unwin, 2001
References
Allen & Unwin website:
http://www.allen-unwin.com.au/authors/apHalligan.asp
Biographical note produced by Penguin Books for publicity purposes, 1998
Series List
Series Title
1 Spider cup, 1989-1991
2 The living hothouse, c1988
3 The hanged man in the garden, c1989
4 Short stories
5 Correspondence, 1980-1997
6 Lovers knots, 1988-1993
7 Eat my words, 1989-1994
8 The worry box, 1992
9 Wishbone, 1994
10 Out of the picture, 1992-1995
11 Collected stories, 1997
12 The golden dress, 1996-1999
13 Reviews written by Halligan, c1970-1999
14 Other writings, c1984-1998
15 Literary events, 1988-1998
16 Sundry papers, 1991
Series Description
Series 1 Spider cup, 1989-1991
Halligans novel, Spider cup, was published by Penguin,
Melbourne in 1990. Papers in this series include correspondence, edited drafts
and a copy of the original edition, which contained major printing errors on
pages 95 and 101, and was subsequently withdrawn from circulation and replaced
with a corrected edition.
Folder/packet
1 Correspondence, 1989-1991
2-3 Notes and manuscript drafts
4-9 Edited typescripts
10 Copy of the original edition
11 Early typescript of the complete book
Series 2 The living hothouse
A book of short stories, The living hothouse was published by
University of Queensland Press in 1988. This series comprises manuscript and
typescript drafts and edited typescript and proofs of the complete book. Some
of the stories had been published prior to inclusion in the book, and
photocopies of the published version are included with the relevant chapter.
The living hothouse won the Steele Rudd Award and the Braille
Book of the Year Award.
Folder
1-25 Draft manuscript and typescript of chapters 1-21
26 Typescript of the entire book, with the working title The star
crossed lovers game
27 Typescript of The living hothouse, in which the chapter
arrangement differs to the published version of the book
28 Edited proofs
29 Comment sheets completed by readers when the book was short listed
for the Braille Book of the Year Award, 1989
Series 3 The hanged man in the garden
This series comprises papers relating to Halligans book of short
stories entitled The hanged man in the garden, which was published by
Penguin, Melbourne in 1989. Included are manuscript and typescript drafts and
edited typescript of the complete book. Some of the stories had been published
prior to inclusion in the book, and photocopies of the published version are
included with the relevant chapter.
Folder
1-19 Draft manuscript and typescript of each chapter of the book
20 Typescript of the complete book
Folder
21 Photocopy of edited typescript
22-23 Edited typescript of complete book
Series 4 Short stories
Halligan has been a prolific writer of short stories, since having her
first published in the Australia Womens Weekly in 1969. As well
as having published collections of her stories, she has contributed to
anthologies, journals and magazines. Included in this series are manuscript and
typescript of drafts of some of the stories.
Folder
1-3 A number of short stories, some of which were used in The living
hothouse and The hanged man in the garden. The stories have been
grouped by Halligan into the following subject headings: French stories,
Educations, Marriage and Scenes of a capital life
4 Typescripts of:
Multitudinous teas incarnadine
Induction
Salut Dr Appleton
Blood will out
5 Typescript of The power of words
6 Marigold: notes, manuscript and typescript of a story
included in Toads: Australian writers: other work, other lives, edited
by Andrew Sant and published by Allen & Unwin, 1992
Salix Babylonica: correspondence, manuscript and typescript
of a story, which was published firstly in Millenium and later in
Halligan's Collected stories
7 Typescript of Star crossed lovers game and
manuscript of Coming to terms, the latter of which was included in
Women/love/sex, edited by Susan Johnson and published by Vintage in
1996
Manuscript of My fathers daughter, which was included
in Daughters and fathers, published by University of Queensland Press,
1997
8 Correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of stories written in
response to requests by Stephen Knight for contributions to More crimes for
a summer Christmas (Allen and Unwin, 1991), A corpse at the Opera
House (Allen and Unwin, 1992) and Murder at home (Allen and
Unwin, 1993)
9-11 Correspondence, notes, manuscript and typescript of Perilous
seas and Most mortal enemy, contributions to Canberra
Tales (Penguin, 1988). Halligan was a finalist in the ABC Bicentennial
Literary Awards, 1988, with Perilous seas. Also included are
letters from literary agent Rosemary Creswell regarding the signing of a
contract for a proposed book by the Canberra-based group of women authors,
Seven Writers. They published a book of short stories, Canberra Tales,
in 1988.
12 Notes, manuscript and typescript of Cazneaux room
Folder
13 Typescript of The potter, Halligan's first published
short story, which appeared in the Australian Womens Weekly,
1969
Manuscript of The people on the pass
Manuscript of I love you
Notes and manuscript of Here be dragons
14 Notes and typescript of Melancholy, 1994
Folio 1 Copy of the Australian Womens Weekly, 1969,
containing Halligan's first published short story entitled The
potter
Series 5 Correspondence, 1980-1997
The bulk of this series comprises business correspondence. Included is
correspondence with literary agents Curtis Brown, numerous publishers regarding
publication of Halligan's books, editors of journals and newspapers regarding
publication of her short stories, reviews, essays and articles and with
organisations regarding personal appearances. There is also correspondence with
other authors, many of whom have become personal friends. Halligan was one of a
group of seven Canberra-based women authors, Seven Writers, and there are
letters from the other members of the group who were Margaret Barbalet, Sara
Dowse, Suzanne Edgar, Marian Eldridge, Dorothy Horsfield and Dorothy Johnston.
Personal correspondents include Carmel Bird, Judith Brett, David
Brookes, Manning Clark, Robert Dessaix, Geoffrey Dutton, Roseanne Fitzgibbons,
Mem Fox, Susan Hawthorne, A.D. Hope, Nicholas Jose, Stephen Knight, Drusilla
Modjeska, Douglas Muecke, Michael Symons, Brenda Niall, Ric Throssell, Nancy
Sawer and Barbara Kerr Wilson. Organisational correspondents include Allen and
Unwin, The Australia Council, Australian Book Review, The Canberra
Times, Curtis Brown, Descant, Imprint, Island, Meanjin, McPhee
Gribble, Overland, Penguin Books, Quadrant, Random House,
Southerly, University of Queensland Press and Westerly.
Halligan has grouped the letters of some individuals and some
organisations into separate files. Other correspondence she has grouped
chronologically by year. This arrangement has been retained. However, often
letters of the individuals and organisations listed separately are also
included in the chronologically arranged correspondence.
Folder
1 Correspondence with University of Queensland Press, 1981-1988
2 Correspondence with University of Queensland Press relating to The
living hothouse and Self possession, 1985-1989
3 General correspondence, 1986-1991
4 Correspondence with Meanjin, 1981-1995
5 Correspondence with Island and Imprint, 1982-1994
6 Correspondence with Penguin Books, 1989-1995
7 Letters of Michael Symons, 1984-1995
Letters of Geoffrey Dutton, 1980-1992
8 Letters of Doug Muecke, 1980-1985
Folder
9 Letters from members of Seven Writers, 1988-1997
10 Correspondence with Rosanne Fitzgibbons, University of Queensland
Press, 1983-1997
11 General correspondence, 1981-1982
12 General correspondence, 1983-1984
13 General correspondence, 1985-1987
14 General correspondence, 1988
15 General correspondence, 1989
16 General correspondence, 1990
17 General correspondence, 1991
18 General correspondence, 1992
19 General correspondence, 1993
20 General correspondence, 1994
21 General correspondence, 1995
22 General correspondence, 1996
23 General correspondence, 1997
Series 6 Lovers' knots, 1988-1993
The series contains manuscripts, typescripts and galley proofs of
Halligan's novel, Lovers knots, together with notes, reviews,
publicity material and correspondence. Most of the correspondence is with staff
of publishers William Heinemann Australia, especially Louise Adler and Judy
Brookes. Note: the working title for this novel was The tin
mission.
Lovers knots won the Age Book of the Year Award (1992),
the ACT Book of the Year Award (1993), the 3M Talking Book of the Year Award
and the inaugural Nita B. Kibble Award.
Folder/packet
1-4 Manuscript
5-14 Typescript
15 Edited galley proofs
16 Synopses
17 Correspondence, 1988-1993
18 Reviews and publicity, 1992-19993
19-22 Miscellaneous drafts and notes
23 Publications on Newcastle
24-25 Edited typescript
26 Page proofs
27 Correspondence and notes, 1991-1992
Series 7 Eat my words, 1989-1994
Halligan's book of essays on culinary themes, Eat my words, was
published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in 1990. This small series contains
correspondence with literary agents Curtis Brown and publishers Collins, Angus
& Robertson.
1 folder
Series 8 The worry box, 1992
In this series are papers relating to Halligan's book of short stories
entitled The worry box, which was published by Minerva, Melbourne in
1993. Included are manuscript and typescript drafts and authors proofs.
Folder/packet
1 Manuscript and typescript drafts of Salut Dr Appleton/
Vale Prof Appleton, one of the stories in the collection
2-4 Manuscript and typescript drafts
5 Edited typescript of complete book
6 Authors proofs, 1992
Series 9 Wishbone, 1994
Halligan's novel, Wishbone, was published by William Heinemann
Australia, Melbourne in 1994. This series comprises correspondence relating to
the publication of the book.
1 folder
Series 10 Out of the picture, 1992-1995
Contained in this series is correspondence, research notes and early
drafts relating to Halligan's book of short stories entitled Out of the
picture, which was commissioned by the National Library of Australia in
1995. Halligan selected a range of images from the Librarys Pictorial
Collection and built a story around each image. The book was published by the
National Library in 1996.
Folder
1 Research notes and correspondence with the National Library, 1992-1995
2 Early drafts
Series 11 Collected stories, 1997
This series comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of Halligan's
book of short stories entitled Collected stories, which was published
by University of Queensland
Press, Brisbane in 1997. Some of the stories were previously published
in her books The living hothouse and The hanged man in the
garden.
3 folders
Series 12 The golden dress, 1996-1999
Halligan's novel, The golden dress, was published by Viking,
Melbourne in 1998. This series comprises correspondence, mostly relating to
publication of the novel, research notes and edited drafts. Note: the working
title for this novel was Shagreen.
Folder/packet
1 Correspondence, 1997-1999
2 Research notes, 1996
3-4 Manuscript drafts
5-6 Typescript drafts, 1996
7-9 Edited typescript of complete book
10 Edited page proofs, 1997
11 Typescript of Gift wrapping, which relates to one of the
sections in the book
12 Copy edited typescript, returned by Penguin, 1999
Series 13 Reviews by Halligan, c1970-1997
Halligan has been a prolific reviewer of books, having been published in
most major Australian media. In 1990, she won the inaugural Geraldine Pascall
Prize for critical writing. Included in this series are copies of reviews
written for various publications including The Age, The Australian,
Australian Book Review, Australian Broadcasting Coroporation, The
Canberra Times, Fremantle Arts Review, Imprint, Muse and The
Womens Press. Halligan has grouped some of the reviews according to
the publication in which they appeared and this arrangement has been retained.
Folder
1-4 Manuscript and typescript of miscellaneous reviews
5 Typescript of miscellaneous reviews, c1970
6 Typescript of miscellaneous reviews, 1993-1997
7-8 Reviews for The Age, 1992-1997
9 Reviews for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986-1997
10 Reviews for The Australian, 1988-1996
11 Reviews for Australian Book Review, 1990-1996
12 Reviews for Fremantle Arts Review, 1989-1990
Reviews for Muse, 1989
13 Typescript of miscellaneous reviews
Series 14 Other writings, c1984-1999
In addition to novels, short stories and reviews, Halligan has
contributed essays and articles on a diverse range of topics to journals and
newspapers, given talks at functions, and contributed written pieces relating
to life in the 1970s for an exhibition by the Canberra Museum and Gallery
(CMAG). Halligan also worked on the creation of a group-devised play with the
Canberra Youth Theatre, developing a script from their improvisations. The
resulting play, Elastics, was performed by the group in 1987.
Folder
1 Essays for The Age, 1992-1996
2-3 Miscellaneous essays and articles, 1989-1995
4 Text of talks given, c1984, 1993-1994
5 Notes, manuscript and typescript of Elastics, 1987
6 Correspondence and typescript of contributions to CMAG exhibition,
1999
Series 15 Literary events, 1988-1998
During the course of her career, Halligan has been a participant in a
number of literary events including word festivals, conferences and seminars.
She has been a committee member and Chair of the Australian National Word
Festival, a biennial event held in Canberra and has accepted invitations from
academic institutions to visit as Writer-in Residence.
This series contains correspondence, publicity material and programs for
specific events with which Halligan has been involved. Also included is
correspondence, minutes and papers relating to the development of the program
for the 1991 Australian National Word Festival, of which Halligan was Chair.
Folder
1 Australian National Word Festival: minutes, 1989-1991
2 Australian National Word Festival: general correspondence, 1989-1991
3-4 Australian National Word Festival: notes and correspondence relating
to the development of the 1991 festival program
5 Papers relating to visits as Writer-in residence:
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 1990
Monash University, Melbourne, 1991
La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus, 1991
6 Warana Writers Week, 1989, 1992
7 Melbourne Writers Festival, 1990-1998
8 Women Writers Workshop, London, 1993
9-10 Papers relating to the following literary events:
Spoloto Melbourne Writers Festival, 1988-1990
Newcastle Writers Festival, 1990
Fremantle Arts Centre, Weekend Writers Seminar, Perth, 1992
Tasmanian Writers Union, Salamanca Writers Weekend Festival,
1993
NSW Writers Centre, Spring Writing Weekend, Sydney, 1994
Adelaide Writers Festival, 1996
Australian Food and Wine Writers Festival, Adelaide, 1997
Down South Writers Festival, Busselton, 1998
11 EASA conference, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1996-1997
Series 16 Sundry papers, 1991
This series contains notes and the typescript of an interview with
Halligan, which was included in Paul Kavanaghs book Conversations:
interviews with Australian writers, published by Angus & Robertson,
Sydney in 1991
1 folder
Box List
PLEASE NOTE: Because the collection has been received in
a number of instalments, material relating to a specific series may be located
in several boxes.
|
Series |
Folder/Packet |
Box |
|
1 |
1-5 |
1 |
|
1 |
6-10 |
2 |
|
1 |
11 |
14 |
|
2 |
1-9 |
3 |
|
2 |
10-17 |
4 |
|
2 |
18-25 |
5 |
|
2 |
26-28 |
6 |
|
2 |
29 |
14 |
|
3 |
1-3 |
6 |
|
3 |
4-11 |
7 |
|
3 |
12-19 |
8 |
|
3 |
20-24 |
9 |
|
4 |
1-5 |
10 |
|
4 |
6-8 |
14 |
|
4 |
9-14 |
15 |
|
4 |
Folio 1 |
Folio Box 1 |
|
5 |
1-3 |
10 |
|
5 |
4-5 |
15 |
|
5 |
6-12 |
16 |
|
5 |
13-19 |
17 |
|
5 |
20-23 |
18 |
|
6 |
1-9 |
11 |
|
6 |
10-15 |
12 |
|
6 |
16-23 |
13 |
|
6 |
24 |
18 |
|
6 |
25-27 |
19 |
|
7 |
1 |
19 |
|
8 |
1-2 |
19 |
|
8 |
3-6 |
20 |
|
9 |
1 |
20 |
|
10 |
1-2 |
20 |
|
11 |
1-3 |
21 |
|
12 |
1-3 |
21 |
|
12 |
4-8 |
22 |
|
12 |
9-12 |
23 |
|
13 |
1-5 |
24 |
|
13 |
6-10 |
25 |
|
13 |
11-13 |
26 |
|
14 |
1 |
26 |
|
14 |
2-16 |
27 |
|
15 |
1 |
27 |
|
15 |
2-7 |
28 |
|
15 |
8-11 |
29 |
|
16 |
1 |
29
|
List of additions
Date Series/folder numbers
1991 Series 1/1-10
1992 Series 2/1-28
Series 3/1-23
Series 4/1 4
Series 5/1-3
1994 Series 6/1-23
30 June 1998 Series 4/5-12
Series 5/4-5
Series 7/1
Series 8/1-4
Series 11/1-3
Series 13/1-11
Series 14/1-5
Series 16/1
28 June 1999 Series 1/11
Series 4/13-14
Series 5/6
Series 6/24-27
Series 8/5-6
Series 10/1-2
Series 12/1-10
Series 13/12-13
Series 15/1-11
Series 14/6
14 July 1999 Series 5/7-23
Series 9/1
Series 12/11-12
1992. Last updated June 2002. |