Series[UMA-SR-000000275] Correspondence files of Clement Christesen as editor of MeanjinAccession[2005.0004] MEANJIN EDITORIAL RECORDS OF C B CHRISTESENIdentifierUMA-ITE-2005000400919Scope and ContentCorrespondents and other persons named: Dymphna Cusack. Thirteen of the letters are copies or extracts of letters by MF to various correspondents, the originals of which are in the Mitchell Library. Eight of the other letters are by various correspondents relating to access of the Franklin papers after her death.
Review by MF of 'Come in spinner' for Meanjin (Ts., 3pp.). Six poems by 'E' (Mary Fullerton) sent to Clem Christesen by MF. Review by 'F.D.D.' of 'All that swagger' (Ts., 5pp.). Article by W.R. Cottman entitled 'Big canvas novel', probably published by Bulletin). Notes from Angus & Robertson re publication of 'Childhood at Brindabella' 3pp. Copy of a letter by MF to the Bulletin's red page in 1936 entitled 'Crowded canvases'). Notes for Melbourne University Extension Board Modern Literature course on MF's 'Old Blastus of Bandicoot' written by Deborah Newton, 5pp. Press release announcing winners of the Miles Franklin Award between 1958-1974. 47 press cuttings, many from the Bulletin, of articles by or about MF or her works.
Note on file: For references to MF see also H. Drake- Brockman (24 March 1943), Bruce Sutherland, Tom Ronan (26 April 1954), Edith McKay (26 December 1955), Beatrice Davis (in Angus & Robertson File, 6 July 1956), Gavin Casey (late 1954).Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2005.0004 Unit 0134
Christesen, Clement B., Franklin, Miles (1929-1955), [UMA-ITE-2005000400919]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/293411
