Poetry scripts by MG: 'Arrows' (ts., 1p., 3 copies);'The door' (ts., ts. & ms. copies); 'Flash' & 'Immortal' (ms., 2pp.); 'He will remember' (ts. & ms. copies); 'Immortal' (ts., 1p.); 'Ruth' (ts., 4pp. with ms. addition, 1924); 'This midget man' (ms., 1p.). Prose scripts by MG: 'A few thoughts on Bernard O'Dowd' (ms., 4pp.); 'The identity of Brent of Bin Bin' (extract from Meanjin); Statement on Meanjin (ts., 1p., 3 copies); 'Vance and Nettie Palmer' (ts., 2pp.); 'Who discovered Australia?' (ms., 3pp.). 36 items of correspondence and circular material relating to the Mary Gilmore Award. Press cuttings include printed copies of her poetry and autobiographical articles with information on William Lane and the Cosme colony. 16 miscellaneous items that include some autobiographical and biographical notes, dated 1960.
Note on file: For references to Dame Mary Gilmore see also the following files: M. Aurousseau (12 June 1968), R.D. Fitzgerald (June-Aug, 1960), J. Hannan (5February 1966) Mrs Gollan Lewis (1966), F.T. Macartney (29 December 1954), Angus & Robertson (Betty Mcgillivray Correspondence 5 December 1962), Tom Inglis Moore (3 October 1945, 30 June 1968 & 20February 1973), Colin Roderick, Walter Stone (3 October 1958 & 16 August 1959) & Derek Van Abbe (March 1956).
N.B.: In addition to the personal correspondence between Clem Christesen and Mary Gilmore, there are also 36 items of correspondence and circular material relating to the Mary Gilmore Award.
N.B.: There are four letters by Dame Mary Gilmore in the Lindsay Gordon file, UMA-ITE-2005000401012.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2005.0004 Unit 0144
Christesen, Clement B., Gilmore, Dame Mary (1942-1965), [UMA-ITE-2005000400987]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 15/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/293479
