Series[UMA-SR-000000275] Correspondence files of Clement Christesen as editor of MeanjinAccession[2005.0004] MEANJIN EDITORIAL RECORDS OF C B CHRISTESENIdentifierUMA-ITE-2005000401572Scope and ContentCorrespondents and other persons named: Barbara Ramsden, Oscar Mendelsohn, H.H. Pearce, Cassell & Co., Ian Maxwell. Clem Christesen's earliest replies are in Meanjin I.
Scripts by FM: 'Ode of our times' (poem, ts., 8pp.); Commentary on matters raised by H.H. Pearce's 'Origins of Waltzing Matilda' (ts., 5pp.); 'The Matilda muddle.' Para in reply to Mendelsohn re 'Waltzing Matilda'; 'Mr Mendelsohn queries the worth of the grammaphone record mentioned in my Postscript (Meanjin 70)....' (ts., 1p., 3 copies, one with G. Leeper note attached 'Macartney Magoffin and Matilda', ts., 1p. 1971); 'The Microbe' magazine (galley-proof); 'The modern schism in poetry' (ts., 10pp.); 'The poetry of Furnley Maurice' (ts., 6pp.); 'The poetry of Kenneth Slessor' (ts., 1p., incomplete, p.1 only); Review of H.M. Green (ts., 1p., incomplete, p.5 only); 'Tribute to Myra Morris.'; 'Reply to Ian Maxwell' (ts., 2 copies, 2pp. & 3pp.); Review of 'Taboo' by W.E. Harney (ts., 4pp.). Ten press cuttings of items about FM or reviews of his books. Miscellanea: Biographical note (ts., 1p.); 'On the incredible exertions of all performers...' (Clem Christesen editorial comment on Macartney's 'The increased price of liberty', 2 sets of galley-proofs, also editorial draft, ts., 10pp.); 'The increased price of liberty' (booklet, published 1955); Ian Maxwell's reply to F.T. Macartney (4 copies, ts., 2pp., incomplete); 'H.H. Pearce on the origins of Waltzing Matilda; and Meanjin' (ts., 1p. G. Leeper's comment on the Macartney-Mendelsohn controversy, including 'A short review of Pearce' ts., 2pp. attached). Reply to Oscar Mendelsohn (ts., 1p.); 'An odious comparison' (booklet by Frederick Macartney, published 1956).
Note on file: SEE ALSO the following files: E. Morris Miller (late 1955 & October 1956), W.B. Hay (October 1956), Cecil Hadgraft (8 November 1967), Tom Inglis Moore (8 July 1967), Alex Sheppard (5 August 1955), Robert Clark (29 July 1956) Robert Clark (29 July 1956) Robert Clark (29 July 1956) & A.R. Chisholm (September 1955). On 'Waltzing Matilda' Controversy See Magoffin And Mendelsohn Files.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2005.0004 Unit 0214
Christesen, Clement B., Macartney, Frederick (1940-1972), [UMA-ITE-2005000401572]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 15/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/294064
