Series[UMA-SR-000000275] Correspondence files of Clement Christesen as editor of MeanjinAccession[2005.0004] MEANJIN EDITORIAL RECORDS OF C B CHRISTESENIdentifierUMA-ITE-2005000402407Scope and ContentCorrespondents and other persons named: Angus & Robertson, J.W. Villaume. Of the 197 letters, 133 are between Judith Wrightand Clem Christesen; the rest are between Clem Christesen and various publishers seeking permission to anthologize her work.
Typescripts of the following poems: Birds, Bora ring; Brothers and sisters; Bullocky; The bushfire; The company of lovers; Five senses; The flood, Growth; Half-caste girl; The harp and the king; The living and the dead; The man beneath the tree; Nightmare; Recollection; Hunter valley; After rain; Praise for the earth; Return, Sanctuary; Soldier's farm; The song of the innocents; Sonnet, Spring after war; The twins; Two generations; Two songs for the world's end; Waiting; Woman to man; Woman's song & Woman to child. Scripts of the following stories and articles: 'The rabbiter' (story, ts., 7pp.); 'Meaning, value and poetry' (article, ts., 4pp.); 'Poetry as a bridge between people' (ts.); 'The role of poetry in education' (ts., 13pp.); 'The writer's role' (photocopy of a talk, 9pp.). Correspondence and other material relating to the printing and reprinting of 'The moving image' (includes agreement between Clem Christesen and JW, accounts and orders). 64 items. A file of press cuttings of reviews and items about JW. Eight miscellaneous items including a biographical note on JW from the early 1940s.
Note on file: For further references to JW see also the following files: Australian Association For Cultural Freedom (JW'S Letter To Clem Christesen, 7 November 1954, Box II), Vincent Buckley (22 February 1960), Rosemary Dobson (Clem Christesen's Notes on JW & RD), William Heinemann (A.Gyde, 25 September 1951), Edith McKay (19 November 1946 & 9 July 1960), Ack McKinney (23 October 1945), Barrett Reid (mid 1940s), Alex Sheppard (18 November 1968 & 24 March 1969), John Sontarck (2 December 1945), Noel Stock (16 May 1954).Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2005.0004 Unit 0356
