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Manuscript Name | Papers of Catherine Hoffmann |
Manuscript Number | MSS 070 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 14 boxes + 1 oversize |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Publicity clips, galleys, notebooks and drafts related to Catherine Hoffmann |
Literary
The papers of author Catherine Hoffmann are predominately made up of drafts of literary works, along with notebooks, newspaper clippings, galleys, and notes. Her 1987 novel Crystal: a tale of desire and flight is represented from first drafts to final copies
1984-1996
Author Catherine Hoffmann (frequently spelled Hoffman) was born in Hungary in 1948 and arrived in Australia in 1956. After studying at Monash University, she worked as a teacher, library assistant and trainee botanist. She began writing in 1967, writing mainly short stories and novels. Her short stories have appeared in Inprint, Matilda, Overland and the Bulletin Library Supplement
References:
Austlit : Catherine Hoffmann https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18398 retrieved 9 June 2020
Access: Open Access
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Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved
Papers of Catherine Hoffmann, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 070, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
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Catherine Hoffmann, 1948- — Archives
Australian literature — 20th century
Catherine Hoffmann, 1948-
Authors
Folder 1
Newspaper clippings
Folder 2
Untitled manuscript of novel
Folder 3
Forms of Bliss manuscript
Folder 4
Forms of Bliss copy prior to final title
Folder 5
Introductions & Consolations
Folder 6
‘Courtship’
Folder 7
‘Brilliant Pals’ Part II manuscript
Folder 8
‘Brilliant Pals’ Part III manuscript
Folder 9
Untitled manuscript
Folder 10
‘Of Solitude & Light’ synopsis
Folder 11
Untitled, Vol. II, Part II
Folder 12
Untitled, Chapters 1-17
Folder 13
Untitled, Chapter 18
Folder 14
Notebook
Folder 15
Untitled manuscript
Folder 16
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight, manuscript
Folder 17
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight, editing notes, 1984
Folder 18
‘Perilous Journey’ manuscript
Folder 19
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight - readers report and galley, 1986
Folder 20
‘Time and Being’ manuscript
Folder 21
‘Brilliant Pals’, Part I
Folder 22
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight manuscript
Folder 23
Three notebooks
Folder 24
Crystal : a tale of desire and flight manuscript
Folder 25
Crystal : a tale of desire and flight, early manuscript
Folders 26-28
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight manuscript
[Note: Galley proofs of Forms of Bliss formerly filed in Folder 29 were removed and placed in the Oversize sequence at MSS 070/Folio 1]
Folder 30
Forms of Bliss manuscript
Folder 31
Short stories
Folders 32-33
‘European’ notes for Canberra Archives
Folders 34-37
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight first drafts
Folders 38-43
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight first drafts
Folder 44
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight final copy, Part I
Folder 45
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight final copy, Parts II and III
Folder 46
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight final copy, Parts IV and V
Folders 47-50
Crystal: a tale of desire and flight continuation of Part I
Folders 51-53
‘Exiles’
Folders 54-56
‘Exiles’ half of final rewrite of ‘Europeans’
Folder 57
‘Exiles’ edited second version
Folders 58-61
‘Exiles’ edited second version
Folders 62-63
‘Louie’ manuscript and notes
Folders 64-67
Handwritten draft of Writing in Hungary
Folder 68
Only the Silence’ - Part I
Draft [‘Exile’]
Folder 69
‘Exile’ (provisional title) - Part II, draft
Folder 70
‘Exile’ (provisional title) - Part III, draft
Folder 71
Literary Drafts
‘Cathy Hoffman Edited Ms’ [Part 1], Chapter One has heading: ‘14.4.93 version 2 1989-90 plus a few new chapters’: Chapters 1-17 with annotations
Folder 72
Literary Drafts
‘Cathy Hoffman Edited Ms’ [Part 2], Chapter One has heading: ‘This is version [3?] circa 1990 12.4.93’: Chapters 1-18 with annotations
Folio 1
Galley proofs of Forms Of Bliss