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Manuscript Name | Papers of Dorothy Porter |
Manuscript Number | MSS 115 |
Last Updated | September 2021 |
Extent | 6.45 m (48 boxes) |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | The papers of Dorothy Porter include correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts, notes, notebooks, research material, posters and photographs, together with several unpublished works. The collection provides a near-complete record of Porter's writings. |
Literary
The papers of Dorothy Porter include correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts, notes, notebooks, research material, posters and photographs.
The papers contain detailed documentation of Porter's writings from 1963, including her poetry, novels, short stories, dramas, reviews, poetry readings, interviews, book launches, workshop lectures and articles, as well as several unpublished works. There are drafts for seven of Porter's major works, including Little hoodlum, Bison, Night parrot, Driving too fast, Rookwood, Akhenaten, The monkey's mask and Crete. The collection provides a near complete record of Porter's writings, from her early poetry and prose attempts as a teenager, to publication of Crete.
The collection has been rearranged into 12 artificial series to describe and preserve context and relationships.
1963-1996
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Porter
Dorothy Featherstone Porter was born on 26 March 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales. She lived in Sydney and the Blue Mountains until her move to Melbourne in 1993. She was educated at the Queenwood School for Girls in Sydney and graduated from Sydney University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English and History, and from the Sydney Teacher's College with a Diploma of Education. She worked on an Israeli kibbutz, as a bus conductor on the Sydney buses, and taught creative writing in schools, prisons and community workshops. She lecturered part-time in Poetry and Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Porter was a highly accomplished poet-performer who performed who regularly read extracts from her books and unpublished writings at a variety of venues and festivals in Australia and overseas.
Porter won numerous awards for her poetry and children's books. Some of her works have been adapted for theatre and radio, and The Monkey's Mask was made into a feature film by Arenafilm in 2000.
In 2006 she was engaged on a film version of The Eternity Man, an opera she wrote in collaboration with composer Jonathon Mills which was based on the life of Edgar Stace, a Sydney man who, for decades, chalked the word 'Eternity' around Sydney. At the time of her death, Porter was working on the libretto for a rock opera, January, with Tim Finn.
Porter won various awards for her poetry and children's books:
Melbourne Prize, Melbourne Prize for Literature, 2006: finalist
FAW Christopher Brennan Award, 2001: winner
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Fellowship, Category A Fellowship, 1994
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Fellowship, Category A Fellowship, 1993
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2008: nominated for El Dorado
Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Fiction, 2008: shortlisted for El Dorado
The Age Book of the Year Award, Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2007: shortlisted for El Dorado
Festival Awards for Literature (SA), Premier's Award for the Best Overall Published Work, 2004: winner for Wild Surmise
Festival Awards for Literature (SA), John Bray Award for Poetry, 2004: winner for Wild Surmise
Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2003: shortlisted for Wild Surmise
Colin Roderick Award, 1997: shortlisted for Crete
NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1996: shortlisted for Crete
Festival Awards for Literature (SA), John Bray Award for Poetry, 1996: shortlisted for The Monkey's Mask
NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, 1995: joint winner for The Monkey's Mask
Braille Book of the Year Award, ca.1995: winner for The Monkey's Mask
The Age Book of the Year Award, Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 1994: winner for The Monkey's Mask.
Dorothy Porter died on the 10 December 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria.
References:
AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource, Dorothy Porter https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5888 retrieved January 2019
Access and Copying Conditions
Access: The collection is open access with the exception of personal correspondence (Series 1.1/Folders 1-22, 24-35) and diaries (Series 2). The permission of the Literary Executors is required to access these items which are closed until 2033. Access to Series 1.1/Folder 23 is restricted and requires the permission of Gerard Wilson.
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: No copying is approved.
Preferred Citation
Papers of Dorothy Porter, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 115, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
The collection was acquired from Dorothy Porter by the Library in several instalments from 1989-1996. An additional folder, containing correspondence with Steve Wilson (Series 1.1/Folder 23), is of separate provenance and was added to the collection in 1993.
Related Material
An oil portrait of Porter (2001-02) by Rick Amor is held in the National Portrait Gallery (Canberra) collection.
Separated Material
This collection originally included a number of publications, listed below. These works have been catalogued separately, and added to the Library collection.
Porter, Dorothy. Little hoodlum . Sydney [N.S.W.] : New Poetry for the Poetry Society of Australia, 1975.
Porter, Dorothy. Bison. Sydney : Prism Books, 1979.
Porter, Dorothy. The night parrot. Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. : Black Lightning Press, 1984.
Porter, Dorothy. Driving too fast. St. Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 1989.
Subjects
Australian 20th century poets
Australian 20th century poetry
Australian 20th century literature
Australian women poets
Performance poetry
Australian children’s literature
Series 1 Correspondence, 1963-1995
This series comprises two subseries of correspondence relating to Porter's personal and professional life, spanning the years 1963-1996. Arrangement is chronological, then alphabetical by name of correspondent or company.
1.1 Personal correspondence, 1963-1992 (All personal correspondence is closed until 2033, with the exception of Folder 23 to which access is restricted)
This subseries comprises personal correspondence received and copies of letters sent by Porter, from 1963-1992. Principal correspondents include Lyn Hughes, Elizabeth Jenkins, Andrew Munro, Joyce O'Neill, Nyree Dawn Porter, Geoffrey Pulford, Michael Tedeschi-Roberts and Steve Wilson.
Folder 1
Personal correspondence, 1963-1969
Folder 2
Personal correspondence from Michael Tedeschi-Roberts, 1969
Folder 3
Personal correspondence, 1970
Folder 4
Personal correspondence, 1971
Folder 5
Personal correspondence, 1972
Folder 6
Personal correspondence received by Porter at the Sdot-Yam kibbutz, Israel 1972-1973,
Folder 7
Personal correspondence from Joyce O'Neill, 1972-1975
Folder 8
Personal correspondence from Geoffrey Pulford, 1972-1975
Folder 9
Personal correspondence, 1973
Folder 10
Personal correspondence, 1974
Folder 11
Personal correspondence, 1975
Folder 12
Personal correspondence, 1976
Folder 13
Personal correspondence, 1977
Folder 14
Personal correspondence with Nyree Dawn Porter, 1969-1978
Folder 15
Personal correspondence, 1978
Folder 16
Personal correspondence, 1979
Folder 17
Personal correspondence, 1980
Folder 18
Personal correspondence, 1981
Folder 19
Personal correspondence, 1982
Folder 20
Personal correspondence, 1983
Folder 21
Personal correspondence, 1984
Folder 22
Personal correspondence, 1985
Folder 23
Personal correspondence with Steve Wilson (now Gerard Wilson), 1983, 1985, 1987
Folder 24
Personal correspondence with Ian Close, 1975, 1985, n.d.
Folder 25
Personal correspondence with Elizabeth Jenkins, 1979, 1980s and n.d.
Folder 26
Personal correspondence and birthday and Christmas cards, 1986
Folder 27
Birthday and Christmas cards, 1970s-1980s, n.d.
Folder 28
Personal correspondence, 1987
Folder 29
Personal correspondence, 1988-1989
Folder 30
Personal correspondence, 1989
Folder 31
Personal correspondence from Lyn Hughes, 1989
Folder 32
Personal correspondence, 1990
Folder 33
Personal correspondence together with poetry from Andrew Munro, 1990
Folder 34
Personal correspondence, 1991
Folder 35
Personal correspondence, 1992
1.2 Professional correspondence, 1974-1995
This subseries comprises professional correspondence with literary magazine and newspaper editors, Australian and overseas publishers, literary organizations and societies and Australian literary figures. Principal correspondents include Black Lightning Press, the Literature Board Grants Committee, Penguin Books, University of Queensland Press, Hyland House and Australian Literary Management.
Folder 1
Professional correspondence, 1974-1975, n.d.
Including the Poetry Society of Australia containing correspondence, publications order form, poetry reading programmes, publicity blurbs and press releases relating to a series of four booked-out poetry readings in the Music Room, Sydney Opera House, organised by Cheryl Creatrix under the auspices of the Poetry Society of Australia, on 4 March, 7 June, 5 September and 9 December 1975, together with photocopies of the constitution and the Society's minutes for 1975 when Porter was Vice-President and from the Literature Board, Overland, South Head Press and The Saturday Centre
Folder 2
Professional correspondence, 1975
From Sydney University student societies
Folder 3
Professional correspondence, 1976-1977
Including magazine and newspaper editors and the Literature Board
Folder 4
Professional correspondence, 1978
Received from magazine and newspaper editors and royalty receipts
Folder 5
Professional correspondence, 1979, 1984
Including a book review, receipts, invitations and replies for the launching of Bison (1979); magazine and newspaper editors, royalty receipts and the Literature Board
Folder 6
Professional correspondence, 1980-1981
Including magazine and newspaper editors and royalty receipts
Folder 7
Professional correspondence, 1982
Including magazine and newspaper editors, royalty receipts, travel arrangements, receipts and from Dane Thwaites, editor Black Lightning Press
Folder 8
Professional correspondence, 1983
Including magazine and newspapers editors, royalty receipts, Australia Council, the Literature Board regarding Poets-in-Schools project and Black Lightning Press
Folder 9
Professional correspondence regarding Night parrot 1983-1985, 1989
Including Dane Thwaites, Black Lightning Press regarding grant applications, publication details and costs and invitations and acceptances for the book launch; Barrett Reid Overland, Albert Tucker (cover design), Joanne Burns together with a typescript copy of her launch speech, Bruce Beaver and invoices/receipts for book sales
Folder 10
Professional correspondence, 1984
Including magazine and newspaper editors, royalty receipts, Australia Council, the Literature Board regarding Poets-in-Schools project and the Australian Taxation Office
Folder 11
Professional correspondence, 1985
Including magazine and newspaper editors, poetry competitions and the Literature Board regarding Poets-in-Schools project
Folder 12
Professional correspondence, 1986-1987
Including magazine and newspapers editors, royalty receipts, Macmillan Company of Australia, Penguin Books, The Australasian Publishing Company, poetry readings, anthology contributions, Literature Board and the NSW Department of Corrective Services
Folder 13
Professional correspondence, 1987
Including magazine and newspapers editors, royalty receipts, Penguin Books, Blue Light Lounge performance poetry reading, Tasmanian Poetry Festival and teaching applications
Folder 14
Professional correspondence, 1988
Including magazine and newspaper editors, royalty receipts, Mosman Bicentennial Committee, Australia Council, Pengiun Books and for various poetry readings
Folder 15
Professional correspondence, 1988-1989
Including magazine and newspaper editors, Australia Council, Helen Daniel regarding publication of The good reading guide(1989) compiled by Helen Daniel, South Head Press, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), royalty receipts, Geoffrey Dutton, editor Sydney Morning Herald Literary Supplement and John Synott together with a typescript copy of 'The peace sutra of Tyrtaeus the third'
Folder 16
Professional correspondence for 'Raising the dead', 1986-1990
Including Allen & Unwin, The Australasian Publishing Company, Collins Angus & Robertson, Hale & Iremonger, McPhee Gribble Publishers, Penguin Books, Simon & Schuster and the University of Queensland Press
Folder 17
Professional correspondence regarding Rookwood, 1990-1992
From Barbara Ker Wilson Editorial Services and the University of Queensland Press
Folder 18
Professional correspondence regarding Driving too fast, 1987-1991
Including Sue Abbey, University of Queensland Press, invitations and replies for the book launch, typescript copy of Drusilla Modjeska's launch speech, 22/10/1989 and receipts
Folder 19
Professional correspondence, 1989-1990
Including magazine and newspaper editors, poetry readings, anthology contributions and PLR (The Public Lending Rights Scheme)
Folder 20
Professional correspondence, 1991-1993, 1995
Including magazine and newspaper editors, various writer's programs, residencies and readings, SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) and three letters regarding Akhenaten, 1991-1992
Folder 21
Professional correspondence for The monkey's mask, 1991-1992, 1994-1995
From Sue Abbey, University of Queensland Press; Kathy Gale, The Women's Press Ltd; Jenny Darling, Australian Literary Management together with a photocopy of Option and Deed of Agreement between Arenafilm and Porter; Andrew Wilkins of Hyland House Publishing, Barry H. Hicks, Geoffrey Cains, readers congratulatory letters, royalty statements and the National Book Council
Series 2 Diaries, 1967-1992 (All diaries are closed until 2033)
This series comprises Porter's personal diaries mostly written in exercise books, appointment calendars, address books and one typescript draft together with a letter to Hilary McPhee, spanning the years 1968-1986.
This material is arranged chronologically and correspondence regarding possible publication of the diaries is included in Series 1.
Folder 1
Diaries, 1968-1969, contained in two exercise books
Folder 2
Diaries, 1969-1970
Written in two exercise books
Folder 3
Diaries, 1970-1971
Written in two exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 4
Diaries, 1971
Written in two exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 5
Diaries, 1971-1972
Written in two exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 6-7
Diaries, 1972
Written in one exercise book together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 8
Diaries, 1972-1973
Written in two exercise books together with loose manuscript pages written by Porter at the Sdot-Yam kibbutz, Israel
Folder 9-10
Diaries, 1973
Written in three exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 11
Diaries, 1973-1974
Written in one exercise book together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 12-14
Diaries, 1974
Written in three exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 15
Diaries, 1974-1975
Written in one exercise book together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 16-17
Diaries, 1975
Written in two exercise books together with loose manuscript pages
Folder 18
Diaries, 1975-1976
Written in two exercise books
Folder 19
Diaries, 1976-1977
Written in one spiral bound exercise book
Folder 20
Appointment calendars and address books (9), 1967, 1973, 1975-1978
Folder 21
Appointment calendars and address books (5), 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986
Folder 22
Diary, 1985-1986
Typescript together with a letter to Hilary McPhee regarding publication
Folder 23
Appointment calendar and address book (2), 1987
Folder 24
Appointment calendars and address books (4), 1988-1990
Folder 25
Appointment calendars (2), 1991-1992
Series 3 Poetry, 1968-1994
This series comprises notebooks, workbooks, research material, manuscript and typescript drafts of both published and unpublished poetry by Porter.
Multiple versions of most poems are included for both the unpublished and published poetry including Little hoodlum (1975), Bison (1979), 'The Nashville poems' (1970s-1984), The night parrot (1984), Driving too fast (1989) and Crete (1996) and for the verse novels Akhenaten (1991) and The monkey's mask (1994).
This material is arranged chronologically and correspondence regarding the development, editing and publication of the poetry is included in Series 1.
3.1 Miscellaneous poetry, 1968-1975
This subseries, folders 1-27 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of Porter's poetry published in literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies, together with drafts of unpublished poetry and poetry used for Rookwood (1991).
Folder 1
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1968-1969
Folder 2
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1970
Folder 3
Notebook, workbook and loose manuscript and typescript pages, 1971-1972
Folder 4
Manuscript drafts, 1972
Folder 5-6
Loose manuscript drafts 1973, and one workbook containing poetry written by Porter at the Sdot-Yam kibbutz, Israel, 1972-1973
Folder 7
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1974
Folder 8
Manuscript and typescript drafts and one workbook, 1975
Folder 9
Manuscript and typescript drafts and three workbooks, 1976-1977
Folder 10
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1977
Folder 11
Manuscript and typescript drafts and one workbook, 1978
Folder 12
One workbook and one notebook containing notes and drafts, 1979-1980
Folder 13
Loose manuscript and typescript pages and one notebook containing notes and drafts, 1976-1980
Folder 14
Loose manuscript and typescript pages and one notebook containing notes and drafts, 1981
Folder 15
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1982
Folder 16
'The big bang', 1982-1983
First manuscript draft, 6/4/1983 33 p.; second manuscript draft, 19/4/1983, 23 p.; typescript photocopy draft 14 p. together with reading dates and venues and loose manuscript and typescript pages
Folder 17
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, one notebook containing notes and drafts and a list of poetry accepted for publication in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, 1983
Folder 18
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, newspaper clippings with photocopies and a list of poetry accepted for publication in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, 1984
Folder 19
Two workbooks containing notes and drafts of poems and research material, 1984
Folder 20
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1985
Folder 20
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1985
Folder 21
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1986
Folder 22
Three workbooks containing notes and drafts of poems and research material, 1985-1987
Folder 23
Loose typescript and manuscript pages, 1987
Including 'In the Blue Mountains' sequence and 'Thylacine' sequence, a list of poetry accepted for publication in magazines, newspapers and anthologies and one notebook containing notes, drafts of poems and book launch speech for Judith Beveridge's The domesticity of giraffes (1987)
Folder 24
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, 1988
Including one notebook containing notes and drafts and a list of poetry accepted for publication in magazines, newspapers and anthologies
Folder 25
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, 1989
Including two notebooks containing notes and drafts and a list of poetry accepted for publication in magazines, newspapers and anthologies
Folder 26
Miscellaneous poetry and drafts for Rookwood, 1990
Loose manuscript and typescript pages and one notebook written from both ends containing drafts of poems and notes, some used for Rookwood
Folder 27
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1991, 1992, 1994
3.2 Little hoodlum (1975)
This subseries, folders 1-2 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts and reviews of Porter's first published book entitled Little hoodlum, published by [Prism] New Poetry for the Poetry Society of Australia, Sydney, 1975.
Folder 1
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1971-1975
Folder 2
Annotated typescript together with handwritten contents list and reviews, 1975-1976
3.3 Bison (1979)
This subseries, folders 1-2 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of Bison, published by Prism Books, Sydney, 1979.
Folder 1
Manuscript and typescript drafts and one review, 1975-1978
Folder 2
Loose manuscript and typescript pages from 'The water poems' sequence published in Bison, 1975-1978
3.4 'The Nashville poems', 1978-1980
This subseries, folders 1-4 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts for an unpublished work entitled 'The Nashville poems'. In these poems Porter explores the relationship between 'real' and vicarious experience. Some of these poems have been individually published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies.
Folder 1-4
Loose manuscript and typescript pages and two notebooks containing notes and drafts, 1978-1980
3.5 The night parrot (1984)
This subseries, folders 1-2 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts, book reviews, sales figures and newspaper clippings for The night parrot, published by Black Lightning Press, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W., 1984.
Folder 1-2
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, book reviews and correspondence with sales figures, 1979-1983, 1987, 1990
3.6 Driving too fast (1989)
This subseries, folders 1-5 comprises research material, manuscript and typescript drafts and reviews of Driving too fast, published by the University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., 1989.
Folder 1-2
Loose manuscript and typescript pages, research material and newspaper clippings with photocopies, 1979-1988
Folder 3
Typescript with proofreader and editors marks and comments, 79 p. and correspondence from Sue Abbey, University of Queensland Press, 6 March 1989
Folder 4
Spare typescript
Folder 5
Reviews, invitations and newspaper clippings with photocopies, 1989-1990
3.7 Akhenaten (1992)
This subseries, folders 1-9 comprises research notes, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, cover designs, and reviews of Akhenaten, published by the University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., 1992.
Folder 1
Notebook begun 27/8/1987, Mt. Victoria, containing notes and drafts of poems, 1987-1988
Folder 2
Two notebooks containing notes, drafts of poems, subject listing for the poems, and notes on Porter's Egyptian and South African trip, 13 January to 3 March 1989, 1988-1989
Folder 3
Loose manuscript pages from different notebooks and research notes written at 57 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, July 1989
Folder 4
Typescript photocopy, 1987-1989
Folder 5
Annotated typescript draft together with handwritten character list, glossary and notes, [1989-1990]
Folder 6
Annotated typescript draft together with glossary and general notes, 1989
Folder 7
Annotated typescript drafts of pages 1-30, 1990
Folder 8
Annotated and edited typescript, [1990-1991]
Folder 9
Miscellaneous, 1988-1992
Typescript drafts not used for the book, notes for poetry to be reworked, research material, original illustration designs and a flyer for the book launch by Judith Beveridge; manuscript and typescript drafts of an article written by Porter for Writer's Block entitled 'The soul of the unicorn', 11 March 1989
3.8 The monkey's mask (1994) and Crete (1996)
This subseries, folders 1-19 comprises research notes, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, reviews, criticisms, interviews, galley proofs, and a launch speech for the verse novel The monkey's mask, published by Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic.,1994, and for Crete, published by Hyland House, South Melbourne, 1996, together with notes for The witch number, published by University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld, 1993, and a draft of 'Poor Jill.'
Folder 1
Two notebooks containing notes and drafts of poems and notes used for The monkey's mask, Crete and The witch number, 1990-1991
Folder 2
Three notebooks containing drafts of unpublished poems and poems for The monkey's mask and Crete, 1991-1992
Folder 3
Two notebooks containing drafts of unpublished poems and manuscript draft no. 3 of The monkey's mask and drafts of Crete, 1993
Folder 4
One notebook written from both ends containing drafts of unpublished poems and used poems for The monkey's mask and Crete, 24/5/1993
Folder 5
The monkey's mask, 27/8/1990-29/4/1992
Annotated typescript draft with setting out notes
Folder 6
The monkey's mask, 1992-1994
Typescript draft no. 2 containing editorial suggestions and editing by Andrea Goldsmith and notes from Lyn Hughes
Folder 7
The monkey's mask, 1993
Typescript draft no. 3, 266 p. containing new poems up to 27/7/1993, last edit 1/8/1993 and notes 2/2/1993
Folder 8
The monkey's mask, September 1993
Typescript draft photocopy with Andrea Goldsmith's editorial suggestions
Folder 9
The monkey's mask, 8/10/1993
Typescript draft of the final edit with Andy [Andrew Wilkins]
Folder 10
The monkey's mask, 1993-1994
Author's annotated typescript draft 14/10/1993, with final draft 27/1/94 and final edit before galleys 10/3/1994
Folder 11
The monkey's mask, 1993
Agent's typescript photocopy
Folder 12
The monkey's mask, 1993-1994
Typescript photocopy
Folder 13
The monkey's mask, 1994
Including rejected poetry, editorial suggestions from Lyn Hughes, 17/1/1994 and notes on the manuscript's progress
Folder 14
Reviews of The monkey's mask, 1994-1995
Folder 15
The monkey's mask, 1994-1995
Literary criticisms published in Australian literary magazines and a transcript of a research-in-progress report and discussion by Priya Kalnins entitled 'Dorothy Porter : The monkey's mask' [1995]
Folder 16
Interviews regarding The monkey's mask published in Australian magazines and a transcript of an interview with Barbara Bursill entitled 'Beguiling, challenging and even hostile' [1995], 1994-1995
Folder 17
Miscellaneous material regarding The monkey's mask including Gwen Harwood's launch speech, awards information, newspaper clippings with photocopies and booksellers' lists, 1994-1995
Folder 18
U.S.A. book tour for The monkey's mask, published by Arcade Publishing, New York (1995), 1994-1995
Including correspondence with Hyland House, the Australia Council and David Szanto to publish and promote the American edition, itineraries, business cards, American newsletters and newspaper clippings, three typescript drafts of Porter's clarification notes on unique Australian language
Folder 19
Corrected proofs and one dust jacket, 28/3/1994 and 29/3/1994
Series 4 Novels, 1968-1991
This series comprises notebooks, workbooks, manuscript and typescript drafts and galley proofs for several unpublished pieces of prose and Porter's published volume of young adult fiction entitled Rookwood (1991), spanning the years 1968-1991.
This material is arranged chronologically and correspondence regarding the development, editing and publication of the novels is included in Series 1.
Folder 1
'A school girl's dream', 1968-1969
Manuscript drafts written in four exercise books
Folder 2
'Blisters on a rough ride', 1971-1973
Manuscript drafts written in three exercise books. Unfinished sequel to 'A school girl's dream'
Folder 3
'They dance in my smoke', 1972-1973
Manuscript draft of an incomplete novel written in two exercise books
Folder 4
'They dance in my smoke', 1972-1973
Three typescript drafts
Folder 5
'Raising the dead', 1981-1982, 1984
1st manuscript draft written in two exercise books
Folder 6
'Raising the dead', 1984
2nd manuscript draft written in five exercise books
Folder 7
'Raising the dead', [1984]
One typescript draft, p. 1-49 and notes
Folder 8
'Raising the dead', 1985
Corrected typescript with handwritten amended page numbers, p. 1-306
Folder 9
'Raising the dead', 1985
Corrected carbon typescript with handwritten amended page numbers, p. 1-305
Folder 10
'Raising the dead', 1988
Rewrite on the original typescript with manuscript insertions
Folder 11
'Raising the dead', 1988
Final typescript draft, p. 1-313
Folder 12
Rookwood, published by the University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld, (1991), 1990
One exercise book of chapters 1-3 and one typescript draft of chapters 4-6
Folder 13
Rookwood, 1990
Including one typescript draft, p. 1-189, together with a new typescript version of chapter 12, handwritten chapter notes and research material
Folder 14
Rookwood, 1990
University of Queensland Press edited typescript, p. 1-188
Series 5 Short Stories, 1968-1987
This series comprises unpublished and published manuscript, typescript and carbon drafts of short stories by Porter from 1964 to 1987.
This material is arranged chronologically and correspondence regarding the development, editing and publication of the short stories is included in Series 1.
Folder 1
Loose manuscript and typescript drafts and two notebooks late 1960s-1970
Containing short stories entitled 'What happened to me and the Beatles' together with newspaper clippings, [1964-1965]; 'It was a dog's life', fragment p. 1-21; 'A piece of nostalgia - Birdie'; 'The children who played with fire', 18 pages; 'Contemplations on a rainy morning'; 'The disappearance of John O'Connors'; 'The headmistress', p. 1-18; 'The pick up', 12 pages; 'Smoke without fire', 5 pages; manuscript (4 pages) and typescript (14 pages) drafts of 'To perform a waif' and two untitled short stories
Folder 2
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1979-1985
Containing short stories entitled 'The arrangement', 18 pages; manuscript (13 pages) and typescript (6 pages) drafts of 'Australian dissidents'; four typescript drafts of 'Brownie Cottage'; 'The buses', 3 pages; 'Song of songs', 2 pages; two typescript drafts of 'Heartbreak ' 2 pages; 'Pericles', 8 pages and one manuscript (30 pages) and typescript carbon (11 pages) drafts of Proverbs (1984)
Folder 3
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1979-1985
Containing short stories entitled 'Psalms' together with a letter from The Billy Blue Group, one manuscript (16 pages) and four typescript drafts (6 pages); 'The Shipley Tea-room murders', 9 pages; 'With the weathermen'; one manuscript (12 pages) and one typescript (4 pages) drafts of 'Ted's bereavement'; one manuscript (20 pages) and typescript (8 pages) drafts of 'Yours in solidarity'; one manuscript (18 pages) and one typescript (5 pages) drafts of 'Card only' and a short story idea for 'We all live in a yellow submarine'
Folder 4
Typescript drafts, 1987
Containing short stories entitled 'The arrows', three typescript drafts (1990); three typescript drafts of 'The beauty contest'; two typescript drafts of 'The guinea pig who went for a grant' 2 pages; two typescript drafts of 'On planet Mary Joan Clarke' (1988) and two typescript drafts of 'Tyger, tyger',
Series 6 Dramas, 1960s-1986
Folders 1-3 comprises unpublished handwritten and typescript plays from the late 1960s to 1986, including three play written by Porter when she was an adolescent.
This material is arranged chronologically and correspondence regarding the publication of the dramas is included in Series 1.
Folder 1
Manuscripts and typescripts, late 1960s-1970
Including three untitled adolescence manuscript and typescript dramas; one manuscript draft, two typescript drafts and one carbon copy entitled 'And then there were two'
Folder 2
Typescript draft of 'Judy's Getting Married', 1978
Folder 3
Typescript draft of 'Right in this post office' and correspondence to Pieter Dirk Uys, 1986
Series 7 Reviews, 1970s-1992
Folders 1-5 comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of unpublished and published book reviews written by Porter for literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies, from the 1970s to 1992.
This material is arranged alphabetically by book title and correspondence regarding the publication of the reviews is included in Series 1. The notebook in folder 4 contains a draft of a poem entitled 'Poor Jill' from the Monkey's mask Series 3.
Folder 1
A-B, 1970s-1992
Folder 2
F-P, 1988-1992
Folder 3
T plus reviews of different books for the same journal, 1988-1992
Folder 4
Manuscript and review drafts, 1992
Hard cover notebook written from both ends containing manuscript drafts of book reviews and a draft of the poem 'Poor Jill' from The monkey's mask
Folder 5
Manuscript and typescript drafts for Porter's five contributions to The good reading guide : 100 critics review contemporary Australian fiction, compiled by Helen Daniel, published by McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, Vic. (1989), 1988-1989
Series 8 Other Prose, 1978-1992
Folders 1-2 comprises both unpublished and published manuscript and typescript drafts and one letter for festivals, poetry readings, interviews, book launches, workshop lectures, one reader's report and articles published in various literary journals, 1978-1992.
Correspondence regarding the publication of this material is included in Series 1.
Folder 1
Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1978-1992
Including 'The triumph of popular music', 16/11/1978; notes used for ABC interview and reading, [1979]; 'Writing poetry', 24/4/1987; 'Marcus Clarke', 4/3/1988; 'COSAW - two writers', [1988]; book launch speech by Porter for Vida's child, by Freda Galloway, 16/12/1989; 'Sydney : the opera'; 'Turning point' published title Poetry and music (1991); lecture notes for the F.O.D.S. creative writing night, 30/11/1990; 'The writing machine : technologies and teaching', Sydney Festival, 26/1/1991; 'Poetry - from here to where?', Montsalvat National Poetry Festival, 10/3/1991; untitled poetry reading for Heritage Week at the Springwood Library, 7/4/1991 and Porter's launch speech for Pink Ink : an anthology of Australian lesbian and gay writers, edited by Kerry Bashford ...[et al.], 26/10/1991
Folder 2
Correspondence and one notebook, 1989-1990
Including manuscript drafts for Warana Writers' Week, 14-20 September 1990; Porter's reader's report for Redress Press, 1989 and correspondence and two typescript copies of 'Looking for platypus', by Porter and Elizabeth Jenkins, 1985
Series 9 Miscellaneous, 1966-1990s
This series comprises material from 1966 to the early 1990s, including school books, travel itineraries and scrapbooks, containing teaching notes, posters, art drawings, newspaper clippings and flyers, leaflets and handbills advertising poetry competitions, readings and Australian literary festivals. This material is arranged chronologically.
Folder 1
Juvenilia, 1967-1969
Folder 2
Miscellaneous school material, 1966-1971
Folder 3
Photocopy of A comic masque, by Robert Duncan
Folder 4
Sydney University societies and Sydney University Poetry Society, 1979
Includes copies of broadsheets, news-sheets, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry by contributor's, notes on readings, festivals and workshops, 1973-1975
Folder 5
Maps, brochures, handbooks, airline tickets, receipts and itinerary for Porter's overseas trip, 1976
Folder 6
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings and notes, 1972-1979
Folder 7
Scrapbook containing minutes of literary meetings, literary programmes, newspaper clippings and notes, 1980
Folder 8
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, drawings, flyers and leaflets advertising poetry and short story competitions and readings and miscellaneous notes by Porter, 1981-1982
Folder 9
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper clippings, flyers and leaflets advertising poetry competitions and readings, 1983
Folder 10
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper clippings, flyers and leaflets advertising poetry competitions and readings and receipts, 1984
Folder 11
Scrapbook containing one bird-watching notebook, newsletters, newspaper clippings, drawings, flyers and leaflets advertising poetry competitions and readings and receipts, 1985
Folder 12
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper clippings, flyers, leaflets, and correspondence advertising poetry competitions and readings and receipts, 1986
Folder 13
Scrapbook containing minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper clippings, flyers, leaflets, and correspondence advertising poetry and short story competitions and readings, 1987-1990
Folder 14
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, leaflets, receipts and notes by Porter, 1981-1992
Folder 15
Publisher's and booksellers brochures and literary articles, 1981-1992
Folder 16
Itineraries, brochures, tickets and booklets relating to Porter's trip to Egypt and South Africa, 1989
Folder 17-19
Teaching notes, 1970s-1990s
Folder 20-21
Correspondence, notes, advertising and programmes concerning poetry competitions, writers' festivals and readings, 1990-1994
Folder 22
Correspondence, notes, advertising and programmes concerning poetry competitions, writers' festivals and readings, 1990-1994
Folder 23
Student writing project, 1992
Including one notebook, notes and correspondence from the students
Folder 24
Correspondence, itinerary and notes concerning the Victorian Women Writers' Train, 1992 trip, 1991-1992
Folder 25
Arts Education Summit programme, 1993
Folder 26
Correspondence, brochures and itinerary for the Canberra Wordfest, 1992-1993
Folder 27
Miscellany items consisting of coins; badge; bookplates; toy car and one newspaper clipping
Folder 28
Poetry for Porter by friends, 1981-1991
Folder 29
Posters, art drawings, newspaper clippings, 1967-1994
Series 10 Photographs, 1957-1994
This series comprises a number of miscellaneous colour and black and white photographs and seven negatives including Porter, her family and friends and photographs relating to the book launches for Driving too fast and The monkey's mask.
Folder 1
Photographs, 1957-1994
Photographs of unidentified Australian literary figures, 1975 (3);
Two juvenile girls;
Nyree Dawn Porter;
Two figures in a kitchen;
Peter Stossel, 1976;
Graduation group, 1979;
Ian and Dorothy Porter, 1980, Avalon, Angophora Reserve, Blackheath (11);
Ian, Blue Mountains, Pope's Glen Walk, 1980 (2);
Mark, 1980?;
Peter Humphries, 1982 (2);
Dorothy Porter, at the platypus pool (2);
Elizabeth Jenkins, at the platypus pool;
Dorothy Porter;
Wendy and Elizabeth Jenkins (Tiddy), 1980;
Elizabeth Jenkins and Emma, 1980 (2);
Elizabeth Jenkins (3);
Porter with two unidentified women, early 1970s;
Ian, 1979 (2);
Dorothy Porter (4);
Dorothy Porter and her grandmother?;
Steve Wilson, early 1980s (3);
Dorothy Porter, 1984, taken for Women Australia (7);
Porter at a zoo (3);
Dorothy Porter and unidentified male;
Unidentified boy and girl, 1957;
Eleni, 1984;
Unidentified man and women, 1984?;
Prince Felix Boateng;
Unidentified group of women;
Jean and Chester Porter, 1981;
Jean Porter and her mother?;
Dorothy Porter at Rookwood Cemetery, 1982 (3);
Lucille's workshop class, 2/12/1985;
Samuel, 1985 (2);
Lyn Hughes and her daughter, 1985
Kate and Mary, 1989 (2);
Porter at the Driving too fast book launch, 1989 (8);
Kiya and Jasmine, 1991;
Self-portrait, 1992 entitled 'Acoustic shadow' (suggested cover);
Victorian Women Writer's Train, 1992 (2);
The Adelaide Writers' Centre, Adelaide, poetry reading at Tapas, 1992 (3);
The monkey's mask, Melbourne book launch, 16/10/1994;
Dorothy Porter (2);
Group of women;
Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith?;
Dorothy Porter, 26/6/93;
Negatives of Dorothy Porter (7)
Series 11 Audio-visual
This small series comprises a film, 3D viewer and one audio cassette.
Folder 1
Film sliced by frame entitled 'Top cat' and 'Alice in wonderland', together with a 3D viewer
Folder 2
Audio cassette entitled 'A fresh start', by John Chapman
Series 12 Folios, 1975-1988
This small series comprises three posters, dating from 1975-1988.
Folder 1
Promotional poster entitled 'A rabbit as king of the ghosts' at the Sydney Opera House Music Room, 1975
Correspondence regarding the development of this poster is included in Series 1.
Folder 2
Poster of Naguib Mahfouz, drawn to dedicate his Nobel prize win for literature in 1988
Folder 3
Poster advertising the 'Women's War and Peace Art Exhibition', 18-30 January 1987