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| Manuscript Name | Papers of Geoffrey Eggleston |
| Manuscript Number | MSS 195 |
| Last Updated | June 2021 |
| Extent | 4 boxes + 2 oversize + 1 AV |
| Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
| Abstract | Manuscripts and drafts of poems and prose pieces, correspondence, newspaper clippings, festival materials, small press items, video tapes, cassette tapes, and assorted pieces relating to Geoffrey Eggleston |
Collection Subject Type
Literary
Scope and Content
The papers of poet Geoffrey Eggleston contain his correspondence and poetry drafts along with newspaper clippings, audiovisual material and miscellaneous papers relating to the Montsalvat Poetry Festival, which Eggleston organised
Date Range of Content
1972-1997
Biographical Note
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Eggleston
Geoffrey Eggleston was born in 1944 in Springvale, Victoria. As well as being prominent in the performance poetry scene, he was the original organiser of the Montsalvat Poetry Festival in Eltham, Victoria and co-editor of the Whole Earth Sun-Moon Review from 1973
References:
Austlit : Geoffrey Eggleston https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2239 retrieved 4 September 2020
Administrative Information
Access and Copying Conditions
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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.
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Geoffrey Eggleston, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 195, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
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Separated Material
This collection originally included a number of publications, listed at the foot of this finding aid, which were separated and sent to the Academy Library
Subject Keywords
Subjects
Goeffrey Eggleston, 1944-2008 — Archives
Australian poetry — 20th century
Performance poetry
Festivals — Victoria
Personal Names
Geoffrey Eggleston, 1944-2008
Corporate Names
Montsalvat Poetry Festival
Occupations
Poets
Festival directors
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
Newspaper clipping about Montsalvat and postcard
Folder 2
Page proofs of ‘To Her for Pentacles’
Handwritten and typewritten, annotated miscellaneous poetry
Folder 3
Correspondence from Kris Hemensley
Roneoed articles for ‘The Merri Creek, or Nero’
Folder 4
Eggleston biographical note
Montsalvat 1990 program
‘Cheap Eats in Melbourne’ 1986
Copies of ‘Street Poetry’
Photocopy of ‘The Soldier’s Tale’
Folder 5
‘Newsletter’ June 1987 - Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
Correspondence from A D Hope, Bob Brissenden, Geoff Page, Terry Gillmore, Richard Tipping - 1982-89
Photocopy of ‘Whole Earth (Sun/Moon) Review’ No. 1. [Paul Smith]
Folder 6
Montsalvat Festival material, 1989
Folder 7
Miscellaneous papers relating to Montsalvat Festival, Friendly Street Poets and various poetry readings
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Folder 8
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings including articles on Montsalvat Poetry Festival, 1983
Photocopy of Neucleus, vol. 37, no. 8 November 1983
Folder 9
Typewritten copy of ‘Vietnam Legacy’ by Phil Niklaus
Miscellaneous papers including material for Montsalvat Poetry Festival, 1989, Poetry Readings around Melbourne
Photocopy of ‘Vomit’ by Eric Beach
Newspaper clippings regarding La Mama
Box 2
Folder 9a
Newspaper clippings, photocopies of which are held in folders 1, 7, 8 and 9
Folder 10
Carbon copy typewritten short story by Alan Marshall, ‘The Art of Mitcham Skipper
Handwritten and typewritten, annotated poetry by Mal Morgan, Billy Jones, Domenico De Clario
Miscellaneous papers and newspaper clippings including articles on Ern Malley
Photocopy of ‘New Age’, June 1980
Folder 11
‘Melbourne International Festival of the Arts’,13-29 September 1990
Newspaper clippings
Folder 12
Photocopy of ‘The Poetry Library of the Arts Council of Great Britain’, 1973
Poetry on Paper Review
Newspaper clippings
Folder 13
Handwritten and typewritten, annotated notes and poetry, including poetry by Barry Skinner
A folio of drawings by Roger Janes titled ‘Looking Around the Room’
Folder 14
Page proofs of ‘These Halycon Days’
Program ‘1990 Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival’
Folder 15
Typewritten, annotated and corrected page proofs of ‘These Halycon Days’
Folder 16
Draft correspondence to Robert Swan
Newspaper clippings
Flyers
Box 3
Folder 17
Correspondence
Letters for the period, 22 September 1981 – 12 April 1993, with undated letters, probably 1980s to early 1990s
Folder 18
Research materials
‘Background Material: Define the Days’, consisting of newspaper articles, notes, venue and festival information, for example Montsalvat, mainly early 1990s
Folder 19
Literary drafts
‘Radna + Khrishna New Love Song Old Theme: 1st, 2nd and Third Drafts’; typed and handwritten notes with some annotations, early 1990s
Folder 20
Literary drafts
‘Butterflys, Balloons and Circuses: a Niddrie Story, two versions with annotations
‘Chris Moller 16 July 1943 – 25 June 1993’
‘Sam Angelico Interviewed by Geoff Eggleston, Rankins Lane, Melbourne 1993’, 28 pages prefaced with explanatory note
‘“Looking Round the Room”: A folio of drawings by Roger Janes’, with letter dated 8 January 1997, and undated postcard included
Folder 21
Literary drafts
‘Love Poems’: large collection of various drafts/versions of poems with annotations
Folder 22
Literary drafts
Small collection of various drafts/versions of poems with annotations, some of which are dated 1990-1993
Box 4
Folder 23
Literary drafts
Untitled draft manuscript with drafts/versions of poems, pages 13-52, prefaced with list of poems from 1 to 41
Folder 24
Literary drafts
‘The [Iola? Iota?] of [Prana?], 2nd proof version, pages 1-10, handwritten with annotations
Folder 25
Literary drafts
‘Myra’s Reading: To celebrate the spirit of the late Myra Skipper’s support for artists’: draft notes, papers, some of which are dated 1994
Folder 26
Miscellaneous
‘Montsalvat National Poetry Festival’, 4-6 December 1992 program
‘Your History Mate: The work of a community museum in Melbourne’s western suburbs’, poster with explanatory note
Tony Woods, In Conversation, Melbourne, 1988, 1992, with explanatory ‘Bio Note’;
Jon Weaving, And the Winner Is…: The Alan Marshall Short Story Award, Black Pepper, North Fitzroy, 1997, with note by Geoffrey Eggleston inside front cover
Audiovisual material
Box 5
2 VHS video cassette tapes - Montsalvat Poetry Festival (MPF) 1987
16 audio cassette tapes:
10th Anniversary Christmas Hills Festival, Easter Sunday & Monday, tape 1;
Cafe Jammia 25 Nov, tape 2
John Jenkins, Kim Bessant, and friends ‘Waiting for Manana’, tape 3;
MPF 16/10/81 tape 4;
MPF 16/10/81 tape 5;
MPF 16/10/81 tape 6;
MPF 17/10/81 tape 7;
MPF 18/10/81 tape 9;
MPF 18/10/81 tape 10;
MPF 1984(?). December 3, tape 11;
MPF 1984, tape 12;
‘Myra’;
‘Sam Angelico’, ‘Sam A’ and ‘Sam A’ [Sam Angelico Tapes]
Oversize material
Folio 1
Hand bills, design collection, news articles
Map Drawer 2
1 poster of 1977 Poet’s Festival at Montsalvat
Published items sent to Academy Library
Street Poetry (about November 1983)
Fitzroy ‘3’
Writing 5, September 1987
Open Door 5
Going Down Swinging 5, Sprint 1982
‘Since Since’ by Pete Spence - lit.ed. No. 83
‘Afflatus’ Lindsay Clements
‘Poems for Shelton Lea’ Michael Sharkey 19/40
9.2.5 - No. 2
Vision No. 27, 1972
‘Yarn, Rave and Red Herring’ Gregory B Shortis (this copy signed by author)
Bull’s Eye 1984
Australian Poetry Annual 1920
‘Dementia’ Simon Macdonald
Chook-Chook
See Page 207
Shades No. 2 1983
Image Vol. 6, No. 1 March 1983
Words and Visions 12 March 1983 (front cover annotated and signed)
‘Small Poppies’ Melbourne University Magazine of Literature 1986
Robert Solay ‘Dreaming’ - Fling Vol. 3, No. 2 December 1983 - signed
‘Sketches’ Fling Vol. 2 No. 2 October 1982
Fling, Vol. 2 Nos. 3-4 March 1983
Post Modern Writing 3
Compass Vol. 5 No. 3
Bush Telegraph August/September 1977
Neucleus Vol. 37, No. 8, 8 November 1983
Towards the Millenium, Brian C Hare - annotated on front cover
‘February in Sydney’ Yusef Komunyakaa
‘All the Blues Thats Fit T’Sing’ David Pepperell
The Cringe No. 1, 1987
Poetry Library of the Arts Council of Great Britain, 5th Edition 1973
‘Rogue Trooper’ Comic Book 1989
New Age, June 1980
Star Beach - comic
‘Ockers’ by Pi O
‘To God: from the Weary Nations’ by Fernleigh Maurice
‘Poems’ from the Rochester Castle
‘Australian Poetry Now’ edited by Themes W Shapcott
Diafan 4, July 1966
Fitzroy Poems by Pi O
Overland No. 41 Winter 1969
Blowing Out the Candles, Autumn 1989
Australian Letters Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1968
Off the Record by Pi O
...But Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? A resource book for writing groups
Pie anthology edited by Paul Smith
Migrant 7 No. 4
Dimension by Bruce Dawe