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Manuscript Name | Papers of Michael Denholm |
Manuscript Number | MSS 035 |
Last Updated | July 2021 |
Extent | 47 boxes + 3 oversize + 1 plan cabinet |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Collection of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, articles, magazines and copies of published material |
Literary
Collection of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, articles, magazines, and the manuscript of 'Small Press Publishing in Australia, the early 1970s'. Includes material on the career of Sir Robert Menzies and the manuscript of 'First Rights, a Decade of Island Magazine'
1920s-1990
Author, editor and curator Michael Denholm was born in 1951 in Hobart, Tasmania. He attended first the University of Tasmania then the University of New South Wales, completing a course in librarianship. In 1972 he authored a thesis on Prime Minister Lyons, and in 1979 co-founded the Tasmanian Review (later Island Magazine, then Island). Denholm was co-editor of the magazine until he moved to Canberra as curator of the Australian Special Research Collection at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His research and writing interests include art history, politicians and small press publishing
References:
Austlit : Michael Denholm https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20030 retrieved 21 April 2020
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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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Papers of Michael Denholm, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 035, Box [Number], Folder [Number]
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Further papers of Michael Denholm are held by the National Library of Australia at MS Acc03/176
This collection originally included numerous publications, listed below. These works have been catalogued separately and added to the UNSW Library collection.
The Impossible Attainment by Dr Jim Cairns
Australian Labor Party Policy Speech - 1972
Liberal Achievement - 1949-1971
Communist China’s Objective
The Liberal Party of Australia : Its Origin, Organisation and Purpose
Two Souls of Socialism by Hal Draper
No War for Oil Monopolies : Hands off the Middle East by Rupert Lockwood
Draft Report on Publishing Industry
Arts Report - Tasmania 1989
Poems from a Peach Melba Hat by Shelton Lea
Foxybaby by Elizabeth Jolley
Strangers’ Country and Other Stories by Geoffrey Dean
Costumes : Poems and Prose by Susan Hampton
Aspects of the Dying Process : Short Stories by Michael Wilding
Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems by David Malouf
Canada 1896-1921 : A National Transformed by Robert Craig Brown and Ramsay Cook
Around Circular Head by Pauline Buckby
It by Chris Aulich
The Short Story Embassy : a Novel by Michael Wilding
The New Australian Poetry by John Tranter
Political Essays by Hugh Stretton
The Polish Immigrant : Migrant Poems (1972-82) by Peter Skrzynecki
Ikons by George Papaellinas
Cross the Border by Robert Adamson
Publishers and publishing – Australia
Michael Denholm, 1951- - Archives
Michael Denholm, 1951-
Island Magazine
Editors
Curators
Authors
Folder 1
Correspondence
Photocopies of photos
Folder 2
‘A Noble Pursuit’
Folder 3
Photographs
Folder 4
Newspaper clippings (1)
Folder 5
Newspaper clippings (2)
Folder 6
Newspaper clippings (3)
Folder 7
Newspaper clippings (4)
Folder 8
Newspaper clippings (5)
Folder 9
Newspaper clippings (6)
Folder 10
Newspaper clippings (7)
Folder 11
Newspaper clippings (8)
Folder 12
Newspaper clippings (9)
Folder 13
Newspaper clippings (10)
Folder 14
Newspaper clippings (11)
Folder 15
Newspaper clippings (12)
Folder 16
Newspaper clippings
Folder 17
Newspaper clippings (1)
Folder 18
Newspaper clippings (2)
Folder 19
Newspaper clippings (5)
Folder 20
Newspaper clippings (6)
Folder 21
Newspaper clippings (9)
Folder 22
Newspaper clippings (14)
Folders 23-24
Newspaper clippings
Folders 25-26
Newspaper clippings
Folder 27
Correspondence/articles publishers
Folder 28
Correspondence. Photos and postal cards
Folder 29
Correspondence. Poetry Society of Australia
Folder 30
Manuscript of ‘Little Magazines in Australia - A History and Guide’, handwritten copy
Folder 31
List ‘New Australian Writers’, handwritten copy
Folder 32
Articles/correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Folder 33
Articles/correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Folder 34
‘A Noble Pursuit’
Small Press Publishers
Australian Council
Folder 35
Little Magazines
New Writings
Bibliography
Folders 36-37
‘Little Magazines in Australia, A History and Guide’
Folder 38
Handwritten - ‘Little Magazines’, articles/correspondence
Folder 39
Small press publishers - handwritten notes
Folder 40
‘Little Magazines in Australia’, handwritten copy
Folder 41
Little Magazines in Australia’
Introductory essay
‘Small Press Publishing in Australia, a History and Guide’
Three issues Broadsheet Numbers 84, 85, 86
‘Feasting with Panthers’
‘You’
‘Small Press Publishing in Australia’ - the early 1970s
Five issues Broadsheet Numbers 78, 80-83
Folder 42
‘Small Press Publishing in Australia’
Newspaper clippings
Folder 43
Correspondence
Folder 44
Newspaper clippings
Folder 45
Correspondence
Folder 46
B/w photographs
Folder 47
Correspondence
Contemporary Australia Writers poster
Folders 48-54
Newspaper clippings
Folders 55-58
Newspaper clippings
Folder 59
Interview D Hewett
Miscellaneous
Folder 60
ASMA, details of members
Folders 61-62
Correspondence sent
Folders 63-70
Files A-Z
Folder 71
Loose articles
Folder 72
Comments on Australia Poetry
Small Publishers
Newsclippings
Folder 73
Correspondence received
Folder 74
Newspaper clippings
Little Magazines
Currency Press
Folder 75
Articles, newspaper clippings, ‘Nero’
Folder 76
Angus & Robertson; Australian Council for the Arts
Folder 77
Reviews; Large Australian Publicating Firms
Folder 78
Tabloid Story
Folder 79
Wild & Woolley; articles
Folder 80
Little Magazine; newspaper clippings
Folder 81
Correspondence received
Folders 82-86
Newspaper clippings
Folder 87
Newspaper clippings
Folder 88
Small Publishing Firms - handwritten
Folder 89
‘A Noble Pursuit’ handwritten
Folder 90
Interviews
Folder 91
Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 192
Computer printout
Folder 93
Computer printout
Folder 94
Computer printout
Folder 95
Computer printout
Folder 96
Files
Folder 97
Files
Folder 98
Files
Folder 99
Files
Folder 100
File cards
Folder 101
Age 1928, Argus 1928-1931
Folder 102
Argus 1932, 1933-1934
Folder 103
Argus 1935-1936; 1937-1938
Folder 104
Argus January-June 1939; July-December 1939
Folder 105
Argus January-June 1940
Folder 106
Argus July-December 1940
Folder 107
Argus January-June 1941; July-December 1941
Folder 108
Age 1949
Folder 109
Public servants; business leaders of Menzies Era
Folder 110
Press - reign of Menzies
Private secretaries to Menzies
Index – Parliamentary debates, State and Commonwealth
Folder 111
Debates: 1930 Volume 182-184; 1931 Volume 185, 196; debates 1928, more debates
Folder 112
Correspondence
Notes - Menzies
Folder 113
Miscellaneous - lawyers, friends, persons of general interest, staff of Parliament, academics, relations, bankers, RSL
Folder 114
Papers: ‘The Forgotten People’
Menzies, Communist Party of Australia 1945-1963 - JD Blake
Gallipoli to Petrov, 1915-1955 – McQueen
Radical Politics - Sec WW Golders
Royal Commission on Espionage
Thesis and Mss career at Melbourne University
Folder 115
Liberal Party Members of Federal Parliament 1949-1966
Country Party Members of Federal Parliament 1949-1966
Democratic Labor Party
Labor Party Members of Parliament 1949-1966
Folder 116
Earle government - 1914-1916
Lyons - Tasmanian Politics 1921-1923
Lyons - Tasmanian Government 1923-1928
Ogilvie in Lyons Government 1923-1928
Folder 117
Pamphlets and speeches Sir R Menzies
Folder 118
Liberal Party pamphlets
Folder 119
Federal Party election speeches
Communist Party pamphlets
Labor Party pamphlets
Folder 120
Mss - Lyons Government
Folder 121
Meanjin - 1949-1960
Quadrant - 1956-1965
Folder 122
Australian Quarterly 1949-1960
Overland 1955-1960
Folder 123
Correspondence - Steve Alomes
Correspondence regarding postgraduate matters and establishing a new journal, articles and correspondence regarding poetry readings
Reviews
Folder 124
Newspaper clippings
Folder 125
Reviews; visual art in Hobart, David Keeling, John Berger Once in Europa, Hal Colebatch
Folder 126
Mss ‘First Rights’ Decade of Island Magazine
Folder 127
Opinion/comment - Tasmanian & ALP
Correspondence
Photos
File cards and newspaper clippings
Folder 128
The Little Magazine in the Twentieth Century in Australia
Drafts
Correspondence
Folder 129
Reviews
Postgraduate correspondence
Canberra conference
Various notes and correspondence
Folder 130
Work in Progress Seminar
Folder 131
Correspondence X 2
Folder 132
Correspondence - replies; Gwen Harwood and other writers
Folder 133
‘Nine Tasmanian Writers’
Folder 134
New Yorker - 13 October 1980
6 cassette tapes:
Folder 135
Newspapers: 1973-1974
Folders 136-137
Newspapers: 1974
Folder 138
Newspapers: 1975
Folder 139
Newspapers: 1974-1977
Folders 140-142
Newspapers: 1975-1976
Folders 143-144
Newspapers: 1976
Folders 145-149
Newspapers: 1976-1977
Folder 150
Newspapers: 1978
Folders 151-153
Newspapers: 1978
Folders 154-155
Newspapers: 1978-1979
Folder 156
Newspapers: 1979
Folders 157-162
Newspapers: 1979-1980
Folders 163-165
Newspapers: 1979-1980
Folders 166-167
Newspapers: 1980
Folder 168
Newspapers: 1980-1981
Folders 169-173
Newspapers: 1980-1981
Folder 174
Newspapers: 1980-1982
Folder 175
Newspapers: 1980-1983
Folder 176
Newspapers: 1981
Folders 177-178
Newspapers: 1981-1982
Folder 179
Newspapers: 1982
Folders 180-182
Newspapers: 1983
Folder 183
Newspapers: 1983-1984
Folders 184-188
Newspapers: 1984
Folders 189-192
Newspapers: 1984-85
Folder 193
Newspapers: 1985
Folder 194
Newspapers: 1985-86
Folder 195
The Canberra Times review ‘Sophisticated Rebels’. Drafts, typed copy, printed review 24 September 1989
The Canberra Times review, also correspondence
‘Pre-Raphaelite in Love’, Gary Day. Draft, typed, printed 7 October 1989
The Heart of a Dog Bulgalov. Draft, typed copy
The Canberra Times review
A Question of Commitment S McKernan, analysis of book, draft, typed and printed copy 24 September 1989
Folder 196
The Canberra Times review Breathing Lessons, Tyler, draft, typed, printed
‘Two Lives and a Dream’ M Yourcenar, draft only
‘The Ghostic ??????', draft only
Tasmanian Writers Union Newsletter 1989
Correspondence from Andrew Sant
News copy on Lohrey defamation case
Correspondence to and from Tom Thompson
Correspondence with John McLaren and Peter Spearritt regarding publications
Folder 197
Application to the visual Arts/Craft Board for funding of Art Review
Correspondence from Geoff Parr in support of Tasmanian Arts application, plus other material
Application to the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board regarding Art Review
Folder 198
Correspondence from Helen Daniel regarding The Good Reading Guide
Draft and typed version of entries
Draft and typed version of Island in the Stream : Myths of Place in Australian Culture
Material for column in Arts Monthly Australia, including correspondence with Peter Townsend
Clippings on Biennale 1990
Address list for launching of First Rights and other sundry notes
Draft and typed version of article on Mandy Martin, including correspondence to publications
Folder 199
Postcards from Mandy Martin, photocopies of articles about her plus notes and lecture by Terence Maloon
Correspondence from Paul Carter, draft and typed version of review of James Mollison’s A Singular Vision : The Art of Fred Williams
Folder 200
Draft and typed version of review of The New Diversity, Australian Fiction 1970-88
Notes from Andrew Sant and Michael Roe, draft of Michael Roe’s speech at launch of First Rights, Hobart
Report by Sandra Forbes on a National Plan for the promotion of Australian literature PLR pamphlet
Folder 201
Transcript of interview with Mandy Martin
Corrected typed version of a review of Company of Images
Folder 202
Audio cassette - Interview with Mandy Martin
Folder 203
Transcript and corrected version of interview with Mandy Martin
Correspondence from Geoff Page
Draft and typed copy of letter from Canberra for Tasmanian Writers
Union newsletter
Folder 204
Correspondence with editor Editions
Review Outsider Art in Australia plus letter from David Brooks
Article on and correspondence from Louise Hearman, plus related material
Correspondence with editor Art and Australia
Folder 205
Review of Dorothy Hewett bibliography
Writers Against Nuclear Arms - assorted material, nuclear ships visit
Correspondence to Mercury regarding Art Gallery and Library in Tasmania
Folder 206
Letter to Mr Connolly MP and other correspondence
Application for position of Community Literature Officer for Tasmania plus earlier reports
Application for post-graduate research
Sundry correspondence, including references for John Nairn and Sarah Day
Folder 207
Reply to M. Roe 'Challenges to Aust. Identity'
Review of David Marr’s Barwick
Notes
Folder 208
Correspondence from Steve Alomes
Article on Democratic Rights in Australia
Correspondence from Michael Wilding
Draft and typed version of article on lack of status of editors, sundry related material and general material on publishing, also Word Fest ‘89
Folder 209
Australian Library Promotions Council plastic bag
Copies of photos of Australian Literary editors
Copy of photo of Lyons Tasmanian Labor Government
Copy of Tasmanian political cartoon, 1920s
Panegyric for Malcolm McRae
Folder 210
Drafts and typed copies of 5 columns for Art Monthly Australia, including information on Biennale
M Denholm’s reply to letter from G Levitus in Art Monthly Australia
Folder 211
Correspondence regarding WANA (Writers Against Nuclear Arms)
Folder 212
Correspondence to James Gleeson
Draft of article on Art and Politics
Drafts and catalogue for exhibition by Helen Wright
Correspondence with International Biographical Centre
Correspondence regarding Art Monthly Australia
Folder 213
Correspondence regarding Blast magazine, including typed review of M Yourcenar’s ‘Two Lives and a Dream’
Correspondence with and Newsletters of Tasmanian Writers’ Union
Drafts and typed copy of review of Beverley Farmer’s A Body of Water
Correspondence with Jean Paul Delamotte
Photographs of Delamotte, Frank Moorhouse, M Denholm
Correspondence with Donald Horne, Bernard Smith and Alison Carroll
Folder 214
Article and relevant information about a decision by Australia Post regarding Australian Literary magazines
Correspondence and material regarding the action of Australia Post
Sundry material on peace and disarmament
Newspaper clippings on Art and Photographic exhibition
Participants in Editing in Australia - A Conference
Folder 215
Background information on little magazines and small presses
Folder 216
Newspaper clippings on little magazines, small press, Island Magazine and publishing and literature generally
Folder 217
Printout of Small Press Publishing in Australia Vol.II.
Folder 218
Printout of Small Press Publishing in Australia Vol. II
Folder 219
Correspondence regarding manuscript of ‘A Colonial Country’
Correspondence with Professor Roe, Judy Brett and Joe Camilleri
Folder 220
Seminar papers regarding Bob Menzies
Comments by Michael Roe, Geoffrey Serle and Richard Ely on thesis
Correspondence from Stephen Alomes, correspondence from University on position and draft material regarding ASIO
Folder 221
Typed version of chapter of ‘A Colonial Country’
Letters, reports, correspondence with publishers regarding ‘A Colonial Country’
Humphrey McQueen’s ANZAAS paper ‘The Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Australia 1918-19’
Theses held in Department of History 1972
Notes, handwritten alterations to thesis
Notes by Stephen Edgar
Folder 222
Notes by Michael Roe on thesis
Thesis footnotes
University of Tasmania
Background material on US connection
Folder 223
Copies of press photographs of Menzies and related material
Footnotes to thesis 244-705
Short bibliography
Folder 224
Handwritten version of ‘The Legacy of Sir Robert Menzies’
Folder 225
‘Menzies and the 1970’s’
Folder 226
Handwritten version of ‘Menzies and the 1970’s’ in 4 parts
Folder 227
Typed copy of ‘Legacy of R Menzies’ additions and extensive notations by Martin Harris
Folder 228
Typed version of ‘The Legacy of Sir Robert Menzies’, notes by Stephen Alomes
Folder 229
Card system for research on Lyons Tasmanian Labor Government and Menzies
Folder 230
Typed version of ‘The Legacy of Sir R Menzies’
Folders 231-233
Typed version of ‘A Colonial Country’. Footnotes, extensive additions
Folders 234-235
Computer printout of ‘A Colonial Country’
Folder 236
Computer printout of ‘A Colonial Country’
Folder 237
Computer printout of ‘A Colonial Country’ (p192)
Folders 238-239
Computer printout of ‘A Colonial Country’
Folder 240
Computer printout of a section of ‘A Colonial Country’
Folder 241
Computer printout of ‘Australia a Too Dependent Country’
Folder 242
Typed version of ‘A Colonial Country’ with notes by Martin Harris
Folder 243
Typed version of ‘A Colonial Country’
Folder 244
Typed version of ‘A Colonial Country’ as submitted
Folder 245
Political badges
Folio 1
Australian Feminist Newspapers - No. 1, December 1975, No. 6 December 1976 and January 1977
‘Mad Vibe’ Rae Desmond Jones, limited edition (poster style)
Folio 2
‘The Small Publishers’ galley
Folio 3 [rolled]
Posters (28 in total):
Three Tasmanians in Print - 1985
Australian Etching 1978
Women and Labour - 1978
Writers and the Environment
Literary Events of the Year - (2 copies)
Looking Back Towards the Future
Poems of Land and Life
Roger Kemp 1978
Waldo Bien 1987
Readings from Byzantium
Flags of Australia
Waterfront music Festival (2 copies)
Keep Uranium Underground
Waldo Bien 1988
Menzies
Tower - Chameleon newsletter
Adelaide Festival of Arts Forum
Adelaide Festival of Arts Writers Week
Robert Mapplethorpe
Writers and Musicians for Wilderness
Salamanca Arts Festival
Folio 4
Poster of Peter Fuller function, photographs
The Australian Literary Calendar 1989
Drawer 8
1061
Menzies Dead - The Australian, 16 May 1978 (Printed and published by Nationwide News , 2 Holt St, Sydney)
1062
Menzies Dies at 83 - The Sun, Tuesday 16 May 1978
This collection contains an additional 42 boxes that have not yet been catalogued or processed