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Series 15 A short history of Australia, 1961-92



 

PAPERS OF MANNING CLARK - A short history of Australia,1961-92  

 

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1. General correspondence, 1939-91

2. Diaries, 1938-91

3. Notebooks, 1937-77

4. Newspaper cuttings, 1938-54

5. University of Melbourne, 1937-49

6. Canberra University College, 1953-60

7. Australian National University, 1960-76

8. Harvard University, 1975-79

9. Australian Council for the Arts, 1973

10. Journeys, 1955-91

11. The ideal of Alexis de Tocqueville, 1938-50

12. Select documents in Australian history, 1948-56

13. Alexander Harris, Settlers and Convicts, 1952-64

14. Meeting Soviet Man, 1958-60

15. A short history of Australia, 1961-92

16.A history of Australia: drafts

17. A history of Australia: research materials, 1960-86

18. A history of Australia: correspondence and reviews, 1960-91

19. Short stories

20. The Boyer Lectures, 1975-88

21. In search of Henry Lawson, 1977-88

22. Occasional writings and speeches, 1979-81

23. A history of Australia — the Musical, 1980-89

24. The puzzles of childhood, 1907-91

25. The quest for grace, 1989-91

26. A historian’s apprenticeship, 1990-91

27. Manuscripts, 1931-91

28. Lectures, 1940-87

29. Subject files, 1936-91

30. Family correspondence, 1958-75

31. Miscellaneous papers, 1937-90

Appendix

Box List

In 1961 Clark was asked to write a single volume history of Australia for the New American Library of World Literature. It was published in New York in 1963 with the Mentor Books imprint. A second edition was issued by Heinemann in 1969. An illustrated edition was published by Macmillan in 1981, with new editions by Penguin in 1983 and 1987.

The correspondents include E.L. Doctorow, Ursula Winant, J.E. Madgwick, Edgar Waters, Geoffrey Muirden, Bill Gammage, Tim Curnow, Bill Reed, Katsuo Tamura and Rosario Scarpato.

Folder

1 Outline and drafts

2-3 Manuscript

4 Postscript, 1969

5-6 Chapter 13, 1978-80

7-8 Correspondence and reviews, 1961-78

9 New chapter, 1978

10 Illustrated edition, 1981

11-12 Illustrated edition: reviews and comments, 1981

13 Illustrated edition: second edition, 1983

14 Illustrated edition: third edition

15 Japanese edition, 1978-79

16 Italian translation, 1984-89

17 Italian translation, 1990

18 Greek translation, 1990

19-20 Greek translation, 1990-92