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EWERS, John Keith, 1904-1978
John Keith Ewers, known as ‘Keith’ or ‘JK’ to his friends, was born in Subiaco in 1904. He attended Perth Modern School, after which he joined the Education Department, teaching at various country and metropolitan schools, including those in the Wheatbelt, Group Settlements, Nedlands, Spearwood and Perth Boys. In 1947 he left teaching to concentrate on full-time writing, returning later to work part time as editor of technical correspondence courses.
J. K. Ewers began writing while still at school. From 1929 he contributed regular newspaper columns on Australian literature. His fiction includes two books of poetry, five novels, a collection of short stories and a children’s book woven around aboriginal legends. Historical studies include the Kalgoorlie pipeline, Perth Boys’ School, Bruce Rock and Fremantle. In 1945 he published one of the earliest critical surveys of Australian literature. His book on the North- west, With the Sun on My Back was a joint winner in the Commonwealth Jubilee Competition of 1952.
J. K. Ewers was Foundation President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) in 1938 with three subsequent terms as President, remaining an active member until just before his death. He gave some of the first lectures on Australian literature at the University of Western Australia, spoke on radio and in public, as well as writing travel articles for magazines, such as Walkabout.
J. K. Ewers was also known to children throughout Western Australia for his English text books. Perhaps more popular were his alter-egos, Diogenes and Inky Wells, during 10 years of the ABC’s Argonauts.
In his autobiography, Long Enough for a Joke, published posthumously in 1983, J. K. Ewers gives a vivid account of early life in Subiaco and wheatbelt towns as well as the development of his writing career. John K. Ewers’s wife, Jean, was a well known Perth potter.
The Papers The papers were donated to Battye Library by Patricia Kotai-Ewers in October 2000 (Acc 5340A) and in May 2001 (Acc.5459A)
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SUMMARY OF CLASSES
ADVERTISING ...... 4 ANNUAL REPORTS ...... 4 ARTICLES ...... 4 Articles: Miscellaneous ...... 4 Articles: The world in general ...... 4 Articles: Overseas topics ...... 5 Articles: On matters literary ...... 6 Articles: about Australia ...... 6 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ...... 11 BIOGRAPHIES ...... 12 BIRTH CERTIFICATES ...... 13 BOOKLETS ...... 13 BUSINESS CARDS ...... 14 CALENDARS ...... 14 CARDS ...... 14 CATALOGUES ...... 15 CERTIFICATES ...... 15 CONSTITUTIONS ...... 16 CORRESPONDENCE ...... 17 DEGREES AND HONOURS ...... 69 DIARIES ...... 69 DOCUMENTS ...... 69 EXAMINATION PAPERS ...... 69 FAMILY HISTORIES ...... 70 FILES ...... 70 FINANCIAL RECORDS ...... 73 HISTORIES ...... 76 INFORMATION SHEETS ...... 76 INSURANCE RECORDS...... 76 INVITATIONS ...... 77 JOURNALS ...... 77 LABELS ...... 77 LETTERHEADS ...... 77 LISTS ...... 77 MAPS ...... 78 MINUTES ...... 78 NARRATIVES / MANUSCRIPTS ...... 79 NEWSLETTERS ...... 79 NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS ...... 80 NOTEBOOKS ...... 82 NOTES ...... 82 NOTICES ...... 83 NOVELS ...... 83 OBITUARIES ...... 87 ORAL HISTORIES ...... 87 PASSPORTS ...... 88 PHOTOGRAPHS ...... 88 PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS ...... 89 POETRY ...... 90
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POSTCARDS ...... 91 PRICE LISTS ...... 91 PROFILES ...... 91 PROGRAMMES ...... 91 PROSE ...... 92 PUBLICATIONS ...... 93 RECORDS ...... 93 REFERENCES ...... 93 REPORTS ...... 94 REVIEWS ...... 94 Reviews: by others, of JKE’S books ...... 94 Reviews: of other writers’ books, by John K. Ewers ...... 94 Reviews: of books by JKE ...... 95 SCRAPBOOKS ...... 95 SCRIPTS ...... 98 SHORT STORIES...... 99 SONGS & MUSIC ...... 104 TALKS ...... 105 TAXATION ...... 111 TELEGRAMS ...... 112 TICKETS ...... 112 WILLS ...... 112 WRITINGS ...... 112
ABBREVIATIONS FAW – Fellowship of Australian Writers FAWWA – Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australia JKE – John Keith Ewers TKE – Trisha Kotai-Ewers n.d. – not dated
The listing below was compiled by Trisha Kotai-Ewers, daughter of John Keith Ewers.
The papers have, as far as possible, been kept in the same order as that employed by J.K. Ewers during his lifetime, with some amendments made by his wife after his death
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ADVERTISING 5459A/199 n.d. Media promotion/advertising of JKE’s publications (other than reviews)
Money Street (x1) Men Against the Earth (x1)
ANNUAL REPORTS 5459A/362 1964 – 1977 Australian Society of Authors
5459A/365 May, October 1972; February, June, October 1973; February, May 1974
Australian Society of Authors. Quarterly Reports 16p.
ARTICLES 5459A/192 Articles: Miscellaneous (Foreward for ‘What is a Short Story?’) 2p. typescript Australian Books 1p. handwritten Envelope containing handwritten notes, entitled ‘references’ 1 envelope Incomplete article, beginning at p2. Subject: Aborginal people living on Reserves? 3p. typescript Telephone Play 1p. handwritten “Now are there any people today who make up ballads and say or sing them with choruses?” 8 lines, handwritten The Wife Wrapped in a Wether’s Skin 1p. typescript Quote by Mark Rampion 1p. handwritten How Does a Young Writer Get a Start Today? Incomplete article, p3 only 1p. typescript 5459A/194 Articles: The world in general The Wild West Labelled: J.K. Waterjugs. 5p. handwritten
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Parable of the Stream Includes rejection notice from The Daily News, 17 July 1936 7p. typescript As One Cabbage to Another (2 versions) 17p. handwritten and typescript After the Crisis – What Now? 13p. handwritten So You Want to Stop Smoking? (two copies) 9p. typescript On the subject of the Church Untitled, incomplete 4p. handwritten 5459A/195 Discussion: What is the Australian Environment? Entry in unnamed competition 16p. typescript 5459A/196 Articles: Overseas topics Ten articles. Mainly based on honeymoon experiences in 1936, List of titles, (possible articles?) America Has Two Public Enemies No. 1 Includes two photographs 4p. typescript By Bus 5000 Miles Across U.S.A. 4p. typescript A Window in Bloomsbury 4p. typescript Learning to Eat with a Fork: American Meals, Manners and Menus 4p. typescript Fascists and Communists Clash in the East End 4p. typescript Marching on London – Men from Jarrow, Women from Coventry 3p. typescript Are Americans Religious? 4p. typescript Salesmanship in America –From Real Estate to the Brooklyn Bridge 4p. typescript Let’s Go to the Coronation 5p. typescript Indonesia and the Tourist. Two copies 5p typescript, 6p. typescript 5459A/179 W.A. Teachers’ Journal (magazine) March, 1962. An Investment in Understanding April 1967. The Festival of Perth Writers’ Seminar 4p.
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5459A/180 Walkabout (magazine) 1935 – 1941
Eleven articles by JKE, plus two photographs, one used February 1935 Handwritten list of 18 JKE’s articles in Walkabout List of suggested articles on Western Australia
5459A/181 Westerly (magazine), March, 1968, pp. 42-51 The Genius of Judith Wright. Four copies 5459A/182 Articles: On matters literary Australian Writers I should like to Meet. Series of articles suggested to The West Australian. Rejected 14p. Can Fiction Survive the Jet Age? 6p.handwritten, 7p. typescript From Visits to Miles Franklin 11p. handwritten I Plead Guilty Typed, 3p. Handwritten, 2p. Is It Too Easy? On Norman Lindsay 4p. typescript Literature and Propaganda 23p. handwritten, 20p. typescript New Aids in Education 5p. typescript Old Mother English Language 3p. handwritten 3p. typescript (x3) Propaganda, Escapism, Art Rejected 4p. typescript The Jindyworobak Club 4p. typescript The Phallus and the Fantasy 5p. typescript 1939 They Write as They Speak 6p. handwritten, 3p. typescript What Is A Short Story? 6p. typescript The Impact of the 1940s 5p. handwritten I Had Two Friends 3p. typescript Tighten Up Your Plot 4p. typescript 5459A/183 Articles: about Australia Aboriginal Ballet 23p. handwritten
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A.G.A.N. (First draft of The Great Australian Paradox; segments entitled Australia Through Her Writers, Voluntary Bankruptcy) 34p. handwritten Jones of Subiaco 4p. handwritten Let’s Keep Mr. Brand and the Barracks, Too Includes alterations 3p. typescript Our First Murder 5p. handwritten Tempered Steel: Black Thursday and Red Wednesday Includes rejection note from The Argus. 8p. typescript The Kimberleys 4p. typescript Western Australia – History and Development Includes alterations Typed on reverse of pages of chapter sixteen, The Ord River (from With the Sun on My Back perhaps? TKE) 22p. handwritten and typescript Willem de Vlamingh Partly in note form. 4p. handwritten “Rum Rebellion”. Book Review 2p. typescript 5459A/185 8 December 1949 – 31 May 1951 Articles published in The Australasian Post
8 December 1949 Why Not a Nobel Prize for Australian Authors?
9 February 1950 Summer School at Australia’s Youngest University
20 April 1950 Taming Karri Giants of W.A.
6 July 1950 Perth section in article on Social Evil – Report to the People
24 August 1950 Millionaire De Bernales’ Home for Civic Centre
19 October 1950 Children’s Book Week in the West
26 October 1950 Tidiest Town in Australia?
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2 November 1950 When Pig-tailed Tars Rolled About Fremantle Streets
2 November 1950 Artist’s Home in the Centre
23 November 1950 Cattleman on Wings
7 December 1950 Turned Goldmine into Cattle Run
18 January 1951 Customers Toast Their Own
5 April 1951 Australia’s Oldest State School
12 April 1951 Branding the Clean-Skins
10 May 1951 Yogi Puzzles Perth
31 May 1951 They’re Growing Old in Luxury
5459A/188 The Australian Bookman A Pioneer Passes – The Late George Robertson 4p. Reviews of: In Her Own Right – Julie Rigg, The First Hundred Years – D.A. West (compiler), My Brow is Wet – Keith Leopold, God Is An Englishman – Donald Horne 5p.
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5459A/201 14 October 1933. Australasian. The Tourist:- A North-West Outpost 26 February 1936. The Sydney Mail. Old Spain in Young Australia 13 February 1937. The Evening News. Londoners Do As They’re Told! n.d. unidentified. How You Londoners Greet a Stranger April, 1952. Voice. Current Trends in Australian Fiction 21 March 1953. The Broadcaster. What Happens to Our Teenage Authors? 25 March 1954. West Australian. An Island of Aunts and Uncles 10 April 1954 , West Australian. Holiday Went with the Wind ? 1954. West Australian. Is the “Comic” Literature? 14 May 1955. West Australian. Youth Stayed in This Old Poet’s Heart 7 January 1956. West Australian. Is It Wise to Call All Our Ducks Swans? 19 December 1957. The Countryman. They Point the Bone - And Draw It Out 23 June 1959. West Australian. Is Perth Doomed to be A One-Street City? 14 May 1960. Unidentified. Father Is Not What He Used to Be 31 March 1961. West Australian. Australia Must Create Its Own Literature 7 November 1964. West Australian. Well-Deserved Win for Poet 16 March 1970. Tom’s Weekly. So You Think Coincidences Don’t Happen? 27 June 1971. Sunday Independent. Neglect Angers Our Authors (x2) 8 March 1975. West Australian. Heed the appeal of a diminishing race n.d. West Australian. World of Books – The Way Things Are n.d. Unidentified. Australia Day Has a Meaning --The First Bridge at Fremantle - - The Library and The School -- Australian Literature
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5459A/202 1932 - 1955 Articles by JKE. Newspaper copy
11 June 1932 Australian Bookman. Untitled (by Yorick)
18 June 1932 Australian Bookman. Untitled (by Yorick)
n.d. New Children’s Verses. No byline
n.d. An Australian Looks at Modern Europe
29 April 1933 Clever Satire & Historical Accuracy in Reprint of an Early Australian Book
27 November 1955 Sunday Times. Proud Saga of Courage
n.d. Australian Bookman Story of Life in S.W. Queensland A Cricket Writer on Bodyline Bowling Shipwrecked on Lonely Island In the Atlantic Strange Story of Island Home of Mutineers The Magic of the Lyre Bird
n.d. Unidentified. Novel on W.A. n.d. Vain Quest for Mother Love n.d. Joseph Furphy
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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
All manuscripts in this sequence have more actual sheets of paper than pages given, owing to author’s habit of adding A, B, C to pages when rewriting. TKE
5459A/142 n.d. Manuscript A Long Enough for a Joke. 1904 – 1936 Typed, with author’s alterations. Incomplete 352p. typescript, unbound 5459A/143 n.d. Manuscript B Long Enough for a Joke. 1904 – 1936 Typed, with author’s alterations. Complete 308p. typescript, unbound 5459A/144 n.d. Manuscript C Long Enough for a Joke. 1904-1936 First draft 357p. typescript, bound 5459A/145 n.d. Manuscript D Long Enough for a Joke. 1904 – 1970s Final draft with annotations (made by Editor? TKE) Includes note from Fremantle Arts Centre Press + 2 loose pages 384p. typescript, bound 5459A/146 n.d.Manuscript E Long Enough for a Joke 1904 – 1970s Final draft and epilogue 416p. +2p. typescript, bound 5459A/147 n.d.Manuscript F Long Enough for a Joke – Pt. I. The Shaping Years With author’s alterations and page of quotations 96p + 1p. typescript 5459A/148 n.d.Manuscript G Long Enough for a Joke – Pt. II. Ways of Our Own Choosing With author’s alterations and quotation. 119p. typescript 5459A/149 n.d.Manuscript H Long Enough for a Joke – Pt III. Interlude: A Peddler of Other Men’s Thoughts
Typed with author’s alterations and quotation 23p. typescript 5459A/150 n.d.Manuscript I Long Enough for a Joke. – Pt. IV. Of Youth and Light and Freedom With author’s alterations and quotation 45p. typescript 5459A/151 n.d.Manuscript J Long Enough for a Joke – Pt. V. The Writing Life With author’s alterations 60p. typescript
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5459A/152 n.d.Manuscript K Long Enough for a Joke – Pt. VI. The Other Life With author’s alterations 39p. typescript 5459A/153 1975 Long Enough for a Joke. (1904 – 1936) With author’s corrections Labeled: Pages of Final Draft removed and retyped for the FINAL PLUS Draft! – (Written by JKE) 108p. typescript unbound 5459A/154 n.d. Long Enough for a Joke. (1904 – 1936) Pages marked for retyping, with corrections. (Placed in separate envelope by JKE. TKE) 5459A/155 1974 Long Enough for a Joke. (1904 – 1936) ‘Pages retyped in revision of Long Enough for a Joke’. - JKE On p.301A-B, JKE noted: ‘Draft of alteration to the ending written in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 10th August, 1974.’ 34p. 5459A/156 n.d. Long Enough for a Joke. Miscellaneous pages, some from revised version, 1904 – 1970s 27p. 5459A/157 n.d. Long Enough for a Joke. (1904 – 1936) Jottings - 4 handwritten scraps. 4p. 5459A/424 5 January 1988 Page from the (Perth) Guardian Express Olive Williams' version of Money Street and J. K. Ewers
15 May 2005 The true story, written by T. Kotai-Ewers, with reference to Long Enough for a Joke
BIOGRAPHIES 5459A/343 1966 Hermann Hesse by Theodore Ziolkowski Photocopy of article from Columbia University Press, 1966 (47p.)
William Dalgety Moore by JKE Notes for Australian Dictionary of Biography, see 5459A/368 for correspondence
14p. handwritten and typescript 5459A/442 Incomplete, author unknown. Corrections by JKE provide another glimpse of his personality
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BIRTH CERTIFICATES 5459A/271 JKE’s birth certificate + envelope
5459A/272 Birth certificate/ extract – Ernest Ewers (father) (two copies)
BOOKLETS 5459A/336 1965 – 1970 Guy Howarth (i) Shakespeare at 400 (1965, includes 2 other writers) With A Yersey and a Jacket and a Yumper! (1966) One, Two, Fourteen, Eleven, Six (1967) Assents Must Come (1970)
5459A/337 1971 Guy Howarth (ii) Diary, Drama and Poetry
5459A/345 1962 Metropolitan Road Guide, Perth
5459A/347 n.d. Fremantle Museum (15p.)
n.d. Jogjakarta (15p.)
1964 The New Fortune
5459A/348 1966 – 1967 Writers’ Marketing Guide : Australia & New Zealand
5459A/349 1937 - 1977 Poetry collections
Venture, An Australian Literary Quarterly. Adelaide, 1937, ed. Rex Ingamells
Pressed Poems. Sunday Poets. Vol. 1, No. 2, 1976
Poetry Workshop Anthology. Fremantle Arts Centre, Autumn, 1973
Avon Valley Arts Society. Festival Poems, 1975
Tallus, 977
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5459A/350 1970-1972 Historical
Fremantle Settlement, 1972 Narembeen District History, Book Two, 1970 Narembeen District History, Book Three, 1971 5459A/351 1936 - 1962
Our Southern Half-Caste Natives, 1936-1938 The Collection and Preservation of Insects, 1959. Department of Agriculture of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 2655. Prof. W.G.K. Duncan: In Defence of the Common Man The Boyer Lectures, 1962 5459A/422 1964 – 1972 Guy Howarth. Poetry Booklets
Cats of Mine (1963) Do It Nice! (1964) I Think They’re Lully (1965) “Look at all the Birdses…!” (1968), Very Good For Me (1969) Master is Busy with a Snake (1971) For the Time Beam (1972)
BUSINESS CARDS 5459A/307 n.d. 3 cards
CALENDARS 5459A/46 1924 Teachers’ College Claremont, Calendar, JKE listed as One year student, p.100. [Calendar purchased 1999 by TKE, from Robert Muir, Antiquarian dealer. Added to John K Ewers collection.]
CARDS 5459A/306 1962 – 1977; n.d.
Mainly Christmas cards 1962 – 1 card; 1967 – 1 card; 1970 – 5 cards; 1971 – 4 cards; 1977 – 8; n.d. 43 cards
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CATALOGUES 5459A/334 1969 King’s Park and Botanic Garden – seed list
n.d. Wanneroo Nursery Catalogue
5459A/341 1964 Rare Australia
1962 Australian Booksellers Association
n.d. Literature Board/Pat Woolley Books Australia
CERTIFICATES 5459A/273 1910 Right of Burial – Ernest Ewers (father) + letter
27 November 1918 Transfer card, Waterside Workers Federation, for Ernest Ewers
13 December 1918 Scrip certificate. E. Ewers
23 December 1918 Letter from Waterside Workers Federation to E. Ewers
5459A/301 27 June 1956 The Grand Lodge, membership statement
1967 Clearance (unsigned. As JKE was still proposing toasts at Installations in 1973- 74, he no doubt remained in the Grand Lodge until closer to his death)
1 January 1980 National Geographic Society
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5459A/305 1920 - Junior Certificate
1922 - Leaving Certificate 1936 - Visit to Sydney Harbour Bridge 6 February 1936 - Certificate of Service (Education Department) 7 July 1936 - School certificate examinations (Matriculation) 21 July 1936 - Trained Teacher’s Certificate July 1957 - Speech Fellowship & Institute: The Marjorie Gullan Certificate: First Year August 1957 - Speech Fellowship & Institute: The Marjorie Gullan Certificate: Second Year 1961 – Flying over the Equator 1973 - Warranty Certificate – Airconditioning n.d. King Neptune JKE & Jean Ewers
CONSTITUTIONS 5459A/248 1976, n.d.
FAW Papers Constitution 3 copies. 1 early (includes Gavin Casey's words: ‘slaves, bullion, etc')
5459A/364 n.d. Rules of The Australian Society of Authors Co-op Ltd 5p.
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CORRESPONDENCE 5340A/1 14 March 1938 To Mrs Katherine S Throssell regarding the visit of Hartley Grattan 5340A/2 4 May 1938 To Mrs Throssell regarding a dinner to be held for Mr Grattan 5340A/3 5 May 1938 From Mrs Throssell regarding the visit of Mr Grattan 5340A/4 25 February 1950 From Alan Edwards regarding the nomination of Katherine Prichard for the Nobel Prize in Literature 5340A/5 1 March 1950 To the Nobel Committee nominating Katherine Prichard for the Literature Prize 5459A/139 1952 Correspondence re With the Sun on My Back and Jubilee Prize
Congratulatory letters from The Hon. Kim Beazley (1p); Henrietta Drake- Brockman (2ps); Miles Franklin (1p); Bob & Ernestine Hill (1p); J. K. Moir (1p); Jim Patmore? (2ps); Rotary Club of Victoria Park (1p); Evan Waterhouse - Shakespeare Head Press (3ps); Rev. Edwin White (1p); Peter ? (1p); Bread and Cheese Club (1p); Dorothy & Syd Congdon (2ps); Mayor & Councillors City of Fremantle (1p); Edward Black (1p); Paul Hasluck (+ Statement on Native Welfare in N. T.); Doff (?) 1p; Tom Inglis Moore (who shared 2nd Prize with JKE); Cyril Golding (2ps); Wilf Ewers (2ps); Paul Buddee? –at Kukerin (1p); Leslie Rees (2ps); ? (Graff/Geoff) (1p); Muriel (Bird?) (2ps); Florence Yeatman (1p); 29 February 1952 JKE to Paul Reynolds (1p)
Telegrams of Congratulations from ‘Harry’, Charles Holmes, Treva, Hugh Salmon, Beaman, Marie and Wilf Ewers, Charles Holmes (Walkabout), Leslie Rees, Dolly and Erle Wilson, Tom Inglis Moore, Enid Lester, Joe, Flinn, Waterhouse, Shakespeare Head Press.
5459A/166 1970 Correspondence re: I Came Naked and other verses Edward Kyneston & Barrett Reid 23p. 5459A/184 1929 - 1974 Miscellaneous letters, fragments, unidentifiable correspondents. First names only
May (1929); Margery (1929); Ron M. (1936); Ralph (1938); ? (1940); Norah (1940); ? (1940); Joan (1970); Kaye (1973); Annita (1974); nd: Cliff; Les ? 10 letters, 15 pages of fragments
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5459A/200 1954; 1966 Letters to the Editor. Controversies
Realist Writers (1954); West Australian Article. Writers Against the Vietnam War (1966)
N.B. Much of the following personal correspondence has been kept with envelope attached. JKE stored most of these letters in their envelopes. It is generally the only way to date letters, as Jean McIntyre used no dates on actual letter. The notations on envelopes and reverse of pages were made by JKE, probably while he was writing his autobiography (in the 1970s). TKE.
5459A/205 24 December 1930 - 20 January 1932. Letters from Jean Grant McIntyre to JKE, J. G. McIntyre to JKE – Includes letter from Kate Baker to J G McIntyre, 25 December 1931 14 letters, 67p. 5459A/206 7 January 1931 – 24 December 1931 Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre 13 letters, 26p. 5459A/207 7 January 1932 – 22 December 1932, 2 n.d. Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre 17 letters, 34p. 5459A/208 24 December 1932 – 6 December 1933. Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre, Includes 5 from Port Hedland and Marble Bar 18 letters, 46p. 5459A/209 9 January 1933 – 14 November 1933, 9 n.d. Letters from Jean Grant McIntyre to JKE, + 9 n.d. letters 18 letters, 52p. 5459A/210 20 July 1934 - 1936 [?] Letters from Jean Grant McIntyre to JKE 21 letters, 43p. 5459A/211 14 January 1934 – 18 December 1934; 2n.d. Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre 22 letters, 49p. 5459A/212 21 January 1935 –24 September 1935; 3n.d. Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre Includes one invitation and two empty envelopes 24 letters, 47p. 5459A/213 1 October 1935 – 16 December 1935 + 7 nd. Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre Includes 1 poem 16 letters, 38p. 5459A/214 15 January 1936 – 20 April 1936 + 2 nd Letters from JKE to J. G. McIntyre Includes 2 empty envelopes [JKE & JGMc were married June, 1936. TKE] 13 letters, 42p.
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5459A/215 1942 Letters from JKE to J. G. Ewers, 1942, when Jean Ewers and Patricia were evacuated to the Pearce Farm in Dumbleyung
Most letters undated (only 4 dates – 27 March 1942; 31 March 1942; 27 April 1942 & 29 September 1942.) No envelopes. There were two episodes at the farm. 20 letters + 4 fragments, 82p. 5459A/216 1942 Letters from J. G. Ewers to JKE, 1942, when Jean Ewers and Patricia were evacuated to the Pearce farm in Dumbleyung.
Most letters are undated (only 1 dated –27 April 1942, by TKE.) There were two episodes at the farm. Includes envelopes 9 letters, 47p. 5459A/217 1936 &1942 Some from the Dumbleyung period Letters to J.G. Ewers from various correspondents, usually enclosed by JGE in letters sent by her to JKE
11 January 1936 from Zoe Lenegan 21 September from May Pearce 21 April 1942 from ‘Doc’ – Dorrie McIntyre, sister-in-law 13 ? (1942) from Vi (Billie) Woods
5459A/218 13 Letters from JKE to Jean Ewers, from Babbage Island, Kurrawang, Woodline and Carnarvon. 12 pages, 3 n.d.
1 from Ballarat to Jean Ewers at McKinnnon, Victoria
16 August 1954; 18 August 1964. 2 letters from South Australia
May, 1958. JKE to Jean Ewers, 3 letters; Jean Ewers to JKE, 1 letter. The Subud experience 13p.
26 October 1972 & 27 October 1972. JKE to Jean Ewers, from Hunter’s Hill, Sydney.
28 October 1972. 1 letter; Jean Ewers to JKE (2p.)
5459A/219 1956
JKE to Jean Ewers. Letters to and from Bruce Rock 1 August 1956 – 2 October 1956. 14 letters (34p.) n.d. 3 letters (6p.) fragments (2) 17 letters, 40p.
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5459A/220 1956
Jean Ewers to JKE. Letters to and from Bruce Rock 6 August 1956 – 2 October 1956. 12 letters; (22p.) n.d. 9 letters (21p.) fragments: 1 page 21 letters, 43p. 5459A/221 30 July 1947 – 13 August 1947, n.d.
Letters from JKE to Jean Ewers, from NorthernTerritory, with Ted Shawn. JKE to Jean Ewers. 8 letters 28p. 5459A/222 1947 & 1948
Letters from Jean Ewers to JKE 29 July 1947 – 9 August 1947. 9 letters + 2 und. + 1 telegram. (25p.) 2 July 1948 – 8 August 1948. 9 letters n.d. 9 letters 27 letters, 86p. 5459A/223 27 June 1948? – 17 August 1948 Letters from JKE to Jean Ewers
On file containing these, JKE noted: ‘.most of mine are unreadable!’ On second letter he wrote in pages: Keep these letters filed. They are much fuller than my notes & I may need to refer to them.’ Later he numbered each letter. TKE
Also original [?] versions of 3 articles: The Kimberleys, Seven-Foot Aborigines, Crocodile Shooting on the Ord 17 letters, 91p. 5459A/224 25 July 1950 – 24 October 1950
Jean Ewers to JKE 1950 (JKE traveling through Centre, Qld, Sydney) plus 3 newspaper cuttings 34 letters, 94p. 5459A/225 30 July 1950 – 21 October 1950
JKE to Jean Ewers (JKE in Centre & Queensland) 39 letters, 2p. incomplete 16 telegrams + 1 telegram text, handwritten 39 letters,17 telegrams, 111p.
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5459A/226 1947 – 1951 Correspondence between JKE and his daughter Patricia (TKE)
6 August 1947 JKE to PJE.
1 September 1950 – 2 October 1950 Three letters from JKE to PJE
26 July 1950 PJE to JKE 3 pages. (Other letters from PJE written on reverse of letters from Jean Ewers in that period)
12 October 1951 Education Department of WA to JKE announcing PJE’s scholarship win to Perth Modern School
5459A/227 21 October 1924 –8 June 1936, n.d.
Letters from Lizzie Gray/ Mrs. Harry Gray/Aunt Lisbeth Letter from H.S. (friend of Lisbeth Gray) to LG. Includes several inserts, including 1 letter to LG from KB 39 letters, 193p. 5459A/228 1928 – 1950 31 December 1946 – 27 January 1947
JKE to LE (Mrs Lilian Ewers –Step-mother). 2 letters (5p.) 22 August 1928 – 19 September 1950 LE to JKE. 3 letters (8p.) 5 letters, 13p. 5459A/230 30 July 1936 – 28 December 1936 Honeymoon Series A
Jean Ewers to Mr & Mrs J. McIntyre (her parents) Includes a lettercard and a menu 27 letters, 174p. 5459A/231 2 January 1937 – 21 September 1937 Honeymoon Series B
Correspondence: Jean Ewers to Mr & Mrs J. McIntyre (her parents) Includes a lettercard 30 letters, 183p.
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5459A/232 9 November 1936 - 28 December 1936 Honeymoon Series C
Jean Ewers to Mr & Mrs J. McIntyre (her parents) 10 pages of fragments of letters; nd letter; 4 pages; 9 empty envelopes 1 letter from Jenny Miles (friend of James and Floss Pollard) to Mrs. McIntyre 2 letters from Mrs. McIntyre to Jean Ewers (4p.) 1 page from James Eadie McIntyre to Jean Ewers 1 telegram, Jean Ewers to J. E. McIntyre
5459A/257 1958-1959
Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) Vera Stewart to JKE, 4 letters, re Tom Collins House & Joseph Furphy Colin McKernan to JKE, 25 January 1959; 1 letter. Claude Gent to JKE, 2 letters. Re: Joseph Furphy Edgar Morrow to JKE, 1 May 1939 JKE to William Hatfield, 6 May 1939; 20 May 1939. JKE to Mrs. Pearce (FAW member), 4 June 1939. JKE to Prime Minister, The Hon. R. G. Menzies, 2 January 1940
5459A/260 1939 – 1940 Correspondence. FAW Papers Edgar Morrow to JKE, 1 May 1939 JKE to William Hatfield, 6 May 1939; 20 May 1939 JKE to Mrs. Pearce (FAW member), 4 June 1939 JKE to Prime Minister, The Hon. R. G. Menzies, 2 January 1940
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5459A/261 1951 – 1982
Various correspondence between JKE, Jean Ewers and the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA), or those connected to it, from 1951 to 1976
1951 – 7 letters re Past President, Peter Gorman; 1 enclosure 1954 – 2 letters, incl. 1 from JKE to Nobel Committee. 1955 – 1 letter, re Maintenance of Tom Collins House; handwritten note, suggestions for the house 1962 – 1 letter JKE to Marshall Clifton, re alterations to Tom Collins House 1966 – 2 letters, re Tom Collins House alterations 1967 – 3 letters re Tom Collins House, Honorary Life Membership & Jesse Hammond papers 1968 – 2 letters re Hammond scrapbook & prose & poetry for November readings 1970 – 1 letter from FAW plus copy of letter to Australian Society of Authors. 1972 – 1 letter re November readings. 1976 –1 letter re Honorary Life Member gathering 1982 – Invitation to launch of The Ultimate Honesty
5459A/262 1938 – 1955
Correspondence between Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) and FAW in other States 8 letters, from New South Wales, ACT, Tasmania & Queensland
5459A/274 1916 - 1918
Don Ewers (brother) to Lillian and Ernest Ewers (father and stepmother) from camp (Australia), England and France
19 June 1916 – 17 March 1918. 26 letters + 1 fragment Photographs: 3 small war-time. Don? or Ken McIntyre?* 1 Don Ewers' grave, Doullens, France 56p. 5459A/275 26 October 1916 – 13 March 1918
Don Ewers to JKE (4 letters and 1 postcard) 8 March 1918 Viv Gray (cousin) to JKE
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5459A/276 Jack Smallman (soldier friend of Don Ewers, brother) to JKE (nd) (2p.)
1918 Jack Smallman to L. Ewers 9 letters, (11p.) 1917 Viv White to L. Ewers 2 letters (2p.)
5459A/277 1918
Letters from various people, some about Don’s Death. [JKE’s notation] to L. Ewers. 6 letters, 10p. 5459A/278 9 June 1917-11 March 1918
Ken Gregg (a nephew of L Ewers) to L. Ewers and JKE, from France 5 letters, 8p. 5459A/279 circa 1904
Various letters from Ewers and Gray families in Victoria to Annie and Ernest Ewers in Perth. As labeled by JKE. Includes a recipe containing laudanum, written on an envelope 20 letters 5459A/280 1924 - 1925
Contents of envelope marked: ‘from Two of My Treasures’ (in L. Ewers’ handwriting)
13 June 1924. JKE to LE (from South Tammin) (5p.)
n.d. fragment from Ernest Ewers to L. Ewers (he calls her ‘dearie) (1p.)
21 December 1925 Ethel* to Lilian Ewers (probably Ethel Shalders, Don’s girlfriend before he went to war. See Long Enough for a Joke, p.56. She became Stan Gratte’s mother) *Advised by Stan Gratte that “Ethel” is Ethel Gratte, nee Shalders, whose father had a general store at Carlisle
Two photocopied pages from Chapter 14, in Long Enough for a Joke. Photocopy of a two-page letter written by Stan Gratte containing family information.
Poem, handwritten, A Voice. Refers to soldier in battle thinking of his mother
Poem, handwritten, Lillian’s Boy, by ‘hour haspiring poet’ (certainly NOT JKE - TKE)
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5459A/293 Between Kate Baker and JKE, Jean Ewers
4 December 1929 – 3 December 1935 KB to JKE 33 letters + inclusions (77p.)
11 December 1929 – 9 December 1935 JKE to KB 40 letters + inclusions (74p.) 23? & 16 December? Jean Grant Ewers to KB. 2 letters (3p.)
Copy Pioneers of the Pen: Joseph Furphy. (JKE) 3 incomplete letters (96p.)
5459A/294 Between Kate Baker and John K. Ewers, Jean Grant Ewers
18 January 1936 - 18 December 1939 KB to JKE. 22 letters +inclusions (80p.)
7 March 1936 – 20 November 1939 JKE to KB. 22 letters (52p.) 1 page fragment
5459A/295 Between Kate Baker and John K. Ewers, Jean Grant Ewers
24 January 1940 - 5 November 1941 KB to JKE 20 letters + inclusions (64p.)
19 January 1940 - 19 December 1941 JKE to KB 23 letters + inclusions (86p.)
11 June (1941?) Jean Ewers to KB. 1 letter (3p.)
5459A/296 Between Kate Baker and John K. Ewers, Jean Grant Ewers
1 January 1942 - 6 August 1944 KB to JKE 26 letters + inclusions (72p.)
12 January 1942 - 19 December 1944 JKE to KB 30 letters + inclusions (69p.)
10 July 1944 KB to Patricia Jean Ewers. 1 letter (1p.) Inclusions include letters from Prime Minister Curtin, Hartley Grattan, numerous writers, 4 envelopes, 1 page fragment, 1942.
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5459A/297 Correspondence between Kate Baker and John K. Ewers, Jean Grant Ewers
15 January 1945 - 25 August 1953 KB to JKE 27 letters + inclusions (52p.)
5 February 1945 – 14 November 1949 JKE to KB 28 letters, 1 card + inclusions (72p.) 24 envelopes, 1 fragment
5459A/298 Correspondence between Kate Baker and John K. Ewers, Jean Grant Ewers
Includes one card and fragments 29p. 5459A/353 20 December 1963 – 18 April 1969 Adelaide Festival Of Arts. Correspondents include:
Brideson to JKE (5 letters; 6 pages) JKE to Brideson (8 letters; 8 pages) S.A. Tourist Bureau (4 letters; 5 pages) JKE to S.A. Tourist Bureau (5 letters; 5 pages) JKE to Inspector of High Schools, SA (1 letter; 1 page.) SA Public Library to JKE (1 letter; 1 page) 22 December 1931 – 1 February 1938 Albert & Son Ltd. (2 letters; 2 pages) n.d. Albrecht, Pastor: 1p. 10 March 1938 UWA Adult Education Board to JKE 1p. 16 March 1949 JKE to Prof. F.Alexander 1p. 6 July 1929 - 10 May 1938 All About Books. Re Boy and Silver/ Money Street 6p. 27 June 1938 – 27 October 1938 Allen & Co. Ltd, The Red Road, Edward Black 3p. 12 March 1968 W. H. Allen & Co. Pty Ltd: 1p. 25 February 1966 – 6 July 1967 The American People’s Encyclopedia. Re article on Australian literature, includes copies of article 15p.
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16 March 1966 – 5 July 1966 W.W. Ammon: WWA & JKE 7p. 31 May 1930 J. W. Anderson to JKE 1p. 11 March 1955 – 22 March 1955 Philip Anderson to JKE. Includes poem 4p. 27 September 1926 Andrew H. Darkers Ltd. Norman Darkers to JKE 1p. 22 August 1949 - 31 August 1949 The Argus 5p. 3 July 1938-11 August 1938 Armstrong, Gordon H., to JKE 3p. 29 December 1938 JKE to Art And Craft Education 1p. 14 April 1927 Art in Australia Ltd., to JKE 2p. n.d. Artlook Books. Helen [Weller] to Jean GE 2p. 25 November 1966 – 14 December 1967 Astuti/Ronnie, Ami. 16p. 12 December 1966 – 27 December 1966 Achdiat K. Mihardja (A.N.U.) 4p. 26 January 1968 – 2 March 1968 Pia AlisJahbana 2p. 5459A/354 8 January 1923 – 15 July 1928 AUSSIE [magazine]. Editors, Walter Jago & R. Hill Editor to JKE. (20p.)
July 1927 Everett’s Business College Winning short story (corrected). Includes correspondence, receipts, College News, June, 1927
5459A/355 9 March 1950 The Argus 1p.
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3 September 1977 Fr. Aurelius Maschio Includes one photograph 2p. 14 June 1928 – 20 October 1930 The Australasian 3p. 18 May 1926Australasian Football Council 1p. 12 March 1950Australasian Post 1p. 6 November 1964 – 12 November 1964The Australian 2p. 9 November 1977Australia International Press 2p. 27 January 1975Australian Authors Fund 1p. Australian Book Review: 1 October 1962 – 21 January 1968 Max Harris (14p.) 1963 – 1966 Rosemary Wighton (9p.) 23p. Review 3p. 24 September 1945Australian Book Society 2p. 24 March 1948 – 6 March 1952 The Australian Geographical Society /Walkabout: re tour of WA to obtain articles and photographs. Includes:
Letter from Charles Holmes, Manager. Includes copy of Dedication of With the Sun on My Back. (25p.)
6April 1948 Description of tour
16 June 1948 Mr Holmes to Mr Christofi (Appointment as expedition cook); 1p
15, 16, 19 June, 26 August 1948 + n.d. 5 telegrams
16 June 1948 2 notes re appointment of cook
15 July 1948 Pass to Cockatoo Island
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22 June 1941 – 14 July 1941 Australian Home Beautiful 3p. 14 March ? - 6 April 1935 Australian Journal 2p. 7 October 1933 – 13 December 1965 + n.d. Australian Press Cuttings Agency Reg. 5p. 18 March 1971 Australian Union of Students 1p. 29 October 1940 – 12 November 1940 Australian Writers Co-ordination League 3p. 13 May 1935 The Author’s & Writer’s Who’s Who Includes brochure 1p. 24 May 1967 Automobile, Fire & General Insurance 1p. 5459A/356 1952 – 1962
Angus & Robertson, re: With the Sun On My Back Memorandum of Agreement Also, letters with: George Ferguson Includes two readers’ reports (23 letters, 33p.) Beatrice Davis (25 letters, 35p.) Dr. Colin Roderick Includes one review, one telegram (26 letters, 36p.) Rosemary Dobson (6 letters, 10p.) A. G. Cousins (37 letters, 45p.) B.E. Iliffe (6 letters, 7p.) Shirley Tebbutt (1 letter, 1p.) Miscellaneous letters (2 letters)
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5459A/357 1954 – 1966 Angus & Robertson, re: Who Rides On The River? And, The Companion to Who Rides On The River? Includes Memoranda of Agreement for both books
Also, letters with : Dr. Colin Roderick (42 letters, 53p.) Beatrice Davis (62 letters, 74p.) George Ferguson (6 letters, 7p.) Miss Patricia Ferguson (11 letters, 17p.) Frank Allsopp (9 letters, 16p.) B.E. Iliffe (3 letters, 3p.) Bruce Semler (8 letters, 8p.) Mrs. Patricia Gowland (1 letter) Miscellaneous (3 letters) 5459A/358 1932-1971 Angus & Robertson, re: early manuscripts, including Tales of the Dead Heart; Fire On the Wind;
Letters with: W. G. Cousins (86 letters, 2 Telegrams. 99 pages) Beatrice Davis (44 letters, 1 card; 59 pages + 2 fragments)
5459A/359 1926 – 1976 Angus & Robertson. Various topics and correspondents, including several from George Ferguson Includes one newspaper cutting 42 letters, 47p. 5459A/360 1929 – 1967 Australian Broadcasting Commission Correspondents include: Basil Kirke, C. Charlton, F. Clewlow, Leslie Rees. (98p.) Guest of Honour – Richard Congdon -- script of Broadcast (4p.) Includes Television Drama - Requirements of writing for TV (7p.)
5459A/361 1972 – 1977 Australian Society of Authors Chairman’s Letters 34 letters, 80p. 5459A/367 1970 – 1978: Australian Society of Authors 1972 – 1973 Richard Beilby 4 letters 1971-1975 Deidre Hill –Executive Secretary 18 letters
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June, 1972 Dorrit Hunt 2 letters 1971 Gerald Glaskin ( includes Nancy Keesing, Dal Stivens, G. O’Donnell, GG & JKE) 15 letters 1971-1976 G.C. O’Connell – Chairman, Management Committee 14 letters 1971 –1973 Colin Simpson 6 letters 1971-1973 Dal Stivens 13 letters 1971 Helen Wilson 3 letters 27 October 1972 Invitation 1000-member dinner 1970 – 1978 Membership cards 4 cards 5459A/368 18 – 20 November 1941 6KY (G. Foley) 5p. 29 June 1954 Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom. Includes statement 5p. 27 August 1973 – 17 May 1977: Australian Copyright Council. Includes: Correspondence (David Catterns, Prof. Cattell, G. C. O’Donnell), Statement (1977) Quiz on copyright Memorandum of Agreement Copyright Newsletter 1975, 1976
9 February 1956 – 1 March 1956 Australian Country Magazine 2p. 26 November 1965 – 27 April 1973 Australian Dictionary of Biography Includes correspondence (Prof Douglas Pike, Miss Molly Lukis), notes for Biography of William Dalgety Moore, Biography, Guidelines 25p. 15 March 1943 Australian Institute of Political Science 1p.
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16 July 1926 The Australian Journal. A. H. Massina & Co. 1p. 17 February 1930 – 31 May 1935 The Australian Literature Society Includes correspondence (Dr. James Booth -President, Claire Miles –Secretary, Commonwealth of Australia) Notice of meeting Results of 1931 Play Competition (JKE play came 5th) Details of proposed Exhibition of Australian Books at Australia House (22 April 1931 – 3 October 1931) 15p. 8 January 1947 Australian Natives’ Association 1p. The Australian Press Cuttings Agency Reg. 1p. 5459A/369 7 July 1933 Baggaridge 1p. 8 April 1929 Baker, Eric 2p. 1 September 1976 Baker, Marion 4p. 11 September 1952 Barnes, John One letter + one inclusion 4p. 4 June 1968 – 10 December 1970 Barnett, Harvey 7p. 13 October 1964 – 20 October 1964 Barter, C. R. 2p. 1939 – 1954 Bartlett, Norman 2p. 31 January 1952 - 23 June 1953 Batterbee, Rex 9p. 11 October 1929 Battye, Jas 1p. 22 April 1933 Beale, Marge 2p.
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13 February 1950 Beamish, Mrs. L. 1p. 28 May 1947 – 15 January 1973 Beazley, Kim (Senior) 5p. 25 December 1969 – 25 December 1976 Bechervaise, John 5p. + 5 cards. 9 June 1956 – 31 January 1968 Beck’s Book Co (Mr. H. Muir) Includes one catalogue 2p. 10 November 1972 – 2 June 1976 Beilby, Richard 5p. 6 October 1938 Bell, John 2p. 11 May 1931 Bell’s Ice Works Ltd. 2p. 1 January 1966 – 28 January 1974 Bennett, John 11p. 19 March 1965 – 14 May 1965 Benny’s Co. Ltd 4p. 12 March 1964 – 2 July 1965 Berkelouw – Antiquarian Booksellers 3p. 13 August 1926 Bernard, Harold 2p. 3 November 1970 Bibby, Flavia 2p. 11 July 1959 – 14 June 1976 Bibby, Peter Includes three postcards 29p. n.d. (1980s?) 1 Christmas card. Includes one letter - Jean Ewers to P. Bibby 2p. 5459A/370 26 November 1973 – 2 December 1973 Biddle, Alf 8p. 20 October 1966 Birtwhistle, Ivor T. 2p.
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27 December 1953 – 4 March 1957 Bladen, Peter 42p. 5 December 1975 – 12 February 1976 Blaxell, Margaret (for Gregory Blaxell & Associates) 4p. 12 August 1970 Boans Ltd 1p. 19 October 1936 – 24 July 1938 Board of Education (London) 6p. 24 May 1935 Bodleian 1p. 20 October 1977 Bolton, Geoffrey 3p. 26 April 1935 – 26 May 1935 The Book Club (Lending Library) 7p. 27 March 1933 The Book Shop and Library 2p. 1 July 1952 Borovansky, Edouard 1p. 20 December 1933 – 19 September 1950 Bradshaw, Allen G. 7p. nd Bread & Cheese Club (J.K. Moir) 1p. 1 October 1970 Bremner, John C. 1p. 9 March 1975 Bresland, Leonard & Easton, Myrtle (Miss) 1p. 12 May 1947 Briggs, Ernest 1p. 12 January 1937-16 June 1937 British Broadcasting Commission 9p. 30 August 1935 - 13 October 1938 The Broadcaster 9p.
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10 August 1930 Brook, Agnes 12p. 5459A/371 12 July 1972 – 13 May 1976 Brown, Lyn 95p. 9 August 1973 – 20 August 1973 Brown, Margaret 5p. 14 August 1953 Brown, Max 1p. 2 October 1973 Brown, Bill Jamieson 1p. 25 August 1969 – 23 May 1975 Bruce Rock District Roads Board 15p. 29 July 1950 – 19 December 1975 Buddee, Paul 33p. 2 May 1936 – 26 March 1940 The Bulletin 4p. 27 July 1935 Burgoyne, Mr. G. 1p. 9 May 1931 Burke, T. M. Pty. Ltd 1p. 22 January 1971 –31 May 1971 Busselton Tourist Board & South-West Printing & Publishing 8p. July 1933 Byass, T.L. 5p. 5459A/372 27 February 1973 Calthorpe, Nena 2p. 24 September 1926 Cambridge Literary Agency 1p. 17 June 1970 Cambridge Univerity Press (Aust) 1p. 16 August 1939Rev. C. Cameron 1p.
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6 March 1931 - 2 December 1938 Cameron, Professor 7p. 28 August 1954 Campbell, Jean 1p. 15 August 1935 Campbell- Egan 1p. 12 April 1954 Camps, Fred E. 2p. 4 May 1970 - 3 July 1970; Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations + Certified Mail Receipt; Entry Form (2 copies); Press statement re judges (5ps). 3 letters; 3p. 30 July 1954 Carr, J. T. 1p. 26 September 1932 – 13 May 1980 Carroll’s Pty Ltd (Includes 3 copies of Contracts with Jean Ewers, dated May, 1980) 48p. 5 July 1950 Carter, Dudley 2p. 24 December 194? - 30 December 1953 Casey, Gavin 2p. 7 December 1967 – 25 October 1968 Cassell Australia Ltd. 2p. 6 June 1935 Cassell & Co. Ltd 1p. 9 August 1973 Catch Kandy Ventures (Romie Hill) 1p. 28 March 1965 Cauveren, Sydney 1p. 5459A/373 1934: Centenary Novel Competition. Includes:
n.d. + 27 October 1934 Note for telegram and telegraphic reply
22 December 1934 Letter + guidelines for competition. 5p.
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9 February 1929 - 14 April 1936 Chandler, Alfred 8p. 24 March 1966 - 24 February 1969 Chappell & Co. IncludesContract 6p. 21 July 1975 – 17 December 1975 Chase, Mackie & Dick 4p. 14 September 1972 Cheney, Thea 2p. 28 March 1963 – 2 April 1963 F. W. Cheshire Pty Ltd 3p. 7 April 1932 - 15 July 1933 T. Chesson 8p. 8 July 1949 Children’s Book Council 1p. 8 October 1930 - 2 December 1930 Children’s Hospital, Perth 3p. 19 February 1971 – 17 September 1971 City of Fremantle -- Birch, John 6p. 4 August 1971 Stan Parks 2p. 13 September 1948 N.J.C. McCombe 1p. 15 December 1972 S. Parks to Eleanor Smith 1p. 2 February 1971 -18 March 1971 City Of Melville (J. Ellis) 2p. 18 August 1931 City of Perth 1p. 2 November 1940 C. J. Dennis National Memorial Society 1p. 26 May 1976 Clark, Manning 1p.
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30 January 1930 – 7 March 1934 Cobb, Mary Knight including letter from K. Palmer enclosed with Cobb letter of 11 March 1930) + 3 Postcards 13p. 27 April 1956 – 16 October 1975 Collins Publishers 4p. 25 January 1939 – 7 March 1939 Columbia (John Monahue, ed.) 2p. 20 December 1967 Commonwealth Electoral Office 2p. 14 October 1947 - 9 August 1966 Commonwealth Literary Fund (7p.) Includes Helping Literature in Australia: Part II – Some Statistics (23p.) Includes Commonwealth Literary Fund June, 1952 (8p.) 38p. 15 January 1952 – 24 March 1952 Commonwealth of Australia Jubilee (Charles Moses) Includes fragment of newspaper cutting. 12p. 18 May 1923 Commonwealth Meteorology 1p. 13 August 1941 – 2 January 1942 Commonwealth Parliamentary Select Committee on Social Security 2p. 5459A/374 22 October 1963 - 12 April 1965 Concert Hall Record Club 3p. 23 September 1937 – 1 October 1937 Congregational Men’s Association 2p. 5 March 1967 – 18 July 1977 Conrad Bailey (Edward Mosig) Includes copy of contract with Conrad Bailey for I Came Naked + card 87p. 16 February 1952 (Florence James) – 7 November 1969 Constable & Co. Pty Ltd 3p. February 1965 – 18 May 1965 Cooke, J. J. (John J Cooke & Co.) 7p. 5459A/375 15 May 1975 - 29 March 1977 Copyright Agency Ltd.: Includes 3 copies of Licence of Mechanical Reproduction 4p.
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1 February 1950 Corby, A. 2p. 7 March 1929 - 30 April 1929 + n.d. Council For Industrial And Scientific Research (Commonwealth of Australia) Two applications + 1 reference for JKE from Dept of Ag/L. J. Newman, Entomologist. 5p. 25 January 1939 Country Home Magazine 2p. 18 March 1963 - 9 April 1963 Court, Charles (Minister For Industrial Development) 4p. 9 December 1963 Craftsmen Modelling Works 2p. 6 June 1956 Creedon, Mrs D. Includes copy letter from Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne 2p. 30 March 1944 Croll, R. S. 1p. 16 September 1942 - 30 May 1966 Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd 102p. 14 August 1950 - 15 September 1950 Czytelnik Institute Warsaw Includes extract from autobiography (which edition?) pages 147 –149 6p. 5459A/376 2 February 1945 – 4 November 1968 E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 21p. 30 April 1948 – 30 April 1954 Royalty Statements 5p. 16 August 1944 – 19 February1954 + 2 n.d. Leland Howard, Inc. (agents for Dutton) Includes 2 undated fragments 92p. 5459A/377 18 August 1941 – 10 June 1974 Meanjin (Clem Christesen; Nina Christesen) 126p. 5459A/378 16 May 1932 – 27 December 1973 The Daily News 19p. 28 September 1971 – 18 November 1971 Dalley, James 7p.
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3 October 1932 Davies, Ethel 1p. 20 November 1970 Davies, Lloyd 4p. 20 August 1962 - 22 September 1962 + n.d. de Chickera, Ernst 3p. 2 December 1930 – 5 May 1931 J. M. Dent & Sons 4p. 1 November 1968 Denton, Kit 1p. 18 May 1933 - 9 August 1972 Department of Agriculture 6p. 16 May 1974 – 1 January 1977 Department of Social Security 3p. 5 May 1929 – 21 August 1939 Dewing, John 20p. 7 September 1984 Dibble, Brian, to JGE 1p. May 1966 Dictionary of International Biography 1p. 21 May 1953 The Digest of World Reading 2p. 4 May 1953 – 27 August 1954 Dowsett, Wilfred 3p. 9 April 1968 Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey 1p. 27 July 1935 – 30 March (1943?) Drake-Brockman, Henrietta 6p. 24 April 1940 Dunkerton’s Ltd. 1p. 12 September 1971 Durack, Elizabeth 1p.
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7 May 1955 – 10 May 1976 Durack, Mary 9p. 24 February ? Dwyer, James Frances 1p. 5459A/379 11 September 1924 – 7 September 1973 Department of Education 189p. 5459A/380 11 March 1968 Eclipse Gold Mines, N.L. 1p. 14 July 1939 – 19 February ? Professor A. Edwards (Note: first 2 letters addressed only to ‘Professor’. Is it Murdoch or Cameron or Edwards? TKE) 6p. 3 March 1953 - 20 June 1956 Elder, Dave 3p. 30 January 1973 – 26 October 1974 Embrey, Lillemor 3p. 26 October 1975, 2 und. Embrey, Rom 3p. 29 June 1971 – 8 July 1971 Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. 2p. 28 October 1929 - 24 March 1936 The Endeavour Press 5p. 14 September 1933 – 18 September 1933 Englund, Hilda 5p. 14 January 1948 Erickson, Rica 3p. 22 October 1952 The Etruscan 2p. 17 January 1941 Evatt, Dr. H.V. 1p. 1 February 1937 The Evening News 1p. 11 January 1940 – 16 January 1940 Fearby, A 4p.
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6 March 1939 Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW) Includes article 3p. 4 January 1957 Fellowship of Australian Writers (SA) 1p. 3 July 1967 Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) 1p. 4 February 1933 Finch, Charles 1p. 5 June 1969 – 20 February 1979 Finkel, George 13p. 27 July 1934 – 13 September 1939 Firth, Eric 5p. 20 August 1970 Fletcher Jones Pty Ltd 1p. 3 October 1967 – 5 October 1967 Flinders University of South Australia 4p. 8 October 1935 – 23 January 1936 Flinn, H 2p. 21 December 1932 – 10 February 1936 Foley, Alan 7p. 25 January 1939 – 7 March 1939 Foreign Travel 2p. n.d. (enclosure 16 November 1932) Forrest, Doug 4p. n.d. Forsyth, Judy 1p. 17 June 1938 Foster, Wilfred 1p. 5 November 1935 Frankland, George 1p. 13 December 1932 – 20 October 1952 + 2 n.d. Franklin, Miles 12p.
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13 September 1983 – 10 July 1985 Fremantle Arts Centre Press 8p. 23 September 1930 Fuller, Oldham & Morris Pty Ltd 1p. 18 May 1933 Fuller, W.E. 1p. 14 March 1944 – 4 February 1950 Furphy, Sam 3p. 21 May 1951 Furphy, Wilbur 2p. 5459A/381 1946 – 1971: Georgian House
Memoranda of Agreement: (3 signed but otherwise incomplete) Creative Writing in Australia (1944) Men Against the Earth (1946) For Heroes to Live In (1946) Modern Australian Short Stories (1965) 22 April 1964 – 15 January 1971 Elborn, Bernice 5p. 27 September 1946 Downe, Phyllis 1p. 9 October 1963 – 18 July 1966 McConnen, Nancy 30p. 27 February 1964 – 12 March 1964 Mitchell, Elyne 4p. Biographical details 16p. 5459A/382 8 July 1946 – 13 May 1976 Georgian House (2) Harris, Brian 143p. 5459A/383 17 August 1944 - 1 July 1964 Georgian House (3) Harris (Edgar) 265p + 3 fragments 5459A/384 10 November 1968 – 14 September 1972 Gill, Peter 107ps.
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5459A/385 24 ? 1929 Galsworthy, John 1p. 15 January 1966 – 18 April 1966 Gibbs, Vera 3p. 17 December 1932 – 21 January 1936 Gilmore, Mary Includes undated. fragment + letter to Capt. Peters + poems 5p. 1 June 1935 – 25 July 1935 Gippsland Publicity Pty Ltd. 3p. 12 February 1952 – 2 December 1971 Glaskin, Gerry 21p. 5 July 1948 Glauert, Public Library, Art Gallery & Museum, WA 1p. 1 August 1933 Godden, Ian 2p. 30 October 1970 - 20 November 1970 Golden Jubilee of Group Settlers 2p. 4 August 1927 Golden West Films 1p. 27 August 1936 Golding, Cyril 1p. 20 December 1932 – 26 August 1935 Gordon, Ethel 2p. 17 July 1944 Gorham, E. A. 3p. 16 September 1935 Governor of WA 1p. 4 January 1960 – 3 February 1960? Graham, John 3p. 29 August 1974 Grand United Order of Oddfellows 1p. 16 April 1959 Grano, Paul 1p.
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11 December 1937 – 11 May 1949 Grattan, Hartley 23p. 15 November 1926 Gray, Dr 1p. 26 December 1932 Gray, ? 1p. 12 January 1950 – 25 January 1951 Green, H. M. 3p. 31 August 1952 – 27 September 1977 + n.d. Greenwood, Irene 13p. n.d. Grosvenor Literary Services 2p. 5459A/386 1929 – 1974 Ewers family:
13 November 1972 Bandsma, Flo 2p. 5 June 1933 Cluning, J. 1p. 29 April 1935 Curator of Intestate Estates 1p. 30 December 1977 Ewers, Margaret 1p. 25 February 1973 – 15 March 1973 Ewers, Peter 6p. 19 July 1935 Gilchrist, A 1p. n.d. Gore, Ellen 2p. 12 June 1960 Gore, Iris Includes two photographs 2p. 19 April 1929 – 15 September 1931 + 1 n.d. Gore, Paul 8p.
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23 October 1974 – 28 October 1974 Gray, Viv & Mabel 5p. 15 October 1932 – 19 August 1933 + 1 n.d. Gregg, Alan. Includes 1 fragment 29p. 10 February 1975 + n.d. Gregg, Debbie 3p. 20 June 1972 – 17 July 1972 Gregg, Ellen 3p. 25 May 1934 – 14 July 1935 Gregg, Ken 10p. 26 May 1935 Hazel ? 2p. 7 December 1974; 30 December 1977 Margaret ? 2p. 17 March 1933 Mousher, C. H. 2p. 5459A/387 21 July 1953 – 23 June 1969 Haddow, Lyndall 3p. 18 March 1976 Hall, Rodney 1p. 7 August 1950 Hamer, Clive 3p. 28 June 1979 The Paul Hamlyn Group 1p. 19 January 1950 Harffey, H. I. 2p. 21 April 1939 - 16 May 1939 Harfield, Nilbain 2p. 25 July 1950 – 18 June 1960 Harney, Bill 16p. 28 November 1932 George Harrap & Co. 1p.
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11 January 1955 Harrison, Florence 1p. 13 July 1965 Hart-Smith, Bill 1p. 11 March 1936 –6 July 1973 Hasluck, Paul. Includes printed matter 19p. 23 March 1975 – 7 January 1976 Hawthorn Press Ltd. 5p. 28 September 1937 - 9 July 1938 Hearn Bros & Stead 3p. 10 January 1951 – 24 July 1964 Heath, A & M & Co. Ltd. 6p. 21 December 1950 – 25 May 1951 William Heinemann Ltd. 2p. n.d. Hellyer, Jill One page from minutes of a meeting; Poem – ‘Silent Words’ 2p. 6 January 1931 – 26 January 1939 The Herald 21p. 27 February 1939 Herbarium of WA 1p. 30 December 1958 – 3 June 1966 Hetherington, John 8p. 30 February 1939 – 14 November 1972 Hewett, Dorothy 9p. 5459A/388 17 August 1934 Hill, A. H. Edmonds 1p. 27 April 1952 Hill, Ernestine 2p. 16 February 1947 Hilson, C. 2p. 8 September 1928 – 22 November 1944 Hodder (& Stoughton). Includes memorandum of agreement for Money Street 45p.
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9 December 1935 Hodgson, Norman L. 3p. 1 August 1933 Hoff, Rayner 1p. 26 July 1938 Holland, Eleanor 1p. 21 August 1953 Holland, J.C. 2p. 9 February 1933 Hordern, H. V. 1p. 7 July 1965 – 28 December 1967 Horrocks, Norman 3p. 15 May 1963 – 20 January 1971 Horwitz Publications Inc. Pty. Ltd. 4p. 21 April 1975 Hotchin, Sir Claude, O.B.E. 1p. 24 March 1947 – 14 April 1968 Howarth, R.G. (Guy) 5p. 5 March 193? Howie, D. 2p. n.d. Howie, K. E. 10p. 1 September 1941 Hudson, Flexmore 3p. 21 January 1965 – 13 February 1965 Hutchens, Prof. Frank 3p 25 August 1927 – 26 November 1930 Hutchinson & Co. 3p. 5 October 1975 – 20 October 1975 Hutchison, Jane 3p. 5459A/389 16 February 1952 – 25 December 1980 Hutchison, David Includes greeting cards 44p.
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1951 – Hutchison, David Eric. Writings 46p. 6 December 1933 Idriess, I 1p. 22 February 1953 – 17 July 1967 Inglis Moore, T. 24p. 5 August 1938 – 19 August 1938 Institution of Engineers, Australia 2p. April 1976 International Biographical Centre 1p 25 September 1945 – 20 February 1971 Irwin, Bill 9p. 5459A/390 7 May 1941 – 3 March 1944 Ingamells, John. Includes fragment (21p.)
9 July 1941 - 2 December 1955 + n.d. Ingamells, Rex. Fragment (112p.)
5459A/391 15 October 1972 – 31 March 1975 Jackson, Ann. Includes poems 19p. 10 July 1940 Jacoby, F. M. 1p. 8 October 1971 James Dally 1p. 27 March 1952 James, Florence 1p. 21 November 1929 – 30 May 1938 Jarrah Leaves 14p. n.d. Jeisman, C. Fragment 3p. 9 October 1963 – 21 June 1964 Jenkins, Dr. John 3p. 14 November 1932 John Long Ltd 1p.
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18 January 1965 – 15 May 1971 John Murray. Includes pamphlets 14p. + 6p. 21 September 1933 – 28 September 1933 John O’London’s Literary Circle 2p. 20 February 1954 – 14 May 1954 John O’London’s Weekly 4p. 3 December 1969 Johnston, G. Prof. 1p. 9 March 1927 – 3 January 1930 Jonathon Cape 6p. 16 November 1971 - 17 November 1971 Jones, Mr. S. 4p. 30 July 1973 Joseph-Jones, John 1p. n.d. Lacey, H. 4p. 18 January 1954 Lake, L. S. 7p. 26 March 1966 – 15 May 1966 Lamb, Marjorie 6p. 16 February 1935 – 5 March 1933 Lambert, G. 4p. 6 August 1973 – 13 November 1975 La Nauze, Prof. John 7ps 26 June 1967 Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd 1p 8 July 1929 – 12 August 1930 Lardi Bros. 2ps 14 November 1967 – 2 May 1973 La Trobe University 4ps 15 January 1933 – 8 May 1933 Laura Bogue Luffman Memorial Fund 3p.
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15 January 1974 – 26 February 1974 Lawson, Alan 13p. 5459A/392 1936 - 1977 18 February 1936 – 28 April 1936 Kagi, Bob 24p. 16 July 1971 – 25 October 1977 Keesing, Nancy 106p. 5459A/393 18 April 1925 Keith, A. Ewing 1p. 3 March 1964 – 29 August 1964 Kellaway, Frank 13p. 6 December 1967 – 17 March 1968 Keneally, Thomas 13p. 12 February 1936 – 31 August 1938 Kent Education Committee 15p. 27 July 1935 – 11 October 1935 King, Alec 3p. 9 May 1938 – 26 January 1939 Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School 1p. 6 October 1976 Kornweibel, A. 3p. 7 March 1935 – 14 August 1939 Kosmos, Press and Translation Service 19p. 10 April 1964 Kramer, Professor Leonie 1p. 15 June 1954 Kummeront, P. 2p. 2 May 1970 – 9 June 1976 Kyneston, Edward 29p. 5459A/394 11 January 1972 – 21 May 1976 Correspondence: Patricia Laird (Saturday Club Book of Poetry) 87p. 5459A/395 20 February 1940 Lavan, Walsh & Lavan 1p.
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6 August 1924 The Leader 1p. 22 March 1935 – 11 February 1936 The League of Empire 12p. 22 July 1938 Lee, Nancy 1p. 5 August 1965 – 1 April 1978 Lemonis, John 12p. 5 July 1937 LEP Transport 1p. 25 February 1935 Levey, Kay 1p. 2 May 1954 Levis, Frances 1p. 17 March 1970 Lewis, Edwin 1p. 6 November 1967 Literary Heritage 1p. 9 March 1973 – 18 January 1978 Literature Board (Australia Council) 4p. 7 June 1955 – 12 January 1978 Literature Board/Blainey (Australia Council) 48p. 3 February 1937 Lock, S. H. & Co. 1p. 15 May 1965 – 27 June 1974 Lodge Australia 3p. 1 May 1963 Loftus Overland 4p. 12 February 1936 – 5 March 1936 London County Council 3p. 17 July 1970 – 224 July 1970 Longman’s, Green & Co, Ltd 2p.
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26 October 1931 – 13 December 1932 Lothian Publishing Company 6p. 26 October 1928 – 25 March 1931 Lyell, George 12p. 16 March 1968 – 21 March 1968 Lynn, John 5p. 5459A/396 22 June 1950 McAdam, Edith 1p. 7 November 1953 McDougall, J. K. 1p. 17 March 1925 Macfadden Publications 1p. 6 May 1933 – 15 January 1941 Mackaness, Dr. Geo. 9p. 7 June 1934 Mackay, J. S. 3p. 14 August 1939 – 12 October 1962 Macmillan & Co. London 8p. 18 April 1975 – 2 June 1976 Macmillan Company of Australia 5p. 30 September 1971 Macmullen, Gerry 2p. 21 April 1933 The Macquarie Head Press\ 1p. 27 October 1967 – 10 November 1967 Macquarie University 2p. 7 May 1934 – 13 June 1934 Macreadie, J. 8p. 26 March 1931 – 16 April 1933 Malcolm (?), Harold 22p. 6 October 1931 Malmgren, Charlotte 2p. 24 November 1937 – 14 February 1940 + n.d. Man 182p.
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19 September 1975 – 26 March 1975 Mappin, Alf 5p. 13 May 1966 Marie Louise, Sister 2p. 7 October 1929 Mark, Annie 1p. 10 December 1955 – 14 August 1974 Marshall, Alan Includes newspaper cutting 37p. 22 February 1964 Martin, Mary Forster 1p. 19 December 1967 – 4 February 1968 Martins, Walter F. 7p. 12 May ? Mayman (?), Ted 1p 14 April 1939 – 30 April 1939 McCarthy, Peter J. 6p. 26 September 1953 McGahan, A. 4p. 5459A/397 7 October 1974 Mead, Bill 2p. 30 April 1974 Medcalfe, Miss M. Includes notes 6p. 11 July 1966 – 21 February 1968 The Melbourne University Press 3p. 28 December 1928 – 9 January 1929 Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1p. 20 June 1939 – 17 October 1939 Miller, Prof. Morris 11p. 18 March 1939 – 23 April 1938 Mills, Frank 3p. 21 October 1930 Mitchell, E. 2p.
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17 January 1930 – 21 May 1956 Mitchell Library (incl. Phyllis Mander-Jones) Includes notes on Who Rides on the River? + maps 41p. 17 July 1967 Morley, Dr. T. R. 1p. 21 March? Morris, C.B 2p. 10 November 1976 – 5 October 1977 Mount Lawley College of Advanced Education includes Hunt, Lyall, R. Vickery
22 January 1971 – 19 March 1971 + 1 n.d. Mountford, C.P. 7p. 30 April 1936 Movement Against War and Fascism 1p. 25 May 1936 Mudford, Francis 1p. 15 March 1943 – 28 August 1958 Mudie, Ian 22p. 13 September 1974 Munfort, A. 1p. 7 April 1930 – 4 September 1954 Murdoch, Prof. Walter 38p. 10 March 1959 Music Corporation of America 1p. 5459A/398 10 February 1938 – 16 May 1958 + 5 n.d. Moir, J.K. Includes 5 undated letters and one card 76p. Bread and Cheese Club 1 letter; 1 order form
1958 Bohemia. 2 1958 issues + August. 1958 – Tributes to J.K. Moir
8 May 1939 – 10 March 1940 Bohemia Correspondence 3 Photographs (in Pictorial Collection) 7p.
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5459A/399 13 August 1936 – 11 April 1938 Napier, Gardiner & Co. Includes brochure 5p. 22 September 1931 ‘Nardy’ 1p. 9 March 1970 Narembeen Historical Society 2p. 11 January 1934 National Geographic Society 1p. 7 July 1967 – 2 January 1978 National Library of Australia 10p. 10 August 1970 – 21 September 1970 The National Trust of Australia (WA) 2p. 18 September 1935 Needham, E. (to Carroll’s Ltd) 1p. 30 July 1953 – 24 February 1954 Nelson, Desmond. Includes letters to John Driver 13p. 25 May 1939 – 18 March 1940 + n.d. New Theatre 3p. 25 February 1931 – 17 January 1938 New Zealand Perpetual Forests. Includes receipts, etc 77p. 14 August 1939 North Perth Presbyterian Church 1p. 5459A/400 24 June 1939 – 18 September 1940 Oates, J. W. 6p. 10 June 1936 Ockerby, T. 1p. 11 February 1952 – 30 July 1953 Osborne, Prof. W. A. 6p.
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Overland
27 May 1971 – 9 June 1971 McLaren, Shirley. (33p.)
15 July 1954 – 14 May 1975 Murray-Smith, Stephen. (45p.)
8 May 1970 – 5 February 1971 + n.d. Reid, Barrett. (5p.)
Oxford University Press
20 June 1956 – 28 June 1977 + n.d. Elder, David. (45p)
31 October 1930 – 20 February 1952 Eyre, F. (11p.)
Flyer 5459A/401 2 August 1935 – 10 February 1936 Pacific Press Service 5p. 13 June 1965 Padley, Terry 1p. 30 March 1933 Page, B. 1p. 22 June 1971 Pallott, Ivy 1p. 22 June 1931 – 14 October 1933 Palmer, Nettie Includes. letter from NP to Kate Baker 11p. 7 July 1970 – 6 December 1970 Palmer, Rob 5p. 8 October 1936 – 22 June ? Palmer, Vance 4p. 9 April 1975 – 3 June 1976 Pannell, Nita Letter + card 1p. + 1 card 24 November 1957 – 18 February 1958 Patane, Prof. Leonardo R.
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21 March 1945 – 11 September 1950 Paterson’s Printing Press (incl agreement to print Money Street) 5p. 17 December 1951 – 13 February 1957 Paul R. Reynolds & Son 15p. 2 June 1939 Pearce, Aileen 1p. 12 May 1935 + und Pearce, Will 5p. 30 October 1971 – 22 August 1973 Pederson, Nesta 12p. 26 September 1969 – 26 March 1971 Penguin Books Ltd. 8p. 25 August 1966 – 21 May 1973 + n.d. Penguin Books Australia Ltd. 4p. 15 September 1972 – 9 August 1977 Phillips, Glen 6p. 11 January 1939 – 18 January 1939 Piesse, Claude 2p. 8 September 1928 P.L.A. 1p. 26 December 1926 – 15 February 1939 Pollard, James 65p. 5459A/402 15 November 1963 – 19 April 1964 Porter, Hal 11p. 5 December 1963 – 2 December 1963 Porter, Hal & Georgian House 5p. 28 October 1966 – 18 July 1974 Postmaster- General 5p. 16 February 1954 - 4 May 1954 Posts and Telegraphs 10p. 4 June 1973 + n.d. Potter, Ian 4p.
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10 October 1929 Powell, Annie 2p. 18 March 1933 Preece, John L. 2p. 8 January 1931 Premier’s Department 2p. 1971 – 1972 Price, F. I. Mrs. 6p. 12 October 1941 – 3 August 1953 + n.d. Prichard, Katharine Susannah 9p. December 1956 Pryor, Will 1p. 24 February 1942 Prior Memorial Prize 1p. 6 December 1971 – 9 December 1971 Pro Magazines Pty Ltd 4p. Public Lending Rights (PLR) General pamphlets, etc (15ps); specific info. including advice from Georgian House, University of WA Press, Angus and Robertson 28p. 24 January 1930 Public Library, Victoria 2p. 23 November 1935 – 25 January 1936 Pyett, J. 6p. 3 December 1965 – 6 December 1965 Queensland Art Gallery 3p. 7 September 1933 Queensland Book Depot 1p. 19 November 1929 Quick, Sir John 1p. 5459A/403 Rapp & Whiting Ltd 14 April 1971 1p. 3 August 1926 – 8 December 1926 Ratcliffe, A. J. 2p.
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13 October 1969 – 26 July 1972 The Reader’s Digest Association 6p. 18 April 1936 – 16 May 1953 + n.d. Rees, Leslie 9p. 19 May 1950 – 4 July 1950 The Reprint Society 3p. 1 August 1947 – 26 July 1947 Riddle, Dorothy Copied in JGE’s handwriting, additional notes 3p. 18 March 1976 - 30 March 1976 Riddell, Elizabeth 3p. 16 September 1973 – 9 October 1973 Ridley, Bruce 9p. 2 May? Riethmuller, Eric 2p. Rigby’s Ltd:
18 July 1963 – 26 October 1981 General (13p.)
11 September 1961 – 6 February 1965 Ian Mudie (19p.)
4 November 1966 – 25 September 1967 W. R. Whitton (WA Manager) (10p.)
5459A/404 1927 Robert of Shining Blade Fame (Robert Somerville) 2p. 7 March 1930 – 7 March 1960 Robertson & Mullens (Capt. C.H. Peters) 82p. 13 June 1957 + n.d. ‘Rohan, Criena’ 5p. 26 March 1963 – 10 February 1974 Rowbotham, David 18p. 27 October 1938 The Royal Mint 1p. 16 September 1971 – 20 September 1970 The Royal Western Australian Historical Society 2p.
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22 February 1965 Ruhan, Olaf 3p. 5459A/405 16 November 1971 Sampson, Sir Frederick 1p. 24 February 1926 – 27 March 1926 Sampson, R. S. Printer & Publisher 3p. 2 February 1975 Sanders, Dal 1p. 22 February 1960 – 1 August 1969 Schnack, Elizabeth 9p. 10 September 1941 School Magazine 1p. 4 November 1935 – 13 January 1936 Scribe 2p. 24 September 1939 – 21 October 1939(?) Sewell, A & E 5p. 9 September 1941 - 17 November 1941 Shain, J. E. 2p. 8 February 1951 – 10 September 1952 The Shakespeare Head Press 4p. 17 September 1947 – 3 March 1964 Shawn, Ted Includes article + annual newsletter, Jacobs Pillow, 1964 19p. 12 May 1966 – 26 April 1973 Sheldon, William D. extracts from Written in Sand Letter from E. P. Dutton 42p. 14 June 1939 Shell Open Forum 1p. 6 April 1975 Shire of Bruce Rock 2p. 19 June 1964 Shire of Peppermint Grove 1p. 5459A/406 9 October 1950 – 7 November 1976 Simpson, Colin 45p.
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22 February 1939 – 9 October 1954 + n.d. Skinner, Molly 7p. 21 September 1959 Smith, Mrs. Bertha Mac. 2p. 5 September 1972 – 15 June 1976 Smith, Eleanor Page. Includes poems 11p. n.d. Smith, Mr. 2p. 26 October 1966 – 2 July 1967 Smith, Vivian 5p. 10 January 1939 – 9 January 1939 Smith’s Weekly: Kenneth Slessor
7 July 1953 – 17 July 1953 Society of Authors, London Includes page from The Author Includes pages on the tax situation in England and USA for authors 7p. 24 October 1930 – 23 October 1930 Souter, Dr. C. H. 3p. 8 April 1971 Southall, Ivan 2p. 12 September 1935 – 7 October 1935 Southwell, M. E. 8p. n.d. Spaven Reg & Nancy 1 card 2 July 1940 – 13 August 1940 Spisbah, Mr. G. 7p. 13 February 1937 – 13 January 1939 + n.d. The Speech Fellowship and Institute 15p. 12 October 1932 – 27 April 1933 Spencer, A.H. Pty Ltd 2p. 19 November 1935 Stafford, Muriel 2p.
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4 April 1975 The State Library of Western Australia 3p. 22 December 1964 – 26 March 1974 State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (Inc.) Includes membership card, 1938 12p. 22 September 1933 – 15 September 1941 Stephenson, P. R. 8p. 20 April ? Stewart, Mrs. 1p. 5459A/407 5 September 1954 Stimmett, Bruce 5p. 25 August 1933 – 27 September 1933 Stintons. Includes book lists 6p. 1 December 1947 Stivens, Dal 1p. 26 February 1946 – 10 June 1974 Stone, Walter 17p. n.d. Stonehouse, R. 2p. 22 May 1970 Stott & Hoare 2p. 9 October 1973 – 14 October 1973 Stuart, Don 4p. 3 January 1962 Stuart, Kathie 1p. 14 October 1929 – 27 June 1930 Stuart, Dr. Montgomery 2p. 29 September 1948 Subiaco Municipality 1p. 29 November 1966 – 5 June 1967 Sun Books 6p. 21 June 1971 – 11 January 1974 The Sunday Independent 27p.
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15 September 1949 – 18 January 1956 The Sunday Times. Includes Letters to Editor 16p. 16 April 1933 – 8 January 1934 The Sunnybrook Press/Ernest Shea 13p. 21 June 1939 – 24 June 1939 Superannuation Board 2p. 1 December 1945 Sutherland, Bruce 1p. 13 & 18 December 1934 Swiney, Geo (+ Shipley) 4p. 1 March 1954 – 29 March 1954 The Sydney Morning Herald 5p. 5459A/408 2 February 1973 – 18 August 1974 Tabloid Story 3p. 10 August 1953 Tait, Arthur 1p. 8 October 1963 – 23 November 1973 Taylor, Neville 2p. 16 January 1975 – 16 February 1975 Tebbutt, Kath 3p. 19 September 1956 – 25 October 1971 Technical Extension Service 5p. 16 December 1971 – 20 December 1971 Temeraire II 2p. 20 November 1962 – 6 December 1972 Tennant, Kylie 13p. 21 June 1937 Thomas Cook & Son Ltd 1p. 24 May 1930 Thomas, W.C. 2p. 28 February 1946 + n.d. Thompson, Frank Skinner 6p. Thompson’s ‘Tinglewood Tales 68p.
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6 March 1956 – 7 June 1958 Thompson, John 3p. 29 January 1936 – 21 August 1940 Thompson, Prof. H. S. 4p. 5459A/409 24 January 1968 – 31 July 1970 Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd (i) Anne Godden 143p. 5459A/410 27 July 1970 – 22 July 1976 Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd (ii) Anne Godden 144p. 5459A/411 28 February 1975 – 7 July 1975 Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd. (iii) Beatrice Davis (Ed.) (11p.) 15 January 1968 – 18 November 1985 + und. General correspondence (82p.)
5459A/412 11 April 1929 Thomson, N. M. 2p. 3 August 1967 – 16 August 1967 Thomson, Olive R. 3p. 25 September 1975 – 1 October 1975 Thorpe, Pat + notes 4p. 2 March 1972 – 20 March 1972 Throssell, Ric.(1 letter incomplete) 6p. n.d. Thuel, Henry 7p. 19 July 1951 Tierney, John 2p. 6 June 1967 Time-Life International 2p. 22 August 1963 Tindale, Robert 3p. 14 June 1933 Tingcombe, Ida p. 23 October 1969 Tom’s Weekly 1p. 4 March 1936 – 1 May 1974 Tonkin, Hon. John, MLA/Premier 21p. + fragment
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17 September 1935 Tourist and Publicity Bureau 1p. 25 January 1939 – 20 July 1939 Travel 5p. 27 July 1925 – 9 March 1926 The Triad Cobbers 5p. 19 May 1945 – 10 November 1970 Trist, Margaret 4p. 29 May 1950 – 4 October 1974 + n.d. Tuckfield, Trevor 10p. 21 February 1975 – 5 May 197 Tunimins, Kerry 4p. 5459A/413 13 March 1936 + n.d. University of London Institute of Education . 2p. 12 March 1968 University of Queensland Press 1p. 14 April 1956 – 15 May 1956 University of Sydney – Chair of Australian Literature Fund (Colin Roderick) 5p. 7 July 1936 – 13 June 1972 University of Western Australia 22p. 17 April 1967 Unstead, Robert 1p. 14 September 1962 – 23 August 1963 Ure Smith Pty Ltd 14p. 28 July 1956 – 31 November 1977 + 4 n.d. Van Harten, Marjorie & Melissa 114p. 5459A/414 5 September 1937 Vawser, Harold 2p. 28 November 1929 – 24 April 1931; + n.d. Verse – Louis Lavar 10p. 10 August 1950 – 3 January 1975 Vickers, Bert. includes BV President’s poem 33p.
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23 November ? Vine, M. F. 1p 13 February 1952 – 30 April 1953 Voice – Harold Levien 13ps 5 September 1973 – 10 January 1974 Vrossink, J. G. 10ps 10 March 1975 – 27 October 1976 Wake, Judy (m. Judy Brophy) 15ps 24 July 1950 – 14 February 1977 Wake, Mary & Tom 35ps 27 October 1973 – 31 December 1976 + n.d. Wake, Tricia 13ps 23 April 1934 Walker, Bonnie 4ps 10 September 1929 - Walker, George 6p. 5459A/415 21 July 1930 – 17 December 1938 Upfield, Arthur (1)155ps A number of letters are undated. These have been included in the body of letters, matching address, content, etc. Some discrepancy between address form in early letters 155p. mainly handwritten, some typescritp 5459A/416 29 January 1939 – 20 December 1958 Upfield, Arthur (2) A number of letters are undated. These have been included in the body of letters, matching address, content, etc. Some discrepancy between address form in early letters Includes card; list of Upfield’s books; Bony Bulletin, No. 29, August, 1989. Newspaper cutting, 11 November ? 151p. mainly typescript, some handwritten 5459A/417 1934 - 1966 Walkabout [magazine]
27 September 1948 The Australian Geographical Society Includes invitation to membership + Bulletin No 8 5p. General correspondents 5 April 1935 – 23 May 1966 37p.
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16 December 1948 Bean, Ray 1p. 21 June 1950 – 27 March 1951 Bechervaise, Johhn 6p 26 Septmeber 1948 Lacy, H26 1p. 22 January 1941 – 18 August 1941 Barnett, G.B. (Dept. of Agriculture) 4p. 6 July 1938 – 27 October 1938 King, Graham (Kalgurli Ore Treatment Plant 5p. 29 November 1934 – 5 November 1938 Holmes, C. H. Managing Editor 81p. 5459A/418 5 January 1939 – 15 February 1971 Walkabout [magazine] Correspondence with C.H. Holmes, C. H. Managing Editor 196p. typescript 5459A/420 1982-1996 Correspondence Permission letters from Education Department, Ffion Murphy & Richard Nile, Laurie Hergenhan, UWA Library, Dr. Jenny Gregory
5459A/444 1963 Various authors re permissions for Ewers and Weston English for High Schools, Book 1
5459A/431 1929 – 1939 James Pollard
5459A/458 1926 -1939 A.P. Watts and Sons
5459A/459 Correspondence with:
W.A. Drama Festival, W.A. Teachers’ Journal, M. Ward, R. Warnasuvia, J. Water, G. Watkins, E. Wells, W.A. Children’s Book Club, West Books Pty. Ltd, Westerly, W.A. Centenary, W.A. Government Railways, W.A. Institute for Educational Research, D. Weston, P. White
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5459A/460 Correspondence with:
L.O’G Whitfield, Whitcome and Tombs Ltd., M.P. Whitton, T. Whtton, Who’s Who in Australia, 1971, M. Wilding, William Heinemann Ltd., L.T. Williams (The Scribe), R. Willison, A. Wills-Johnson, E.J. Wilson, E. Wilson and Dolly Wilson, H. Wilson, “Woman”, The World’s Who’s Who of Authors, Writers International.
5459A/453 Correspondence with:
The West Australian – Ammon, Birtwhistle, Braham, De Burgh, James, Lambert, Padley, Smith The Western Mail – Birtwistle, De Burgh Judith. Wright, Yassa Syndicate, L. Yoo, G. Young, Young Australia League, Young Men’s Christian Association of Perth, Carl J. Zey- - - (unable to decipher name, aerogramme sent form Bangkok), Zweig, Michael
DEGREES AND HONOURS 5459A/311 2 June 1953 Coronation Medal and Statement
DIARIES 5459A/45 29 October 1930 – 17 November 1936 London Journal/Diary. Handwritten in Exercise book.. One loose sheet
5459A/47 1947, 1948, 1949 Pocket Diaries
5459A/48 1950- 1956, 1959 Pocket Diaries
5459A/49 1960 – 1968 Pocket Diaries
5459A/50 1970, 1971 Pocket Diaries
5459A/52 1961 Travel Diary. Trip to Djakarta, Indonesia
DOCUMENTS 5459A/430 1940 - 1941 Keane Street, purchase 1962 - 1968 Keane Street/Crossland Court subdivision
EXAMINATION PAPERS
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5459A/439 1947 UWA annual examination, Hisotry 11A (5 copies) Includes furphy question which may have been set by JKE0
n.d. Biology. (1p.)
Envelope: English 11 (Introduction to Poetry) Second Paper
FAMILY HISTORIES 5459A/450 Ewers Family Includes correspondence 1914-1974, certificates, family tree, notes, printed extracts, including Gippsland history, extracts with corrections from ‘Long Enough for a Joke’
FILES 5459A/245 1902 – 1954 FAW Papers Committee re Proposed Act to Control Obscene Literature.1954. Includes: 7 newspaper cuttings; correspondence 2 copies Queensland Act to Prevent the Distribution in Queensland of Objectionable Literature 5 copies of recommendations re same Act Cpy of Act with handwritten comments by JKE 9 pages of comments re Act Western Australian Act to suppress Indecent and Obscene Publications (1902) 1 page Typewritten suggested alterations to same Library Board of WA’s Memorandum on same – 2 pages copy Police Offences Act, 1953 5 copies The Modern Test for Obscenity, from The Bookseller, London 1954
Handwritten notes re meeting convened by FAW, September. 1954
5459A/252 1938-1950 FAW Papers History – Notes on FAW, by Paul Buddee Newspaper cuttings – Establishment of Branch, 1938; visit by H.G. Wells (3 cuttings)
5459A/254 n.d. FAW Papers Recommendations by F.A. Sharr for Tom Collins House Library
5459A/255 n.d. FAW Papers Photographs relating to Tom Collins House – 4 negatives of artifacts. Transferred to Pictorial Collection
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5459A/256 1949-1977 FAW Papers Tom Collins House – The Controversy, 1976 - 77 5 Newspaper cuttings, 1949, 1958, 1976 Copy of Deed of Gift. 26 April 1949 Emily Main Declaration (original) Questions for Emily Main (handwritten by JKE) Details of Tom Collins House (typed by JKE) 2 copies Weekend News article, 23 October 1976 ‘A Dinkum Furphy’, by A.J. Ames, Artlook, June 1977. Typewritten article, Tom Collins House is no Furphy, by JKE, (2 copies) A Letter to Tom Collins from JKE, 9 June 1977; (2 copies plus covering letter to Helen Weller, Artlook, 12 June 1977) Correspondence: Prof. Leslie Marchant to JKE, 30 June 197 Prof. Leslie Marchant to Eleanor Smith (Pres. FAW)*, 30 June 1976JKE to Eleanor White, 9 July 1976 JKE to Leslie Marchant, 9 July 1976 JKE to Sec. National Trust of Aust. (WA), 29 March 1977 JKE to The Bulletin, 14 June 1977 E. White (FAW) to JKE, 22 June 1977 JKE to E. White, 23 June 1977 B. Chambers (FAW) to JKE, 9 August 1977 JKE to ? und. Outline for talk. Guided tour of Tom Collins House by JKE, for Writers’ Week, 1973.
5459A/259 1949 FAW Papers Insurance invoice, 9 Servetus Street (Tom Collins House). 1949
5459A/263 1938 – 1950s
Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) JKE’s address to FAW Executive moving motion opposed to Preface of NSW FAW Book – Writers in defence of Freedom. JKE on Writers’ exchange with USSR. Page 2, notes on Communists in the FAW. Tongue in cheek ‘Notes for the Confusion of Thinking at Executive Meetings’
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5459A/264 1929 – 1977 Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA)
JKE: Tom Collins – The Plain Man’s Philosopher (II) (9p. handwritten) Joseph Furphy (from Pioneers of the Pen – West Australian, 1929) Tom Collins – Festival of Perth, 1957 (5p. typescript) Readings from ‘Such Is Life’ (2p. handwritten) His Position in Australian Writing (3p. handwritten) No Ivied Wall – Address at TCH, September, 1969 (16p..) November 1977 R. Landells: Talk for Furphy Centenary, ABC National. Includes letter from JKE to Dr Keith Barry (4p. typescript) Frank Clune on Furphy (1p. typescript) Miles Franklin (Brent of BinBin) Tribute to Joseph Furphy (2p. typescritp Photo: Plaque on Memorial Tree Such Is Life – Press Release 3 notices – Office of Govt. Statist, Vic. – re birth of child to Sam and Judith Furphy, 1859 –1857. 2 p. – Quotes from Furphy
5459A/268 1950-1978 Miscellaneous FAWWA papers In-Fellowship Reading Programmes, Circulars, Publicity, AEB Lecture Series, Memories of Russian Visit, Taxing the Australian Author, Notes on Censorship with covering letter, October 1950; Goldfields Writers Tours. Kylie Tennant Article (Festival of Perth)
5459A/289 n.d. (circa 1918 – 1936) Documents re Don (brother) 10 photos, Don; JKE and Jean Ewers at his grave; the grave (see Pictorial Collection) Accounts of death, Official notifications, Avenue of Honour Planting. 2 newspaper cuttings
5459A/299 1937, 1943 + n.d. Joseph Furphy and Kate Baker, O.B.E. [Being basically information sent between JKE and Kate Baker, O.B.E.. TKE]
Press Notices for Such Is Life. (4 copies) Pamphlet on History of the O’Reilly Family. (significant for family of Kate Baker) Hand-made Christmas card from KB to Sam and Mattie Furphy Notice on Monument to Furphy at Shepparton Comments from Furphy and AG Stephens on Such Is Life. Article on Furphy; Communist Review, September. 1943. Photocopy of Family Sampler & ‘Clunes on Joseph Furphy’ The Story According to Dixon (typed by JKE) Signed copy of poem – Kate Baker, OBE by Edward Harrington All About Books, January 15, 1937. Article on Kate Baker A. Lee Archer Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy) as I Knew Him
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5459A/366 Australian Society of Authors
Article - What are Authors Worth? By Colin Simpson (4p.) Article - Editors acceptance forms (2p.) Article – The New Deal Called Lending Rights by Colin Simpson (12p.) Article – Copyright and the Future of Authorship by Barbara Ringer (4p.) ASA Anthology policy (4p.) ASA Memorandum of Agreement. Minimum approved book contract 4p.) How the Asutralian Soceity of Authors helps writers (3p.) Guide to ASA members on preparation of tax returns (13p.) Flyer – Announcing a writers; marketing convention Newsletter – ASA Broadside, vol.1, no. 1 September 1963 ASA Survey of earnings. May – August 1969 (6p.) Notes from Joan Flanagan on the Writers Marketing Seminar (2p.) Lists of agents in the United Kingdom and New York ASA cover letter for submission of work for publication (3 copies) 5459A/426 1967 Correspondence, jottings, accounts, guarantees, product brochures re Crossland Court
FINANCIAL RECORDS 5459A/284 1907 - 1929 Miscellaneous financial papers: Bank Book, Miss Lillian Clarke, 16 October 1907-9 August 1912
8 January 1928-10 February 1929 3 Receipts
5459A/36 October 1922 – 1948 Mss records and accounts. Incomes & Expenses. Handwritten. Includes ‘Detailed account of stories’, ‘Annual Balance Sheets’, Detailed index’ and ‘Addresses’ Some loose pages
5459A/319 1928 – 1978 Bank statements
1928 – 1935 Perth Building Society, pay-in card
1976 – 1978 Rural and Industries Bank (4 statements)
5459A/317 1936 – 1981 Miscellaneous receipts
5459A/38 1951 – 1973 Income and Expenses. Interleaved Exercise book with handwritten entries
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5459A/324 1922 – 1974 Cash Book of Shareholdings, 1954 – 1973; T.A. James transaction slips; share dividend counterfoils; T. C. Villiers transaction slips; correspondence; share certificates (Waratah Gold Mines & Eclipse Gold Mines, 1958), 1935; D.Carmichael receipt; Mineral Sponge Ltd. Miscellaneous. Dividend slips: Peko-Wallsend Ltd; Petersville; Conzinc Riotinto of Aust. Ltd; Bougainville Copper Ltd.
5459A/419 1961-1988 Ledger of share holdings (Maintained by Jean Ewers & Trisha Kotai-Ewers after his death)
5459A/285 25 May 1922 Purchase documents re: Victoria Park property, (Mrs. Lillian Ewers) 3 Mortgage receipts, 25 May 1922 [Or do these relate to an earlier property? TKE]
5459A/281 1927 - 1928 Purchase documents re Kintail Road Estate; Lot 746/Subd. 4990. 13 August 1927 & 6 January 1928
5459A/286 1922 - 1928 Financial documents re 28 Coronation Street property: Purchase document, 27 June1922, Statement, 16 May 1928; 7 Receipts, Stamp duty, mortgage, 31 April 1922- 21 June1923. 2 Insurance Policies, 5 July 1922 & 18 June1923
5459A/287 1927 - 1951 Financial documents relating to 42 McCourt St, Leederville: 12 Mortgage receipts, Mr. H. Wilson, 2 December 1927-18 July 1930; 11 Receipts from Robertson Bros, 26 May 1927-12 June1928; 2 Statements, Robertson Bros, 10 August 1927-28 August 1928; 2 Household Insurance Policies, 7 April 1931 & 19 February 1951; 3 letters between L. Ewers and H. Wilson, 8 June1928-18 July 1930
5459A/314 1962 Accounts re trip to Orient
5459A/322 1936 – 1979 Rates on Melville Swan 61; Lot 9 Health Service notice Account for estate procedures Georgian House: Subscription to Great South Land
5459A/321 n.d. Miscellaneous notes, statements accompanying application for old age pension
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5459A/325 1 January 1949 – 31 July 1977 Royalties. Angus & Robertson Ltd.
Harvest; With the Sun on My Back; Who Rides on the River?; Companion to Who Rides on the River? 78p. 5459A/326 22 April 1933 – 8 August 1980 + n.d. Royalties. Carroll’s Ltd.
Silent Reading Cards; Story of the Pipe Line; Lecturette Cards; English V; Exercises in English 5 & 6; English For Today; English For High Schools 1 60p. 5459A/327 30 June 1969 – 18 November 1974 Royalties. Chappell & Co. Ltd. 926p.) Song of the Fire
6 October 1971 Allans Music (2p.) The Red Road 28p. 5459A/328 19 March 1946 – 31 August 1979 + 3 n.d. Royalties. Georgian House Pty. Ltd.
Creative Writing in Australia; For Heroes to Live In; Men Against the Earth.
Creative Writing in Australia; Men Against the Earth; For Heroes to Live In; Modern Australian Short Stories 99p. 5459A/329 31 December 1978 - 19 June 1985 Royalties. Thomas Nelson Australia Pty. Ltd.
Ewers/Weston: Passport to Adventure, Passport to Experience and Passport to Understanding; Take 23. 56p. 5459A/330 31 March 1934 – 13 March 1937 Royalties. A. P. Watt & Son for Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
Money Street; Fire On The Wind. 13p. 5459A/331 12 January 1928 - 9 January 1930 Royalties. West Australian Newspapers Ltd. 37p. 5459A/332 1945 - 1984 Royalties.Miscellaneous: 31 August 1945; 31 August 1950 Allan & Co. The Red Road 2p. April, 1948 Australian Broadcasting Commission. Children’s Session 1p.
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June 1939 –1 July 1940 Australasian Performing Rights Association. The Red Road 4p. 2 July 1974 Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd. Short Story – Two Ways Meet 2p. 16 April 1946 The Currawong Publishing Co. Tell the People 1p. 30 June1984; 31 December 1984 Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Long Enough For a Joke 2p. 26 February 1945 Tales from the Dead Heart Typed sheet, no name. 1p. 1974 -1978 Exercise book containing record of income
HISTORIES 5459A/434 1959 Beginnings of Subud in Perth (as told by JGE but concerning JKE. TKE)
INFORMATION SHEETS 5459A/137 n.d. Time-tables—Used for With the Sun on My Back: Trans-Australian Railway Timetable – Port Pirie to Kalgoorlie Brisbane to Perth Bonds tours: Alice Springs to Darwin
INSURANCE RECORDS 5459A/282 1899 – 1939 Life insurance for Ernest Ewers (father) T & g Mutual Life
5459A/283 1923 – 1939 Life Insurance – family, step-brothers and step-mother; Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd 6 Bonus Certificates, 31 December 1923-31 December 1939. Premium notice, 16 February 1937
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5459A/320 30 July 1925 Correspondence: Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Insurance for JKE
16 November 1937 Household Contents Insurance Receipt.
1938 Household contents: St. John’s Court, John Street, Cottesloe
n.d. Baggage Insurance form
INVITATIONS 5459A/304 1973 – Exhibition of Stoneware by Charles & Jane Southwood 1973 – Wedding. llis and Halima 1977 – Back to Beacy (Beaconsfield School)
JOURNALS 5340A/6 5 March 1934-5 June 1950 Part journal of K Ewers. Nothing between September 1936 and November 1947 5459A/333 April, November 1979 APRA Australasian Performing Rights Association Ltd. (2 copies)
[1975] Recorder (Sydney University Union magazine)
5459A/344 1967 – 1970 The Critic [magazine] 11 issues. Vol. 7 No. 11, Perth, 1967 – Vol.10, No. 7, March 20, 1970.
LABELS 5459A/309 n.d. Book Plates – 8 copies of bookplate designed by Ivor Hunt: ‘Funny, I thought I had this book.’
LETTERHEADS 5459A/250 n.d. (1940s, pre 1949) FAW Papers Letterheads – pre Tom Collins House (1949) 7 sheets
LISTS
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5459A/247 1946 – 1955 FAW Papers Membership Lists, various. 1 invitation (?) List
5459A/447 n.d. Recipients of review copies (2p.) 23 September 1936 RMS Queen Mary. Passenger list and menu 15 June 1936 Great Western Railway, posters for sale 1936- 1937 London and North Eastern Railway, pictorial posters for sale
MAPS 5459A/136 (Used for With the Sun on My Back)
WA- SW Section Sparsely populated areas of Australia (May, 1961). X2 Northern Territory – n.d. Pilbara-De Grey – Topographical map 10 mile topographical – Onslow Flinders Range, 1964 Shell Road map – Kimberley
5459A/438 n.d. Central London
MINUTES 5459A/251 n.d. (circa 1950)
FAW Papers
UWA Furphy Bequest: Minutes of meeting; newspaper cutting, poem When We Were Very Young
5459A/253 1953 – 1955
FAWWA Papers
Miscellaneous Agendas & Minutes; March, April, 1953; July, 1954; 19 September, 1955; 9 April, 1956; 2 May 1956; 18 June 1956
Annual Report on Tom Collins House 25 October 1955. With JKE’s annotations.
NB. Main copies in FAWWA files (Battye Library MN 214)
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5459A/313 30 September 1954 Committee of Private Citizens (re Censorship)
NARRATIVES / MANUSCRIPTS 5459A/446 n.d. The Boomple-Duck handwritten 2p., typescript 2p. Earth-Stuck and Air-Free ‘For Heidi and Kate’ Handwritten 1p., typescript 2p.
NEWSLETTERS 5459A/249 1939 – 1940 Western Writing. FAW Papers December, 1939. No.1 (2 copies)
February, 1940. No. 2 (2 copies)
5459A/265 1963 – 1969 Fellowship News. Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA)
1963 March 1964 November 1965 November 1966 February-May; July, September, October 1967 February, March, June, September, December 1967 February-July, September-November 1969 January, March-November
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5459A/266 1970 – 1979 Fellowship News. Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA)
1970 January, March, May, June-November 1971 January-Apr, June-December 1972 January-May, July-December 1973 January-February, Apr-November 1974 January-February, Apr-December 1975 January,March-Apr, June-November 1976 January-May, July-August, November-December 1977 February/March, May, July/August, September 1978 January-May, August-November 1979 January-December
5459A/267 1980 – 1991 Fellowship News. Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA)
1980: - February-June, August-December 1981: - March-December 1982: - February-December 1983: - February-June- September, November-December 1984: - March-December 1985: - February-September, November-December 1986: - February-December 1987: - February-June, August-September 1988: - February-March, May, August-September, November 1991: - July
[Jean Ewers remained as a Fellow of the FAWWA after her husband’s death. TKE]
5459A/342 1963 – 1967 Australian Society of Authors. Broadside 12 issues. Vol. 1 No. 2, October, 1963 – Vol. 5 No. 1, October, 1967
NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
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5459A/292 1906 Newspaper Cuttings Annotated: - ‘Cuttings from The Argus mainly on the Gembrook accident in which Driver ‘A**llar’ (unable to decipher, TKE) Arthur Sheehan was concerned.’ JKE. 1 March 1906? - 27 April 1906. 17 cuttings. Many named as The Argus, others presumably so. n.d. 1 cutting on Gembrook accident. n.d. 2 miscellaneous cuttings, Perth Escapes (on recent temperatures), The Message from Mafeking (poem). [May have been collected by Lillian Ewers (then Clarke) as I think Sheehan is family name. Handwriting looks rather like hers. TKE]
5459A/339 1 April 1961 Newspaper cuttings Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) Weekend News Short Story Competition – 1961. 3 items: Judges’ comment, Announcement of winner, Winning story. 5459A/340 1972 – 1978 Newspaper cuttings Tabloid Story, Issues 1 – 10, 12, 14-20, 26. (1972? – 1978) New Journalist, No. 17 March 1975 (Includes No. 11 Tabloid Story)
5459A/363 1971 – 1973 Australian Society of Authors Photocopies of media reports. Newspaper cuttings
5459A/448 14 March 1978 Newspaper cutting Memorial. ‘How I came to know the Ewers formula’ by G M Glaskin
5459A/449 1930s – 1970s Newspaper cuttings Miscellaneous articles by other authors
5459A/451 1933 – 1973 Newspaper cuttings Australian literature
5459A/452 1955 – 1984 Newspaper cuttings Articles on Australian writers
5459A/454 1938 -1975 Newspaper cuttings Article etc., by JKE
5459A/455 1938 – 1973 Newspaper cuttings Political, world and national events
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5459A/443 1936 Newspaper cuttings Reactions to JKE’s anti-war sentiments 8 cuttings 5459A/456 1934 Newspaper cuttings Newspaper controversy - “Remembering War” JKE’s letter to the editor and responses from others. Accompanying comments by JKE. Includes photocopy of letter to JKE from Movement Against War and Fascism, WA State Council 30p. 5459A461 1940 – 1972 Articles about JKE
NOTEBOOKS 5459A/51 Capella – Memo Book with handwritten notes. [Possibly relating to Bruce Rock History? TKE]
5459A/135 1947 – 1950 Notebooks—Numbered by JKE, used for With the Sun on My Back:
a. Kalgoorlie to Arrival in Derby on return from Yampi Sound. 26 June, 1950 b. Flight to Wyndham then overland back to Derby. August, 1950 c. South from Broome. August, 1950
Notebooks—unnumbered: a. Kingaroy. From 25 September 1950 b. Port Augusta. 27 April 1950. Alice Springs. c. Reporter’s Notebook I —Ti-Tree Well, Barrow Creek, Tennant Creek. Expenses, photo lists. d. Reporter’s Notebook II —Cairns, 12 September 1950, Film details, Expenses. e. Reporter’s Notebook III —Delissaville, Melville Island – 8 August 1947, Descriptions of dances, Mosik, Wargaitj tribe
5459A/229 4 September 1936 – 20 September 1936 Notebook – Honeymoon. Includes some expenditure details Notes of shipboard life (10 loose pages)
NOTES
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5459A/441 n.d. Extracts from ‘Paul’s letter September 23, 1941’. Handwritten (2p.) n.d. ‘The Paths of Morning. A Novel by John K Ewers’. Set out as title page. Typescritpt. 2 copies n.d. One page of notes n.d. Rough drawing ‘War Settlement (Repat.) showing date and names of occupiers of land blocks 1933 – 1940 Commonwealth meteorology sheets, handwritten record (of rainfall and weather conditions)
(Probably background for ‘One With my Body’ TKE)
5459A/433 Educational topics Two topics submitted for “A” Thesis (teacher training) (2p.) Note pages – students in correspondence classes (2p.) What Shall We Teach In Our Schools? (2p.) Optional subject reading list – “A” Thesis (2p.)
NOTICES 5459A/310 The Sentimental Bloke – The Musical
NOVELS 5459A/1 n.d.
One with my body — A novel by John K. Ewers Mainly handwritten, a few pages typed. Includes corrections 264p. handwritten and typescript 5459A/2 One with my body
19p. typescript (2 copies) 22p. handwritten, with corrections Chapter one, 8p. typescript, with corrections 31p. handwritten, with corrections (starts at p25, numbering incomplete)
Includes handwritten verse on cardboard scrap, “One with my body” by Gerald Gould, and typed copy of extract by Bishop Burgman, ‘Man may yet become civilized’
55p. + notes typescript and handwritten 5459A/3 The Bridge of Time
Includes synopsis, proem, chapter one, part chapter two 17p. typescript and handwritten
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5459A/4 This Other Eden
Handwritten, with corrections. Includes one page, headed, ‘Dialogue between a Reader and the Author of this book’ 264p. handwritten 5459A/5 Time the Reaper/Paths of Morning/To Meet the Morning
Handwritten, with corrections 344p. handwritten 5459A/6 Stunter. Books I, II, III
Handwritten, with corrections 272p (approx.) handwritten 5459A/7 The House of Deane. – Chs. 1-6
On Ch. 1, JKE noted: ‘A fragment of a very early manuscript – Incomplete – No record that it was ever completed.’
Chs. 2-6 had been parcelled separately, with the label Percy Goes It Alone. 38p. 5459A/8 After the Reaper. A Novel of Tomorrow 221p + extra pages. Typescript 5459A/9 Stunter.
Books I, II, III 205p. typescript 5459A/10 Lady Lightfinger
Includes chapter outlines 73p. (approx) typescript 5459A/11 Omega
Handwritten in school writing pads, with corrections. 183p. handwritten 5459A/12 Strangely Love Returns
Begun May, 1935 (Part One) 128p. handwritten 5459A/13 Stunter
‘My first novel’ 261p. typescript 5459A/14 Percy Goes Alone 250p. typescript 5459A/15 Time Was to Spend
Includes Synopsis 351p. typescript, bound 5459A/16 Time Was to Spend 351p. typescript, bound
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5459A/17 The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Typed, with handwritten corrections 344p. + loose pages. Typescript 5459A/18 The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Loose pages of rewrites and drafts 5459A/19 The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Incomplete 263p. (approx). handwritten 5459A/20 Only the Wind is Free 463p. typescript, bound 5459A/21 The Urgent Years 279p. typescript 5459A/102 Westward
Bk. I. Synopsis, Chs.I - III 5p. + 41p. handwritten 5459A/103 Money Street
Original handwritten version. A Short Story Sequence. 1926 198p. handwritten 5459A/104 Money Street
Extracts. Variable numbering. Extract from novel, pages 314 – 320 handwritten 5459A/105 Money Street – A Necklace of Anecdote
Includes corrections 290p.handwritten, bound 5459A/106 Tales from the Dead Heart
Original handwritten manuscript for Our Rural Magazine, 1930 16 parts + Song of the Fire, handwritten, with corrections 82p. handwritten 5459A/107 (The Young Rainmaker) Tales from the Dead Heart
Original Illustrations by Len Porter (14 large, 8 small) Author’s notes, foreword 8p., 22 illustrations 5459A/108 The Young Rainmaker (Tales from the Dead Heart ) 102p. typescript 5459A/109 The Young Rainmaker (Tales from the Dead Heart) 103p. 1p. typescript 5459A/110 The Young Rainmaker (Tales from the Dead Heart )
Original Illustrations
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5459A/111 Tales from the Dead Heart
Foreword, Author’s notes 92p. + 5p. typescript 5459A/112 The Romance of the Pipeline
i. Contents, Foreword, Synopsis, List of diagrams & illustrations (9p. typed and handwritten) ii. Notes and statistics (12p.) iii. The Coolgardie Water Scheme (17p., handwritten) iv. The Romance of the Pipe Line (67p., handwritten, some corrections) v. Article: Public Works Department: Water Supply (6p.) vi. Correspondence with Commissioner’s Office (2p.)
5459A/113 Avea Lea /Men Against the Earth
Notes (9p), Synopsis (8p) and correspondence (4p) re Avea Lea. 21p. 5459A/114 Avea Lea
Extracts (handwritten) – Ch. 1 & early drafts. (typed). Pages 68-86; pages. 278-279 Handwritten, typescript 5459A/115 Avea Lea
Handwritten with corrections 556p. handwritten 5459A/116 The World of Avea Lea
Book One. Pages 1-75A (2 copies) 75p. typescript 5459A/117 Men Against the Earth
Book Two 277p. typescript 5459A/118 Fire on the Wind
Handwritten manuscript, some alterations 290p. handwritten 5459A/119 Fire on the Wind
Handwritten manuscript, some alterations 304p. handwritten 5459A/120 Unnamed
(Is this an early Tell the People? TKE) 71p. handwritten
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5459A/121 Captain of the Rivers (Who Rides on the River?)
Early Chapters 99p. handwritten 5459A/122 Captain of the Rivers (Who Rides on the River?) 344p. typescript, handwritten 5459A/123 Who Rides on the River?
Typed manuscript with some alterations. Includes two sketches 356p. typescript 5459A/124 Who Rides on the River?
Notes (1) annotated in JKE’s handwriting i. Photocopy, Chapter IV (15p.). [Sturt’s Journal? – TKE] ii. Photocopy, Chapter V (44p.) iii. Photocopy, Notes (31p.) iv. Extract from Sturt Papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney (7p.) v. 5459A/125 Who Rides on the River?
i. Date summary. (61p.) ii. Sydney in 1848 (4p.) iii. Notes (4p.) iv. Synopsis, parts two to four; handwritten. v. Synopsis, parts two to four; typed. vi. Appendix I, typed (23p.) two copies, plus copy pages 2-5 vii. Appendix, handwritten (9p.)
5459A/198 December. 1949 – February 1950 Men against the Earth
Serialized version, The Broadcaster. Newspaper copy
5459A/258 n.d. Harwood Place. Handwritten (50p.), plus 2 fragments Stunter (11p.)
OBITUARIES 5459A/421 1978 Notes and text for JKE’s funeral. Rev. Ralph Featherstone. 20p.
ORAL HISTORIES
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5459A/204 1975 Oral history by Shelley Balme for Battye Library
n.d. (possibly early 1940s) Interview by John Bottomley [und. Possibly early 1940s, when Bottomley was radio personality and member of FAWWA. TKE]
PASSPORTS 5459A/300 16 July 1936; 10 October 1966
J. K. Ewers Australian passports
PHOTOGRAPHS All photographs transferred to Battye Library Pictorial Collection, BA165B (descriptions listed below. (was Acc. 5459A/129 – Acc 5459A/134) BA165B With the Sun on My Back – Photographs, in bound scrapbook. 55 photographs, 10 of which are missing BA165B Photographs: Series I
Folder with 5 photos of aboriginal men and a boy. Looks like an Initiation Ceremony, especially given the comment written on back of one photo, which must be of Mosik (misspelt in comment), a principle dance featured in the book. TKE.
Folder with 27 photos of Pukumani Ceremony. Also one probably of JKE at a waterhole. Plus negatives.
Four loose photos, 2 of Ted Shawn and Mosik, 1 of Bill Harney and unidentified man, Billy in the vegetable garden at Elkedra (in JKE’s handwriting. TKE)
BA165B Photographs: Series II –
Wargaitj Tribe, their Country and Corroborees. 58 small photos, in book form with full descriptions by the author.
Additional 31 photos collated and described by the author
BA165B Photographs: Series III –
Geographical – Landscapes and Developments. 20 enlargements. (With the Sun on My Back.)
BA165B Photographs: Series IV—
Aboriginal Studies. 20 enlargements. (With the Sun on My Back.)
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BA165B Photographs: Series V –
22 enlargements prepared by the Author for consideration for the book (With the Sun on My Back.). Although some appear to be missing, generally the description on the rear of each picture applies to the following photograph
5459A/290 n.d.
53 various photos of Ewers family. Few named. Includes 4 postcards and 1 shopping list on scrap of paper
PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS 5459A/425 February, 1967
Addenda to specification for Ewers’ residence to be erected in Crossland Court
[see 5459A/427 for original specification and plans]
5459A/427 1967 Plans and original specifications by D.S. Cooper and Associates, for Ewers’ residence to be erected in Crossland Court, Cottesloe
[ see 5459A/425 for amended specifications] [see 5459A/426 for receipts etc. regarding fixtures and fittings] 9 plan sheets; 29p.
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POETRY 5459A/39 29 October 1925 – 30 May 1945
Published Poems. Exercise book with cuttings Poems published in The Western Mail, The Australasian, Aussie, The Triad, The Mirror, The West, Australian, Jarrah Leaves, The Old Modernian, Man, The Broadcaster, Christ Church Messenger.
Reviews of Boy and Silver from The West Australian, The Western Mail, The Mirror, The Sunday Times, The Australasian, W.A. Teachers’ Journal, Our Rural Magazine, All About Books, The Black Swan.Words of Memories of the Minuet.
5459A/158 1920 – 1925
Exercise book containing handwritten poems. Some published
5459A/159 1925 – 1929
Exercise book containing handwritten poems. Some published
5459A/160 Folder: Boy and Silver
Printed copy, unsigned, unannotated. Handwritten ms. Many handwritten corrections, loose pages, but complete
5459A/161 Advertising sign for Boy and Silver (Too large)* - needs special notation
5459A/163 1920 – 1935 Poems 41 poems, some in duplicate, some in early draft 124p. handwritten, typescript 5459A/164 1936 – ; n.d. Poems 23 poems, some fragments. 76p. handwritten, typescript 5459A/165 1967 – 1974 Later poetry 25 poems, some fragments 64p. handwritten, typescript 5459A/167 I Came Naked and other verses Early drafts A 146p. 5459A/168 I Came Naked and other verses Early drafts B 248p.
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5459A/169 Came Naked and other verses. Mss. Loose in manila folder. Some handwritten, includes corrections Includes publication notes, Apologia; sketches by Nesta Pedersen, Mandurah 77p. 5459A/170 Came Naked and other verses. Mss.
Bound 5459A/171 Came Naked and other verses. Mss. Bound 5459A/352 n.d. Glen Phillips 16 poems, all signed by the poet photocopies of typescripts 5459A/445 16 October 1981 An appreciation of ‘An Orchestra of Birds’. Nicola harman
POSTCARDS 5459A/308 1974; n.d. 12 miscellaneous including unused Letter card – Clovelly
PRICE LISTS 5459A/312 Book prices. (incomplete) 2p.
PROFILES 5459A/203 n.d. Profile, p.2-12. Author unnamed. [Perhap.UWA student who did honours thesis on JKE, see 5459A/233 – TKE]
5459A/233 1982 Biographical notes for an honours thesis on JKE by Doris May Burnham at UWA, 1982 3p. 5459A/270 n.d. My Aunt Lisbeth (two copies) 5p.
PROGRAMMES
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5459A/302 1953 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – Ted Shawn
1967 Festival of Perth: Writers’ Seminar
1969 Perth Boys’ School, Ex-Scholars and Masters Association
1973, 1974 Grand Lodge of Australia Installations at which JKE proposed toasts (2 Programmes)
1977 Back to Beacy. Beaconsfield School
1959 Festival of Perth theatre programmes
1976 100 Years Ago. Octagon Theatre
1978 Writers Week Forum, Adelaide
n.d. The Chapel Perilous.New Fortune Theatre
PROSE 5459A/138 Residual papers – With the Sun on My Back Includes newspaper cuttings, st Australian, August. 25, 1952. Front page: Impact of Uranium on the Northern Territory 28p. Cover page & Contents: With the Sun on My Back Postscript, typed & handwritten. Refers to article in West Australian 10p. Footnote to replace existing footnote at end of Chapter entitled Tin-field. Typed, 3p.& handwritten 1p. Map, not for publication but ‘merely to show range of book in chapter numbers. Two versions [Used for end papers. TKE]
Newspaper cutting: Uranium Prospects are ‘mighty good’ + copy of statement by Minister for the Territories, the Hon Paul Hasluck MP, Taxation Policy in the NT*
Newspaper cutting: Minister’s Thorough Inspection of the Area*.
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List of photographs 4p. The Enquiry—handwritten (JKE) account 4p. Statement by Minister for the Territories on Taxation Policy in N.T 2p. typescript 5459A/140 With the Sun on My Back Manuscript 357p. typescript 5459A/243 n.d. The Man with the Sun on his Back: Gems from J. K. Ewers. Vols. 1 & 2. Selected by Peter Bibby. Copy I. 402p. 5459A/244 n.d. The Man with the Sun on his Back: Gems from J. K. Ewers. Vols. 1 & 2 Selected by Peter Bibby. Copy II. 402p. PUBLICATIONS 5459A/435 September 1962 Realist Writer 5459A/432 1928 Kimberley Horse Disease (walk-about disease) by D Mulrnane and Prof. A.J. Ewart (62p.) 1974 The Collection and Preservation of Insects by K.R. Norris and M.S. Upton
RECORDS 5459A/323 192? – 1975 JKE Health details
REFERENCES 5459A/303 1936 J. Hatfield (Acting Senior Inspector of Schools)
1939 Prof. W. Murdoch
1936 Jas Miles (Former Senior Inspector of Schools, Education Department)
1939 James Moore (Head Teacher, Beaconsfield)
12 May 1955 JKE for Alexander Beresowsky
4 October 1977 JKE for Deidre Weston
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REPORTS 5459A/437 n.d. Readers Reports on: Tales From the Dead Heart, Money Street, Fire on the Wind (1p.) Only the Wind is Free (1p.) 2p. typescript.
REVIEWS Reviews: by others, of JKE’S books 5459A/126 1933 – 1983
Folder of reviews. Newspaper cuttings Money Street (x1); The Western Gateway (x3); Fire on the Wind (x1); Creative Writing in Australia (x7); With the Sun on my Back (x1); Creative Writing in Australia, 1957 edition (x3) – 1962 edition (x3); Money Street (x1); History of Bruce Rock (x4); Harvest and Other Stories (x5); Who Rides on the River? (x6); Boy and Silver (advertisement) (x1); The Western Gateway (x8); Passport to Adventure; Passport to Experience(x1); Fire on the Wind (x 3) ; The Ultimate Honesty; I Came Naked; Modern Australian Short Stories (x3); The Great Australian Paradox (x2)
5459A/141 With the Sun on My Back: Reviews Six newspaper cuttings, announcing the Jubilee Prize One typescript (by Irene Greenwood) 63 newspaper reviews
Reviews: of other writers’ books, by John K. Ewers 5459A/32 December 1929 – April 1932
Scrapbook of book reviews for The West Australian newspaper, including series Australiana by Telamon (JKE nom-de-plume). All dated and indexed by JKE. 29 December 1929 – 16 April 1932
5459A/178 September. 1964- December, 1969 WA Teachers’ Journal: Looking at Books
58 articles (No. 8 is missing). Cuttings from actual magazines
Typed articles Frank & Francesca: David Martin (3p.) The Rock and the Sand: Mary Durack (5p.)
ed. Geoffrey Lehmann: Comic Australian Verse The Western Teacher 24 May 1972 6p.
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5459A/191 Reviews: of books by JKE No indication of target for publication, no date Jack Davis. The First-born and Other Poems 3p. typescript Hon. Justice Evatt. Rum Rebellion 2p. typescript Alan Moorhead. Darwin and the Beagle
Stan Kelly. Eucalypts
Thomas Jenkins. We Came to Australia 3p. typescript Joan Martin Hundley. The Small Outsider 3p. typescript
SCRAPBOOKS 5459A/33 October 1922 – November 1925
Articles and Stories No. 1. Newspaper cuttings from various sources: The Australian, Aussie, The W.A. Trainee, The Australian Journal, The Western Mail, The Free Lance, The West Australian, signed J. K. Waterjugs, Telamon (JKE noms-de-plume) and John K. Ewers
5459A/34 11 December 1926 – 14 October 1932.
Articles and Stories No. 2. Newspaper cuttings, including Letters to the Editor, from various sources
The Australasian, Aussie, The W.A. Teachers Journal, The Australian Journal, The Western Mail, The Free Lance, The West Australian, The Sunday Times, The Daily News, signed John K. Ewers, J. K. E. and Peter Pounce (JKE nom- de-plume).
Includes Playlovers’ Club invitation to evening of plays including Clean Hands, JKE; The Poets’ Corner program, evening including paper on Outline of Australian Poetry by JKE, 13 July 1932.
All dated and indexed by JKE. Some loose pages
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5459A/35 March, 1922 – March 1975
Articles and Stories No. 3. Newspaper cuttings, including Letters to the Editor, from various sources:
The Herald (Melbourne), The Daily News, The West Australian, The Argus (Melbourne), The Australasian, The Old Modernian, Walkabout, Broadcaster, The Evening News (London), Sydney Morning Herald, The W.A. Teachers Journal, The Age, Bohemia, The Australian Home Beautiful, A.B.C. Weekly, signed John K. Ewers, J.K.E., ‘A Correspondent’, ‘A Teacher’, Pixus (JKE nom- de-plume) All dated by JKE, some loose pages, plus loose sheet, 8 March 1975
5459A/37 1929 – 1935 Scrapbook of miscellaneous cuttings on Australian authors, by various writers. Indexed
5459A/40 17 June 1926 – 26 August 1926 Football Articles. Exercise book with cuttings. Articles published in The Western Mail
5459A/41 9 January 1930 - December 1930 Serial Stories. Exercise book with cuttings. 9 January 1930 – 3 April 1930 Golden Gully, published in The Western Mail
May 1930 – December 1930 Tales of the Dead Heart, published in Our Rural Magazine
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5459A/42 21 May 1932 – 1950
21 May 1932 – 30 September 1933 The Australian Bookman. Articles on Australian Literature in The Daily News, under name of Yorick, (JKE nom-de-plume).
26 September 1933 Letter from Editor, The Daily News to JKE, notifying of cessation of column.
4 October 1947 – 20 December 1947 Books Column, The Daily News. Handwritten note: Feature ended owing to Dollar import restrictions on newsprint
14 January 1950 – 4 February 1950 The Book and the Man column, The Daily News,
18 January 1950, n.d. Books, The Daily News, (Only two articles in this series)
5459A/43 1933-1957
Reviews. Exercise book with cuttings
Reviews of Money Street, published in Daily News, West Australian, Australasian, Sunday Times, The Teachers News, Bendigo Advertiser, The Graphic (Melbourne), The Courier (Launceston), The Advocate (Melbourne) and many newspapers throughout United Kingdom. 6 February 1933 – 27 February 1935. Includes photo of book display in Australia House, London, and Robertson & Mullens window, Melbourne
Sketches from The Broadcaster of Roy Glenister, reader of Money Street on ABC (31 July 1935); and JKE (31 August 1935)
Reviews of Who Rides on the River? Published in West Australian, Sunday Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail (Brisbane), Scarborough District News, West Australian, Launceston Examiner, Advocate (Melbourne), Age (Melbourne), Sunday Mail (Adelaide), Australian Women’s Weekly, Bendigo Advertiser, The Australian Children’s Newspaper, Country life (Sydney), Daily Examiner (Grafton). 15 December 1956 – 25 January 1957
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5459A/44 1934 – 1949 Reviews. Exercise book with cuttings.
Fire on the Wind – Pre-publication notices, 24 November 1934 – 3 March 1935. Reviews, 7 March 1935 – 2 January 1936, published in wide variety of newspapers, including United Kingdom. Tell the People (19 February 1944 – 13 December 1944) Creative Writing in Australia (25 August 1945 – 6 October 1945) and Tales of the Dead Heart (28 February 1945), Men Against the Earth and For Heroes to Live In (5 April 1947 – 21 May 1949) – Reviews published in wide range of Australian, some UK newspapers. Harvest, Reviews published 6 May 1949 – 26 August 1949 Miscellaneous articles on JKE Story of the Pipe-Line, Reviews published 21 September 1935 – November 1935 Written in Sand, Reviews published 20 July 1947 – 15 November 1947, mainly USA newspapers. Perth Boys’ History, Reviews published November, 1947 Western Gateway, Reviews published September, 1948
5459A/53 October 1923 – 3 April 1946; 1950s Articles and stories published in newspapers OSM Aussie, West Australian, The Australasian, The Western Mail, The Argus, Sydney Mail, Labor Call, The Bulletin, Smith’s Weekly Also loose cuttings from 1950s
SCRIPTS 5459A/22 The Man From Snowy River Film Scenario. By Harold Malcolm & J.K. Ewers 103 p. typescript,.bound 5459A/23 This was Yesterday Play in Three Acts Nom-de-plume: Aztec
5459A/24 Clean Hands A One-Act Play (2 copies)
5459A/25 April Folly Rough draft
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5459A/26 Saturday Morning. A One-Act Play
5459A/27 The Unbroken Chain. A Comedy in One Act
5459A/28 Memories of the Minuet Film Scenario Includes rejection notice, Gainsborough Studios. 4p. 5459A/29 The Gentlemen from New Bedford Script for ABC National Feature Competition Typed, some written corrections 15p. typescript 5459A/30 Butterflies Don’t Work Rough draft. Unfinished 9p. 5459A/31 Salt of the Earth A Radio Play. Handwritten copy and notes (23ps). Typed copy Unspecified 5459A/127 To See a Kangaroo. Synopsis 6p. 5459A/128 The Shearers’ Dance A Ballet 5p. 5459A/269 n.d. Sunshine Island Ascript outline (5p.)
The Riders Presentation notes (3p.)
5459A/440 n.d. Untitled. Handwritten, 17p. The Mellerdrammer (A joint effort, written on board ship for ship’s concert, 1930s. TKE)
SHORT STORIES 5459A/54 A Barrow-load of Books i. 7p. Handwritten. ii. 8p. Typed. iii. 8p. Typed iv. 5459A/55 Andy 2ps, newsprint, The Bulletin, 25 October 1939
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5459A/56 Brief Memorial i. 9ps. (incompl.) Handwritten, many corrections. ii. 2 copies, Newsprint, The Bulletin, 25 August 1954
5459A/57 Brothers’ Wives 21p. Handwritten 5459A/58 Bullet Proof i. 18p. (incl. Additions) Handwritten ii. 10p. Typed. 5459A/59 Carew’s Place/The Wedding i. 11p. Handwritten. ii. Newsprint, The Bulletin, 5 August 1942
5459A/60 19 December 1937
Christmas Gift 6p. Handwritten. 5459A/61 Crisis Typed, with pen corrections 2p. typescript 5459A/62 Family Tree/Pick my, Gar!/The Barrier/Mosaic i. 8p. Original draft, typed/handwritten. ii. 9p. Typed, handwritten corrections. iii. 6p. Typed. iv. 6p. Typed. v. 9p. Typed. vi. 9p. Typed. Pub. Coast to Coast 22 February 1968
5459A/63 Guest House/The Guesthouse i. 24p.Handwritten. ii. 20p.Typed.
5459A/64 Harvest i. 8p. Handwritten ii. 8p.Handwritten iii. 2 Newsprint copies, The Herald, 14 January 1975 iv. Pages from Anthology; ps21-29 with annotations.
5459A/65 Hoppy -- 8p. Handwritten, 7p. Typed 5459A/66 In Broome Waters 26p. Handwritten 5459A/67 Jangan 2p.unidentified newsprint 5459A/68 Just Like the Pictures 11p. handwritten 5459A/69 Lambourne’s Acre 2p. typescript
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5459A/70 Look, a Kingfisher! i. 8p. First draft. Typed, handwritten corrections ii. 7p. Typed, handwritten corrections iii. 8p. Typed, some corrections iv. 9p. Typed v. 10ps. Typed vi. 6p. Typed vii. 10p. Typed 5459A/71 Martha Goes West 1922 15 pages. Handwritten (3-6 August. 1932) ii. (Mrs Martha Goes West) 15p.Typed. Text read on ABC, 27 & 28 June 1940. 5459A/72 Nothing To Cry About 8p. Handwritten. 30.xi.1940 5459A/73 Ole Clo’es i. 5p.Handwritten. Pub. The Bulletin, 1 March 1944 ii. 6p. Typed 5459A/74 Policeman’s Holiday 16p. Handwritten 14p. Typed. 14p. Typed 14p. Typed 5459A/75 Reserved Occupation i. 23p. Handwritten ii. 21p. Typed. iii. Excerpt, pages 2-4. Handwritten, many corrections 5459A/76 Return of the Sailor i. 13p. Typed, pencil corrections. John St, 1936-1939) ii. 8p. Handwritten iii. 21p.Typed + Handwritten corrections iv. 13p. Typed v. 13p. Typed
5459A/77 SJ Seventeen i. 8p. Handwritten ii. 6p. Typed 5459A/78 Skeet Builds a Shelter i. 17p. Handwritten, 24 December 1941 ii. 13p.Typed. Pub. The Bulletin, 25 March 1942 iii. Newsprint copy, The Bulletin
5459A/79 Spare the Rod Published, WA Teachers’ Journal 10p. handwritten
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5459A/80 Step in the House i. 37ps. Typed ii. 39p. Handwritten, corrections iii. 44p. Typed iv. 42p. Typed v. 42p. Typed
5459A/81 The Channel 10p. typescript 5459A/82 The Dam Peculiar Thing That Happened at Boondoona/The Boondoona Incident 11p. Handwritten.28 October 1944 From Anthology (Harvest and Other Stories) with annotations. Pages. 87-98
5459A/83 The Day of the Mushroom/The Three Trains/The Third Train i. 15ps. Typed ii. 15p. Typed (The Three Trains) iii. 11p. Typed (The Three Trains) iv. 6p. Typed (The Third Train) v. 7p. Typed (The Third Train) vi. 14p. Handwritten (The Three Trains) vii. 7p. Typed (The Three Trains – incomplete) viii. 14p. Typed/Handwritten ix. 8p. Misc. Typed with corrections
5459A/84 The Dress i. 10p. Handwritten ii. 3p.Handwritten. iii. 9p. Typed. iv. 9p. Typed
5459A/85 The Fallers Includes corrections 9p.Handwritten 5459A/86 The Home Front i. 17p. Handwritten, with corrections. ii. 9p. Handwritten with corrections. iii. 13p. Typed. Published, Australian Woman’s Mirror
5459A/87 The Price of a Smoke i. 23p. Handwritten with corrections. ii. 17 pages. Typed. + rejection note Sydney Morning Herald. iii. 17 pages. Typed
5459A/88 The Southern Stars/The Crux of the Matter Includes corrections. 17p. handwritten 5459A/89 The Strange Disappearance of Carl Halse 7p. Handwritten, 7p. Typed
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5459A/90 The Trapper Newsprint copy from Smith’s Weekly 6p. handwritten 5459A/91 The Treasure of San Dali i. 34p. Handwritten, with corrections ii. 27p. Typed iii. 27p. Typed
5459A/92 The Two Faces The Bulletin, 23 June 1943 4p.typescript 5459A/93 The White Dam Published 7p.typescript 5459A/94 They Also Serve i. 7p. Handwritten ii. 7p. Typed
5459A/95 Time, Stand Still! i. 13p. Handwritten ii. 11p. Typed. iii. 11p. Typed. iv. 5p. Handwritten
5459A/96 We’ll Have Another House 18 November 1944, Newsprint, Smith’s Weekly
5459A/97 What The Eye Doesn’t See 8p. handwritten 5459A/98 Where’s Loney? Includes corrections. 9p.handwritten 5459A/99 Wisdom Creek i. 11p.Handwritten, with corrections. ii. 14ps. Typed
5459A/100 You Stole My Legends/The Stolen Legends i. 12p. Handwritten. (The Stolen Legends) ii. 11p. Typed, some corrections. iii. 8p. Typed. iv. 8p. Typed. v. v. 11p. Typed
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5459A/101 Zoom-Arssh!/That wasn’t Daddy! i. 7p. Typed. ii. 6p. Typed. iii. 6p. Typed/Handwritten corrections. iv. 5p. Typed. v. 6p. Typed with handwritten publication details. vi. 7p. Typed. vii. 5p.Typed. viii. 5p.Handwritten ix. ix. Newsprint Bulletin, June, 1956, title Zoom-Arssh! Broadcast by ABC. x. x. ps1-2 Typed with few handwritten corrections
SONGS & MUSIC 5459A/162 Songs . The Red Road; I’m in Love with Alice; both set to music by Edward Black.
Notes by JKE on The Red Road and The Reaper; handwritten notes by Jean Ewers on same; lists of poems (possible anthology contents--- Clouds Across the Moon –and/or I Came Naked)
The Reaper, early version with corrections + copy typed at later date.
13 November 1987. Kenneth J. Ford: Correspondence re The Red Road
5459A/423 1988, n.d.
Song of the Fire: Ewers & Hutchens;
An Australian Symphony, George Essex Evans & Kenneth J. Ford;
The Drover’s Wife, Louis Esson & Kenneth J. Ford;
The Red Road, Ewers & Kenneth J. Ford;
Dialogues for Clarinet and Piano, Kenneth J. Ford.
27 April 1988 & 13 October 1988 Correspondence from Kenneth J. Ford to P. Kotai-Ewers re the above (4p.)
23 April 1988 Copy of performance details for the above (4p.)
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TALKS 5459A/457 November 1946 Writers and the Peace. Presidential address at the 8th annual corroboree of the Fellowship. Published by FAWWA (2 copies)
November 1947 The Odyssey of the Jolly Swagman Presidential address at the 9th annual corroboree of the Fellowship. Published by FAWWA
5459A/172 1933-36 File of literary broadcasts, reviews. Australian Books & Some Australian Novels (a later list). 24 talks, 157p.
23 July ? Perth National Station. Henry Kendall (Primary school Broadcast)
11 August? Perth National Station. Introduction to Australian Poetry, readings by Miss E. Gordon & Harold Malcolm
18 August? Perth National Station. Three Early Australian Novelists – Henry Kingsley, Marcus Clarke, Rolf Boldrewood.
1.ix? Perth National Station. The Centenary History of Victoria & Lift up Your Eyes (Ambrose Pratt); Writing for a Living (Murray Tonkin); Insect Wonders of Australia (Keith McKeown); Love Among Thieves (Leon Brock)
11 September? Perth National Station. The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney (H.H. Richardson); Back to Bool Bool (Brent of Bin Bin); Pageant (G.B. Lancaster); Land-Takers (Brian Penton); Ernest Wells.
15 September? Perth National Station. The Prose of Dowell O’Reilly
1 October? Perth National Station. Henry Lawson
29 September? Perth National Station. Knights of the Boomerang (Dr. Basedow); Human Drift (Leonard Mann); The Brierley Rose (Leslie Haylen); A Drover’s Odyssey (George McIvor); Improve your Salesmanship (Philip Masel)
6 October? Perth National Station. The Mysterious Brent of Bin-Bin.
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27 October 1935 Perth National Station. Peace or War (Prof. Francis Anderson) Blue Coast Caravan (Frank Dalby Davidon & Brooke Nicholls); Feathered Friends (Gould League Annual); Black Valleys (M.W. Peacock); Thoughts that Breathe (Mr. M.P. Hansen); The Art of Debating (Mr J.B. Baggaridge)
3 November? Perth National Station. The Life and Work of Henry Lawson.
24 November 1935 Perth National Station. Australia and War Today (William Hughes); There and Back (A. Tiveychoe); Crucible (J.P. McKinney); several children’s books; Wings Above Billabong (Mary Grant Bruce); Clown of the School (Constance Mackaness)
8 December 1935 Perth National Station. A One-Book Man, Tom Collins
22 December 1935 Perth National Station. Christmas in the Never-Never. Extract from We of the Never-Never.
29 December 1935 Perth National Station. Senor Burky (William P. Burke); The Boundary Rider (R.B. Plowman); Slavers of the South Seas (Thomas Dunbabin); several children’s books; Aces and Kings (L.W. Sutherland);
12 January? The Poetry of Mary Gilmore
26 January 1936 Perth National Station. Smoke Rings (George Brown); More Recollections (Mary Gilmore); The Red Centre (H.H. Finlayson); Magical Malaya (Ambrose Pratt; National Handbooks from Robertson & Mullens.
n.d.. Perth National Station (pages 4-8 only) All-About (Mary & Elizabeth Durack); Hurricane (Vance Palmer); Letters from Rome (H. M. Moran); Nature’s Story Book (James Pollard).
1 March 1936 Perth National Station. On Vance Palmer.
8 March 1936 Perth National Station. On NSW poet Barcroft Boake. Poem: Where the Dead Men Lie.
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29 March 1936 Perth National Station. The Glasshouse (Marjorie Barnard & Flora Eldershaw); White Horses Ride Home (Bridget Amery); The Singing Garden (C.J. Dennis); Beauty and Other Poems (Alfred Chandler).
3 May 1936 Perth National Station . Murder Pie (ed. J.L. Ranken & J.C. Ross) – contributing authors incl. WM, M. Barnard Eldershaw, Ethel Turner; The Cattle King (Ion Idriess);Salka Valka (Halldor Maxness).
31 May 1936 Perth National Station. World Peace, The League and Australia (J. C. Rookwood Proud); Man, the Unknown (Alexis Carrel); Pocket Guide to Better Golf (Alex J. Morrison); Keeping Young in Business (E. B. Weiss & Louis L. Snyder); comments about publishing in Australia.
28 June 1936 Perth National Station. Sheba Lane (Henrietta Drake-Brockman); Careers for Boys and Girls (Mr. G. R. Giles); Adventures of Carol in Bushland (Mrs. Alice Clucas); More Australians (Nelle Grant Cooper) . –Last broadcast in series.
5459A/173 n.d.
Speech Training Series (20p.) Speech Training Series – Outline of a Series Some Common Australian Speech Habits and Their Treatment
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5459A/174 1942 – 1962 19 Talks on Australian and General Topics. (Two talks incomplete)
31 October 1942. 6WN: Sheep, Sheep, Come Home! 22 May 1949. 6WN: So You Don’t read Fiction Any More? 7 January 1950. 6WN: The Dead Heart Isn’t Dead Any More 14 January 1951. 6WN: What, No Gum Tree? 22 January 1951. 6WN & Regionals: Human Problems in the North ... The Territory is A Man’s Country 5 February 1951. 6WN: Human Problems in the North ... The Coloured Problem in the Territory – (p2 missing) 12 February 1951. 6WN: Women’s Session Human Problems in the North ... 3. The Aboriginal’s Position in Our Community 21 October 1951. 6WN: What’s Right with the World 10 January 1953. 6WN: Women Don’t Need to Have Manners 9 February 1953. 6WF: Personality Profile: W. E. (Bill) Harney 14 September 1953 6WN: The Potentials of the Aborigines 29 January 1956. 6WN: An Enthusiast for Australia (Rex Ingamells) 12 March 1962. ABC: A New Look At Indonesia: A warm welcome for tourists 19 March 1962. ABC: A New Look At Indonesia: 'Everything is Much in Java’ 26 March 1962. ABC: A New Look At Indonesia: Australia and Indonesia n.d. With Australia’s Longest Overland Mail n.d.Positive Pacifism 10 November,? 6WF: Children’s Book Week. 28 October,? Perth National: People, Places and Things: Some London Plays Perth Would Enjoy.
5459A/175 1942, n.d. Australia’s Hour: Synopsis of series, listing 14 Talks. Only evidence that 1 was broadcast
1. The Old Lady and the Willy-Willy 2. Give Us Your Hand ! 3. Have you heard about ....? 4. Do we Live in Australia or on it? 5. Are We Provincial? Broadcast 6WN, 29 August 1942
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5459A/176 n.d. Tales of the Speewah
Episodes 1-10 (31p.) Episodes 1-3 & 8-11 16p.Notes, summaries, repeat pages Schema for TV Presentation, 22 September ?(2p.) 5459A/177 1936 – 1941, n.d. Schools Broadcasts, nine talks
5 May 1936 Perth National. The Sea in Literature –Poetry 25 May 1936 Perth National. Word Magic (Primary) 2 June 1936 Perth National. Let’s Have a Good Laugh! (Sec.) 8 June 1936 Perth National. More Word Magic (Prim.) 5 September 1938 Speech Training Correlated with Poetry Speaking 29 November 1941 6WN Ballads and Choruses Pt. One 5 November 1941 6WN Ballads and Choruses Pt. Two n.d. Henry Lawson –The Man and His Work – A Dialogue. n.d. Stories All Around You (Primary) 45p. 5459A/186 1949 - 1954 Three talks, given to:
Rotary, 26 May 1949. The Australian Way 3p. University Choral Society & University Music Club. Tom Jones: the novel by Henry Fielding & the opera by Edward German 3p. Methodist Men’s Mission, 9 May 1954. Australian Literature 2p. 5459A/187 1960 – 1963 Books Worth a Second Look & Today’s Books Five talks, given on the ABC
We of the Never-Never (17 July 1960) The Coming Fury – Bruce Catton, Black Sand & The Golden Cowrie – May & Henry Larsen, Asia’s Bright Balconies – Colin Simpson, A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess, Terrarossa – Saverio Strati (7 October 1962); The Beardless Warriors – Richard Matheson, A New Life – Bernard Malamud, Wilkes and Liberty – George Rude, Imposter at the Bar – George Campbell, The Fleet that Jack Built – William Jameson (15 July 1962); Explosion in A Cathedral – Alejo Carpentier, The Seed and the Sower, Laurence Van Der Post, The Saucer of Larks – Brian Friel, Australian Literary Criticism – ed. Graeme Johnston
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5459A/189 n.d. Notes for 16 talks/ lectures on literary topics
Australian Poetry – 2 general talks (5p.& 6ps); list of poems (2p.) Modern Australian Poetry (6ps); Some Lesser Known Australian Poets (16p.) Biographical details of poets (10p.) Three Aspects (3p.) Books and the Man in the Street (7p.) The Influence of Australian Aborigines on our Literature (1p.) The Australian Novel Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (10p.+ 4p.Addendum) Australian Drama (3p.) The Writer and the Community (3p.) The Rise, Development and Present Day Position of the Short Story – Reading List (3p.) The New Look in Australian Writing (4p.) Bodgies of Yesteryear – CJ. Dennis (4p. The Field of Writing in W.A. (10ps) – Adult Education 5459A/190 n.d. Notes: Seven talks on general topics
Are We in Danger of Losing Our Australian Tradition? (12ps) What is the Use of Talking? (2ps) The Cultural Background of the Australian Aborigines (12ps) The Outlook for Academic Freedom (5ps) The Development of Northern Australia (1p) The Kimberleys –3p.notes, 1 map Untitled but based on J. G. Bennett. (8ps) 5459A/193 n.d. Six Lectures:
The Art of Speech (based on work done by JKE in UK in 1936) Practical Speech Training in the Infants & Junior Schools. (7p. handwritten) The Art of Speech. (14p. handwritten) Poetry Speaking for Schools (5p. handwritten) List of Bible passages (4p. handwritten) Poetry Speaking in Schools: Lectures I, IV, V. (9p. handwritten)
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5459A/197 n.d. Talks (with Colm O’Doherty originally). Australian Humour
(a) A Hundred Years of Australian Humour. Introduction (incom) + readings. (b) A Hundred Years of Australian Humour. Introduction + some readings. (c) A Night of Australian Humour – notes + some readings.
Various texts:
Sunday Morning with an East Wind Blowing (Jack Harvey) Australia Day, 1942 (Ian Mudie) The Bet (G.M. Glaskin) Such Is Life-Extract (Tom Collins) The Drover (Eleanor Smith)The Shearer’s Dream (H. Lawson) Voss –Extract (Patrick White) Glugs of Gosh-Extract (C.J. Dennis) “Happy” Willson ( ?) Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo (Alan Marshall) In the Depths (Dal Stivens)
5459A/246 1939 FAWWA Papers Talk by Jesse Hammond on the Aborigines 12p. 5459A/291 1905 By Ernest Ewers (JKE’s father) All handwritten, some fragments
January, 1905 The Relationship of the Sunday School to the Church (3p.) n.d. Christian Responsibility. (2p.) Life of Paul the Apostle. (3p.) Matthew 11th Chapter. (3p.) 11p.
TAXATION 5459A/428 July 1936 Receipts for notices of assessment. State Financial Emergency Tax; State Land and Income Tax; State Hospital Fund; Federal Income Tax 5p. 5459A/315 1965 – 1977 Taxation returns for JKE
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5459A/316 1966 –1978 Correspondence between JKE and chartered accountant, taxation receipts, statements, etc.
5459A/318 1967, 1969 Taxation, etc State Land Tax – Crossland Court, Peppermint Grove
TELEGRAMS 5340A/7 4 March 1950 From ‘Holburn” in Sydney, regarding Nobel action 5459A/436 1948, 1954, 1972 Two from JKE to Jean, one from Jean to JKE, all re JKE returning home Includes note, n.d., signed ‘Keith’ re unable to open the washing machine door
TICKETS 5459A/429 7 August 1937 Passage ticket for John K and Jean G Ewers, Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, steamship Largs Bay
WILLS 5459A/288 29 September 1924 Will of Ernest Ewers
31 May 1962 Estate Account, Mrs Lillian Ewers
WRITINGS 5459A/234 n.d. (1930s?) Educational material
Ewers Silent Reading Cards Junior Series: Cards 1 – 12 + Answer Cards. Series I: Cards 1-12 + Answer Cards. Mixture, Series A, II, III. 12 Cards + Answer Cards
5459A/235 n.d. (1930s?) Ewers Lecturette Cards: Series I. 20 cards 5459A/236 n.d. (1960s?) Freelance Journalism Lessons 4-6; 13-15. Technical Correspondence School.
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5459A/237 n.d. (1960s?) Freelance Journalism Lessons 1-10 & 7 –10. Technical Correspondence School
5459A/238 n.d. (1960s?) Short Story Writing Lessons 4-6, 7-9 (2 copies) & 10 –12 (2 copies) Technical Correspondence School
5459A/239 n.d. New English for Today (unpub.) 5 complete units; 11 incomplete units + 1 page author’s proof 151p. 5459A/240 n.d. (1970s?) Passport to Adventure Reading List 2p. 5459A/241 n.d. (1970s?) Passport to Experience 10 units + appendix 182p. 5459A/242 n.d. (1970s?) Passport to Understanding 6 topics. + outline + illustrations 245p. 5459A/335 n.d. Copies of various poems for use in English texts 32p. 5459A/338 1944 - 1978 Works from various authors:
Ian Banning, Norman Bartlett, Peter Bibby, John Buchan, Tom Collins, Frank Clune, Thelma Edwards, George Gaschk, Esme Gollschewsky, William Paul Gore, Peter Gorman, Alfred Griggiths, Arthur Hartley, G. L. Haresnape, David Hutchison, Bill Jamieson Brown, Richard Katz, Mary Kehoe, Erich Maria Remarque, Upton Sinclair, Alfred Stewart, Lloyd Davies and John Manifold. 70p. 5459A/346 July, 1975 The Bones Cry Out by David Hough A documentary drama of the Murchison Murder Mystery 63 p. typescript
3 August 2009 TKE/RM
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