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Manuscript Name | Papers of Simon MacDonald |
Manuscript Number | MSS 244 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 7 boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Correspondence, manuscript drafts, photographs, press clippings, and paperwork related to Simon MacDonald, Charles Buckmaster and Wildgrass Books |
Literary
The papers of Simon MacDonald consist of correspondence, photographs, press clippings, paperwork and drafts of manuscripts relating to author, editor and publisher Simon MacDonald and poet Charles Buckmaster. A large component of the material is related to MacDonald’s editing and publishing work, including the magazine Magnet, and Wildgrass Books publications such as LJ Hartnett’s Big Wheels and Little Wheels (1973), Graham Henderson’s Anguish of Departure, (1979) and Kevin Brophy’s Getting Away With It (1982).
1972-1986
Simon MacDonald was born in Melbourne in 1951 and educated at Monash University, Deakin University and RMIT. In 1970 he met Charles Buckmaster through La Mama poets, with whom he formed a close friendship for the last two years of Buckmaster’s life, later editing and publishing a collection of Buckmaster’s work in 1989. In 1971, MacDonald was editor of the first issue of poetry magazine Magnet, and later founded Wildgrass Books. His own published works include poetry and reviews as well as a children’s book entitled Qwerty, the Computer (1983)
References:
Austlit : Simon MacDonald https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A28203 retrieved 22 June 2020
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Papers of Simon MacDonald, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 244, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
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Published items catalogued separately in the Academy Library collection:
Cashing In by Cornelis Vleeskens, mini novel
Quadrant, April, 1984, no. 199, vol. XXVIII, No. 4
Lamella Distribution Book Catalogue (Richard Tipping file)
Simon MacDonald, 1951- — Archives
Charles Buckmaster, 1951-1972 — Archives
Australian poetry — 20th century
Publishers and publishing – Archives
Simon MacDonald, 1951-
Charles Buckmaster, 1951-1972
Wildgrass Books
La Mama
Poets
Authors
Publishers
Folder 1
'The Balance' - draft
Folder 2
Correspondence to Ian Robertson from Charles Buckmaster
Folder 3
Correspondence to Ian Robertson from Charles Buckmaster
Folder 4
'Magnet' - verse, prose, correspondence, notes
Folder 5
Buckmaster manuscript
Folder 6
Charles Buckmaster : Negative of photograph by VSL, Buckmaster from Australian; The Lost Forest by Charles Buckmaster, book of verse; 'Death Dance of the Ancient Britons', 'Am I Dead / or only Faintly Breathing in the Dark', 'Solitude : a Song for Gruyere', 'Half Way Down' - verse (only remaining copy - set by linotype method, 1974. Printed on single sheet-fed platen by Simon MacDonald); Collected Poems by Charles Buckmaster, proof
Folder 7
Charles Buckmaster : Fryer Memorial Library of Australian Literature, University of Queensland - entries to index of material in periodicals relating to Charles Buckmaster; Deep Blue and Green, poems by Charles Buckmaster; Early Poetry by Charles Buckmaster; correspondence - Mabel and Jack Buckmaster, Andrew Donald, Simon MacDonald / Robert Adamson; Charles Buckmaster / Andrew Donald
Folder 8
Correspondence regarding Charles Buckmaster Poetry Prize, 1986
Formwork, pamphlet, used parts catalogue, accounts, miscellanea - 'Locator' contract forms
Folder 9
Philip Opas : The Law has Long Ears and The Great Ring-In
Correspondence, clippings, accounts
The Law has Long Ears : formwork proof; correspondence - Philip Opas / Simon MacDonald
Folder 10
The Great Ring-In : correspondence - Philip Opas / Simon MacDonald; press clippings; accounts; order forms; 'Collected Works Distribution'; miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 11
Big Wheels and Little Wheels by Sir Laurence Hartnett - correspondence
Folder 12
Sir Laurence Hartnett - photographs (two of himself and one of Hartnett Sedan 19s and Science Museum of Victoria)
Correspondence Open Road
Folder 13
Big Wheels and Little Wheels by Sir Laurence Hartnett - correspondence and accounts
Folder 14
Big Wheels and Little Wheels by Sir Laurence Hartnett - correspondence and accounts
Microfiche - (1/4) pp 1-83, (2/4) pp 84-175, (3/4) pp 174-269, (4/4) pp 270-336
Folder 15
Press clippings and reviews : Big Wheels and Little Wheels; The Great Ring-In and Getting Away With It
Folder 16
Cornelis Vleeskens - 'Cashing In', mini novel : proofs; accounts; correspondence and drafts (two)
Folder 16a
Rubber stamp - 'Cashing In'
Folder 17
Charles Buckmaster - Collected Poetry : poetry; correspondence; clipping
Folder 18
Charles Buckmaster : correspondence; photographs; cover art
Folder 19
Charles Buckmaster - Collected Poetry : drafts of poetry
Folder 20
Correspondence - Mrs C and Dr JL Lassez
Notes
Photocopy 'The Infant Cry' - a spectographic and auditory analysis (Clinics in Development Medicine No. 2)
Folder 21
Directory of Australian Pictorial Resources - draft
Correspondence and notes - Mari Davis, Hilary Boyce
Folder 22
Designs - Derek Holten
Correspondence - Lesley, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesee, USA (wrapping paper, fabric, wallpaper)
Lilydale Shire : history 'Billanook Country'; tender; quotation for printing
Correspondence
Folder 23
Polygonal Publishing House : correspondence, catalogue
Balbin / Lecot : ' Logic Programming ', correspondence
Folder 24
Wildgrass Books : stationery samples; advertising and promotion material
Folder 25
John Carroll - Token Soldiers :
Correspondence; accounts; reviews; 'Terms of Agreement'
Folder 26
Mal Morgan - Statues Don't Bleed :
manuscript draft; galley proof No. 1; accounts and correspondence
Folder 27
Charles Newman - Barney Bracken and Friends :
correspondence, orders, accounts, reviews; book contract; sales records and photograph
Folder 28
Richard Tipping - Postcard project : correspondence, poetry, notes; postcards; photographs
'VIRCAL in Australia': - correspondence; Directory of British Photographic Collections; Directory of Art Libraries and Visual Resource Collections in North America; questionnaire; census paper 'Library Services in Australia'
Folder 29
Graham Henderson - Anguish of Departure : manuscript drafts 'The Ice'; 'Fleischman'; correspondence
Folder 30
Anguish of Departure - manuscript draft
Folder 31
Anguish of Departure - galley proof
Folder 32
Montsalvat Poetry Festival and Anthology : poetry; correspondence; clippings
Folder 33
Greg Flattley and Mike Williams - manuscripts, short stories : 'Dum Diddly Ar Da Drop Dead' and 'I Know Your Girlfriend'; correspondence; telex; galley proofs
Folder 34
Kevin Brophy - Getting Away With It : correspondence
Folder 35
Kevin Brophy - Getting Away With It : correspondence; galley proof
Folder 36
Drew Gregory, Simon MacDonald, Peter Kane - Qwerty the Computer : photographs; negatives; correspondence; background notes
Folder 37
Drew Gregory, Simon MacDonald - Qwerty the Computer : meeting reports; clippings; correspondence
Folder 38
Drew Gregory, Simon MacDonald - Qwerty the Computer : galley proofs, review
Folder 39
Papers : Tax; Accounting; Projections; Sales Sheets; Profit and Loss
Folder 40
Papers : Accounts; Sales Sheets - Wildgrass Books
Folder 41
Marc Radzyner - poetry : 'The Burning of the Roots', manuscript
Folder 42
Wildgrass Books : business papers; cards; notes
Folder 42a
Clippings : The Great Ring-In by Philip Opas and Big Wheels and Little Wheels by Sir Laurence Hartnett
Folder 43
Big Wheels and Little Wheels by Sir Laurence Hartnett, third edition - photographs used in production (42)
Folder 44
'Requiem - Mass for the Repose of the Dead' (Inferno - Canto XXVIII), Theatre Research Group
Correspondence : regarding - Buckmaster book; Token Soldiers; The Plate Lickers; Heart on the Line; Balbin / Lecot - Logic Programming, includes book cover; to - Randall Beek from Kevin Brophy
Folder 45
Wildgrass Press miscellanea
Folder 46
Publicity, drafts / proofs, clippings : Qwerty the Computer, Big Wheels and Little Wheels; Getting Away With It; Statues Don't Bleed
Folder 47
Proofs, colour plates Barney Bracken