Guide to the Papers of David Parker [MSS 085]

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Manuscript Name Papers of David Parker
Manuscript Number MSS 085
Last Updated June 2021
Extent 5 boxes
Location Special Collections, UNSW Canberra
Abstract Drafts, typescripts, holographs, and correspondence concerning David Parker's creative works

Collection Subject Type

Literary

Scope and Content

The papers of David Parker comprise drafts, manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, and news clippings primarily related to his novels and works of fiction. The bulk of the collection relates to two of Parker’s works, namely Building on Sand (1988) and The Mighty World of Eye : Stories, Anti-stories (1990)

Date Range of Content

1985-1990

Biographical Note

Author David Parker was born in Adelaide in 1943, and attended Adelaide and Flinders Universities before receiving a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford. As well as writing numerous humorous short stories, Parker’s criticism pieces have appeared in publications including The Critical Review and Quadrant. Parker has lectured in the English Department at the ANU and been Chair of the English Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1989, his novel Building on Sand was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

References:
Austlit : David Parker https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27297 retrieved 14 July 2020

 

Administrative Information

 

Access and Copying Conditions

Access: Open Access

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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. 

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Preferred Citation

Papers of David Parker, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 085, Box [Number], Folder [Number]

Provenance

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Related Material

A videorecording of David Parker reading from his works at the ADFA Library was taken on the 14 May 1991 and is held at PR 9619.3 .P363 D38

Separated Material

The following published items were separated from the collection:

Quadrant - January-February 1986

Quadrant - March 1990

Public Works V - 1985

Southerly - No. 2 1983 (June)

Southerly - No. 1 - 1985 (March)

 

Subject Keywords

 

Subjects

David Parker, 1943- — Archives

Australian literature — 20th century

Short stories, Australian

Humorous stories, Australian

Personal Names

David Parker, 1943-

Occupations

Authors

Critics

 

Container List

 

Box 1

Folder 1

Building on Sand - printers photocopy

Reviews of Building on Sand

Folder 2

Building on Sand - handwritten and typewritten, annotated drafts

Miscellaneous correspondence - 1985-1986

Folder 3

Handwritten manuscript of Building on Sand

Folder 4

Handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscript of Building on Sand

 

Box 2

Folder 5

‘Jude : The Story of an Axcavator’ (Building on Sand) - typewritten manuscript

Folder 6

‘The Way Back’ (Building on Sand) - typewritten, annotated manuscript

Folder 7

‘The Way Back’ (Building on Sand) - typewritten manuscript

 

Box 3

Folder 8

Building on Sand - typewritten, annotated manuscript

Folder 9

The Mighty World of Eye - typewritten, annotated manuscript

Folder 10

The Mighty World of Eye - page proofs, annotated

Folder 11

The Mighty World of Eye - typewritten, annotated manuscript

 

Box 4

Folder 12

The Mighty World of Eye - handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscript

Folder 13

The Mighty World of Eye - typewritten, annotated manuscript

Folder 14

‘The Story of Herman Lots’, ‘Family Tree’ and ‘The Destroyers’ – handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscripts

Folder 15

The Mighty World of Eye - miscellaneous reviews

‘Tractor Lady’ - correspondence, 1989

‘Hilda’ - typewritten, annotated manuscript and miscellaneous correspondence (Geoffrey Dutton) 1986

‘The Man from Mooroolbark’ - handwritten manuscript, correspondence (Geoffrey Dutton), 1986

‘Children’s Ward’ - handwritten, typewritten manuscript and photocopy of printed story, correspondence (Geoffrey Dutton), 1986

Folder 16

‘Death of a Scorpion’ and ‘Tractor Lady’ - handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscripts plus photocopies of handwritten notes and photocopies of printed stories

Folder 17

‘French Leave’ and ‘The Evidence’ - handwritten and typewritten manuscripts plus photocopies of handwritten notes and photocopies of printed stories

Folder 18

‘Academic Rape’ and miscellaneous early unpublished stories – handwritten and typewritten, annotated manuscripts

 

Box 5

Folder 19

Original and photocopies of miscellaneous handwritten notes

Folder 20

The Adelaide Review newspaper - two copies

Part of The Australian

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings