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Manuscript Name | Papers of Nigel Krauth |
Manuscript Number | MSS 204 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 11 boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | This collection contains manuscripts, research material and correspondence written or collected by Nigel Krauth |
Literary
The papers of author and playwright Nigel Krauth consist of correspondence, news clippings, photographs, reviews, manuscripts, and research material for novels and plays. The bulk of the collection comprises drafts of Krauth’s novels, including Matilda, My Darling (1983) and The Bathing Machine Called the Twentieth Century (1988)
1980-1990
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Krauth
Author and playwright Nigel Krauth, born in Sydney in 1949, was educated at the University of Newcastle, University of Queensland and the Australian National University. He went on to teach English, creative writing and Australia literature at several universities including the University of Papua New Guinea and Griffith University. In 1982 Krauth was the co-winner of the Vogel Literary Award for his novel ‘The Jolly Swagman Affair’(published in 1983 as best-seller Matilda, My Darling)and later won the Christina Stead prize for fiction in 1991. Besides novels, Krauth has published and edited many short stories and articles, plays, reviews and essays, and together with Caron Krauth written several books for young readers
References:
AustLit : Nigel Krauth https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22090 retrieved 25 May 2020
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature : Nigel Krauth https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195533811.001.0001/acref-9780195533811-e-1834?rskey=IfvvSQ&result=1 retrieved 15 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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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 Nigel Krauth, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 204, Box [Number], Folder [Number]
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Nigel Krauth, 1949- — Archives
Authors, Australian — 20th century — Archives
Australia — In literature
Nigel Krauth, 1949-
Krauth, Caron
Authors
Dramatists
Folder 1
Matilda, My Darling - research material, photographs, original plot, original index to manuscript
Folder 2
Matilda, My Darling - original manuscript
Folder 3
Matilda, My Darling - original manuscript
Folder 4
Matilda, My Darling - corrected typewritten manuscript
Folder 5
Matilda, My Darling - edited manuscript
Folder 6
Matilda, My Darling - edited manuscript
Folder 7
Matilda, My Darling - screenplay
Folder 8
Matilda, My Darling - screenplay, second draft
Folder 9
Matilda, My Darling - theatre adaptation
Folder 10
Muse of Fire - research notes and origins
Folder 11
Muse of Fire - intermediate version, typewritten
Folder 12
Muse of Fire - published version, final manuscript
Folder 13
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - first version, Part I
Folder 14
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - first and second drafts
Folder 15
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - first version, Part II
Folder 16
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - first version, original, typewritten
Folder 17
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - first version, typewritten
Folder 18
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - second version, original manuscript
Folder 19
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - unfinished intermediate version (between first and second)
Folder 20
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - second version
Folder 21
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - third version
Folder 22
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - final version
Folder 23
The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century - edited by Philip Tanguay
Folder 24
Sin Can Can - correspondence, publicity notes, art
Folder 25
Sin Can Can - original manuscript, includes plotting
Folder 26
Sin Can Can - typed manuscript sent to publisher
Folder 27
Sin Can Can - reworked final manuscript, photocopy
Folder 28
Sin Can Can - original typewritten manuscript (edited)
Folder 29
Sin Can Can - page proofs
Folder 30
Rack Off, Rachmaninoff - first and second drafts
Folder 31
Rack Off, Rachmaninoff - third draft
Folder 32
Rack Off, Rachmaninoff - edited and unedited manuscripts
Folder 33
Rack Off, Rachmaninoff - final typewritten and illustration version
Folder 34
I Thought You Kissed With Your Lips- diaries and final version - (Surfers Equals Sex ???)
Folder 35
I Thought You Kissed With Your Lips- second version, original manuscript
Folder 36
I Thought You Kissed With Your Lips- typewritten manuscript first sent to publisher
Folder 37
I Thought You Kissed With Your Lips- rewrite of edited manuscript
Folder 38
I Thought You Kissed With Your Lips- final typewritten manuscript
Folder 39
Imprint Illustrations
Folder 40
Five wooden printers’ blocks - Imprint Illustrations
Folder 41
Manuscript of Australian Voices article ‘Happy Families’
Rack Off, Rachmaninoff - original art
Folder 42
Copies of reviews
Correspondence
Index to Krauth Collection (G204)
Folder 43
Matilda, My Darling - original correspondence
Folder 44
Clippings