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Manuscript Name | Papers of Philip Salom |
Manuscript Number | MSS 150 |
Last Updated | October 2021 |
Extent | 20 boxes and oversize items |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Drafts of poems and prose works, personal and business correspondence, financial records, reviews, galley proofs, audio cassettes, illustrations, floppy disks 1970 - |
Literary
Drafts of poems and prose works, personal and business correspondence, financial records, reviews, galley proofs, audio cassettes, illustrations, floppy disks 1970 -
1980's - 2004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Salom
Philip Salom (born 8 August 1950) is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist whose poetry books have attracted widespread acclaim.
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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 authored by Philip Salom for private study and research is approved.
Papers of Philip Salom Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was deposited by Philip Salom between 1989-2004.
poetry
Philip Salom, 1950-
Occupations
Poets
Authors
Box 1
Folder 1
Correspondence from W. Hart-Smith
Folder 2
Correspondence.
Folder 3
Correspondence.
Folder 4
Correspondence.
Folder 5
Correspondence.
Folder 6
‘Sky’ poems.
Folder 7
Barbecue of the Primitives.
Folder 8
Barbecue of the Primitives.
Folder 9
Barbecue of the Primitives and ‘Readers’ - drafts, poster (???).
Folder 10
‘Songs of the New World’ and ‘Speaking with the Future’ - drafts.
Folder 11
‘Songs of the New World’ and ‘Speaking with the Future’ - drafts.
Folder 12
Draft of untitled novel.
Folder 13
Poetry by Philip Salom and John Kinsella (signed by authors);
List of material in consignment 2;
Photocopies of woodcuts;
Feeding the Ghost - collection ofpoetry - manuscript, draft.
Folder 14
‘Act as Sissyphus’ - manuscript, draft;
‘Train Talks : the Three of Us’ - manuscript, draft;
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: miscellaneous scripts; handwritten notes; correspondence to Judith; poetry.
Folder 15
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 16
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 17
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 18
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 19
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 20
Feeding the Ghost - collection of poetry: draft; scripts; poetry;
handwritten notes.
Folder 21
Correspondence: Anna (handwritten draft); Pyramoedya Anata Toer
(Indonesia - prisoner of conscience - typewritten); Murdoch University (letter of application, typewritten); Graham Powell (ANL) - typewritten;
Barrett Reid - handwritten letter; Lynne Cannings - typewritten; Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne - typewritten; Helen Immunen (West Australian Institute of Technology) - typewritten.
Draft scripts - poetry, untitled play - handwritten and typewritten.
Folder 22
‘Glass 3: Defection’ - poetry - handwritten and typewritten scripts and notes.
Barbecue of the Primitives (collection of poetry) - handwritten drafts,
photocopies.
Folder 23
‘The Shifting Floor’ - poetry - drafts, handwritten and typewritten.
Folder 24
Correspondence.
Folder 25
Correspondence.
Folder 26
Correspondence.
Folder 27
Correspondence.
Folder 27
Correspondence
Folder 28
Correspondence – 1988, 1991
1988 - Business – book and poetry publishers, March
1991 – Personal, various, 29 May – 18 December, and Sue Clennell, 20 June – 1 December;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 2 April – 9 October;
Department for the Arts (W.A.) / Minister for the Arts (W.A.) / Parliament of Australia Senate, 31 May – 20 November;
Various book and poetry publishers, 7 June – 23 December;
Universities / Colleges, 6 March – 12 December;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 20 June – 28 November;
National Library of Australia, 13 November – 19 December.
Folder 29
Correspondence – 1992
Personal, various, 30 January – 18 November;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 20 February – 2 September;
Department for the Arts (W.A.) / Minister for the Arts (W.A.), 17 March – 29 April;
Book and poetry publishers:
Barbara Mobbs, 9 March – 1 December;
Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 3 February – 18 December;
Various others, 24 January – 6 November
Universities / Colleges:
ADFA Library, 11 March – 25 June;
Various other institutions, 9 March – 9 December;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 24 February – 8 April;
National Library of Australia, 21 February – 4 December;
Festivals, 8 January – 26 May.
Folder 30
Correspondence – 1993
Personal, various, 15 January – 6 October, including ‘subset’ of Rome-based letters, October and November;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 5 April and 1 October;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
National Book Council, 27 January – 15 December
Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 13 January – 8 June;
Various others, 27 January – 21 October
Universities / Colleges, 28 January – 11 November
Fremantle Arts Centre, 4 January – 18 October;
National Library of Australia, 21 February – 4 December;
Festivals, 19 February – 6 December.
Folder 31
Correspondence – 1994
Personal, various, 7 February – 12 December, including fax by Margaret Atwood to Philip Salom (23 August), and including: ‘subset’ of Rome-based letters, 4 January – 20 March; ‘subset’ of Clark Blais, 12 August – 30 October; and ‘subset’ of Irene Playford, 18 and 25 May;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 21 February – 13 December;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
National Book Council, 9 February – 25 November;
University of Queensland Press; 7 April – 29 July;
Various others, 21 January – 20 December;
Universities / Colleges, 4 February – 10 November;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 20 January – 14 December;
National Library of Australia, 21 February – 4 December;
Festivals, 22 February – 18 April.
Folder 32
Correspondence – 1995
Personal, various, 5 February – 10 December, including ‘subset’ of Clark Blaise, 3 May – 22 October;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 18 and 19 May;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 3 February – 21 December;
Various others, 17 January – 28 December;
Universities / Colleges, 1 February – 17 November;
Festivals, 14 March – 18 December.
Folder 33
Correspondence – 1996
Personal, various, 10 January – 31 December, including ‘subset’ of Rome-based letters, 29 January – 1 June;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 27 March – 1 August;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 25 January – 20 March;
Various others, 29 January – 12 December;
Universities / Colleges, 27 February – 20 November;
Festivals, 14 April – 7 November.
Folder 34
Correspondence – 1997
Personal, various, 6 January – 2 December, including ‘subset’ of Rome-based letters, 20 June – 25 October;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 9 October;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 27 June and 7 July;
Various others, 3 February – 11 December;
Universities / Colleges, 18 February – 13 November;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 23 June – 24 December;
Festivals, 16 January – 7 March.
Folder 35
Correspondence – 1998
Personal, various, 3 January – 28 December;
Business
Australia Council for the Arts, 28 January – 7 August;
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Penguin Australia, 7 January – 24 October;
Various others, 25 February- 14 December;
Universities / Colleges, 24 February – 25 June;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 12 January – 23 November;
Festivals, 18 February – 5 August
Folder 36
Correspondence – 1999
Personal, various, 10 January – 20 August, including ‘subset’ of Rome-based letters, 23 August and 10 October;
Business
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Various, 5 January – 22 December;
Universities / Colleges, 22 January – 26 July;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 2 February – 9 December;
Festivals, 20 June – 23 September.
Folder 37
Correspondence – 2000
Personal, various, 7 March – 31 December;
Business
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.:
Heide Museum of Modern Art, 8 May – 5 September;
Various, 28 January – 11 December;
Universities / Colleges, 22 May – 5 September;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 2 February – 9 December;
Festivals, 18 March – 6 December.
Folder 38
Correspondence – 2001-2003
Personal, various, 20 January, 2001 – 14 February, 2003;
Business
Book and poetry publishers, promoters, etc.
Various, 10 January, 2001 – 23 December, 2002;
Universities / Colleges, 11 June, 2001 – 4 December, 2002;
Fremantle Arts Centre, 30 January, 2001 – 27 June, 2002;
Festivals, 27 February – 12 October, 2001.
Folder 39
Correspondence – undated
Personal, various handwritten letters to Philip Salom with no identifying date;
Business
Typed letters and including some personal correspondence with no identifying date;
Notes to Philip Salom on publishers’ letterheads with no identifying date.
Folder 40
Correspondence –Postcards, Greetings cards, Birthday cards, etc.
Arranged into two parts: dated (1987-2002), and undated.
Folder 41
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Book 1. Stage 1’, undated, 37 pages;
‘Book 1. Just one part’ and with note, ’63 pp. without new handwritten typing’, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 42
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Toccata – Book 1 (the paginated version!). Now with added interpolated pages’, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 43
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Version immediate before and with note ‘Rain all stages out is the best version’, undated, 183 pages.
Folder 44
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Toccata: A novel’, with suggested title ‘The Character of Rain’, undated, 224 pages. Prefaced by ‘A summary of main thoughts’ and ‘Notes: WJ’.
Folder 45
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Book One’, undated, 90 pages;
‘Book 1’, undated, 96 pages;
‘Book 2’, undated, 86 pages;
‘Part 1 of Book 2’, undated, various pagination, with note ’48 pp. w/o new stuff’;
‘Part 2 of Book 2’, undated, various pagination, with note ’40 pp. w/o new [stuff]’.
Folder 46
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Part 3 of Book 2. More serious stuff’, undated, various pagination, with note ’48 pp. w/o new stuff’;
‘Tocatta [sic] – section 2 follows on from [first?] section. Together – the whole [read?]’, undated, pp. 94-147;
‘Book Three’, undated, 84 pages;
‘Book 3’, undated, 85 pages.
Folder 47
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
‘Book 3’, undated, 83 pages;
‘Toccata: A Verse Novel’, with note ‘Version – full immediately prior to MA version say Final 1. Books 1 & 2’, undated, pages 87 and 85 pages;
‘Toccata: An Alternative Verse Novel’, November, 1992, 95 pages;
‘Toccata’, and next page has annotation date of 15 April, 2002
Folder 48
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
Untitled version with note on cover page: ‘More sonnets at front to give [undecipherable]’, undated, unpaginated;
Untitled version with ‘Toc [Toccata] 1-27’ on the cover page, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 49
Literary Drafts – Toccata and Rain (2004)
Untitled version with note on cover page: ‘Book 1. For Chris. Novel Drafts!’, undated, unpaginated;
Bound version of ‘Toccata – an Alternative Verse Novel’, Master of Arts research thesis, Melbourne University, November, 2002, 95 pages.
Folder 50
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked (1996)
‘Concurrence: Poems’, with extensive notes on cover page concerning poems and book title, undated, 149 pages.
Folder 51
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked (1996)
‘The Rome Air Naked’ undated, unpaginated.
Folder 52
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked (1996)
‘The Rome Air Naked’, Penguin pre-publication version, undated, 139 pages.
Folder 53
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked (1996)
‘The Rome Air Naked’, Penguin pre-publication version, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 54
Literary Drafts – Playback (1991)
‘The Last Tape: A Novel’, undated, 345 pages.
Folder 55
Literary Drafts – Playback (1991)
‘Playback, undated, various pagination, with note on cover, ‘Pages re-printed for final firms’.
Folder 56
Literary Drafts – Playback (1991)
‘Playback’, undated, 314 pages.
Folder 57
Literary Drafts – Playback (1991)
‘Playback’, undated, 347 pages.
Folder 58
Literary Drafts – Playback (1991)
‘Drafts 1-5 (?) Playback’, undated, various pagination.
Folder 59
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘A Creative Life’, undated, no pagination, contains drafts of poems, typed and handwritten.
Folder 60
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘New and Selected Poems’, undated, no pagination, contains drafts of poems, typed and handwritten.
Folder 61
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘Feeding the Ghost, undated, 121 pages.
Folder 62
Literary Drafts – Other Works
File: ‘Sky Poems’, undated, no pp. 18-155;
File: ‘Notes on / about / from The Crystal Journal’, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 63
Literary Drafts – Other Works
File: ‘Middle Drafts. Typed. Prose – Poems. Very old – some written in late 70s / 80s’, undated, various pagination;
File: Untitled blue file, with drafts of poems, prose pieces, etc, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 64
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘First Draft [15th?] March. Next final draft sent off 28 / 29 March’, undated, 367 pages.
Folder 65
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘This draft utterly wrong! Next draft is the final one. This is raw and rough – but about Draft 5?’, undated, 362 pages.
Folder 66
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Untitled, undated, 389 pages.
Folder 67
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Untitled. Cover page as possible title, ‘After [Ambiguity?]’, undated, various pagination.
Folder 68
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Untitled, prefaced by extensive handwritten notes on characters, structure, undated, 337 pages.
Folder 69
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Assorted poems, prose pieces, untitled, undated;
‘Monologue’, notes, drafts, unpaginated, c. 1993 – 1994.
Folder 70
Literary Drafts – Other Works
‘Book 1’ [draft for Toccata?], undated, unpaginated.
Folder 71
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Untitled, cover page organised with headings from Doc 1 to Doc. 349, pp. 1-371.
Folder 72
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Untitled, cover page has computer screen printout headed ‘Poems’ from a Macintosh with titled docs, undated (early 1990s?).
Folder 73
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Assorted, untitled drafts of poems, prose pieces, both typed and handwritten, undated.
Folder 74
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Handwritten notes, ideas, drafts for poems and other prose pieces, undated, unpaginated.
Folder 75
Literary Drafts – Other Works
Prose drafts by Philip Salom and 6 essays by Clark Blaise (including his curriculum vitae).
Folder 76
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked – Extra Series
‘These are the Rome Drafts for The Rome Air Naked’ [Part 1 of file].
Folder 77
Literary Drafts – The Rome Air Naked – Extra Series
‘These are the Rome Drafts for The Rome Air Naked’ [Part 2 of file].
Folder 78
Literary Drafts – Galley Proofs
‘Selected poems 1936-1984’, by William Hart-Smith, edited by Brian Dibble, 1985;
‘Feeding the Ghost’, author’s copy, 9 April, 1992;
‘Feeding the Ghost’, editor’s copy, 9 April, 1992, with note ‘copy to author 9.4.92’;
‘Feeding the Ghost’, author, 12 June, 1992;
‘Feeding the Ghost’, Master copy, produced on 29 May, 1992.
Folder 79
Literary Drafts – Galley Proofs
‘The Rome Air Naked’, 11 March, 1995;
‘The Rome Air Naked’, 9 November, 1995;
‘Playback’, undated.
Folder 80
Literary Drafts – Note Books
A4 Pignastyl notebook: ‘1st [rough?] – for draft of novel. Novel (1)’;
A4 Pignastyl notebook: ‘T36 - change. Novel (2)’;
A4 Pignastyl notebook: untitled. ‘Novel (3)’;
A4 Pignastyl notebook: untitled. ‘Novel (4)’;
A4 Pignastyl notebook: ‘Comments’;
A4 Pignastyl notebook: ‘Monologue Novel’;
Tudor 3rds Feint Only notebook: ‘Notes on Nood’.
Folder 81
Newspaper Articles and Other Publications
‘Literary pair share Booker prize’, The West Australian, 15 October, 1992;
‘Aboriginal poet wins top Premier’s awards’, The West Australian, 16 October, 1992;
‘Premier’s award finalists’ (undated, October, 1992?);
‘Two poets in mid-career’ (undated, unsourced)
Vancouver International Writers and readers Festival, October 23-27, 1991 [booklet];
Paul Sherman, Singing Ships, CAN Company, 1994, with autograph from author to Philip Salom.
Folder 82
Business Papers and Financial Records
Receipts, royalties statements, bills, income statements, insurance, express deliveries, etc., organised as follows:
(a) 1989; 1991 – 1993; (b) 1994 – 1995 (c) 1996 – 1997 (d) 1998 (e) 1999 (f) 2000 (g) 2001 – 2003.
Folder 83
Personal Invitations
Invitations (dated and undated) to Philip Salom to attend festivals, dinner, poetry readings, literary functions, etc., 1990s and early 2000s.
Folder 84
Miscellaneous
Mediation agreement, 26 June, 1992;
Petition against re-introduction of death penalty in Western Australia, March 1994;
Curriculum Vitae of Philip Salom (2001/2?);
Small sample of business cards.
3 cassettes - Bill Hart-Smith;
5 computer discs. - novel and ‘Sky’ poems;
7 computer discs – novel, including copy and working disc variations.
2 ‘Word of Mouth’ scrolls [fragile].
5 drawings.