Collection 1: Elizabeth Jolley papers, ca. 1939, 1950-1987

MLMSS 4880

sub-fonds

ca. 1939, 1950-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Objects

44197

4.48 metres of textual material (27 boxes, 3 folders) - typescript, manuscript

Elizabeth Jolley, nee Knight, was born in Birmingham, England in 1923. She was educated in Europe and England, and attended the Quaker Sibford School near Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1934-1940. Writing from an early age, she completed an unpublished novel ca.1939. She left school in 1940 and worked as a nurse during the Second World War. In 1959 Elizabeth Jolley migrated to Western Australia with her husband, Leonard, and three children. She began submitting fiction for publication in the 1960s and wrote stories for the BBC World Service. Some of her unpublished stories bore the pen-name, Rosemma. In the 1970s she contributed stories, radio plays and scripts to the Australian Broadcasting Commission. She has taught creative writing as writer-in-residence at Western Australian tertiary institutions and as tutor at leisure classes and workshops organised through the Fremantle Arts Centre Arts Access Scheme. From 1976 to 1986 she published thirteen books, including three collections of short stories, Five acre virgin (1976), The travelling entertainer (1979) and Woman in a lampshade (1983); three volumes of literature notes, Travelling notebook one, two and three (1978-1979); and several award winning novels, Palomino (1980), winner of the Con Weickhardt Award; The newspaper of Claremont Street (1981), Mr. Scobie's riddle (1983), winner of the Age Book of the Year; Miss Peabody's inheritance (1983), Milk and honey (1984), winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award; Foxybaby (1985), and The well (1986), winner of the Miles Franklin Award.

SERIES 01
Manuscripts of novels, ca.1939, 1950-ca.1986

SERIES 02
Manuscripts of short stories, between 1960 and ca.1987

SERIES 03
Manuscripts of plays, 1975-1984, date unknown

SERIES 04
Manuscripts of poems, not before 1969, date unknown

SERIES 05
Manuscripts of film scenarios and scripts, ca.1968-ca.1969

SERIES 06
Manuscript of radio script, 1978

SERIES 07
Manuscripts of teaching aids : Travelling notebook one, two and three, 1978-1979

SERIES 08
Manuscripts of essays and articles, 1978-1987

SERIES 09
Manuscripts of reviews, 1984-1987

SERIES 10
Manuscripts of lectures and talks, 1968-1987

SERIES 11
Manuscripts of interview with Candida Baker, 1985

SERIES 12
Correspondence, being mainly letters received including congratulatory letters concerning the Miles Franklin Award, 1973-1987

SERIES 13
Printed material, 1965-1968, date unknown

SERIES 14
Miscellaneous material, between 1960 and 1987

SERIES 15
[Elizabeth Jolley with her sister ; With classmates at Sibford School ; Nursing in England ; With Juliette Wansborough & Roger McGough], 1927-1986

SERIES 16
Pictorial material and realia, 1930, 1959

This collection consists of the following 16 record series

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 4880/Box 24

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple copyright owners
Approval for reproduction required: Caroline Lurie is Literary Executor of the Literary Estate of Elizabeth Jolley. Any request for reference copying or broadcasting and publishing of material created by Elizabeth Jolley must be submitted to her.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright owners

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