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Manuscript Name | Papers of Desmond O'Grady |
Manuscript Number | MSS 251 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 20 boxes + 4 oversize + 1 AV box |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Manuscript drafts, clippings, notes, galley proofs, audiovisual material and correspondence relating to Desmond O'Grady |
Literary
The papers of author, playwright and journalist Desmond O’Grady include manuscript drafts, clippings, notes, correspondence, galley proofs and audio tapes. Manuscript material relates to Raffaello! Raffaello! (1985) and Deschooling Kevin Carew (1974) as well as many short stories
1854-1991 (bulk 1974-1991)
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_O%27Grady
Desmond O’Grady was born in 1929 in Melbourne and studied at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in 1953. After working as a teacher, he left for Europe in 1955 and obtained his diploma in Italian from the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy. O’Grady moved back to Melbourne in 1957 and started working as a journalist, then returned to Rome in 1962. Although he returned regularly to Australia, he settled in Rome and worked as an author, news correspondent and journalist, contributing to newspaper publications across the world. Other publications include novels, collections of short stories, history and biography, many of which have been translated into numerous languages
References:
Austlit : Desmond O’Grady https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16456 retrieved 9 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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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 Desmond O’Grady, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 251, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
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Further papers of Desmond O’Grady are held by the State Library of New South Wales, at MLMSS 8019 and MLMSS 8380
Desmond O’Grady, 1929- – Archives
Authors, Australian – 20th century - Archives
Australian Drama – 20th century
Journalists - Italy
Desmond O’Grady, 1929-
Authors
Journalists
Dramatists
Folder 1
Published copies of Niccolo the Glass-Seller, Mrs Don Quixote, His Hidalgo Heart, A Dedicated Young Man, and Birth of a Nation
Typewritten drafts of Sandor Papp, Monica (2 copies), The Dreamer and His Hidalgo Heart plus an untitled draft commencing at page 3
Folder 2
Published copies of The Zagreb Cafe and Barbecue
Typewritten drafts of The Zagreb Cafe, Barbecue, Portrait of Symonds as a Middle-Aged Artist and ‘A Long Way from Home’
Folder 3
Typewritten copies of Birth of a Nation, His Hidalgo Heart, Monica, Father Colquhoun’s Father Christmas and Niccolo the Glass-Seller
Folder 4
Published copy of Whelan’s complaint
Typewritten copies of Whelan’s Complaint and ‘Yours sincerely’
Handwritten draft of ‘A True Confessional Story’ together with miscellaneous typewritten pages
Folder 5
Typewritten drafts (annotated) of You Can’t Get to Heaven Without Saints
Folder 6
Typewritten copies of Homer Called Her Circe (four copies)
Folder 7
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of Cameraman
Folder 8
Handwritten and typewritten drafts and notes of ‘Hindsight’
Folder 9
Handwritten and typewritten drafts and notes of ‘Hindsight’
Folder 10
Typed drafts of Ratchett Redivivus
Folder 11
Handwritten and typed drafts of Ratchett Redivivus
Folder 12
Handwritten and typed drafts of ‘Ivan Ivanovic’
Folder 13
Typewritten drafts of ‘Ivan Ivanovic’
Folder 14
Handwritten drafts of A Touch of the Megas
Folder 15
Typewritten drafts of A Touch of the Megas
Folder 16
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of What’s the Score?
Folder 17
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of What’s the Score?
Folder 18
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of One Prick After Another
Folder 19
Typewritten drafts of One Prick After Another
Folder 20
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘To Seek the Sycamore’
Folder 21
Typewritten drafts of ‘To Seek the Sycamore’
Folder 22
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of You Haven’t Changed a Bit
Folder 23
Typewritten drafts of You Haven’t Changed a Bit
Folder 24
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘Dumped’
Folder 25
Typewritten drafts of ‘Dumped’ plus newspaper clipping
Folder 26
Typewritten drafts of Going All the Way (Marching Out)
Folder 27
Handwritten and typed drafts of ‘Salamanda’
Folder 28
Typewritten and heavily annotated drafts of Beirut the Baleful
Folder 29
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘The Cat’s Tale’
Folder 30
Typewritten drafts of Bangkok, Mon Amour, A Shot of Damascus and Invincible Ignorance
Folder 31
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘Implosion’
Folder 32
Typewritten drafts of ‘Implosion’
Folder 33
Correspondence from Philip Knightly
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of ‘Malaparte’ and Monelli’
Folder 34
Typewritten and handwritten drafts of ‘Barzini’
Folder 35
Typewritten drafts of ‘Heaven in a Chariot’
Folder 36
Handwritten draft of ‘Soviet Diary’
Folder 37
Typewritten drafts of ‘Soviet Diary’
Folder 38
Typewritten drafts of ‘Chornovil; and ‘Ukrainian Catholics’
Folder 39
Typewritten drafts of Marriage Gamblers
Folder 40
Miscellaneous correspondence, notes and typewritten drafts regarding Marriage Gamblers
Newspaper clippings
Folder 41
Annotated, typewritten copy of Marriage Gamblers
Folder 42
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Typed drafts regarding The Other Side of the Ocean
Folder 43
Typewritten copies of The Other Side of the Ocean
Folder 44
Typewritten drafts of The Other Side of the Ocean
Folder 45
Typewritten copies of The Other Side of the Ocean
Folder 46
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of The Other Side of the Ocean
Newspaper clippings
Folder 47
Typewritten scraps of The Other Side of the Ocean
Newspaper clippings regarding Jack London and Jack Johnson
Folder 48
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of The Other Side of the Ocean
Folder 49
Typewritten draft of The Other Side of the Ocean
Newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Folder 50
Typewritten copy of The Heart of the Wise
Folder 51
Typewritten copies of The Heart of the Wise
Folder 52
Typewritten copy of ‘Fish nor Fowl’
Folder 53
Typewritten copies of Chez B.B.
Photocopy of Chez B.B. published in Quadrant
Folder 54
Handwritten drafts and notes for Chez B.B.
Folder 55
Typewritten drafts and sections to typewritten drafts of Chez B.B.
Folder 56
Typewritten copies of Chez B.B.
Folder 57
Typed drafts of ‘Candied Limes for Galileo’ together with relevant correspondence
Folder 58
Typewritten drafts of ‘Candied Limes for Galileo’
Folder 59
Published copy of Marriage Gamblers together with relevant correspondence
Folder 60
Handwritten draft of ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’, part one
Folder 61
Handwritten draft of ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’, part two
Notes and newspaper clippings
Folder 62
Handwritten and typewritten notes for ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’
Folder 63
Handwritten and typewritten notes for ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’
Newspaper clippings
Folder 64
Handwritten and typewritten notes for ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’ (see folder 65)
Folder 65
Manuscript for ‘Caesar, Christ and Constantine’
Folder 66
Typewritten copy of ‘Mister Dad’
Photocopy of ‘La Santola’ del Professore Carboni Raffaello
Folder 67
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence regarding ‘Carboni’
Contract with NSW Film Corporation
Folder 68
Typewritten drafts of Marriage Gamblers (two copies)
Folder 69
Typewritten drafts of Marriage Gamblers (two copies)
Folder 70
Typewritten copy of ‘Carboni’
Folder 71
Typewritten drafts of ‘Carboni’
Folder 72
Typewritten copy Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 73
Typewritten copy of Marriage Gamblers and ‘Let’s Hear it for Carboni’
Folder 74
Handwritten notes for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 75
Handwritten and typewritten notes for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 76
Galley proofs for Raffaello! Raffaello! - annotated
Folder 77
Partial typewritten draft of Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 78
Typewritten copies of ‘Let’s Hear it for Carboni’
Folder 79
Typewritten draft of Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 80
Partial typewritten draft of Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 81
Typewritten draft of ‘Rehearsal Time’
Folder 82
Handwritten and typed notes for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Newspaper clippings
Folder 83
Typewritten copies of ‘Let’s Hear it for Carboni’ (two copies)
Words and music of ‘Il Segno di Croce’ by Raffaello Carboni (two copies)
Folder 84
Miscellaneous typewritten and handwritten notes for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Newspaper clippings
Folder 85
Typewritten copy of ‘Carboni’
Typewritten notes for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 86
Typewritten draft of Raffaello! Raffaello! - up to page 78
Miscellaneous notes
Folder 87
Typewritten copy of ‘Let’s Hear it for Carboni’, plus another copy up to page 26
Folder 88
Typewritten draft of ‘Let’s Hear it for Carboni’
Folder 89
Typewritten copies of ‘Lolly Water Laced with Rum’ (two copies)
Folder 90
Typewritten copy of ‘Lolly Water Laced with Rum’
Folder 91
Typewritten copy of ‘Rehearsal Time’
Handwritten notes
Folder 92
Typewritten draft of ‘Lolly Water Laced with Rum’
Handwritten notes
Folder 93
Typewritten and handwritten drafts of ‘Passionfruit’
Folder 94
Typewritten drafts of Whores and Geologists
Folder 95
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of Whores and Geologists
Folder 96
Typewritten drafts of ‘Death in Palermo’
Newspaper clippings
Folder 97
Typewritten draft of ‘Going Down’
Folder 98
Handwritten and typewritten notes for 'Going Down'
Folder 99
Handwritten and typewritten notes for ‘A Slow Learner’
Folder 100
Typewritten draft of ‘Going Down’
Folder 101
Handwritten and typewritten draft of ‘Going Down’
Folder 102
Miscellaneous sections of ‘Going Down’ - handwritten and typewritten
Folder 103
Miscellaneous sections of ‘Going Down’ - typewritten draft
Folder 104
Miscellaneous handwritten notes and typewritten sections of ‘Going Down’
Folder 105
Miscellaneous handwritten and typewritten notes for ‘Going Down’
Correspondence with Kevin Hilferty
Newspaper clippings
Folder 106
Exercise books (2) marked “A” and “B” - handwritten notes regarding ‘Going Down’
Folder 107
Miscellaneous pages from ‘Going Down’ - typewritten and handwritten
Folder 108
Typewritten draft of ‘Going Down’
Folder 109
Typewritten copy of ‘Going Down’
Folder 110
Miscellaneous pages from ‘Going Down’ - typewritten
Folder 111
Correspondence regarding ‘The Little Boy from Mosman’ (‘Going Down’)
Folder 112
Handwritten and typewritten draft of Homer Called Her Circe
Folder 113
Handwritten draft - untitled
Folder 114
Sections of typewritten draft entitled ‘Heaven in a Chariot’
Paper given to the Campion Society, 10 April 1953 - typewritten
Folder 115
Miscellaneous sections of ‘Heaven in a Chariot’ - typewritten draft
Folder 116
Typewritten copy of ‘Reflections from an Inner Room’ by John Heriot
Folder 117
Miscellaneous sections of draft of The Deschooling of Kevin Carew – typewritten
Folder 118
Random typewritten pages
Copies of published stories by Desmond O’Grady in various periodicals
Folder 119
Miscellaneous typewritten draft pages
Heavily annotated published copies of several short stories
Folder 120
Typewritten drafts of You Haven’t Changed a Bit, Beirut the Baleful, Cameraman, The Importance of Being Henry and Circe in Capri
Folder 121
Handwritten and typewritten drafts - The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Folder 122
Handwritten drafts - The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Folder 123
Handwritten and typewritten copies of random pages of The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Folder 124
Typewritten copy of The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Folder 125
Typewritten draft of Heathen and Helot
Folder 126
Typewritten draft of The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Handwritten notes
Folder 127
Typewritten draft of The Deschooling of Kevin Carew
Draft synopsis
Folder 128
Typewritten drafts of Sterner’s Double Vision
Folder 129
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of Sterner’s Double Vision
Folder 130
Handwritten and typewritten drafts and notes for Sterner’s Double Vision
Folder 131
Typewritten copies and annotated magazine clippings of The Little Boy from Manly
Folder 132
Handwritten and typewritten drafts and handwritten notes regarding The Importance of Being Henry
Folder 133
Handwritten and typewritten drafts of Life Debts and Miracles of F.X. Horgan
Typewritten draft of Bangkok, Mon Amour
Folder 134
Typewritten drafts and annotated published copies of You Haven’t Changed a Bit and Circe in Capri
Typewritten drafts of The Importance of Being Henry
Folder 135
Typewritten and published copies of Heathen and Helot, Beirut the Baleful, Dip One Toe at a Time, Life Debts and Miracles, Yours Sincerely, Whelan’s Complaint, Cameraman, Invincible Ignorance
Miscellaneous correspondence and notes
Folder 136
Typewritten draft of ‘The Moldau Still Waters’
Folder 137
Typed draft and two annotated published versions of Dip One Toe at a Time
Folder 138
Photocopies of Raffaello Carboni’s birth certificate, Certificate of Naturalisation (Victoria) and other documents
Handwritten and typewritten notes
Folder 139
Photocopies of Government documents (Italian) regarding Carboni
Handwritten and typewritten notes
Newspaper clippings
Folder 140
Handwritten notes
Photocopies of papers and articles
Galley proofs - 7 pages- regarding Raffaello! Raffaell!
Folder 141
Miscellaneous handwritten and typewritten notes
Correspondence
Photocopies of newspaper articles and ‘Letter to the Editor’ regarding Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 142
Typewritten partial draft plus handwritten notes of Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 143
Copy of Carboni’s death certificate
Photocopies of various documents and newspaper clippings about Carboni, Eureka Stockade and Ballarat - regarding Raffaello! Raffaello!
Correspondence
Folder 144
Photocopies of correspondence and article dated 1854 regarding Eureka Stockade for Raffaello! Raffaello!
Folder 145
Photocopies of newspaper articles c.1855
Photocopies of documents regarding Raffaello Carboni for Raffaello! Rafaello!
Folder 146
Raffaello! Raffaello! : Miscellaneous correspondence; typewritten and handwritten notes; pamphlets
Newspaper clippings
Folder 147
Correspondence regarding Carboni
Newspaper clippings
Folder 148
Miscellaneous handwritten and typewritten notes regarding Carboni
Folio 1
Galley proofs - ‘It’s Not Exotic’, Elisa, Anita
Folio 2
Poster - The Heart of the Wise
Folio 3
Photocopies of the Eureka Stockade trial as reported in The Age c.1855
Folio 4
Photocopies of documents relating to :
Raffaello Carboni, e.g. University results; ‘Minister Della Guerra’ report; miner’s licence; passenger list of ‘Prince Albert’; maps of Ballarat c.1863 and modern. (Some of these documents are Italian)
AV1
Audio tape : 2GB - Desmond O’Grady on Carboni
AV2
Audio tape : Gerard Windsor talk - Des O’Grady interview, 9 July 1979
AV3
Audio tape : D. O’Grady - speech and reading, 6 July 1979
AV4
Audio tape : Sunday feature ‘James Joyce in Trieste’ - Desmond O’Grady
AV5
Audio tape : Des O’Grady
AV6
Audio tape : Writer’s Radio, 6 May 1977
AV7
Audio tape : Desmond O’Grady for Jan Garret - ‘Books and Writers’, ABC radio, 1979
AV8
Audio tape : Desmond O’Grady - Anthony Burgess
AV9
Audio Tape : Desmond O’Grady - Moravia
AV10
Audio tape : Bertolucci
AV11
Audio tape : Jorge Luis Borges - broadcast, 7 July 1977
AV12
Audio tape : Desmond O’Grady - Borges
AV13
Audio tape : ‘Myna’s Rite’
AV14
Audio tape : The Other Side of the Ocean - Canberra reading, May 1982
AV15
Audio tape : The Other Side of the Ocean - tape 2 - the discussion
AV16
Audio tape : Marriage Gamblers
AV17
Reel-to-Reel audio tape : 5 inch tape - untitled
AV18
Reel-to-Reel audio tape : Desmond O’Grady interviews Muriel Spark - part 1 (7 inch tape)
AV19
Reel-to-Reel audio tape : Desmond O’Grady interviews Muriel Spark - part 2 (7 inch tape)
AV20
Reel-to-Reel audio tape : Desmond O’Grady interviews Shirley Hazzard (9.5 inch tape)