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| Manuscript Name | Papers of Leonard Mann |
| Manuscript Number | MSS 268 |
| Last Updated | May 2021 |
| Extent | 4 boxes |
| Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
| Abstract | Drafts of annotated unpublished fiction and non-fiction works of Leonard Mann along with correspondence and newspaper clippings |
Collection Subject Type
Literary
Scope and Content
The papers of Leonard Mann contain drafts of his unpublished works with notes, comments and annotations, including his novel ‘The will and the flesh’, and treatises ‘Creative work and culture in modern societies’ and ‘Australian politic economy’ (or ‘Australian economic policy’). The papers also comprise newspaper clippings of short stories and one folder of correspondence; correspondents include Beatrice Davis, Nettie Palmer, John Brack and Frank Dalby Davison
Date Range of Content
1926-1980
Biographical Note
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Mann
Leonard Mann was born in Toorak, Victoria in 1895 and attended Moreland State School before winning a scholarship to Wesley College. In 1913, he left his scholarship to work as a clerk in the Defence Department and began reading for the Bar. Mann enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) with the 39th Battalion in 1917, experiencing trench warfare on the Western front during the First World War. After being discharged from the AIF in 1919, Mann returned to Melbourne to complete his law degree at the University of Melbourne. As well as working as the Secretary of the Employers’ Federation during the 1930s, in 1932 he privately published Flesh in Armour, a novel about the soldier’s experience of World War I. Over the next forty years Mann published seven novels and four volumes of poetry. During the Second World War, he held a senior position in the aircraft industry
References:
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Mann, Leonard (1895-1981) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mann-leonard-14907 retrieved 2 October 2020
Austlit : Leonard Mann https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18520 retrieved 11 September 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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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 Leonard Mann, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 268, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
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Subject Keywords
Subjects
Leonard Mann, 1985-1981 — Archives
Novelists, Australian — 20th century — Archives
Australian literature — 20th century
Australia — Economic conditions — 20th century
Personal Names
Leonard Mann, 1895-1981
Occupations
Authors
Soldiers
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
‘Australian politic economy’; or, ‘Australian economic policy’ [thesis] - draft, handwritten in blue and black ink, with annotations; includes title page and p. 70-268
Folder 2
‘Australian politic economy’; or, ‘Australian economic policy’ - draft typescript and one carbon copy
Folder 3
‘Australian politic economy’; or, ‘Australian economic policy’ - two draft carbon copies
Folder 4
‘Australian politic economy’; or, ‘Australian economic policy’ handwritten annotated carbon copy
Folder 5
‘Creative work and culture in modern societies’ [treatise] - carbon draft typescript, with blue fountain pen annotations, April 1951
Folder 6
‘Creative work and culture in modern societies’ - original draft typescript, with blue fountain pen annotations
Folder 7
‘Creative work and culture in modern societies’ - original draft typescript, with blue and red fountain pen annotations
Box 2
Folder 8
Correspondence:
-With Richard Walsh, Angus and Robertson, 1979-1980
-With Patricia Healy, Project Officer and Michael Costigan, Literature Board, Australia Council, includes a photocopy of the report on ‘The will and the flesh’ by Beatrice Davis, 13 September 1980
-With John Brack, 1978-1980
-From Nettie Palmer, 1963
-Frank Dalby Davidson, 1961-1962
-Article entitled ‘The paintings of John Brack’, by Leonard Mann, returned by The Australian, 15 June 1965 - typescript with blue ink annotations in two different versions
Folder 9
‘The will and the flesh’ - notes, comments and foreword
-Miscellaneous newspaper clippings - photocopies
-Short stories from The Age, 1926? by Fabius entitled ‘An encounter with Doctor Johnson’, ‘In the bus’, ‘The budding and the bloom’, ‘Having it both ways’, ‘The birth of a swaggie’, ‘A damsel in distress’, ‘The climb’, ‘A rescue’, ‘The dog “Dig”’, ‘A good resolution’, ‘Thomas Hardy’ - photocopies
Folder 10
Newspaper clippings of short stories listed in Folder 9 - bound volume
Folder 11
‘The will and the flesh’ (originally titled ‘The red’ and ‘In the midst of life’, [unpublished novel]) - draft typescript, 1979 version, with whiteout and blue and black ink annotations, chapter 1-13 original, chapter 14-20 carbon, p. 1-417, with handwritten note: complete manuscript but principal
Folder 12
‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript, original, carbon and handwritten, with blue ink, blue fountain pen and whiteout annotations, chapter 1-20, p. 1-393, with handwritten note: complete manuscript but secondary
Box 3
Folder 13
‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript carbon miscellaneous chapter and pages, with whiteout and blue ink annotations, with handwritten note: remnants from the deformed? last, was the approved
Folder 14
‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript carbon miscellaneous chapter and pages, with whiteout annotations
Folder 15
‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript carbon, with blue ink and pencil annotations, p. 1-431; incomplete-missing chapter 5, 7
Folder 16
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) - draft second version typescript carbon, with ink annotations, chapter 1-10, p. 1-238
Folder 17
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) - draft typescript carbon, with ink annotations, chapter 1-21, p. 1-447; incomplete-missing chapter 5-10
Box 4
Folder 18
‘The red’; or, ‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations, chapter 1-14, p. 1-377, with handwritten note: miscellaneous manuscripts part 1
Folder 19
‘The red’; or, ‘The will and the flesh’ - draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations, chapter 15-33, p. 378-753; missing p. 483-502; second last page dated 14 December 1947, with handwritten note: miscellaneous manuscripts part 2
Folder 20
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’):
-Chapter 1 - two copies and chapter 2 - handwritten draft, with ink annotations
Draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations:
-Chapter 3 (was chapter 2) p. 234-256
-Chapter 4 (was chapter 17) p. 413-418
-Chapter 5 (was chapter 11) p. 279-303
-Chapter 6 (was chapter 12) p. 304-326
Folder 21
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations:
-Chapter 7 (was chapter 14) p. 351-372
-Chapter 8 (was chapter 13) p. 327-350
-Chapter 10 (was chapter 18) p. 439-460
-Chapter 11 (was chapter 19) p. 461-475
-Chapter 13 (was chapter 23) p. 530-560
-Chapter 12-14 - handwritten drafts, with ink and pencil annotations
Folder 22
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations:
-Chapter 15 (was chapter 26) p. 585-607
-Chapter 16 (was chapter 25) p. 577-584
-Chapter 17 (was chapter 29) p. 642-688
-Chapter 18 (was chapter 28) p. 629-632
-Chapter 19 - handwritten draft, with ink and pencil annotations
-Chapter 20 (was chapter 32) p. 732-745
-Chapter 21, p. 748-753 - handwritten and typewritten carbon draft, with ink and pencil annotations, last page dated 14/12/1947
-Chapter 10, p. 257-278 - draft typescript carbon, with ink annotations
-Chapter 16, p. 396-405 - draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations
Folder 23
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) draft typescript carbon, with ink and pencil annotations:
-Chapters 25-30, p. 508-618
-Chapters 6, p. 155-180
-Chapter 7, p. 181-206
-Chapter 8, p. 207-233
Folder 24
‘The red’ (‘The will and the flesh’) draft typescript carbon, with ink annotations:
-Chapter 21, p. 503-514
-Chapter 22, p. 515-529
-Chapter 30, p. 669-690
-Chapter 31, p. 691-731, incomplete
-Miscellaneous pages - draft typescript carbon, with ink annotations