Reference Number: MS 193
Guide to the Papers of Robert Allen
Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA
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| Date completed: | October 2001 |
| Last updated: | March 2007 |
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Table of Contents
Summary
Scope and Content
Administrative Information
Access
Restrictions on Use
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Access Terms
Personal Names
Topical Subjects
Occupations
Container List
Summary
| Creator: | Robert Allen, 1924-2004 |
| Title: | Papers of Robert Allen |
| Date Range: | 1972-1990 |
| Reference Number: | MS 193 |
| Extent: | 72 cm (5 boxes, 1 folio) |
| Repository: | Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA |
Scope and Content
The collection comprises drafts of Tokyo no hana (1990) , Saigon, south of beyond (1990) and 'The Cairo novel'.
Administrative Information
Access
Available for research.
Restrictions on Use
No copying is permitted without the permission of the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Papers of Robert Allen, Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA, Australian Defence Force Academy, MS 193, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
This material was acquired from Robert Allen in 1990.
Access Terms
Personal Names
Allen, Robert, 1924- -- Archives.
Topical Subjects
Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives.
Novelists, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives.
Australian literature -- 20th century.
Occupations
Authors
Novelists
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
Tokyo no hana original title 'The flowers of the floating world' - original manuscript draft (incomplete) and photocopies of reviews, 1972-1990
Folder 2
Tokyo no hana - clean photocopy typescript draft as shown to Viki Wright
Folder 3
Tokyo no hana - revised version after changes suggested by Viki Wright, includes pieces from folder no. 1, February 1989
Folder 4
Tokyo no hana - annotated photocopy typescript draft with Nikki Christer and Allen's comments
Folder 5
Tokyo no hana - final draft passed to typesetter
Folder 6
Saigon, south of beyond - 1st manuscript draft, 11/12/1988-14/5/1989
Box 2
Folder 7
Saigon, south of beyond - 2nd annotated computer typescript draft, first half with editorial notes by Jean Bedford, p. 1-246, 1989
Folder 8
Saigon, south of beyond - 2nd annotated computer typescript draft, second half with editorial comments by Tom Thompson, p. 247-545, 1989
Folder 9
Saigon, south of beyond - 2nd annotated computer typescript draft, working copy with Jean bedford's comments, 545 p.
Box 3
Folder 10
Saigon, south of beyond - 3rd annotated computer typescript draft, 423 p.
Folder 11
Saigon, south of beyond - 4th annotated computer typescript draft with corrections by Neil Thomas, 423 p.
Box 4
Folder 12
Saigon, south of beyond - final edited computer typescript draft as sent to the typesetters, 423 p. and floppy disk
Folder 13
Saigon, south of beyond - uncorrected page proofs
Folder 14
Saigon, south of beyond - final page proofs
Folder 15
'Cairo, the cabaret in the desert' - computer typescript drafts for the time sequence of the novel, notes on plot and characters and notes on the gulf crisis, August 1990 and plot cards
Box 5
Folder 16
'Cairo, the cabaret in the desert' - manuscript draft with computer typescript annotations, 16/8/1989-28/12/1989
Folder 17
'Cairo, the cabaret in the desert' - 2nd annotated computer typescript draft, 385 p.
Folder 18
'Cairo, the cabaret in the desert' - 3rd computer typescript draft, 386 p.
Folio 1
Folder 19
Saigon, south of beyond - corrected galley proofs