IMAGE
Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
- Date
- [1960s-2014]
- By
- Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00062
- Description
Collection comprising manuscript, photographic, ephemeral, audiovisual, and digital material relating to New Zealand writer Jean Catherine Watson.
Includes her literary drafts, notebooks, research files, legal and financial papers, ephemera, AV cassettes and discs, electronic files, photographs, and correspondence. Also includes material relating to the Karunai Illam Trust and orphanage, and to Barry Crump.
New Zealand novelist and short story writer Jean Catherine Watson published her first book 'Stand in the Rain' in 1965 which draws on her marriage to writer Barry Crump. This novel was reissued twice; in 1985, and in 1995. She completed a religious studies degree, and many of her literary works are concerned with spiritual ideas, particularly with Vedanta philosophy. In 1984, she established the orphanage, Karunai Illam home, in India. Two titles: The 'Three Sea Stories' (1994) and 'Karunai Illam: the Story of an Orphanage' came from this endeavour.
Quantity: 12 box(es) manuscript material. 2 box(es) photographs.
Physical Description: Manuscripts, photographs, published material, electronic records, DVDs and VCR (2)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Collection is currently being processed. Access to all correspondence, including all electronic files containing correspondence requires the written permission of the donor. All other digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room.
- Format
- 12 box(es) manuscript material, 2 box(es) photographs, Manuscripts, Photographs, Ephemera, Audiovisual materials, Electronic records (Digital records), Video recordings, Manuscripts, photographs, published material, electronic records, DVDs and VCR (2)
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A visit to Karunai Illam April 2000
From: Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
Reference: MSV-1808
Description: Quantity: 1 videocassette(s).
Mahatma Karunai Illam Nilakottai-624208
From: Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
Reference: MSV-1807
Description: Quantity: 1 videocassette(s) Super SP Premium Standard Videocassette VHS 180.
Unbound draft of "The Island"
Date: Date unknown
From: Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12336-01
Description: An unbound typsecript draft of an unpublished novel "The Island" by Jean Watson. 136 pages; possibly incomplete. Pages are annotated in pencil with deletions, additions, and corrections to the text. Pink post-it notes are stuck to pages 33 and 75 Arrangement: This draft was delivered to the Library in a large brown envelope labelled "The Island unpublished novel in three forms and old notebook" and an unidentifiable signature. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript loose sheets, numbered 1 to 136. Transfers: Delivered with material now located at Library references MS-Papers-12336-02 and MS-Papers-12336-03..
Bound draft of "The Island"
Date: Date unknown
From: Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12336-02
Description: A bound typescript of an unpublished novel "The Island" by Jean Watson. 173 pages. Very little annotation, except for red biro on pages 1 and 12. A yellow post-it note is stuck to page 12 beside the red biro line. The duplication of page 135 is noted in pencil on the copy. Arrangement: This volume was delivered to the Library in a large brown envelope labelled "The Island unpublished novel in three forms and old notebook" and an unidentifiable signature. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Soft bound volume with a "Pegasus Press" sticker on the cover, typescript, numbered 1 to 173. Transfers: Delivered with material now located at Library references MS-Papers-12336-01 and MS-Papers-12336-03..
Notebook relating to "The Island"
Date: Date unknown
From: Watson, Jean Catherine, 1933-2014: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12336-03
Description: A notebook relating to an unpublished novel "The Island" by Jean Watson. The cover page is titled "Letter, & notes [?] & all sorts of rubbish Vol I". The notebook pages are few, and include: text titled "A trip after Dugongs"; a draft of a letter to "Jacquie" on "Christmas night" with text reading "Camped on Lizard Is but Cooktown is still the address"; and various categorised phrases. Contains two loose sets of notebook pages. One two page set is titled 'Keep 4 revision" and has a green post-it note reading "First travels in Oz keep 4 revision". The other set is titled "Chatter L & A" and has a green post-it note reading "Old old stuff 4 revision", and comprises pages numbered 1 to 8 and other pages of diary entries and other text. Also contains a loose newspaper clipping "Crumb Woman was some gal" by Rosemary McLeod, annotated "Dominion 11/7/96". Folder includes the original envelope. Arrangement: This notebook was delivered to the Library in a large brown envelope labelled "The Island unpublished novel in three forms and old notebook" and an unidentifiable signature. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: A "Croxley Students Book" notebook, torn cover, with a few lined pages. Transfers: Delivered with material now located at Library references MS-Papers-12336-01 and MS-Papers-12336-02..