GROUP
Series 1/1 General correspondence
- Date
- [1960-2013]
- Reference
- Series-1368
- Description
Both inward and copies of outward correspondence were kept by Kidman mainly in a chronological sequence. The broad chronology has been retained though has been brought into alphabetical order within each year; correspondence from 1995 to 2001 is arranged alphabetically. The series commences in 1960 and although there are the occasional personal and family correspondence it is chiefly a record of her emergence as a professional writer. Correspondence with publishers and support to would-be writers and other writers and requests to speak at various functions are all here through to 1986. Undated correspondence was left in sequence if that was its obvious place. If not, they were filed at the beginning of the year they were found. Some clippings and receipts occur as they were part of the sequence. The correspondence relating to her poetry was not kept by her in this sequence and so follows her poetry section. Kidman's later outward correspondence, 1987 onward, is entered on an Amstrad PCW computer. Each item has not been physically described as this would have made the task much longer. Future demand may well dictate the need for this. All correspondence is restricted. Correspondence from A2006-024 was arranged alphabetically and then chronologically, unidentified correspondants were placed in the `miscellaneous' folder. Correspondence from A2010-055 was arranged chronologically, with inward and outward correspondence filed in the same sequence, however the sequence of outward correspondence seems incomplete. Correspondence from A2010-055 also contains certain documents, proposals and pieces of writing which were filed together with this correspondence. Correspondence from A2014-087 is ordered alphabetically and includes some personal correspondence.
Quantity: 330 folder(s).
- Part of
- Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
- Format
- 330 folder(s)
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Inward and outward correspondence (A-C)
Date: 1983, 2001-2002
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 2003-349-35
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence (R)
Date: [2002]
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 2003-349-47
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence
Date: 12 Dec 2000-14 Feb 2001
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 2003-198-01
Description: Inward and some outward correspondence with friends, authors, publishers, literary agent etc, mostly email Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and related material (D-K)
Date: 1985-1986
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 90-041-08
Description: Correspondence, including newspaper clippings, programmes, invitations and related printed material Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1973
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4175-014
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from Julian of Atiamuri, Dora of Kelburn and Betty of Rotorua and `History of the Waingawa on the rail boning room lock out' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence with publishers and others (Kid-New Z)
Date: 1995
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6129-16
Description: Includes correspondence with publishers, students, editors, family and friends Also group of papers including correspondence between Kidman and Ian Kidman; correspondence with other family members; invitations; books reviews by Kidman, `The House of Balthus' by David Brooks and `None to accompany me' by Nadine Gordimer; speeches' poem, `Writing home'; introduction to poetry volume; `Bring me an ambassador', about her experiences in Greece; birthday greetings from her family; letters to Mary and Rosamund; Kidman annual letter to friends Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence and related material
Date: 1985-1986
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 90-041-07
Description: Correspondence, including newspaper clippings, programmes, invitations and printed material, relating to particular projects of Kidman; includes reviews by her (New Zealand writers entered under Name below), publicity material for her work, contribution to Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council publication on liquor and literataure, list of reading references, notes on various writers, reader's reports, cover for `In the clear light', outline for television series, `My home town - Waipu', by Kidman, letters to the editor, speech for launch of Anne Kirker's book on NZ women artists, judge's report for Media Peace Prize (1986) and Creative Writing Summer Schools proposal (1987) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence (W-Z)
Date: 1982, [2001-2002]
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: 2003-349-50
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan 2005
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9678-019
Description: Includes personal correspondence, correspondence relating to `The Captive wife', and the Waipu Heritage Centre Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
Correspondence and papers relating to Kidman's work
Date: 1993
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5399-14
Description: Includes Kidman's contribution to a Janet Frame project in the 1994 Writers and Readers Week of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts; `Nova Scotia diay' by Kidman, describing her visit to Nova Scotia in 1985; lecture on the short story; preface for `Turning the pages; the story of bookselling in New Zealand'; correspondence and essay for `Academy women'; review of Elizabeth Jolley's `Central mischief'; `A Ghost story; dedicated to the Spiritualists' by Norman McLeod (Illustrated Melbourne post, 27 Dec 1862); part of what it means, in terms of work, to be a writer; judge's report on essay competition, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts; letter to the editor on MMP; speech notes for women's suffrage gathering; cover, `The Foreign woman' and correspondence re commissioning of radio plays Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)