MANUSCRIPT
Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
- Date
- [ca 1965-2015]
- By
- Else, Barbara Helen, 1947-Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990; Webb, Philip, 1952-
- Reference
- MS-Group-1433
- Description
Includes drafts of published novels as well as drafts of film scripts, short stories, plays, and children's writing. Also includes correspondence with publishers and personal correspondence family and with other writers. Includes papers relating to Else's work as the editor of anthologies of children's writing published by Random House
Also includes electronic drafts of published and unpublished novels by Else.
Quantity: 273 folder(s). 11 megabyte(s). 4 Linear Metres. 174 Electronic document(s).
Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, holographs, printed matter, ephemera, and photographic prints.
Provenance: Purchased from Barbara Else in 2005, 2010 and 2016.
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access to correspondence requires written permission of Barbara Else.
- Format
- 273 folder(s), 11 megabyte(s), 4 Linear Metres, 174 Electronic document(s), Personal correspondence, Drafts (Documents), Business correspondence, Manuscripts, Electronic documents, Electronic records (Digital records), Manuscripts, typescripts, holographs, printed matter, ephemera, and photographic prints.
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Papers relating to Dare and double-dare [3]
Date: 2006-2007
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9694-12
Description: Folder 3 of 5 Proof copy of the anthology Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, printed material
Papers relating to Claws and jaws
Date: 2004
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9694-01
Description: Folder includes correspondence, a teachers' resource kit, drafts of short stories and other papers relating to the anthology of stories for children, Claws and Jaws, published by Random House in 2004 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
The Warrior Queen - Reviews and correspondence
Date: 21 Aug 1995-18 Aug 1998
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8432-45
Description: Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the promotion and review of Else's novel `The Warrior Queen'. Also includes correspondence relating to Else's participation in the 1995 Listener Women's Book Festival and her application to be writer in resident at Victoria University of Wellington in 1998. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Blades - Draft
Date: [ca.1980-1990]
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8432-21
Description: Copies of a draft manuscript for a play `Blades' by Else, the manuscripts include editing notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Professional correspondence
Date: 1988-2010
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-103
Description: Folder of correspondence including print-outs of emails, with publishers, authors and schools. Also includes letters from school children (including Kelburn School), newspaper clippings and printed matter. Includes letters from Harper Collins Publishers, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Society of Authors, Longacre Press. Karori West Normal School, Fiona Kidman Creative Writing School, and Penguin Books. Also includes correspondence relating to Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards 2004. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript letters including printouts of emails, cards and printed matter. Provenance: Purchased from Ms B Else, Wellington, September 2015.
Cover letters from authors
Date: 2008-2009
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-006
Description: Includes cover letters from contributors relating to "Friends" anthology. Also includes literary curriculum vitae. Correspondents are: Janice Marriott, Shaun Barnett, Joan Braddock, Chang Shih Yen, Robin Fleming, Peter Friend, Adrienne M Frater, Heather Haylock, John Q. Henderson, David Hill, Tania Hutley, Stina Kornfeld, Cushla Managh, Paul Mason, Jennifer Maxwell, Emma Neale, John Parker, Joseph Edward Ryan, Clare Scott, Melinda Szymanik, Jeff Taylor, Philippa Werry, Lorraine Williams, Bev Wood, Val Bird. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript correspondence and papers.
Warrior Queen - film script draft 3
Date: 7 September 2008
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-001
Description: Typescript with manuscript annotations. Marked as "Barbara's Copy". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with annotations.
Warrior Queen - film script draft
Date: 27 February 2010
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-002
Description: Typescript with manuscript annotations. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, 95 leaves.
The Queen and the Nobody Boy - draft 1
Date: 28 September 2010
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-008
Description: Print-out (pages 1-104) with manuscript annotations of first draft mounted in spiral-bound notebook. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Volume of mounted typescript pages with annotations.
The Queen and the Nobody Boy - rough draft
Date: 12 June 2010
From: Else, Barbara, 1947-: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-12170-010
Description: Print-out (pages 1-94) with manuscript annotations mounted in spiral-bound notebook. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Volume of mounted typescript pages with annotations.