Papers of Robert D. FitzGerald
MSS 004
Collection Title
Papers of Robert D. FitzGeraldCollection Identifier
MSS 004Inclusive date(s)
1904 to 1970Extent and Medium
Category
Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
This collection comprises papers and related material produced or accumulated by Robert D. FitzGerald.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._D._Fitzgerald
Robert David FitzGerald was born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales on the 22 February 1902, and died on the 25 May 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales. He attended Sydney Grammar School before beginning his university studies at the University of Sydney. He discontinued his studies to pursue a career as a surveyor, which took him to Fiji for most of the 1930s, and saw him appointed to several positions in the Commonwealth Department of the Interior before his retirement in 1965.
FitzGerald was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards, including:
Order of Australia, Member in the Order of Australia (AM), 1982
Robert Frost Medallion, 1974
The Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Civil, 1951 Note: for literature
Grace Leven Poetry Prize, 1962: winner for Southmost twelve
Grace Leven Poetry Prize, 1959: winner for The wind at your door : a poem
Grace Leven Poetry Prize, 1952: winner for Between two tides
Australian Literature Society Poetry Gold Medal, 1938: winner for Moonlight acre
Australia's Sesquicentenary Celebration Long Poem Prize, 1938: winner for 'Essay on memory'
Panton Arts Club (UK), Festival of Arts and Letters Bronze Medal, 1928: winner for To meet the sun.
References: AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, 2004.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The collection comprises correspondence, drafts of published poetry, including The wind at your door : a poem, together with correspondence between FitzGerald and the publisher Walter Stone. There are also carbon and photocopies of correspondence selected by FitzGerald for The letters of Hugh McCrae.
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Check with Curator
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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: Check with Curator
Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further papers of Robert D. FitzGerald are held by the National Library, in Guide to the Papers of Robert D. FitzGerald (1902-1987) at MS 7334.
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. 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.