Papers of Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel
MSS 009
Collection Title
Papers of Tom Thompson and Elizabeth ButelCollection Identifier
MSS 009Inclusive date(s)
1917 to 1993Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced or accumulated by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel.
Administrative / Biographical history
David John Tom Thompson was born on the 21 October 1953 in Parkes, New South Wales. He was educated at Broken Hill School, Wollongong High School and Macquarie University. He is poet, editor and publisher, and has worked as a bookshop manager, freelance journalist and publisher. He was literary publisher for Angus & Robertson, 1990-1993, associate publisher with Imprint Collins Australia, 1988-1990, publisher for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1984-1988, Publishing Coordinator 'Encyclopedia of the Australian people', 1984-1988, Producer Sydney Writers' Week, 1984-1988, Book Editor the National Times, 1982-1986, journalist with the Sydney morning herald, 1982-1988, editor of Red Press, 1978-1982 and associate editor at Currency Press, 1977-1980. As well as editing periodical publications Dodo, Leatherjacket and the Australian small press review, 1976-1979. He has also been involved in publishing ventures of his own including ETT Imprint, which represents nearly one hundred Australian authors and estates, many of which were purchased from the Angus & Robertson backlist in the mid-1990s and the Angrier Penguins Press.
Elizabeth Ann Butel was born on the 17 January 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales. She received a B.A. Dip. Ed. from Sydney University, 1973, Art Certificate from East Sydney Technical College, 1978 and Diploma of Art from City Art Institute, 1981. She has worked as a secondary school teacher, freelance journalist, writer/editor and publisher.
References:
Resumes
Who's who in Australia 2004
AustLit : the resource for Australian literature, 2005.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts and associated papers for works by Tom Thompson and Elizabeth Butel. The collection also contains material relating to Thompson's publishing career with Collins and Angus & Robertson, together with material concerning the Australian Bicentennial Authority publications program and Sydney Writers' Week.
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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
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
The Academy Library also holds the Papers of Lloyd Rees and Elizabeth Butel at MSS 169.
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.