Papers of James McQueen
MSS 024
Collection Title
Papers of James McQueenCollection Identifier
MSS 024Inclusive date(s)
1958 to 1993Extent and Medium
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Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
Manuscript drafts of published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction of James McQueen, together with related correspondence and papers
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McQueen_(writer)
Australian novelist and short story writer James McQueen was born in Ulverstone, Tasmania later studying at the National Art School in Sydney and qualifying as an accountant. McQueen began writing fiction in 1975 after settling in Nabowla, north-eastern Tasmania. He published more than 150 stories in Australian and overseas periodicals (later collected in six volumes) and wrote novels for adults and children. McQueen was arrested while protesting against the Franklin River Dam development and his environmental activism is reflected in his novel Hook's Mountain and other works.
References:
James McQueen https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A28997 retrieved 27 November 2020
Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies (2005), University of Tasmania (2017), McQueen, James (1934-1988), Companion to Tasmanian History https://www.utas.edu.au/tasmanian-companion/biogs/E000628b.htm retrieved 27 November 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This collection relates to the literary career of James McQueen and includes a large number of draft short stories, as well as manuscripts of novels, articles, reviews, plays and non-fiction works (some written under pseudonyms such as Marc Cox and L. Palmerston). The material is supplemented by personal and business correspondence and records, biographical papers, and some galley proofs and artwork for several of McQueen's publications.
Of special interest: McQueen's first two published short stories, both written whilst he was stationed as a weatherman on Macquarie Island in the early 1960s; papers and drafts associated with the Franklin Dam controversy, including a small amount of correspondence exchanged with historian, Manning Clark, and environmentalist, Bob Brown; and a group of folders containing research papers relating to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Open Access
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: Copying of material for private study and research is approved
Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further material relating to James McQueen is located in the Papers of Andrew Sant (MSS 031) and in the Records of the Almost Managing Company (MSS 215)
Photographs and poems relating to McQueen's experiences as a weatherman on Macquarie Island are housed in the National Library of Australia at MS 8522
Separated Material
This collection originally included the letters of three First World War soldiers found by McQueen on his Nabowla property in 1993. These works have been separated and described at MSS 367
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.