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Papers of Jenny Boult
MSS 030

Collection Title

Papers of Jenny Boult

Collection Identifier

MSS 030

Inclusive date(s)

1950 to 2005

Extent and Medium

41 boxes + 2 oversize + 1 plan cabinet + 6 AV boxes + 2 reels

Category

Literature

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Poetry, correspondence, drafts, pamphlets, newsletters, and audiovisual material relating to Jenny Boult

Administrative / Biographical history

Jenny Boult was born in Warwickshire, England in 1951, migrating to Western Australia with her family in 1967. In the mid 1970s she was involved in setting up the Friendly St Poets in Adelaide at the Box Factory. In 1994 she moved to Tasmania with her long-time friend and partner. She won the Salamanca Fringe Festival prizes for poetry and fiction in 1995 and appeared at the Tasmanian Writers' Festival, Montsalvat (Victoria) Hard Times Café and Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Launceston.

In 1999 Jenny Boult changed her name to Magenta Bliss and wrote as MML Bliss

Jenny Boult died in November 2005.

Poems, stories and plays by Jenny Boult and MML Bliss have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies in Australia and overseas. Jenny Boult's works have been translated into several languages.

Source of information:

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Boult

Austlit:

https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7934

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Jenny Boult between 1987 and 1994.

Scope and Content

This collection relates to Jenny Boult, also known as Magenta Maria Loveday Bliss (MML Bliss).

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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 authored by Jenny Boult for private study and research is approved.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

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.

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