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Papers of Kevin Pearson
MSS 033

Collection Title

Papers of Kevin Pearson

Collection Identifier

MSS 033

Inclusive date(s)

1976 to 1993

Extent and Medium

6 boxes + 1 AV box

Category

Literature

Subject: Terms(s)

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Literary papers, including drafts of poems, working notes, notebooks. Also includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings

Administrative / Biographical history

Kevin Pearson is an Australian poet and publisher, who writes as K.F. Pearson. He has been active in the Australian poetry scenes in Victoria and South Australia since the 1970s. He served as Secretary of the South Australian Poets Union and has been active with the Adelaide-based Friendly Street Poets. In late 1994, he founded Black Pepper Publishing with Gail Hannah.

His books include Messages of Things (1984), A History of Colour (1992), Melbourne Elegies (1999). Together with Christine Churches, he edited The Orange Tree: South Australian Poetry to the Present Day (1986).

References:

Author record, K.F. Pearson, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A26174, 31 January 2019

Black Pepper Publishing. (c2018). K.F. Pearson. Retrieved from: http://blackpepperpublishing.com/pearson.html, 31 January 2019

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Kevin Pearson in seven consignments, 1987-1993

Scope and Content

A collection of literary papers of Kevin (K.F.) Pearson, mostly from the 1980s with the earliest material dated 1976. The collection mostly consists of working material including drafts of poetry, notebooks, working notes, readers' reports. There is also literary correspondence, news clippings and articles, as well as photographs.

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

Special Collections holds the material of the Friendly Street Poets at MSS 061 and Tess Brady at MSS 320.

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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