Papers of Kevin Pearson
MSS 033
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Papers of Kevin PearsonCollection Identifier
MSS 033Inclusive date(s)
1976 to 1993Extent and Medium
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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
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.
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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 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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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.