Papers of Barry Westburg
MSS 057
Collection Title
Papers of Barry WestburgCollection Identifier
MSS 057Inclusive date(s)
1985 to 2001Extent and Medium
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Subject: Person(s)
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Collection Description
Correspondence, Friendly Street Poets productions and publications, drafts of literary works, manuscripts, galley proofs and audiovisual material relating to Barry Westburg
Administrative / Biographical history
Poet and author Barry Westburg was born in Iowa, USA in 1938 and moved to California at a young age. After completing his PhD at Cornell University, he moved to Australia in 1975 to teach in the English Department at Adelaide University. Westburg has been the Chair of the SA Writers' Centre, a fiction editor with the South Review, and was a founding member of Friendly Street Poets with 17 years involvement. As well as publishing many works including novels, short stories, poetry and essays, Westburg co-edited No. 13 Friendly St. Poetry Reader (1989) and Tuesday Night Live: Fifteen Years of Friendly Street (1993)
References:
Austlit : Barry Westburg https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6701 retrieved 22 June 2020
Friendly Street Poets : Barry Westburg http://friendlystreetpoets.org.au/poetry/sample-of-poets/westburg/ retrieved 22 June 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Barry Westburg comprise material pertaining to his work as a poet, author and editor. The first 12 boxes contain drafts of Westburg's poems and literary works, primarily short stories. The following 5 boxes contain material relating to Westburg and Kroll's co-editing of Tuesday Night Live: Fifteen Years of Friendly Street, including correspondence, entries for inclusion, biographical information for poets, contact details, invoices, notes and interviews
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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
A videorecording of Barry Westburg reading from his works at ADFA was taken on 4 June 1992 and is held in the Academy Library at PR 9619.3.W41 B37
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.