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Papers of Jeri Kroll
MSS 059

Collection Title

Papers of Jeri Kroll

Collection Identifier

MSS 059

Inclusive date(s)

1977 to 1993

Extent and Medium

13 boxes + 2 oversize

Creator(s)

Category

Literature

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Manuscripts, drafts, galleys and reviews for Jeri Kroll's works, together with correspondence and material concerning the SA Friendly Street Poetry Group

Administrative / Biographical history

Poet and author Jeri Kroll was born in New York City in 1946. After completing her studies at Smith College, Massachusetts, University of Warwick, UK and Columbia University, New York (where she attained her PhD), she moved to Australia in 1978. Her career included positions at several tertiary institutions teaching literature and writing, as well as work as a freelance writer and a community arts worker. She has been a literary producer for radio 5UV, particularly Writers' Radio and Authors' Proof, along with conducting interviews with writers.

Initially writing poetry and short stories for adults, Kroll's published works also include several books for children, school readers, and articles on Samuel Beckett, contemporary poetry and the pedagogy of creative writing.

References:
Austlit : Jeri Kroll https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10235 retrieved 15 June 2020

Acquisition Details

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Scope and Content

This collection relates to poet and author Jeri Kroll, and includes material related to her works Death of Mr. Right (1982), Indian Movies (1983), andThe Electrolux man and other stories (1987), along with correspondence, drafts, galleys, annotated material, and material concerning the SA Friendly Street Poetry Group

Access Restrictions

Other

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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

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Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

A videorecording of Jeri Kroll reading her poetry at the ADFA Library was taken on the 7 March 1991 and is held at PR 9619.3.K96 J46


Separated Material

The following published works have been catalogued and added to the main Academy Library collection:

Laurel Review, vol. 12, no. 1, West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon, W. Va: The College

Grecourt Review, February and April 1966, Northampton, Mass.: Smith College

The Gritloaf Anthology, edited by Pete Bonnette and Isabel Zuber - Winston-Salem, N.C.: Palaemon Press, c1978

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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