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Records of the Friendly Street Poets
MSS 061

Collection Title

Records of the Friendly Street Poets

Collection Identifier

MSS 061

Inclusive date(s)

1978 to 1988

Extent and Medium

1 box

Category

Literature

Subject: Terms(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Organisational papers of a literary group, consisting of correspondence, reviews, news clippings.

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Street_Poets

Friendly Street Poets are a poetry reading group and publisher in Adelaide. Founded in 1975 by Richard Tipping, Andrew Taylor and Ian Reid, it developed into a monthly event and is still running in 2019. It regularly publishes anthologies of its members' poetry, and starting in 1995 began publishing volumes by individual poets.

Significant poets associated with the Friendly Street Poets include Graham Rowlands, Kevin Pearson, Jenny Boult, Jeff Guess, Kate Llewellyn, and Jan Owen.

References:
Organisation record, Friendly Street Poets, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A40057 17/01/2019].

Friendly Street Poets. (2019). About. Retrieved from http://friendlystreetpoets.org.au/about-2/, 17/02/2019

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired from Graham Rowlands, acting for the Friendly Street Poets, in one consignment.

Scope and Content

A collection of the organisational papers of the Friendly Street Poets, created principally during the 1980s, but including some material from 1978-9. The material consists of Reviews of the Friendly Street Readers, as well as correspondence and grant applications. The collection also includes some news clippings.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: The collection is closed.

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

 

The Academy Library holds the material of a number of poets associated with the Friendly Street Poets:

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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