Papers of Simon MacDonald
MSS 244
Collection Title
Papers of Simon MacDonaldCollection Identifier
MSS 244Inclusive date(s)
1972 to 1986Extent and Medium
Category
Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Organisation(s)
Collection Description
Correspondence, manuscript drafts, photographs, press clippings, and paperwork related to Simon MacDonald, Charles Buckmaster and Wildgrass Books
Administrative / Biographical history
Simon MacDonald was born in Melbourne in 1951 and educated at Monash University, Deakin University and RMIT. In 1970 he met Charles Buckmaster through La Mama poets, with whom he formed a close friendship for the last two years of Buckmaster's life, later editing and publishing a collection of Buckmaster's work in 1989. In 1971, MacDonald was editor of the first issue of poetry magazine Magnet, and later founded Wildgrass Books. His own published works include poetry and reviews as well as a children's book entitled Qwerty, the Computer (1983)
References:
Austlit : Simon MacDonald https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A28203 retrieved 22 June 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Simon MacDonald consist of correspondence, photographs, press clippings, paperwork and drafts of manuscripts relating to author, editor and publisher Simon MacDonald and poet Charles Buckmaster. A large component of the material is related to MacDonald's editing and publishing work, including the magazine Magnet, and Wildgrass Books publications such as LJ Hartnett's Big Wheels and Little Wheels (1973), Graham Henderson's Anguish of Departure, (1979) and Kevin Brophy's Getting Away With It (1982).
Access Restrictions
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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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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
Related and Separated Materials
Published items catalogued separately in the Academy Library collection:
Cashing In by Cornelis Vleeskens, mini novel
Quadrant, April, 1984, no. 199, vol. XXVIII, No. 4
Lamella Distribution Book Catalogue (Richard Tipping file)
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.