Papers of Kel Semmens
MSS 323
Collection Title
Papers of Kel SemmensCollection Identifier
MSS 323Inclusive date(s)
1930 to 1990Extent and Medium
Creator(s)
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Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
Correspondence, newspaper articles, and published literary works of various authors collection by Kel Semmens
Administrative / Biographical history
Kel (Kelman) Semmens was born in 1921 and worked as a general practitioner for the Latrobe University Student Health Service. He published works of poetry from 1959-1992 as well as a small number of non-fiction works
References:
Austlit : Kel Semmens https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A9899 retrieved 10 August 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Kel Semmens largely comprise correspondence, published literary works of various authors including poems, reviews, and articles, and some literary drafts relating to Ian Maxwell. Reviews and articles are predominantly related to medicine, healthcare, and surgery. Australian author correspondents include Judith Rodriguez, James McAuley, Graeme Kinross-Smith, A D Hope and Hazel Rowley
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Check with Curator
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright.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
This collection originally included the publications listed below. These works have been catalogued separately, and added to the Academy Library collection (separated 12 July 2013)
Snorri Sturluson, Hakonar Saga Goda, Melbourne, 1954; Ian Maxwell is other author [based on National Library of Australia catalogue description]
H. Palmer Phillips, Memories and Reflections, Bentleigh, Victoria, 1974, with message to Kel Semmens, January 1976
Ian R. Maxwell, Scansion Scanned, with message to Kel Semmens, 1966
Department of English Occasional Paper No. 6. Art and Infatuation. Joint Seminar of the English Department University College, Australian Defence Force Academy and The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, April 1986
Department of English Occasional Paper No. 12. Psychopathology in Australian Life. A Joint Seminar of the English Department University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra and The School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, April 1988
Eric Osborn, Building for eternity: Three Addresses, Uniting Church in Australia. Synod of Victoria. Theological Hall, Parkville, Victoria, 1987
The Bulletin, Christmas Number, 9 December 1959
Education Department, Victoria, The School Paper, 1901, vol. III, no. 28 [fragile]; July-August 1966, nos. 754, 768-69, 782-83
Lavengro Vol. 1: A Critical Reading, 18 pages, no author or publishing details
Scaldic Verses, various pagination, no author or publishing details
Villon, 21 pages, no author or publishing details; has message to Kel Semmens, 1969
Ballads Burns, various pagination, no author or publishing details; with message from Claire Eppers [author?], 6 April 1943
Valmai McDonald and Rita Erlich (eds.), Colloquy: An Informal Review of the Arts, no. 2, 1969
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.