Research materials about Ronald Hugh Morrieson, gathered and written by Julia Millen
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Research materials about author Ronald Hugh Morrieson, gathered and written by biographer Julia Millen, in preparation for her publication “Ronald Hugh Morrieson: A Biography”, 1996, David Ling.
Object detail
Box 1 Folder 1
Life data – includes family tree; a chronology of the family including key life events and events related to Morrieson’s literary career; biographical notes; copies of newspaper cuttings; notes taken from news articles and electoral rolls; list of historic solicitors’ names; copies of marriage and death registers; will of Charles Bartley Johnson; notes on Lucy Johnson, property and mortgage; birth certificate for 1876 birth of Hugh Francis; photocopies of photographs of Ron and others; two original photographs.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence related to Morrieson’s university records; newspaper articles; research notes, for example about a car accident in 1950, and others taken at the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, and the Button Film Archive.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence to Millen from Ron’s contacts, regarding the research (including pages from John Dunmore’s unpublished biography), and drafts of her book; biographical notes from interviews (1994-96) with former piano pupils, his cousins and contemporaries, including girlfriend Georgina; 1973 NZ Listener article about Morrieson by Maurice Shadbolt.
Box 1 Folder 4
Millen’s notes on Morrieson’s novels, short stories, book reviews and films, and related articles. Includes notes on short film/television programme “One of Those Blighters”, 1982 (Dir. Lynton Butler); 1983 NZ Listener article on the re-release of his four novels, and renewed interest in Morrieson; an essay by Frank Sargeson titled “Two Novels by Ronald Hugh Morrieson: An Appreciation”; a 1975 Landfall review of ‘Predicament’ by R.A. Copland.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence and notes from Len Chambers, a personal friend of Morrieson’s
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence and notes from Dr. Peter Simpson (English professor, Auckland University), who had written about Morrieson’s work and had intended to write a biography.
Box 1 Folder 7
Heather Stowe and Tim Chadwick material – Chadwick created a petition to save the old Morrieson home in Hawera, which failed; Stowe was a personal friend who provided information about Ron’s life as a dance-band player.
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