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| Manuscript Name | Records of the Twelvetrees Publishing Company |
| Manuscript Number | MSS 155 |
| Last Updated | October 2021 |
| Extent | 57 cm (5 boxes + 1 folio + 1 oversize) |
| Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
| Abstract | Records and correspondence, edited drafts, reviews, newspaper clippings, contracts, etc. |
Scope and Content
This collection comprises correspondence, edited drafts, galley proofs, paste-up copies, reviews, newspaper clippings and general office records relating to publications by Twelvetrees Publishing Company.
Date Range of Content
1984-1988
Administrative History
Twelvetrees Publishing Company was founded in 1984 by Clive Tilsley, Michael Denholm and Andrew Sant. It has published five books of poetry Queuing for the Mudd Club by Stephen Edgar, 1985; Holiday girls and other poems by Vicki Raymond, 1985; Effects of light : poetry of Tasmania edited by Vivian Smith and Margaret Scott, 1985; By way of a vessel by Edith Speers, 1986; Remote corners by Graeme Hetherington, 1986. In 1987 Twelvetrees published Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley by Catherine Watson.
In 1986 Holiday girls and other poems was awarded the British Airlines Commonwealth Poetry Prize for the best first-time published book of poetry.
References:
Small press publishing in Australia, v. 2. 'The late 1970s to the mid to late 1980s' by Michael Denholm, 1991.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Records of the Twelvetrees Publishing Company, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, MSS 155, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Provenance
The material in this collection was acquired from the company via Clive Tilsley in one consignment in 1989.
Additional Information
Related Material
Further material relating to Stephen Edgar is located in the papers of Stephen Edgar, at MSS 120.
Further material relating to Vivian Smith is located in the papers of Vivian Smith, at MSS 41.
Further material relating to Margaret Scott is located in the papers of Margaret Scott, at MSS 42.
Further material relating to Edith Speers is located in the papers of Edith Speers, at MSS 234.
Separated Material
Further papers of Vivian Smith are held by the National Library of Australia, in the Papers of Vivian Smith at MS 4853.
University of Queensland Library, Letter : Hobart, to Cecil Hadgraft at F958.
This collection originally included the following publication. This work has been catalogued separately, and added to the Library's main collection.
Catherine Watson Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley, Twelvetrees Publishing Company,1987.
Access Terms
Personal Names
Denholm, Michael, 1951-
Sant, Andrew, 1950-
Tilsley, Clive
Edgar, Stephen, 1951-
Raymond, Vicki, 1949-
Smith, Vivian, 1933-
Scott, Margaret, 1934-2005
Speers, Edith, 1949-
Hetherington, Graeme, 1937-
Watson, Catherine
Topical Subjects
Authors, Australian -- Archives
Authors and publishers -- Australia -- Archives
Publishers and publishing -- Australia -- Archives
Titles
Queuing for the Mudd Club
Holiday girls and other poems
Effects of light : poetry of Tasmania
By way of a vessel
Remote corners
Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1
Correspondence, 1984-85, photocopied draft and relevant material for Queuing for the Mudd Club by Stephen Edgar, 1985
Folder 4
Draft of miscellaneous poems, reviews, and relevant material for Holiday girls and other poems by Vicki Raymond, 1985
Folder 5
Correspondence, 1984-86, relating to Effects of light : poetry of Tasmania edited by Vivian Smith and Margaret Scott, 1985
Box 2
Folder 8
Reviews and general office records relating to Effects of light : poetry of Tasmania edited by Vivian Smith and Margaret Scott, 1985
Folder 11
Correspondence, 1985-87, and annotated draft of Remote corners by Graeme Hetherington, 1986
Folder 13
Correspondence, 1987-88 - Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley by Catherine Watson, 1987
Box 3
Folder 16
Annotated galley proofs for Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley by Catherine Watson, 1987
Folder 17
Pasted-up copy of Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley by Catherine Watson, 1987
Box 4 AV
Box-folder 4
Negatives, a transparency and black and white photographs used in the publication of Full and plenty : an oral history of apple growing in the Huon Valley by Catherine Watson, 1987. Coloured transparencies for the cover of Effects of light : poetry of Tasmania edited by Vivian Smith and Margaret Scott, 1985