Reference code
ZA UCT BC995_A
Title
WRITINGS
Date(s)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Name of creator
(1914-2009)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A1 - 23 Novels
A1 Apples in the Hold, published under the pseudonym Robert Pointon [1952], Museum Press, London.
A1.1 Apples in the Hold. Photocopy of the text.
A2 Ratoons. Proofs. Published 1953.
A3 Yesterday's Child. TS, labelled in pencil The Magic Dwarf. First draft. Published as Wizard's Country, 1957.
A4 A Lover for Estelle. Galley proofs. 1961.
A4.1 Thafeni Store. Galley proofs. Published as A Lover for Estelle.
A5 The Greyling. Reynall and Company, New York, 1962
A6 Margaretha de la Porte. Rough TS. 1974.
A6.1 Rough draft of MS corrections.
Correspondence with publishers in connection with corrections.
A7 The Seventh Earl. TS. Unpublished. Possibly Part 2 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte.
A8 Untitled Photocopy of TS. First line of text reads, "I used to listen to Lola and her mother talking in the evenings." Unpublished. Possibly Part 3 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte.
A9 The Bushland. Photocopy of TS. Unpublished.
A10-11 Children's Stories
A10 Boy on the Mountain. Photocopy of text. 1969
A11 Double Ex. Photocopy of text. 1971
A12-20 Short Stories
A12 Fizikolo. Photocopy of text. Published in Over the Horizon; or around the world in fifteen stories, by William Mayne (et al), 1960
A13 Portrait of Esme. A Sketch. Photocopy of TS.
A14 Mum was a war widow. Photocopy of TS.
A15 The Life of a Doctor. Series, with Pauline Klenerman. Photocopies of TS.
A15.1 The Dragons
A15.2 Two Doctors
A15.3 The Valley of the Shadow
A15.4 A Family Man
A15.5 A Layette for the Baby
A15.6 Planned Parenthood
A15.7 The Missing Patient
A15.8 Safe - Two Ways
A16 A Hewer of Wood. Photocopy of TS.
A17 Rosaline - a Voortrekker Story. Photocopy of TS.
A18 The Boundary Dog. Photocopy of text
A19 The Deal. Photocopy of text. Published in Woman, 26 June 1950
A20 Forecast: Dry and Sunny. Photocopy of TS.
A21-22 Translations
A21 Mittee (German) 1952
A22 Hun Elsket Min Bror (Norwegian) 1954
A23 Poetry
Poems of War, Photocopy of TS.
A1 Apples in the Hold, published under the pseudonym Robert Pointon [1952], Museum Press, London.
A1.1 Apples in the Hold. Photocopy of the text.
A2 Ratoons. Proofs. Published 1953.
A3 Yesterday's Child. TS, labelled in pencil The Magic Dwarf. First draft. Published as Wizard's Country, 1957.
A4 A Lover for Estelle. Galley proofs. 1961.
A4.1 Thafeni Store. Galley proofs. Published as A Lover for Estelle.
A5 The Greyling. Reynall and Company, New York, 1962
A6 Margaretha de la Porte. Rough TS. 1974.
A6.1 Rough draft of MS corrections.
Correspondence with publishers in connection with corrections.
A7 The Seventh Earl. TS. Unpublished. Possibly Part 2 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte.
A8 Untitled Photocopy of TS. First line of text reads, "I used to listen to Lola and her mother talking in the evenings." Unpublished. Possibly Part 3 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte.
A9 The Bushland. Photocopy of TS. Unpublished.
A10-11 Children's Stories
A10 Boy on the Mountain. Photocopy of text. 1969
A11 Double Ex. Photocopy of text. 1971
A12-20 Short Stories
A12 Fizikolo. Photocopy of text. Published in Over the Horizon; or around the world in fifteen stories, by William Mayne (et al), 1960
A13 Portrait of Esme. A Sketch. Photocopy of TS.
A14 Mum was a war widow. Photocopy of TS.
A15 The Life of a Doctor. Series, with Pauline Klenerman. Photocopies of TS.
A15.1 The Dragons
A15.2 Two Doctors
A15.3 The Valley of the Shadow
A15.4 A Family Man
A15.5 A Layette for the Baby
A15.6 Planned Parenthood
A15.7 The Missing Patient
A15.8 Safe - Two Ways
A16 A Hewer of Wood. Photocopy of TS.
A17 Rosaline - a Voortrekker Story. Photocopy of TS.
A18 The Boundary Dog. Photocopy of text
A19 The Deal. Photocopy of text. Published in Woman, 26 June 1950
A20 Forecast: Dry and Sunny. Photocopy of TS.
A21-22 Translations
A21 Mittee (German) 1952
A22 Hun Elsket Min Bror (Norwegian) 1954
A23 Poetry
Poems of War, Photocopy of TS.