Papers of Alan Moorehead, 1926-1971 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2626666
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1926-1971]
- 8.62 m. (34 boxes) + 4 fol. boxes + 1 fol. item + 1 folder.
- Summary:
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The MS 5654 collection, which was received in two consignments, from London and Rome, ranges from a diary kept as a schoolboy in 1926, to personal and business correspondence, manuscripts and proofs of most of Alan Moorehead's published and unpublished works, notebooks and diaries, photographs, press cuttings and reviews, and background material to his books. Also, a card written by Lucy Moorehead to National Library of Australia Liaison Officer, Ivan Page (34 boxes, 4 fol. boxes, 1 fol. item).
- Biography/History:
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Journalist and author. Alan McCrae Moorehead was born in Croydon, Victoria, in 1910. He worked as a journalist with the Melbourne Herald from 1930-1935, and became a war correspondent with the Daily express, London, in 1936-1945. Moorehead was the author of a wide range of books. His historical works included Gallipoli (1956), and among his biographical works was Montgomery: a biography (1946). He also wrote travel books, including No room in the ark (1959), and The White Nile (1960), as well as novels, including The rage of the vulture (1948). Moorehead died in London in 1983.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 5654, MS Acc05.076.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233791128
- Related Material:
- Conversation with Alan Moorehead; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1/54.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; D951.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid (3 p.) available in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1926-1971
- Occupation:
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