Papers of Ian Campbell, 1958-2021 (bulk 1986-2005) [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 3356654
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Campbell, Ian
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1958-2021]
- 2.52 m (14 boxes) + 1 carton + 2 folders + 2 packets.
- Summary:
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MS 9916 comprises correspondence, emails, drafts, notes, articles, press extracts, newspapers, magazines, and books relating to Campbell's interest in Indonesian poetry and the writing and publication of his own Indonesian language poems; brochures and other ephemera relating to cultural events. Correspondence, emails and books relating to Erich Maria Remarque and his English translator Arthur Wheen (the subject of an article by Campbell in NLA news). Copy of Campbell's Honours social work thesis, "Educational and vocational aspirations of Australians and Southern European adolescents...", 1971, and, Journal of a visit to Tenterfield in 1980 in the steps of his grandfather, ornithologist Archibald James Campbell, and other papers relating to A.J. Campbell. Papers relating to Campbell's research for his University of Sydney Master of Arts thesis on family and inheritance law in West Java (4 boxes).
The MS Acc06.109 instalment includes correspondence in Indonesian and English on Indonesian poetry and Campbell's own poetry writing, with Indonesian poets and Australian academics, ca. 1990-2005; ephemera relating to cultural and literary events in Sydney, 1990-2005; handwritten diary, 2000; copies of The Phoenix, school magazine for Normanhurst Boys High School, 1961-1966; and, personal documents such as passports and student cards (1 carton).
The MS Acc06.175 instalment includes, in Box 1: University of Sydney, Masters thesis, "National literature, regional manifestations: contemporary Indonesian language poetry from West Java", Ian Campbell, June 1996; University of Sydney, Masters thesis, "Family law and inheritance law in West Java", March 1988; correspondence, 2000-2006; in Box 2: correspondence, 2003-2006; Indonesian publications and pamphlets, 1981-1998; Christmas cards, postcards (blank); in Box 3: postcards (blank), invitations and postcards; envelope marked "Indonesia 1984"; and, three video cassette tapes, 1995-1997 (3 boxes).
The MS Acc07.180 instalment comprises papers relating to Campbell's interest in Indonesian literature, including drafts of poems in Indonesian; printed versions of emails concerning Campbell's involvement as English language editor of Utan Kaya international literary biennial anthology, and various other printed emails and publications (1 folder).
The MS Acc08.150 instalment includes Campbell's summaries, in English, of Indonesian mass media and Internet news in 2001 related to people-smuggling, SIEV X, Tampa issues and others; material concerning Indonesian mass media coverage of the Bali bombings; Campbell's Master of Philosophy degree and academic transcript from the University of Sydney; correspondence and ephemera relating to the publication in May 2008 of Campbell's book on contemporary Indonesian poetry; early drafts of Indonesian language poems written in 2007; publication processes for collection of 25 poems "Selatan-Sur-South; and, uncaptioned, unidentified photographs (2 boxes).
The MS Acc09.041 instalment comprises "South-Sur-Selatan", an anthology of poems written in English on the theme South-Sur-Selatan (1 packet).
The MS Acc10.097 instalment includes correspondence and ephemera relating to Indonesia, Indonesian culture and Indonesia-Australia relations. Also included are organisational correspondence for the Gang Festival 05-06, invitations, programs and newspaper cuttings (1 folder).
The MS Acc10.122 instalment comprises notes, typescripts, photocopies and ephemera relating to Vietnam and Vietnamese poetry. Included are original poems by Ian Campell, and translations of poems by Campbell and others, together with an essay by Campell on Vietnam (1 packet).
The MS Acc22.004 instalment comprises papers relating to Ian Campbell's poetry publications in Indonesian and/or English in Indonesian and Australian journals and newspapers. It includes correspondence between Campbell and editors, poets and academics; unpublished and drafts of poems by Campbell; conference papers and essays; travel notes and diaries; publications, some signed, by various Indonesian writers and poets; plus colour photographs, newspaper clippings and associated printed materials (5 boxes).
- Biography/History:
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Public servant and poet. Ian Campbell obtained a Master of Arts degree in Indonesian studies from the University of Sydney, 1989. He has published poems in English and Indonesian and convened several poetry performance events in Sydney. His Indonesian language poetry collection 'Tak ada Peringatan' ('No Warning') was accorded 'Highly Commended' standing in the Federal Government's Australian Arts in Asia Awards in 2013. Through his employment with the Commonwealth Public Service, he has liaised extensively with ethnic and refugee communities in Sydney. Campbell is the great-nephew of Arthur Wheen, translator of novels by Erich Maria Remarque. Campbell also has an interest in inter-war European literature.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9916, MS Acc06.109, MS Acc06.175, MS Acc07.180, MS Acc08.150, MS Acc09.041, MS Acc10.097, MS Acc10.122, MS Acc22.004.
- Associated materials: Papers of Arthur Wheen, 1915-2005 MS 3656.
- Associated materials: Papers of Archibald James Campbell, 1835-1990 MS 9650.
- In English, with some items in Indonesian.
- Reproduction:
- Some photocopies.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1958-2021
- Occupation:
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Ian Campbell's copyright material permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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