MS 8130 comprises: 1. Personal documents and notebooks, 1918-1971. 2. Personal business papers, 1946-1972. 3. General correspondence, 1925-1977 from Clem Christesen, Xavier Herbert, Miles Franklin, Peter Hopegood, Hugh McCrae, H.M. Green, Guy Howarth, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Ernest Mander, Frank Dalby Davison, Sydney Tomholt, A.D. Hope, Mary Gilmore, J.K. Moir, Kenneth Slessor, Alan Marshall, R.D. Fitzgerald, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Kylie Tennant, Ian Mudie, Douglas Stewart, Jim Devaney, Henrietta Drake-Brockman, A.R. Chisholm. 4. Poetry manuscripts and typescripts, 1929-1975. 5. Prose and drama manuscripts and typescripts, 1930-1945. 6. Sydney morning herald, 1934-1940. 7. Broadcasts, 1939-1953. 8. Australian National University, 1946-1967. 9. Teaching material on Australian literature, 1946-1966. 10. Teaching and research files on Australian writers, 1925-1974 including A.G. Stephens correspondence, 1896-1933. 11. Drafts and notes for writings on Australian literature, 1932-1972. 12. Book reviews, 1935-1972. 13. Relations with publishers, 1935-1976. 14. Works by others, 1944-1972. 15. Commonwealth Literary Fund, 1945-1972. 16. Literary associations, 1935, 1948-1977. 17. Philippines, 1930-1975. 18. Printed material, 1921-1976. 19. Newscuttings, 1974-1990, 1929-1966. 20. 250 photographs. 21. Three annotated typescripts on an essay on Furnley Maurice (pseudonym for Frank Wilmot); letter from Percival Serle, 1951 (56 boxes, 3 folios).
The Acc06/164 instalment comprises files of general correspondence, cuttings and other papers, 1924-1978; file of correspondence and other papers relating to Moore's OBE, 1958; and a file of correspondence with R.D. Fitzgerald, 1977 (1 box, 1 carton).
Poet, journalist, literary critic, author and academic. Tom Inglis Moore was senior lecturer and later Associate Professor of Australian Literature, Australian National University, 1954-1966.
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