Papers of Dennis Altman, 1961-2021 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2438746
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Altman, Dennis, 1943-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MS 5402 copy
- 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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- [1961-2021]
- 4.79 metres (23 boxes) + 1 archives box + 1 map folio + 2 folders.
- Summary:
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The collection comprises papers documenting academic and gay right's campaigner Dennis Altman's career as a writer and his roles in Australian and international HIV/AIDS organisations. Includes correspondence to and from academics, publishers, politicians, leaders of homosexual movements and admirers.
MS 5402 comprises a notebook and manuscript of Homosexual: oppression and liberation; reviews; and, printed matter on gay liberation and other homosexual movements, including several issues of The body politic, CAMP Ink and Campaign. There is also correspondence to and from academics, publishers, politicians, leaders of homosexual movements and admirers, including Louie Crew, Gerry Hannon, Max Whitehouse, Leslie Bury (M.P.), Bill Hayden (M.P.), Harris Dienstfrey, Richard Walsh, Peter Bonsall-Boone, George Medenhall and Ralph Blair (2 boxes, 2 folders).
The Acc10.041 instalment comprises papers documenting Dennis Altman's career as a writer and his roles in Australian and international HIV/AIDS organisations. They include correspondence, reports, financial records, ephemera, publications, press cuttings, publishing contracts and drafts of several of Altman's books. The organisations represented in the papers include the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre (VAD/GMHC), National Centre for HIV Social Research (NCHSR), Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) and the Global AIDS Policy Coalition (GAPC). Correspondents include Jonathon Mann and Jeff O'Malley of the Harvard School of Public Health, Ita Buttrose, Levinia Crooks and Nick Toonen. The ephemera includes publications on AIDS topics, largely of Asian origin (7 boxes).
The Acc16.020 instalment comprises correspondence, Altman's ASIO files, manuscripts of books, book reviews and notebooks; papers relating to Altman's involvement in HIV/AIDS groups and research; university work related materials; small amount of ephemeral HIV/AIDS materials; materials related to Gore Vidal and a poster from the 1996 Salamanca Writers festival (10 boxes, 1 map folio).
The Acc17.099 instalment comprises letters and other materials with a literary or professional component, including contracts with publishers; correspondence with David Williamson and correspondence relating to Professor Michael Wilding. Papers of Brian Kiernan's wife, the editor of the Sydney Review are also included. Additionally, it includes correspondence relating to Dennis Altman's sabbatical leave in 1976 when he visited universities in Europe and had a semester in Yale (2 boxes).
The Acc22.063 instalment comprises correspondence; slide transparencies; certificates; posters; assorted flyers, programs, articles, and press cuttings mainly from 2016-2021; plus publishing agreements from earlier periods (1 box).
The MS Acc22.145 consignment comprises printed drafts from various stages of Altman's writing of Unrequited Love : diary of an accidental activist and God Save the Queen : the strange persistence of monarchies, some with editorial corrections noted. The drafts demonstrate the development of the books (1 box).
- Biography/History:
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Writer, academic and gay rights campaigner. Dennis Patkin Altman was born in Sydney in 1943. He is the author of numerous books on homosexuality, HIV/AIDS and politics. Altman was professor in the Politics and International Relations Program at La Trobe University in Melbourne prior to his appointment in 2009 as director of the Institute for Human Security at that university. He is furthermore actively involved in a number of Australian and international organisations responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including the Victorian AIDS Council, the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the International AIDS Society. Altman was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2008 for service to education as an academic, social and political commentator, and to the community through raising awareness of human rights issues and as a contributor to the development of HIV/AIDS policy.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 5402, MS Acc10.041, MS Acc16.020, MS Acc17.099, MS Acc22.063, MS Acc22.145.
- Related Material:
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- Interview with Dennis Altman, author and academic; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 2771.
- Dennis Altman interviewed by Heather Rusden for the Australian response to AIDS oral history project; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 2815/37.
- Source of Acquisition:
- The 2010, 2016 an 2017 instalments were donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Dennis Altman.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia, D925.
- Subject:
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- Altman, Dennis, 1943- -- Archives
- La Trobe University. Institute for Human Security -- Employees -- Archives
- Political scientists -- Australia -- Archives
- College teachers -- Australia -- Archives
- Human rights workers -- Australia -- Archives
- Journalists -- Australia -- Archives
- Homosexuality
- Gay liberation movement
- AIDS (Disease)
- Time Coverage:
- 1961-2021
- Occupation:
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Dennis Altman's copyright material is permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
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