Guide to the Records of Curtis Brown Australia, 1962-2002

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 10063
Creator:
Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd
Extent:
46.65 metres and [305 boxes + 2 folio boxes]
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of Curtis Brown Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 10063, [series/file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Part available for research ; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Corporate records of a literary agency. The bulk of the collection comprises agency files for authors represented by Curtis Brown Australia, and by Hickson Associates prior to acquisition by Curtis Brown in 1999. These files include correspondence between authors and agents, and publishers; accounts and royalty information; and press cuttings. Also contained are files relating to Curtis Brown offices in London and New York, files relating to overseas sub-agents, and submissions from writers seeking representation.

The collection also includes corporate records such as Memoranda and Articles of Association and contract registers. Some of these records pre-date the establishment of Curtis Brown Australia; it is presumed that they were created by Curtis Brown London and subsequently transferred to the Australian office.

Apart from files in ongoing use retained by Curtis Brown, this collection represents a comprehensive collection of Curtis Brown records. Given that most files originate from the 1980s and 1990s, it seems likely that some earlier files were previously disposed of.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The Library purchased the collection from Curtis Brown Australia in July 2007.

Arrangement:

Curtis Brown staff boxed and listed the records prior to transfer. This list has been the basis for this finding aid. While some previous record keeping systems were evident, namely chronological and alphabetical arrangements, these were not clear or consistent enough to be reconstructed during arrangement and description by the Library. The collection has therefore has been retained in the order in which it was received at the Library, apart from physical rearrangement into 6 series. Files on the same author or subject are therefore not co-located; researchers should use the Appendix to identify all relevant files.

Records that were created as part of Hickson and Associates, before being acquired by Curtis Brown, have been treated as separate series, with a small degree of overlap within some author files, as indicated.

Files have not been internally rearranged, with the exception of a small number where records had clearly been misfiled. These are marked as such in the descriptions for the relevant files. A small proportion of the collection was loose within boxes, which Library archivists foldered; these have also been identified accordingly in the finding aid.

Container List:
Series Files Box
1 1-11 1
1 12-21 2
1 22-26 3
1 27-33 4
1 34-40 5
1 41-47 6
1 48-52 7
1 53-56 8
1 57-60 9
1 61-65 10
1 66-67 11
1 68-73 12
1 74-78 13
1 79-90 14
1 91-97 15
1 98-111 16
1 112-115 17
1 116-122 18
1 123 19
1 124-129 20
1 130-133 21
1 134-138 22
1 139-145 23
1 146-153 24
1 154-160 25
1 161-168 26
1 169-179 27
1 180-186 28
1 187 29
1 188-194 30
1 195-199 31
1 200-205 32
1 206-212 33
1 213-220 34
1 221-226 35
1 227-232 36
1 233-236 37
1 237-241 38
1 242-248 39
1 249-255 40
1 256-261 41
1 262-268 42
1 269-275 43
1 276-281 44
1 282-290 45
1 291-297 46
1 298-305 47
1 306-310 48
1 311-319 49
1 320-326 50
1 327-333 51
1 334-341 52
1 342-343 53
1 344-350 54
1 351-360 55
1 361-366 56
1 367-373 57
1 374-377 58
1 378-385 59
1 386-392 60
1 393-397 61
1 398-409 62
1 410-416 63
1 417-420 64
1 421-460 65
1 431-435 66
1 436-438 67
1 439-447 68
1 448-453 69
1 454-461 70
1 462-470 71
1 471-478 72
1 479 73
1 480-487 74
1 488-495 75
1 496-503 76
1 504-512 77
1 513-519 78
1 520-526 79
1 527-536 80
1 537-538 81
1 539-557 82
1 558-569 83
1 570-590 84
1 591-598 85
1 599-606 86
1 607-614 87
1 615-619 88
1 620-630 89
1 631-636 90
1 637-644 91
1 645-654 92
1 655-659 93
1 660-668 94
1 669-675 95
1 676-679 97
1 680-686 98
1 687-689 99
1 690-694 100
1 695-699 101
1 700-705 102
1 706-709 103
1 710-714 104
1 715-717 105
1 718-722 106
1 723-727 107
1 728-730 108
1 731-736 109
1 737-743 110
1 744-750 111
1 751-756 112
1 757-761 113
1 762-766 114
1 767-771 115
1 772-775 116
1 776-778 117
1 779-782 118
1 783-787 119
1 788-791 120
1 792-797 121
1 798-802 122
1 803-807 123
1 808-809 124
1 810-814 125
1 815-819 126
1 820-823 127
1 824-832 128
1 833-838 129
1 839-850 130
1 851-857 131
1 858-865 132
1 866-876 133
1 877-880 134
1 881-884 135
1 885-887 136
1 888-894 137
1 895-901 138
1 902-903 139
1 904-908 140
1 909-913 141
1 914-920 142
1 921-929 143
1 930-933 144
1 934-937 145
1 938-941 146
1 942-945 147
1 946-951 148
1 952-956 149
1 957-960 150
1 961-968 151
1 969-975 152
1 976-984 153
1 985-991 154
1 992-997 155
1 998-1003 156
1 1004-1008 157
1 1009-1012 158
1 1013-1016 159
1 1017-1020 160
1 1021-1024 161
1 1025-1030 162
1 1031-1034 163
1 1035-1039 164
1 1040-1044 165
1 1045-1050 166
1 1051-1057 167
1 1058-1062 168
1 1063-1068 169
1 1069-1072 170
1 1073-1081 171
1 1082-1086 172
1 1087-1093 173
1 1094-1098 174
1 1099-1103 175
1 1104-1109 176
1 1110-1118 177
1 1119-1126 178
1 1127-1140 179
1 1141-1156 180
1 1157-1165 181
1 1166-1169 182
1 1170-1174 183
1 1175-1179 184
1 1180-1188 185
1 1189-1192 186
1 1193-1197 187
1 1198-1202 188
1 1203-1207 189
1 1208-1211 190
1 1212-1215 191
1 1216-1220 192
1 1221-1224 193
1 1225-1232 194
1 1233-1243 195
1 1244-1258 196
1 1259-1270 197
1 1271-1284 198
1 1285-1288 199
1 1289-1292 200
1 1293-1297 201
1 1298-1306 202
1 1307-1314 203
1 1315-1318 204
1 1319-1322 205
1 1323-1326 206
1 1327-1332 207
1 1333-1336 208
1 1337-1341 209
1 1342-1346 210
1 1347-1351 211
1 1352-1355 212
1 1356-1359 213
1 1360-1363 214
1 1364-1367 215
1 1368-1371 216
1 1372-1376 217
1 1377-1379 218
1 1380-1383 219
1 1384-1389 220
1 1390-1394 221
1 1395-1400 222
1 1401-1407 223
1 1408-1413 224
1 1414-1420 225
1 1421-1425 226
1 1426-1433 227
1 1434-1444 228
1 1445-1450 229
2 1-5 230
2 6-12 231
2 13-17 232
2 18-23 233
2 24-29 234
2 30-34 235
2 35-40 236
2 41-46 237
2 47-53 238
2 54-58 239
2 59-64 240
2 65-71 241
2 72-81 242
2 82-88 243
2 89-96 244
2 97-106 245
2 107-111 247
2 112-118 248
2 119-126 249
2 127-133 250
2 134-140 251
2 141-146 252
2 147-152 253
2 153-158 254
2 159-164 255
2 165-171 256
2 172-179 257
2 180-186 258
2 187-190 259
2 191-196 260
2 197-202 261
2 203-210 262
2 211-215 263
2 216-223 264
2 224-230 265
2 231-236 266
2 237-243 267
2 244-248 268
2 249-254 269
2 255-260 270
2 261-266 271
2 267-272 272
2 273-278 273
2 279-286 274
2 287-294 275
2 295-300 276
2 301-307 277
2 308-313 278
2 314-320 279
2 321-328 280
2 329-335 281
2 336-342 282
2 343-349 283
2 350-362 284
2 363-372 285
2 373-385 286
2 386-394 287
2 395-412 288
2 413-437 289
3 1-5 290
3 6-9 291
3 10-15 292
3 16-20 293
3 21-25 294
3 26-30 295
3 31-35 296
3 36-37 297
4 1-6 297
4 7-11 298
4 12-16 299
4 17-21 300
4 22-26 301
4 27-31 302
4 32-33 303
5 1-2 303
5 3 304
5 4 305
6 1-8 303
6 9-23 306
6 24-33 307

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:

Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.

Series 1 and Series 2 require the permission of the Curator of Manuscripts for research (until review in 2018). Series 3- Series 6 are available for research.

Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of Curtis Brown Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 10063, [series/file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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