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| 2018.0059 [PAPERS OF GERMAINE GREER, THIRD TRANCHE] |
| Date Range of Records: |
1968-2014 |
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The Greer Archive has been made available due to its historical and research importance. Statements which form part of the collection are not made on behalf of the University and do not represent the University’s views. It contains material that some researchers might find confronting. This includes: explicit language and images that reflect either the attitudes of the era in which the material was originally published or the views of the creators of the material but may not be considered appropriate today; names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in published and unpublished printed material, audio recordings and photographs; graphic descriptions of medical conditions and treatment.
This series, the Papers of Germaine Greer Third Tranche, comprises two units of material delivered to the University of Melbourne Archives by Germaine Greer in March 2017.
Unit 1 contains correspondence and other paper records relating to Greer’s print journalism, radio appearances and television appearances [dated 2011], as well as correspondence from photographer Derek Brook relating to photographs he had taken of Greer in the late 1960s. Unit 2 contains the group of photographs referred to by Brook in the correspondence, including photographs of Greer and her one-time husband Paul du Feu on their wedding day.
Related series in the archive containing earlier records: Print Journalism 1959-2010 [2014.0046], Television 1968-2013 [2017.002] , Radio 1972-2010 [2017.0011] and Photographs 1953-2011 [2014.0054].
The items in this series have been rehoused using archival grade materials. Paper records have been rehoused in acid free folders in the order in which they were received, and original titles have been retained and inscribed on the new folders. All photographic prints have been housed in appropriate archival grade sleeves.
Correspondence and materials relating to Greer’s print journalism, and television/radio appearances are exclusively from 2011, while other materials such as newspaper clippings and articles about Greer vary, with several clippings discussing Christine Wallace’s biography of Greer ‘The Untamed Shrew’, and a copy of OZ magazine from 1972 with the headline ‘Germaine Greer’s husband flashes cock’.
The topics covered throughout Greer’s 2011 print, television and radio work vary largely and reflect both her interests and the current affairs of the time including: politics, feminism, art, architecture, pets and gardens, and William Shakespeare. Related series: Print Journalism [2014.0046], Television [2017.002] and Radio 1972-2010 [2017.0011].
All photographs in this series are black and white gelatin silver prints that were taken by professional photographer Derek Brook in the late 1960s. Derek Brook was a friend of Germaine’s in the 1960s in London. When Brook died, in 2011, he left his photographic archive to lifelong friend Dave Cullinan. In October 2016, Cullinan got in touch with the University of Melbourne Archives as he wanted to contact Greer and offer her some of Brook’s photographs. In March 2018 Greer hand delivered the photographs to the University of Melbourne Archives. The series includes 17 single photographs and three contact prints. Each photograph has been listed as a single item and item numbers have been inscribed in soft pencil on the back. Many of the photographs contain inscriptions listing the photographer’s details, hand written on the back of the print: “Derek Brook, via Fontana, Dezza Alta, Diecimo, 55020, Lucca, Italy’.
The first photograph in the series is a photo montage, constructed by Brook to illustrate an article in The Sydney Morning Herald about kaleidoscopes. The image is a close-up of Greer’s face printed several times and arranged on brown cardboard. The next two photographs in the series are portraits of Germaine Greer taken in the late 1960s, in one Greer holds a cigarette.
The remaining 15 photographic prints in the series are portraits of Germaine Greer and Paul du Feu, taken in July 1968 on the day of their wedding. Three of the prints are proof sheets containing a total of 108 individual images from the photo shoot and the other 14 prints are individual photographs. In these images the photographer’s attention is clearly on the new bride, as she appears primarily in focus, while Paul du Feu is often blurry. Greer is wearing a handmade crocheted mini dress and du Feu is wearing a corduroy Wrangler jacket. These photographic prints were likely test prints as they have been printed at an angle and contain small white marks indicating that the negatives were dusty at time of printing. Other photographs in the archive can be found in the Photographs Series 2014.0054. |
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| 2 units |
| Collection Category: |
Culture and the Arts, individuals |
| Access Conditions: |
Access: Restricted |
| Finding Aids: |
Yes listed ONLINE |
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