ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0080 Paul Haugh Papers
Scope and Contents Notes
| Call Number | HMSS 0080 |
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| Collection | Paul Haugh Papers |
| Date Range | 1978-1999 |
| Quantity | 1.44m (8 manuscript boxes) |
| Access Conditions | closed |
| Copying Conditions | with consent of donor's son |
| Related Collections | HMSS 0098 Bill Tully 2XX Recordings |
Paul Haugh [pronounced Haw] was born in 1920 in Sydney, and later worked on the land at Tumut, NSW. He studied radio and served in the Merchant Navy during World War 2 as a Marine Radio Officer. He was a radio technician with 2CA Canberra from 1945 to 1980, then worked for Telecom until he retired in 1985. He did voluntary technical work at 1PPP Canberra for the print handicapped and made regular broadcasts with Bill Tully on community radio 2XX in Canberra. In 1988 Paul and his wife Lesley retired to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.In his retirement Paul began writing poetry, and became a member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, AIFA and Sunshine Coast Writers Group. He was also a founding member of the Poetry and Prose Society Inc. His poems have been published in Australia and in compilations and journals in Scotland and America.
This collection is of his post-retirement writing career, with some personal papers. Very little is dated, and much is in multiple copies.
Box List
BOX | DESCRIPTION | QUANTITY | DATE RANGE |
1 | Exercises in creative writing | 1 binder |
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1 | Anthology of stress – correspondence, notes, drafts of poems | 1 binder |
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1 | Sunshine Coast Writers Group – workshop notes, contact lists, drafts of poems | 1 binder | 1988 – 1998 |
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2 | Paul’s poetry – haiku | 1 wallet |
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2 | Irish poems | 1 wallet |
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2 | Paul’s poetry – copies | 2 wallets |
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2 | Paul’s poetry – successes | 1 wallet |
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2 | Paul’s poetry – submissions | 1 wallet |
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3, 4 | Paul’s poetry – in alphabetical order | 9 wallets |
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4 | Paul’s poetry – originals | 1 wallet |
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4 | Tongue twisters | 1 binder |
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4 | Shorthand text, drafts of poems, correspondence, poetry magazines, clothes brush | 2 envelopes |
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5 | Live poets | 1 binder |
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5 | Short stories | 1 binder |
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5 | Projects | 1 binder |
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6 | Papers, newscuttings, poems relating to 2CA and Telecom work periods | 1 binder |
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6 | Published works, mainly Canberra publications, including several issues of Branch Line : the bulletin of the Canberra Society of Model and Experimental Engineers | 1 binder | 1978 – 1984 |
6 | Papers and poems relating to appearing on New Faces | 1 binder | 1970s |
6 | Warana – poems relating to the Sunshine Coast area, Queensland | 1 binder |
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6 | Paul’s poetry – copywriting, general, pathos, children’s poems | 1 wallet |
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6 | Paul – miscellaneous – personal papers, poems | 1 wallet |
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6 | Correspondence to Bill Tully | 1 wallet |
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6 | Paul’s poetry | 2 wallets |
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7 | Miscellaneous – personal papers | 1 binder |
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7 | University of New Mexico – correspondence etc | 1 envelope |
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7 | Compilations of poems | 8 display books |
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7 | Newscuttings | 1 display book |
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7 | Other poets | 1 sleeve |
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7 | Nautical | 1 sleeve |
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7 | Poet’s night | 1 folder |
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7 | Poems, correspondence, travel papers | 1 folder |
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7, 8 | PUBLICATIONS |
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7 | Creative Inspiration. Poetry and Prose Society publication |
| 1992 – 1999 |
8 | Various journals and compilations of poetry |