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BC 995 THE DAPHNE ROOKE COLLECTION Manuscripts & Archives University of Cape Town Libraries
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donated to |
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The University of Cape Town Libraries |
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by |
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Dr Ian Glenn |
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A List |
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compiled by |
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Jill Gribble |
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1990 |
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CONTENTS |
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INTRODUCTION |
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Biographical note |
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The Collection |
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WRITINGS |
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B |
REVIEWS AND NOTICES |
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WRITINGS BY OTHER PEOPLE |
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D |
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
INTRODUCTION
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Daphne Rooke was born in Boksburg in 1914. Her talent for writing was recognised and encouraged by her mother, Marie Knevitt, a journalist and writer of short stories. Her first novel, `A Grove of Fever Trees', was co-winner of an Afrikaanse Pers literary competition in 1950. Her novels were particularly popular in the USA in the 1950's and early 1960's. According to Dr Ian Glenn, she was the South African writer with the widest international exposure and the greatest commercial success at that time. Her books were published by serious publishers and received appreciative notices in leading critical reviews of the time in the USA and Britain.
She used indigenous material, and dealt with major historical issues of the day. In spite of these factors, or perhaps because of them, her books were not well received in South Africa. One of her novels, `The Greyling', was banned in South Africa in 1962. Dr Glenn describes some of the early South African reviews of her books as "uncomprehending", and believes that some of her work "deserves recognition and rethinking".
She married Irvin Rooke, an Australian, and eventually settled in Australia. She also travelled extensively in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India, and some of her stories have been set in these places. She has a daughter, Rosemary, and two grandchildren, living in England.
THE COLLECTION
The Daphne Rooke Collection was donated to the University of Cape Town Libraries in 1990 by Dr Ian Glenn, Head of the Department of English at the University. The collection consists of approximately 209 items, mainly Mrs Rooke's published writings. These include novels, short stories and children's stories. There are typescripts of several published and unpublished works, galley proofs, workings copies. Included with the working copies are corrections suggested by the publisher, and correspondence in this connection.
Also in the collection are some incomplete manuscripts, background material and rough notes.
Apart from Daphne Rooke's own writings, the collection includes reviews, journal articles and two short stories by her mother, Marie Knevitt. Because of renewed interest in South Africa in the work of Daphne Rooke, Dr Ian Glenn was able to receive funding from the Centre for African Studies at UCT, and from the HSRC, to visit the writer in Australia in 1988, and acquire the collection from her.
During his visit Dr Glenn tape-recorded an interview with Daphne Rooke. These tapes and an edited transcript of the interview form part of the collection.
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BC 995 DAPHNE ROOKE COLLECTION |
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A |
WRITINGS |
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A1 - 23 |
Novels |
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A1 |
Apples in the Hold, published under the pseudonym Robert Pointon [1952], Museum Press, London. |
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A1.1 |
Apples in the Hold. Photocopy of the text. |
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A2 |
Ratoons. Proofs. Published 1953. |
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A3 |
Yesterday's Child. TS, labelled in pencil The Magic Dwarf. First draft. Published as Wizard's Country, 1957. |
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A4 |
A Lover for Estelle. Galley proofs. 1961. |
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A4.1 |
Thafeni Store. Galley proofs. Published as A Lover for Estelle. |
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A5 |
The Greyling. Reynall and Company, New York, 1962 |
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A6 |
Margaretha de la Porte. Rough TS. 1974. |
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A6.1 |
Rough draft of MS corrections. |
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Correspondence with publishers in connection with corrections. |
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A7 |
The Seventh Earl. TS. Unpublished. Possibly Part 2 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte. |
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A8 |
Untitled Photocopy of TS. First line of text reads, "I used to listen to Lola and her mother talking in the evenings." Unpublished. Possibly Part 3 of a Trilogy, starting with Margaretha de la Porte. |
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A9 |
The Bushland. Photocopy of TS. Unpublished. |
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A10-11 |
Children's Stories |
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A10 |
Boy on the Mountain.
Photocopy of text. 1969 |
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A11 |
Double Ex. Photocopy of text. 1971 |
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A12-20 |
Short Stories |
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A12 |
Fizikolo. Photocopy of text. Published in Over the Horizon; or around the world in fifteen stories, by William Mayne (et al), 1960 |
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A13 |
Portrait of Esme. A Sketch. Photocopy of TS. |
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A14 |
Mum was a war widow. Photocopy of TS. |
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A15 |
The Life of a Doctor. Series, with Pauline Klenerman. Photocopies of TS. |
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A15.1 |
The Dragons |
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A15.2 |
Two Doctors |
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A15.3 |
The Valley of the Shadow |
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A15.4 |
A Family Man |
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A15.5 |
A Layette for the Baby |
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A15.6 |
Planned Parenthood |
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A15.7 |
The Missing Patient |
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A15.8 |
Safe - Two Ways |
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A16 |
A Hewer of Wood. Photocopy of TS. |
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A17 |
Rosaline - a Voortrekker Story. Photocopy of TS. |
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A18 |
The Boundary Dog. Photocopy of text |
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A19 |
The Deal. Photocopy of text. Published in Woman, 26 June 1950 |
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A20 |
Forecast: Dry and Sunny. Photocopy of TS. |
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A21-22 |
Translations |
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A21 |
Mittee (German) 1952 |
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A22 |
Hun Elsket Min Bror (Norwegian) 1954 |
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A23 |
Poetry |
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Poems of War, Photocopy of TS. |
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REVIEWS AND NOTICES |
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B1 |
A Grove of Fever Trees, 1950-1951 |
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B2 |
Mittee, 1952 |
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B3 |
Ratoons, 1953 |
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B4 |
A Lover for Estelle, 1961 |
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C |
WRITINGS BY OTHER PEOPLE |
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C1 |
Bibliography compiled by Helen Camberg |
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C2 |
Journal
Articles |
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C2.1 |
Notices from The Argus 11 December 1951, 21 February 1951 |
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C2.2 |
The Work of Daphne Rooke by Lily Rabkin from The Forum 1(1) April 1952. |
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C2.3 |
South African Writer who stormed America by Ada Joyce van Niekerk in Milady, 29th February 1956. |
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C2.4 |
Notices from |
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The Star, 20 June 1952 |
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The Argus, 21 March 1962 |
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Cape Times, 2 April 1965 |
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C2.5 |
Cape Times, Editorial, Censorship Folly, Monday, 15 October 1962 re banning of The Greyling. |
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C2.6 |
Introduction to 1987 edition of Mittee by Dr Ian Glenn of the Department of English, University of Cape Town. |
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C2.7 |
Brief rough notes in MS, biographical and critical probably by Dr Ian Glenn |
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BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL |
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D1 |
Tape recorded interviews made by Dr Ian Glenn during a visit to Australia in 1988 |
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D2 |
Edited transcript of taped interviews |
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D3 |
Entry in Companion to South African English Literature, 1986. |
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D4 |
Argus Weekend Magazine, 16 May 1970. |
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Article by Ada Niekerk-Corder. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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E1 |
Notes on the Battles of Paardeberg and Colenso Fragments of TS |
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E2 |
Notes, background material and MS fragments of various works. |
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E3 |
Assorted clippings |
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E4 |
Dust jackets of books |
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E5 |
Two short stories by Marie Knevitt, Daphne Rooke's mother. |
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E6 |
Letter from Tafelberg Publishers. |
