Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU ARC F0016-S0004
Title
Short stories
Date(s)
- [196?-198?] (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
3 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series contains notes, drafts and final typescripts of seventy short stories written by Cairns, though not all forms of record exist for each story. Some files include notes from publishers declining to publish the story which had been submitted for their consideration.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Those stories which were published are filed in Series "Publications and Associated Materials" along with other of Cairns' publications.
Notes area
Note
The stories are undated, but are thought to have been written by Cairns from the 1960s, after he had ceased to write poetry, until the 1980s when he died.