Newspaper and magazine publications and clippings, 1956-1985

Component identifier:

Series 19

Content Summary:

This series includes some 25 folders of newspaper clippings and 2 folios of magazines and newspapers. The clippings are predominantly from the Sydney Morning Herald and include a number of critical reviews by Beth Dean and Jill Sykes. There are also a considerable number of foreign newspaper cuttings, in particular from English newspapers such as The Times and Guardian and some from Russian newspapers. The newspapers include the Building Worker, 1973; North Shore Times, 1973; Show Business, July to December 1973; Western Sydney Performing Arts, (or Artwest as it became known in 1984), 1981-1988. There are also magazines with feature articles on dance, 1941 to 1965 (bulk 1963-1965) and some cuttings that relate to Margaret Walker and her son Kim, a dancer with the Australian Ballet.

Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1989, the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council provided a grant to organise and preserve these archives as a record of the pioneering work done by Margaret Walker in the field of folk and character dance. The Margaret Walker Folk Dance Centre Archives was purchased by the National Library and received in two consignments. The first consignment arrived in November 1991. A guide detailing most of the documents in this consignment was prepared by Marie Anne Slaney (Series 1 - Series 15). Some material in this consignment was not arranged and described by Marie Anne Slaney, but was described subsequently by staff of the Manuscript Section (Series 17- Series 22). Much of this supplementary material consisted of issues of journals and periodicals, most of which was already held by the Library and was consequently offered to other collecting institutions. Those that did not duplicate existing holdings have been retained and are held in the Library's Australian and overseas collections. The second consignment consisting of three photograph albums (Series 23) was received in February 1993. Further papers were added in 1997 and 2010.

Subjects:

Performing arts

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