Guide to the The Donald Leslie Johnson Collection of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin Documents, 1901-2007

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7817, MS Acc11.168

Creator:

Donald Leslie Johnson

Extent:

(29 ms boxes + 1 oversize poster tube + 1 elephant-folio)

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], The Donald Leslie Johnson collection of Walter and Marion Griffin documents, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection comprises research material on the life and work of Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin. Includes research notes, correspondence, bibliographies, publications, copies of journal articles and theses, photographs of people and buildings, architectural plans, drawings, and microfilms. Also includes various versions of Marion Mahony Griffin's unpublished autobiographical work 'The Magic of America'.

Biographical Note:

Donald L Johnson was born in the United States in 1930 and completed a Master of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1972-88 he was Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at Flinders University, Adelaide. He has published many articles and a number of books on architecture and town planning, with his particular interests being Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright. The collection described herein was gathered by Johnson in the process of his research into the work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1355032).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], The Donald Leslie Johnson collection of Walter and Marion Griffin documents, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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