Guide to the Papers of Margaret Lasica, 1935-1997

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9892, MS Acc08.138, MS Acc10.092

Creator:

Margaret Lasica and Lasica, Wendy

Extent:

(27 boxes + 6 folio boxes + 1 elephant folio item + 1 packet)

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Margaret Lasica, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The Papers of Margaret Lasica are professional and personal papers documenting Lasica's involvement with a variety of Australian dance companies, her professional reading, and the Modern Dance History Project and Archive. The most extensive components of the collection are those relating to the Modern Dance Ensemble, and The Modern Dance History Project and Archive, which was initiated by Lasica to document the early history of modern dance in Australia.

The collection is comprised of photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, administrative records, photocopied articles, oral history recordings, and transcripts of oral history recordings.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The papers of Margaret Lasica were donated to the Library by Wendy and Shelly Lasica in February 2004. Subsequent consignments were received in 2008 and 2010.

Arrangement:

Order has been imposed on the collection by the Library.

Indexed terms

Names:

Lasica, Wendy

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3299111).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Margaret Lasica, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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