Guide to the Papers of Ian Templeman, c.1990-2011

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Summary

Collection number:
MS Acc03.016; MS Acc05.152; MS Acc06.112; .MS Acc13.005; MS Acc14.020; MS Acc16.151
Creator:
Ian Templeman
Extent:
18 manuscripts cartons + 13 non-standard cartons + 13 elephant folios + 6 boxes + 3 folio boxes + 1 album
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ian Templeman, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Permission required for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection consists of documents created or acquired by poet, critic, arts administrator and literary press proprietor, Ian Templeman. Some of the documents relate to Templeman's grandparents and parents, most date from the 1970s to 2006.
Biographical Note:

Ian Templeman was born in Perth in 1938. From 1959-68 he taught graphic art at secondary and tertiary level and from 1969-70 he was the National Executive Officer for the Australian Society for Education through the Arts. In 1971 he became the Assistant to the Director of the Festival of Perth and in 1973 he became the Director of the Fremantle Arts Centre. During his time at Fremantle he founded and became Chief Executive of the Fremantle Arts Centre Press which not only introduced many interesting WA writers to a wider public (including Elizabeth Jolley and Sally Morgan) but also established a reputation for quality printing. From 1989 to 1997 Ian Templeman was the Assistant Director-General, Cultural and Educational Services at the National Library of Australia. In 1997 he established the Molongolo Press which published several volumes of poetry before concentrating its efforts on greeting cards. In 1999 Ian Templeman became Head of Publishing, Distribution and Imaging for the ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies where one of his main responsibilities was running Pandanus Books. The ANU decided to close down this operation in 2006.

In addition to his professional career, Ian Templeman has served on numerous arts committees including the Festival of Perth Visual Arts Committee, 1970-88, the National Inquiry into the Crafts, 1973-75, the WA Art Council, 1972-76, the WA Literary Fund, 1975-82, the Australian Gallery Directors' Council, 1978-80, the Australia Council, 1982-87, the Council of the National Library of Australia, 1987-89, the Public Lending Right Committee, 1988-90, and the ACT Cultural Council of which he was a member, 1992-93, and of which he was the elected Chairman, 2002-04.

Ian Templeman has been honoured for his achievements by the award of an AM in 1989 for services to art and literature and by election to the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2004. He has published three books of poetry and poems. Articles and book reviews by Ian Templeman have appeared in numerous Australian journals and newspapers including The Canberra Times, Southerly, Island, Westerly, the Fremantle Arts Review and Kunapipi.

Ian Templeman's wife Romola is an artist whose artwork was used for the covers of several Molongolo Press books and for many of the greeting cards published by the Press.

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.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn917582).
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 Ian Templeman, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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