Miscellaneous papers and tape recordings, 1945-77
- Component identifier:
- Series 7
- Content Summary:
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In 1946 Collinson exhibited with artists Laurence Hope, Pamela Seeman and others at the Miya Studio in Brisbane. There is a catalogue and other papers relating to the Exhibition.
The series also includes Collinson's personal statement, material relating to the Communist Party of Australia, correspondence with a Czechoslovakian literary magazine and a contract for the play Thinking straight. In 1974 Laurence Collinson and Roger Baker interviewed William Burroughs and subsequently the interviews were transcribed and published in a book Gay Sunshine Interview, 1978. There are some small pencil sketches, one larger ink drawing by R.A. Simpson and a letter from Geoffrey Blainey.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The collection was purchased by the Library from Laurence Collinson in 1979 and an addition was purchased in 1986.
- Names:
- Laurence Collinson
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2167614).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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