Guide to the Papers of Dinah Shearing, 1945-1999

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 5186, MS Acc00.201, MS Acc15.034
Creator:
Shearing, Dinah
Extent:
2.70 metres and (2 ms box + 4 large folio boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Dinah Shearing, 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 comprises photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence and memorabilia documenting Dinah Shearing's twenty-five year career on stage and in radio and television.
Biographical Note:

Dinah Shearing was born in Sydney. She studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and the National Drama School and made her stage debut at the British Drama League Annual Festival of Community Drama in 1945. She soon established a reputation as one of Australia's leading stage and radio actresses. She was one of the founders of the Elizabethan Players in 1959.

Dinah Shearing is married to the artist, poet and playwright Rodney Milgate, whose papers are also held in the Library's Manuscript Collection.

Collection Retrieval Advice:

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

Provenance:

Dinah Shearing donated her papers in a number of instalments from 1976 to 2015

Indexed terms

Names:
Shearing, Dinah

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1096465).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Dinah Shearing, 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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