Guide to the Records of Currency Press, 1971-c. 1998

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
MS 8084, MS Acc01.299
Creator:
Currency Press
Extent:
29.9 metres and (123 boxes, 21 cartons, 1 folio box, 2 A3 cartons, 1 map folio)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of Currency Press, 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 records consist of literary drafts, files relating to productions, correspondence, financial statements, promotional material, theatre programs and papers relating to Tasman Theatre Foundation and the Australian National Playwrights Centre.
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:

The Currency Press records were purchased by the National Library in two instalments in 1990 and 1995

Arrangement:

The collection was not sorted into series. The 1990 instalment is arranged as a summary box list, with the authors listed in alphabetical order. The 1995 instalment is also arranged as a box list with both the files and published plays and then the unpublished plays arranged alphabetically. This addition has been further arranged by subjects.

Indexed terms

Names:
Currency Press

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1439384).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Records of Currency Press, 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: