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Component identifier:
Class MS 8084
Content Summary:

Comprises: 1. Playwright files. Files containing manuscripts, correspondence, cuttings, programs, photographs and momorabilia. The playwrights include Judith Adamson, David Allen, Bert Bailey, Richard Beynon, Ron Blair, Michael Boddy, Bob Ellis, Alexander Buzo, Jack Davis, Alma De Groen, Louis Esson, Cliff Green, Dorothy Hewett, Jack Hibberd, Barry Humphries, Thomas Keneally, Peter Kenna, Ray Lawler, Merv Lilley, Sumner Locke-Elliott, Jim McNeill, David Malouf, Louis Nowra, Barry Oakley, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Betty Roland, Steele Rudd, Steve Spears, Patrick White and David Williamson. 2. Business files. Files containing correspondence, reports, minutes and financial statements, 1971-1989. Some of these files are not Currency Press archives but deal with the involvement of Katharine Brisbane and Phillip Parsons in various theatrical and cultural organisations. These include the Griffin Theatre Company, Australian National Playwrights Centre, Theatre Australia and the Australian Film Institute. 3. Miscellaneous papers including an album of photographs of book launchings and a file of theatre programs.

Contained in 122 boxes, 1 fol. box, 1 map folio.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Currency Press records were purchased by the National Library in two instalments in 1990 and 1995

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1439384).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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