Guide to the Papers of H. Ingham Ashworth, 1954-1968

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 4500, MS Acc10.051
Creator:
Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991
Extent:
4.88 metres and (11 boxes + 1 folio packet + 8 elephant folios + 1 object in folio box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of H. Ingham Ashworth, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The papers relate entirely to the Sydney Opera House. They include copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, the Technical Advisory Panel, the Traffic Sub-Committee and minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences. The correspondence includes letters from Jørn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, S.L. Bauen, Davis Hughes, R.J. Thomson, K. Turnball, Leslie Martin, Ove Arup Partners, Rider Hunt Partners and MacDonald Wagner Priddle. The collection also includes reports of the Sydney Opera House Trust, published articles, newspaper clippings, reports and recommendations relating to the Opera House, photographs (including some by Max Dupain), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction, including Jørn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958.

Includes a copy of Sydney National Opera House, 1958 (known as the "Red Book") at Map Folio 4; and Sydney Opera House, 1962 (known as the "Yellow Book") at Map Folio 5.

Biographical Note:

Henry Ingham Ashworth was born in Manchester, U.K. on 20 February 1907, dying in Sydney in November 1991. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he served in India and Burma during World War II and subsequently accepted the Chair of Architectural Design and History at the University of Sydney where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In 1964, he joined the University of New South Wales from which he retired Emeritus Professor in 1972.

Ashworth was appointed to the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee in 1956 and became Chairman of its Technical Advisory Committee. He was also Chairman of the committee who assessed entries to an international competition for a design for the proposed opera house, thus giving him a leading role in choosing the winner.

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 collection was donated to the Library by Ashworth in 1974.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is available for reference.
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 H. Ingham Ashworth, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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