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Comprises copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, Technical Advisory Panel, Traffic Sub-Committee, minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences and report of T.E. Bean. The correspondence includes letters from Jorn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, Davis Hughes, R.J. Thomson, K. Turnball, Leslie Martin, Ove Arup and Partners, Rider Hunt and Partners and MacDonald, Wagner and 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 and Douglas Baglin), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction including Jorn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958. The collection also comprises a copy of Sydney National Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Copenhagen : Atelier Elektra, 1958), known as the "Red book", and Sydney Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Sydney? : s.n., 1962), known as the "Yellow book".

Contained in 11 boxes, 1 fol. packet, 5 elephant folios, 1 object.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by Ashworth in 1974.

Names:

Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991

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