Gordon Stephenson Correspondence, 1961-90

 
Component identifier:
Series 3
Content Summary:

Peter Harrison had a long-standing association with Professor Gordon Stephenson, the distinguished British architect and planner. Stephenson, who was a consultant to the Western Australian Government on the Perth metropolitan plan in 1953-55, emigrated to Australia in 1960 to become foundation Professor of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. Stephenson had many planning consultancies in Australia and New Zealand over the next two decades. His involvement with Canberra planning included appointment by the National Capital Development Commission as a planning consultant (1960-66), an interdisciplinary Canberra planning study (1971), and membership of the National Capital Planning Committee (1967-73).

A close friendship developed between Harrison and Stephenson, and mutual respect and admiration is evident in the extensive correspondence in this series. The letters concern both personal and professional matters.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Library by Sheila Harrison in 1991. Small additions were made by Mrs Harrison in 1996 and by Ed Wensing in 1997.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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