Guide to the Papers of Christopher Sexton, 1929-2008

Summary

Collection number:

MS Acc09.070

Creator:

Sexton, Christopher

Extent:

0.3 metres and (2 ms boxes) + 9 audio cassettes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Christopher Sexton, National Library of Australia, MS Acc09.070, [series/file/item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Permission required for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Papers on Sir Robert Helpmann and Dame Peggy van Praagh compiled by Christopher Sexton, including tapes of interviews with Malcolm Williamson, Dobbs Franks, John Cargher, Bill Akers, Don Dunstan, and Robert Helpmann; letters to Sexton regarding Helpmann dated 1986-1987 - correspondents include Sir John Gielgud, Peter Sculthorpe, Malcolm Williamson, Lord Snowdon, Bishop E.D. Cameron, Graeme Murphy, Sir Anthony Dowell, Margaret Rawlings, Sir Ian Potter, P.E. Thompson Hancock, Geoffrey Ingram, Sir Michael Hordern, Sir Kenneth Macmillan and others; part of unpublished manuscript for a biography on Helpmann by Sexton; photographs and photocopies of press clippings from Helpmann scrapbooks held by NLA; published books on Helpmann; letters to Sexton on van Praagh dated 1983-1986 - correspondents include Lord Snowdon, Antony Tudor, Sir Charles Mackerras, Gordon and Peggy van Praagh, Sir Ian Potter, Dame Margaret Scott, Lady Viola Tait, Dr H.C. Coombs, Graeme Murphy, Dame Ninette de Valois, Lady Mary Fairfax, Shirley McKechnie and others; articles on van Praagh; documents relating to Sexton's book Peggy van Praagh - a life of dance; photographs of van Praagh and family.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Performing arts

Conditions Governing Access:

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4836870).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Christopher Sexton, National Library of Australia, MS Acc09.070, [series/file/item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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