(20 ms boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 2 map folios)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection includes the original manuscripts of "Salute to Five bells: John Olsen's opera house journal", 1971-1973, published in 1973 by Angus and Robertson; a volume compiled in 1981 from the original manuscript of "My complete graphics, 1957-1979", published in 1980 by Gryphon Books and sketchbooks, diaries, journals and notebooks from 1966 to 2015 that document John Olsen's life as a visual artist in Australia and overseas.