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Papers of Coralie Hinkley, 1936-2022

(14 ms boxes, 1 large folio-box, 3 map-folios, 31 audiovisual carriers, 3 digital carriers)
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Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.
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Papers of Jim Sharman, c.1940s-2010

(80 ms boxes + 14 medium folio boxes + 10 large folio boxes + 4 phase boxes + 7 map folios + 23 binders + 5 pieces + 17 folio packets + 33 digital carriers + 42 audiovisual carriers)
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Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive. Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This collection includes Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information. Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Please be advised that this collection includes content that may be considered sensitive or distressing, including nudity and graphic images of warfare. Content Summary: This collection comprises material relating to Jim Sharman's career as a director of plays, operas, musicals and films. The collection includes scripts, production notes, reviews, scrapbooks, costume designs, research notes, appointment diaries and diaries containing Jim Sharman's writings, as well as miscellaneous papers relating to productions such as The Rocky Horror Show, The Threepenny Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sunrise, Blood Wedding and Death in Venice. The collection also contains personal and professional correspondence, including a small group of letters from Patrick White; posters and theatre programmes; and over 4500 photographs of theatre productions, family and friends. A small group of papers and photographs relates to Sharman's father, James Michael (Jimmy) Sharman and the Jimmy Sharman Boxing Troupe.
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Papers of Warren Fahey, 1907-2024

33 ms boxes + 4 cartons + 1 binder + 1 map-folio + 2 folio-packet + 229 audiovisual carriers + 29 digital carriers
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MS Acc04.048 comprises correspondence, business files, contracts, press cuttings, photographs, leaflets, posters, magazines, programs, scripts and folklore collected by Fahey. Also, sound recordings, mostly from Larrikin Entertainment.
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Papers of Alex and Annette Hood, 1950s to 2000s

(10 ms boxes + 3 large folio-boxes + 5 binders + 9 map folios + 6 folio packets + 1 digital carrier)
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Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive. Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP): This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information. Content Summary:This collection includes typewritten scripts of folklore musicals and operas for ABC radio broadcasts, children's stories, song lyrics, protest and political campaign songs, music scores, poems and working notes; as well as teacher's notes, study guides, run sheets, posters, school touring programs and itineraries, newspaper clippings, personal and business correspondence, thank you messages and artworks from schoolchildren. Also included are publicity materials for Alex Hood Productions, the Australian Folk Theatre, and the Jetty Theatre in Coffs Harbour. Alex and Annette Hood's time touring Australia to perform at schools is documented through photographs, including photographs of Indigenous Australian students from Northern Territory schools attending a music camp led by Alex Hood. Schools and related communities may include the following: Bathurst Island (Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School), Milingimbi School (bilingual school teaching Djambarrpuyngu) (Yolngu community), Yuendumu (bilingual school teaching Warlpiri), Snake Bay, alternatively named Milikapiti (one of two Tiwi communities on Melville Island), Daly River - St Francis Xavier Catholic School, an Aboriginal Catholic school along the Daly River, Umbakumba - Alyarrmandumanja Umbakumba School - (Warinindilyakwa community), Wadeye – formerly known as Port Keats (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic College) (Murrinh-Patha, Mati Ke and Marri-Djabin people), Barunga community - formerly known as Bamyili.
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Records of Ausdance National, 1952-2021

(222 ms boxes + 1 large folio-box + 1 phase-box + 10 map-folios + 14 binders + 329 digital carriers + 71 audiovisual carriers)
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This collection comprises meetings minutes, correspondence, brochures, Ausdance policies and procedures, details of national projects and partnerships, publications, newsletters, articles, posters, photographs, recordings of performances and events, and ephemera. It also contains details of various political campaigns, including Petitions to Parliament. In some cases the archives of partner organisations, such as the World Dance Alliance, are also integrated into the collection. Objects of note included in the collection are two ballet shoes, one signed by Robert Helpmann and one signed by Marilyn Jones.
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Papers of Chris Woodland, 1954-2013

(3 MS boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folder)
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This collection comprises volumes of poetry, note and recipe books, correspondence to and from Chris Woodland and music. Also various archived and miscellaneous material from the Wild Colonial Days Society (WCDS). There are issues of some WCDS N.S.W. branch journals (August 1967 - August 1968) and the 'Fossiker' March - August 1968). Papers include correspondence (bound), an address book, questionnaire and membership forms, the society's revised constitution, a members re-enactment report and note books with the handwritten meeting minutes. Newspaper clippings (some photocopied), photographs and ephemera highlight the society's activities, centenary events and historical re-enactments of The Capture of the Clarke Brothers, The Cobb and Co. run, The Shooting of Johnny Gilbert, The Bargo Bush murder, the Ben Hall gang and the shooting of Constable Nelson. The are numerous tickets and programmes to balls, dances and concerts with flyers, a felt banner and a typed film scripts with one titled 'HMS The Branch of justice'.
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Papers of Julie Dyson, 1958-2016

(4 MS boxes + 1 map folio + 1 packet)
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Julie Dyson (AM) is an arts advocate working across several national and international organisations, including as past Chair of the National Advocates for Arts Education and a Global Executive member of the World Dance Alliance. She is the former national director of Ausdance and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007. This collection has been developed by Julie Dyson during the course of her career working in performing arts focusing on dance. It contains personal papers, study notes, teaching materials, dance and ballet programs, clippings, board papers and an artist journal.
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Papers of Elena Kats-Chernin, c.1963-2017

(79 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 23 large folio boxes + 9 map-folios + 1 phase box + 4 packets + 1 binder [SHARED] 6 digital carriers + 4 audio visual carriers).
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MS Acc01.145 comprises scores, correspondence, interviews, books, programs, news cuttings, photographs and posters.MS Acc04.091 comrpises correspondence, programs, cuttings, photographs, music scores and sketches, and eight compact discs including a recording of Deep sea dreaming (2000 Olympics). Titles of works include Wild Swans, Mythic, Colyi, Purple prelude, The Widower, Undertow, River Symphony and Tubamirum.MS Acc07.200 comprises scores and associated correspondence and ephemera for commissioned and other works, including Wild Swans, Bombshells, Homage to the Miners, Psalm 130, Amalgamate, pieces for Rugby World Cup 2003, No Silence and Blue Silence for cello and piano, Silver Poetry Suite, and Pigeon and Sparrow.MS Acc12.152 comprises music scores from across Elena Kats-Chernin's career, spanning from 2008-2012; working papers and drafts for opera, Rage of Life, including libretto, sketches, Leif's Aria in Act 1, Acts I - V, two volumes of the full score, vocal score; papers from Kats-Chernin's time in Hannover, from 1980-1993; brochures, ephemera, tickets and cards.MS Acc17.113 comprises draft manuscripts, typesets with handwritten edits, published typescripts and scores for a large body of work. The works include Material Men; Macquarie's Castle; Ornamental Air; Singing Trees; Piano Village; Meeting the Sun; Five Chapters; Schneewittchen und die 77 Zwerge, children's opera for the Komische Oper; La Stupenda; The Three Dancers; Gulliver's Dream; Scherzino; Two Part Sleep; Sunshine Journal; Prelude and Cube; five; George; The Portrait; Elastic Band; Biame Ngunnhu; The Witching Hour; Eliza Aria; The Divorce; The Offering; Sandgate Sonata; Ancient Letters; Poppea; Big Rhap and many of her smaller pieces.
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Papers of Maldwyn Rees, 1917- 2019

4.88 metres (9 ms boxes + 1 elephant folio + 1 map folio + 1 large folio box + 1 digital carrier + 1 medium folio + 1 folder)
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The collection comprises papers relating to the business and personal activities of Maldwyn Rees editor and compiler of The Welsh Australian - a magazine for the Welsh community in Australia, and his wife Blodwen. The Welsh Australian began publication in 1935 with articles and contributions solicited being drawn from correspondence within this collection. Maldwyn Rees' papers include material from various Welsh Australian churches and cultural activities of the welsh community. Rees served as the Sessions Clerk for the Welsh Presbyterian church for over thirty years during which time he was responsible for the publication of Y Ddolen - The Link. Rees resigned from this position in 1972. (5 ms boxes + 1 elephant folio + 1 map folio).The MS Acc13.176 consignment comprises papers collected and created by Maldwyn Rees including early copies of the The Welsh Australian from the 1930s and 1940s; papers of Maldwyn and his wife Blodwen Rees relating to Welsh people and events in Australia including photographs and newspaper clippings and correspondence; a dvd of photos of Welsh events and family gatherings between the 1950s and 1990s; an album containing photos of early Welsh acitivites; copies of letters written by Blodwen Rees and her sisters about early years in Australia after migrating from Wales. (3 ms boxes + 1 digital carrier + 1 medium folio + 1 folder).The MS Acc22.125 consignment comprises papers and photographs relating to Maldwyn and Blodwen Rees involvement in the Sydney Welsh Church and Sydney Welsh choirs in the mid 1900s. Group photographs are of social events with some accompanying notes record picnics and of note a choral event held at David Jones in Sydney where members of the Jones family are mentioned. (1 ms box + 1 large folio box).
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Papers of John Frederick Uhrstrom and Hylda Trevena Uhrstrom, 1904-1987

(1 MS box + 2 Folders + 3 Pieces)
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The collection contains theatre programs, photographs of performers, post-cards, leather bound song sheets, and autograph books collected during the working life of vaudeville performers Frederick John Uhrstrom and Hylda Trevena Uhrstrom.