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The papers relate entirely to the Sydney Opera House. They include copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, the Technical Advisory Panel, the Traffic Sub-Committee and minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences. The correspondence includes letters from Jørn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, S.L. Bauen, Davis Hughes, R.J. Thomson, K. Turnball, Leslie Martin, Ove Arup Partners, Rider Hunt Partners and MacDonald Wagner 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), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction, including Jørn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958.