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Melbourne International Festival of the Arts : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1990 -

Posters advertising standup comedians and comedy festivals, 1998-2015

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Posters advertising a variety of standup comedians and comedy festivals, some held at The Sit Down Comedy Club. Includes a number of posters relating to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and comedians Eddie Izzard and Russell Brand.

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Records of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1955-1998

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The records extend back to the formation of the Trust in 1954, but most of its early records have not survived. (Some early material may be found in the papers of Sir John Latham (MS 1009), who was the first President of the Trust.) The bulk of the records date from the period 1965-85. They include correspondence, minutes, financial records, subject files, press cuttings, scripts, scores, programs, publicity material, photographs and tape recordings.

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Bell Shakespeare Company : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.

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Papers of Peter Russo, 1926-1985

Papers of Herbert Cole Coombs, 1918-1995

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The collection comprises correspondence, reports, conference papers, research material and newspaper and journal articles, mainly relating to Coomb's involvement with the Aboriginal community and his support of many Aboriginal causes. Also included are papers produced while Coombs was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University, papers relating to the Australian Council for the Arts, personal papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, files of biographical material and correspondence with Christina Stead.

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Papers of Raymond Allsop, 1923-1972

Papers of William Douglass Forsyth, 1875-1993

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Forsyth made a particular point of collecting and keeping papers and other materials that he wrote and received throughout his life. The result is a large and varied collection of papers comprising a comprehensive record of his life and career.

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Gregory C. Eccleston Map Collection, 1967-1980

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Also included is a similar map, produced by the US Geological Survey, of the site of the 12th World Scout Jamboree, held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, in July-August 1967. Eccleston attended this jamboree, and the free map, with its animal and plant illustrations, inspired the design of the subsequent the Gilwell Park map.

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Collections held by the Hackney Archives Department (as filmed by the AJCP), 1827-1986

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Records 1886-1962 of Berger Jenson and Nicholson printmakers, concerning their Australian and New Zealand operations. They include extracts from minute-books, reports, agreements and correspondence.

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