Australian Performance Arts
© Reproduced with permission Estate of Billy Jones
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This guide is an introduction to UNSW Special Collections manuscript and rare book sources relating to Australian Performance Arts.
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Manuscript Collections
Performance Poetry
Papers of Robert Adamson (MSS 149)1944-2004 15 boxes + 3 folios + 2 AV boxes Poet, writer
Papers of Debra Adamson (MSS 181)
1974-1989 2 boxes Poet (relates mostly to RA above)
Papers of Eric Beach (MSS 060)
1966-1988 6 boxes
Papers of Carmel Bird (MSS 194)
1983-1997 14 boxes + 4 folios
Papers of Jenny Boult (MSS 030)
1950-2005 41 boxes + 2 oversize + 1 plan cabinet + 6 AV boxes + 2 reels
Papers of Grant Caldwell (MSS 125)
1983-1991 7 boxes
Papers of Jas Duke (MSS 068)
1974 1 box
Papers of Geoffrey Eggleston (MSS 195)
1972-1997 4 boxes + 2 oversize + 1 AV box
Records of the Friendly Street Poets (MSS 061)
1978-1988 1 box
Papers of Geoff Goodfellow (MSS 028)
1983-1987 6 boxes
Papers of Steven Herrick (MSS 158)
1986-1990 1 box + 1 oversize
Papers of Shelton Lea (MSS 111)
1970-1991 8 boxes + 1 AV box
Papers of Myron Lysenko (MSS 093)
1975-1993 11 boxes + 1 oversize + 1 AV box
Papers of Dorothy Porter (MSS 115)
1963-1996 48 boxes
Papers of Nigel Roberts (MSS 083)
1970-1987 2 boxes + 2 AV boxes + 1 folio
Papers of Kerry Scuffins (MSS 256)
1991 2 boxes + 1 oversize
Papers of Billy Marshall Stoneking (MSS 119)
1970-1996 39 boxes + 10 AV boxes + 4 oversize
Papers of Richard Tipping (MSS 212)
1959-1997 26 boxes + 34 AV boxes + 1 plan cabinet
Papers of Vicki Viidikas (MSS 096)
1948-1998 18 boxes, 3 posters
Papers of Cornelis Vleeskens (MSS 146)
1975-1989 3 boxes
Papers of Les Wicks (MSS 151)
1975-1986 2 boxes 5 oversize
Stage
Papers of Graeme Blundell (MSS 097)1967-1996 57 boxes + 1 oversize + 3 AV boxes + 11 albums + posters
Papers of Larry Buttrose (MSS 006)
1969-1999 47 boxes + 279 posters 10 boxes
Almost Managing Company Archives (MSS 215)
1972-1991 134 boxes + 20 oversize + 3 folios + 8 AV boxes + 7 album boxes + film reels
Papers of Peter Corrigan (MSS 245)
1952-1993 27 boxes + 39 oversize + 3 folios
Papers of Nicholas Enright (MSS 051)
1971-2002 90 boxes + 51 posters 21 boxes Digitised content
Papers of Gordon Graham (MSS 046)
1979-1985 2 boxes + 1 AV box
Papers of Alma de Groen (MSS 172)
1946-2002 14 boxes
Papers of Ania Walwicz (MSS 287)
1962-1992 10 boxes + 1 oversize + 4 AV boxes
Papers of Karl McPhee (MSS 077)
1945-1985 18 AV boxes
Papers of Lex Marinos (MSS 327)
1960-1977 3 boxes, 20 oversize
Papers of Dorothy Hewett (MSS 063)
1975 1 box
Papers of David Williamson (MSS 317)
1971-1982 2 folders
Papers of John Romeril (MSS 054)
1942-1993 76 boxes, 1 enclosure 20 boxes
Music
Papers of John Derum (MSS 165)1986-1989 14 boxes + 4 AV boxes
Papers of John Jenkins (MSS 008)
1969-2002 27 boxes, 19 posters
Papers of Denis Kevans (MSS 226)
1955-1991 16 boxes + 4 oversize
Papers of Neil Murray (MSS 278)
1982-2001 9 boxes + 1 AV box + oversized material
Papers of Adrian Rawlins (MSS 252)
1960-1994 16 boxes + 1 AV box + 3 photograph albums + 3 oversize folders
Screen production
Papers of Richard Allen and Karen Pearlman (MSS 300)1972-1993 2 box 3 boxes
Papers relating to Film Australia/Pram Factory (MSS 322)
1970-1994 4 boxes + 7 AV boxes
Papers of Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank (MSS 058)
1980-2000 204 boxes + 3 AV boxes + 1 folio 30 boxes
Papers of Max Gillies (MSS 265)
1969-1992 27 boxes + 10 AV boxes
Papers of Colin Talbot (MSS 185)
1962-1994 7 boxes + 1 AV box