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A list of organisations who received material from the
Dennis Wolanski Library, a summary of material they received and select
catalogue of material transferred.
Dennis Wolanski Archives of the Sydney Opera House
A small collection of material about the Sydney Opera House, acquired
from donors or purchased by the library, was retained as the Dennis Wolanski
Archives of the Sydney Opera House in the Corporate Affairs Department.
Access to this collection is available to bona fide researchers during
business hours on (02) 9250 7111 or caffairs@soh.nsw.gov.au.
Official Sydney Opera House records
The Corporate Affairs Department at the Sydney Opera House also handles
requests under the State Records Act and Freedom of Information Act. The
official Sydney Opera House program collection (arranged chronologically
1973-1997), poster collection (1973-1997) and colour photographic collection
(1978-1994) were transferred to the State Records Office, together with a
comprehensive index of performances and events 1973-1978. Access to these
items is available through the State
Records Office.
Contacting the Sydney Opera House
For general enquiries contact the Information Desk, (02) 9250 7309 or infodesk@soh.nsw.gov.au.
Website: Sydney Opera House.
See also
National Institute of Dramatic Art below for information on programs,
press clipping files and an index relating to performers and performances at
the Sydney Opera House 1973-1996.
State Library of New South
Wales
Archival and manuscript material, photographs, posters, works of art,
architectural plans and periodicals on Australian theatre and drama.
Includes major archival collections of Nimrod Theatre, New Theatre, the
Independent Theatre and other local companies
National Institute of Dramatic Art
Books on theatre, drama, theatre costume, set design and related technical
areas were transferred to NIDA in 1997. In 2006, NIDA and its partner
organisation, the SBW Foundation, also acquired the Dennis Wolanski Library press clipping and program collections, a major resource on
the performing arts in Australia. The collections had been stored by the
University of New South Wales Library between 1997 and 2006. The
collections consist of the following.
- Press
clippings & ephemera
An
estimated 3 million
items, including extensive material on performers and performances at
the Sydney Opera House 1972-1997, as well as on the performing arts in
Australia in the 20th century.
- Programs
A collection of 80,000 items, including
duplicate Sydney Opera House programs (arranged under company and
performer names (complementing the official chronological file at the
Sydney Opera House and
State Records Office), as well as holdings on the performing arts in
Australia, mainly in the 20th century.
- Indexes
A general card index of 80,000 entries including cross-references to all
plays, operas and dance productions performed at the Sydney Opera House
and other venues in Australia, 1973-1996, select entries
for productions from previous eras and overseas productions, and
comprehensive entries for the British theatre review
periodical Play Bulletin and the Australian periodical Theatre Australia.
An
index of Australian plays comprising 5400 cards on Australian drama with
information on performances, availability of published editions, and
location of manuscript playscripts.
Victorian
Arts Centre Performing Arts Museum
Archival and manuscript material, photographs and artefacts.
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Adelaide
Festival Centre Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Artefacts, including costumes and model sets.
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Foxtel
Small quantity of clippings about foreign films personalities
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Powerhouse
Museum
Costumes and
other artefacts and related archival and manuscript material. Books on
costumes.
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Queensland
Performing Arts Museum
Archival
and manuscript items.
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Rockdale
City Library
Music scores, sound recordings and books on music, musical comedy and
Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
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ScreenSound
Australia
Sound
recordings, including LPs associated with Sydney Opera House history and
films.
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Seaborn Broughton
& Walford Foundation
Archival and manuscript material, photographs, books, programs.
Contact: The
Librarian, Seaborn Broughton & Walford Foundation, NIDA/UNSW, Sydney NSW
2052 Phone (02) 9697 7653 Fax 9662 4610.
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State
Library of Tasmania
Archival material.
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Southern
Highlands Institute for Performing Arts
Costumes and other artefacts, books, posters, programs, pictures, microfilms
and partially processed press clippings 1843-1970. Contact: Southern
Highlands Institute for Performing Arts Inc PO Box 99 Mittagong NSW 2577.
Phone (02) 4872 2799 Fax (02) 4872 2798.
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Sydney
Conservatorium of Music
Books on music
and opera.
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Sydney
Theatre Company
Model sets and
other artefacts, photographs.
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University
of New South Wales Library
The
Library also acquired books, pamphlets and microfilm material on theatre and
drama, including works on stagecraft and theatre architecture.
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University
of Western Sydney Nepean
Books and periodicals on dance.
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