| Summary |
MS 7336 comprises personal documents, correspondence, photographs, programs, cuttings, music scores, and memorabilia relating to the Borovansky Ballet Company and the Borovanskys; personal albums, scrap albums and memorabilia of Lisbeth Montgomery, 1936-1949, and Ballet Rambert cuttings, 1946-1948; important historical documents, letters, programs, and photographs relating to the early years of the Australian Ballet and Geoffrey Ingram's own early ballet career and interests in the arts generally; and papers relating to Ingram's challenge to the legality of the S.A.L.T. treaty (9 boxes, 1 folio).
The Acc02.230 instalment comprises letters, files, scripts, notes, business papers, cuttings, programs and conference papers relating to the peace movement, Mabo case, Australian Film Development Corporation and the National Dance Research Centre (28 boxes, 1 small carton).
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| Biography/History |
Ballet dancer, administrator and actor. Geoffrey Ingram danced with the Borovansky Company and later with the Melbourne Ballet Guild. He worked on the Australian Arts Enquiry in 1959, and became the founding administrator of the Australian Ballet, 1963-1965. He was involved in promoting the arts generally and his interests in the creative arts included painting and drawing. In the late 1960s he made excursions into film production and also owned a restaurant. In 1969, he undertook the first challenge to the legality of an arms agreement when, in the High Court of Australia, he challenged the S.A.L.T. II treaty between the Soviet Union and United States. Subsequently he was engaged in comparative studies on the arts of war and peace. In 1988, Ingram was visiting fellow in the Performing Arts at ADFA, where he researched the history and philosophy of dance. Lisbeth Montgomery was a dancer for the Ballet Rombert, 1936-1949, and secretary to the Borovanskys. |