Papers of Henry Ingham Ashworth, 1954-1968 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 915036
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1954-1968]
- 4.88 m. (11 boxes) + 1 fol. packet + 8 elephant folios + 1 object in folio box.
- Summary:
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The papers in MS 4500 relate entirely to the Sydney Opera House. They include copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, Technical Advisory Panel, Traffic Sub-Committee, minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences and report of T.E. Bean. The correspondence includes letters from Jorn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, 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 and Douglas Baglin), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction including Jorn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958. The collection also comprises a copy of Sydney National Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Copenhagen : Atelier Elektra, 1958), known as the "Red book", and Sydney Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Sydney? : s.n., 1962), known as the "Yellow book" (11 boxes, 1 fol. packet, 5 elephant folios, 1 object).
The Acc10.051 instalment comprises the volume titled Sydney National Opera House (Copenhagen : Atelier Elektra, 1958), annotated with approximately 50 small handwritten notes and sketches; volume titled Sydney Opera House (Sydney? : s.n., 1962); and, an untitled album containing photographs and text (51 p.) by Jorn Utzon documenting materials used in the Sydney Opera House construction (3 elephant folios).
- Biography/History:
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Architect and academic. Henry Ingham Ashworth was born in Manchester, England, on 20 February 1907. As a lieutenant colonel, Ashworth served in India and Burma during World War II. Subsequently, he accepted the Chair of Architectural Design and History at the University of Sydney where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In 1964, he joined the University of New South Wales from which he retired as emeritus professor in 1972. Ashworth was appointed to the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee in 1956 and became chairman of its Technical Advisory Committee. He was also chairman of the committee who assessed entries to an international competition for a design for the proposed opera house, thus giving him a leading role in choosing the winner. Ashworth died in Sydney in November 1991.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 4500, MS Acc10.051.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid (25 p.) available in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Subject:
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- Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991 -- Archives
- Utzon, Jørn, 1918-2008 -- Correspondence
- Sydney Opera House. Trust -- Archives
- Sydney Opera House
- Sydney Opera House -- Design and construction
- Architects -- Australia -- Archives
- Public buildings -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Designs and plans
- Theaters -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Designs and plans
- New South Wales -- Politics and government -- 1945-1965
- Time Coverage:
- 1954-1968
- Occupation:
- Architects
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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