Guide to the Records of the Australian National Playwrights Conference, 1972-2006

Summary

Collection number:

MS 5062, MS Acc98.204, MS Acc07.002

Creator:

The Australian National Playwrights Conference and Australian National Playwrights Conference

Extent:

(95 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folio packet + 10 sound/av carriers + 2 digital carriers)

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Australian National Playwrights Conference, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 5062 comprises playscripts, readers' reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings, subject files, funding applications, notes, press cuttings, photographs and printed material. The subject files include records relating to: Austral-Asian Playwright Conference, 1992; Belvoir Street Theatre, 1987; Conference of Australian Professional Performing Arts Ltd., 1985-1986; Music Board, 1983-1987; Music Theatre, 1986-1987; Salamanca Theatre Company, 1988; Sydney Writers Festival Committee, 1992; Sydney Theatre Company, 1988-1989; and, the Young Playwrights Weekend, 1993 (95 boxes, 1 fol. box, 1 map folio).

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The records were donated to the Library by the organisation in a number of instalments between 1974-1985. Further papers were received in 2007.

Indexed terms

Names:

The Australian National Playwrights Conference

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1093433).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Australian National Playwrights Conference, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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