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Horton, Mervyn, 1917-1983. Papers [manuscript].

Title: Papers [manuscript]. 1956-1983.

The collection includes correspondence with artists and friends including Justin O'Brien, Michael Shannon, Jeffrey Smart, Bryan Westwood, Donald Friend, Espie Dods, and Sir Lorimer Dods; a small amount of business correspondence relating to "Art in Australia"; diaries and notebooks; photographs, theatre and exhibition programs; and papers relating to Horton's involvement in the Galleria Expresso coffee bar, the Sydney Lord Mayor's Arts Advisory panel, the XIIIth Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, overseas travel and properties owned by Horton.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 m. (10 boxes) + 1 folio package.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225849900 View

Waddell, Thea. Papers of Thea Waddell [manuscript].

Title: Papers of Thea Waddell [manuscript]. 1963-1993.

Letters and cards sent by Shannon to Thea Waddell (some were addressed to both Mr and Mrs Justice Waddell), catalogues of Shannon's exhibitions and newspaper cuttings of Shannon's obituaries. In the letters Shannon discussed his works, social life and people he met, including James McCulloch, Kym Bonython, Diana Field and Peter Sculthorpe. Additions to the collection in August 2001 include letters and papers by Jeffrey Smart, Justin O'Brien, Humphrey McQueen and Andrew Motion, plus art exhibition cards.

ArchivalResource: 10 cm. (5 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225848631 View

Smart, Jeffrey, 1921-. Papers of Jeffrey Smart [manuscript].

Title: Papers of Jeffrey Smart [manuscript]. 1956-1992.

The collection consists of 117 handwritten personal letters from Jeffrey Smart to close friend and fellow artist, Michael Shannon. The letters are in three groups: 1955-1960 written from Sydney; 1973-1979 and 1980-1992 written from Arezzo, Italy. Topics discussed include Australian art, travel, Smart's personal life and relationships, financial concerns, painting, other artists including Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Jacqueline Hicks, Donald Friend, John Olsen, Henry Miller, Brett Whiteley, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Pro Hart. Also included are newspaper clippings enclosed with the letters and 7 photographs showing Smart, Shannon, Donald Friend, Dorothy Braud and others.

ArchivalResource: 12 cm. (9 folders)+ 1 vol. + 7 photographs)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225829146 View

[Michael Shannon : Australian Art and Artists file].

Title: [Michael Shannon : Australian Art and Artists file].

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225402923 View