On the cover this month
Signed promotion photograph for Warde Morgan and Marie Burke in the musical comedy Katja, 1926
sepia toned, gelatin silver photograph;
image 14.0 x 19.5 cm, in presentation folder
Pictures Collection;
nla.pic-vn3259238
This
image is one item from a massive amount of J.C. Williamson material
spread across the Library’s Pictures, Manuscripts and Ephemera
collections. It and hundreds of other photographs, posters and programs
from Australia’s theatre heyday are currently being sorted, and the
shows and stars identified, to make the wealth of the J.C. Williamson
collection more accessible (see story, p. 3).
June 2005 Volume XV Number 9
THE J.C. WIlliAMSON COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS: A VISUAL RECORD OF POPULAR THEATRE
John Thomson reveals a treasure trove of theatrical imagery in the library’s Collection
THE ROSE-COLOURED DRESS
Rosemary Dobson Bolton tells the story behind the Library’s Norman Lindsay portrait
EDGEWORTH DAVID: KEEPING IN TOUCH(E)
David Branagan previews publication of the Library’s biography of the great geologist T.W. Edgeworth David--and notes the sometime serendipity of research
FROM CALWELL ONWARD: IMMIGRATION MINISTERS IN THE LIBRARY'S ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Barry York listens to recordings on Australia’s post-war immigration history
IN CORREY'S GOOD STYLE: GOINGS-ON AT ANNUAL CABARITA PICNICS
Richard Stone delves into some social history via the Library’s Ephemera Collection
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