Guide to the The Donald Leslie Johnson Collection of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin Documents

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MS 7817, MS Acc11.168

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Class MS 7817. Original consignment

Series 1. Material relating to Walter Burley Griffin

Subseries. Correspondence, published material, notes and other papers
Miscellaneous General Canberra and to 1910, 1901 - 1910 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 7817)

Publications, photocopies of articles, notes on Canberra bibliography. Includes articles in Art and Architecture (1909), Building (1910), articles on town planning and Canberra (1942-76) and photocopy of Master of Architecture thesis Parliament House with special reference to the Australian National Capital by A.E.R. Purkis (1966).

Papers, 1911 - 1913 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles, notes from articles, bibliographies. Includes articles in Building (1912), Architectural Review (1912), Advance Australia (1913), The Salon (1913), and The Builder (1913).

Papers, 1914 - 1921 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of Griffin correspondence, photocopies of articles, notes from articles. Includes articles in Architecture, The Salon, Commonwealth Engineer, Chicago Commerce, Building, Herald.

Papers, 1922 - 1929 (File 4) - Box 2 (MS 7817)

Publications, photocopies of articles, typescript article by Johnson, cuttings on Canberra. Includes Town Planning for Australia / G.A. Taylor (1914), Recent Advances in Town Planning / T. Adams (London, 1932), articles in Building (1923), Progress (1924), and Table Talk (1926).

Papers, 1939 - 1959 (File 5) - Box 3 (MS 7817)

Reports, photocopies of articles, notes from articles, almost all relating to Canberra. Includes articles in Canberra Annual (1934), Decoration and Glass (1941),Architecture (1950), Architectural Record (1955), Town Planning Review (1958), Journal of Australian Planning Institute (1959).

Papers, 1963 - 1964 (File 6) - Box 3 (MS 7817)

Publications, photocopies of articles, cuttings, all relating to Canberra. Includes articles in Progress (1963), Architecture in Australia (1964), Australian Planning Institute Journal (1964), Constructional Review (1979).

Photocopies of Australian Parliamentary papers on the Federal Capital, 1912 - 1916 (File 7) - Box 4 (MS 7817)
Australian Parliamentary papers on the Federal Capital, 1915 - 1916 (File 8) - Box 4 (MS 7817)
Photocopy of report of Senate Select Committee on development of Canberra, 1955 (File 9) - Box 4 (MS 7817)
U.S. and Byrne's research, 1913 - 1972 (File 10) - Box 4 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles (1912-27) on the Prairie School and the American home; notes on Griffin (mainly lists of buildings) by John Byrne; miscellaneous notes on Griffin; copy of thesis Walter Burley Griffin : comprehensive subdivision planning in the Midwest / TA Heinz (1972).

Public landscape and cities, 1915 - 1931 (File 11) - Box 5 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles by Griffin on the town plan of Leeton (1915); copies of articles on Canberra, mainly in Building (1915-18); copies of articles on Hotel Australia, Capitol Theatre and other buildings (1916-31); copies of articles on G.A. Taylor and landscape architecture; notes by Johnson on public architecture.

Residential, Castlecrag, Newman, 1912 - 1981 (File 12) - Box 5 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles (1912-42) on houses of Griffin, including articles in Building Australia, Australian Home Beautiful, Australian Home Builder; photocopies of articles (1921-65) on Castlecrag and notes by Johnson; correspondence of Johnson (1978-81), notes, copies of articles on Griffin houses, and extracts from The Magic of America.

Incinerators, 1929 - 1969 (File 13) - Box 6 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles (1929-37), notes from articles and cuttings on Australian incinerators; correspondence of Johnson concerning incinerators in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne (1969).

India, Australia, and US, 1951 - 1954 (File 14) - Box 6 (MS 7817)

Miscellaneous notes; photocopies of articles (1951-4) on Griffin; photocopies of articles on Rudolph Steiner; draft of play about Griffin; manuscript Annie Besant in Australia / S. Perry; photocopies of theses The Biography of Walter Burley Griffin / S.F. Toh, and Walter Burley Griffin : his architecture and his attitudes / P. Doyle.

Papers re India, 1926 - 1976 (File 15) - Box 7 (MS 7817)

Miscellaneous notes; photocopies of articles (1926-76) on Indian art and architecture; typescripts Myth, Legend and Fact : Griffin in India, and An Indian Consummation : an American Expatriate Architect in Lucknow 1935-37 / Johnson.

Photocopy of report of the United Provinces Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition held at Lucknow, 1936-37 (107 p.), 1936 - 1937 (File 17) - Box 7 (MS 7817)
Papers re India, 1911 - 1976 (File 16) - Box 7 (MS 7817)

Papers of Johnson concerning his visits to India, including a diary, notebooks, travel documents and receipts (1975), Delhi and Lucknow correspondence (1975-8); Marion Mahony Griffin in India / typescript by Johnson; photocopies of articles in The Builder (1911-13).

New Delhi and John Sulman, 1909 - 1925 (File 18) - Box 7 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles and notes from articles on New Delhi (1912-25); copies of articles on John Sulman (1909-13); drafts of chapter on Sulman by Johnson.

Papers re New Delhi and John Sulman and Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1913 - 1965 (File 19) - Box 7 (MS 7817)

Photocopies of articles and notes on Sir Edwin Lutyens and New Delhi.

Photocopy of thesis Walter Burley Griffin / Nancy E. Price, 1933 (File 20) - Box 7 (MS 7817)
Photocopy of thesis Walter Burley Griffin : his architecture and his attitudes / KY Wong, 1957 (File 21) - Box 7 (MS 7817)
Photocopy of Thesis Walter Burley Griffin / M Chester and L Rudolph, n.d. (File 22) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Photocopy of thesis The Philosophical Evolution of Castlecrag / Peter Bryant, 1967 (File 23) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Photocopy of thesis Walter Burley Griffin : landscape architect / Peter Harrison, 1970 (File 24) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Walter Burley Griffin followers, 1969 - 1981 (File 25) - Box 8 (MS 7817)

Subfolders contained in springloaded archival storage box - Billson, Lippincott, and Blackrock...

Followers - General, n.d. (File 26) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Followers - Ballantyne, 1977 - 1978 (File 27) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Followers - L. Grant, 1969 - 1979 (File 28) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Followers - Lightfoot, 1977 (File 29) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Followers - Nicholls, n.d. (File 30) - Box 8 (MS 7817)
Subseries. Photographs and slides of buildings, plans and drawings
America, 1 of 3, 1909 - 1926 (File 1) - Box 9 (MS 7817)
America, 2 of 3, 1909 - 1922 (File 2) - Box 9 (MS 7817)
America, 3 of 3, 1908 - 1913 (File 3) - Box 10 (MS 7817)
City planning (America and Australia), 1913 - 1971 (File 4) - Box 10 (MS 7817)
Castlecrag, 1 of 2, 1921 - 1965 (File 5) - Box 11 (MS 7817)
Castlecrag, 2 of 2, 1921 - 1965 (File 6) - Box 11 (MS 7817)
Domestic Australian architecture, non-Castlecrag, 1 of 2, 1919 - 1936 (File 7) - Box 12 (MS 7817)
Domestic Australian architecture, non-Castlecrag, 2 of 2, 1917 - 1935 (File 8) - Box 12 (MS 7817)
Australian commercial architecture, incl. Capitol Theatre, Melbourne, 1 of 2, 1913 - 1979 (File 9) - Box 13 (MS 7817)
Australian commercial architecture, incl. Capitol Theatre, Melbourne, 2 of 2, 1917 - 1921 (File 10) - Box 13 (MS 7817)
Photos and Material : Capitol Theatre, from Anton Lucas, n.d. (File 11) - Box 13 (MS 7817)

56 b&w photographs of Capitol Theatre architecture and interiors.

Canberra, 1912 - 1966 (File 12) - Box 14 (MS 7817)
Newman College, Adelaide, n.d. (File 13) - Box 14 (MS 7817)
Incinerators, 1 of 2, 1929 - 1950 (File 14) - Box 15 (MS 7817)
Incinerators, 2 of 2, 1933 - 1938 (File 15) - Box 15 (MS 7817)
Miscellaneous photographs, slides and negatives, incl. portraits, 1899 - 1978 (File 16) - Box 15 (MS 7817)
India, 1 of 2, 1936 - 1971 (File 17) - Box 16 (MS 7817)
India, 2 of 2, 1936 (File 18) - Box 16 (MS 7817)
India slides, 1975 (File 19) - Box 16 (MS 7817)

Series II. Material relating to Marion Mahony Griffin

By or about MMG, 1907 - 1982 (File 1) - Box 17 (MS 7817)

Includes Progressive Architecture, March 1977; Architectural Journalism and Criticism Workshop, 1975.

The Magic of America. Vol. I A. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 2) - Box 17 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. I B. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 3) - Box 17 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. II A. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 4) - Box 18 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. II B. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 5) - Box 18 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. II C. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 6) - Box 18 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. III A. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 7) - Box 19 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. III B. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 8) - Box 19 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. IV A. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 9) - Box 19 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. IV B. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 10) - Box 20 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Vol. IV C. (Photocopies), n.d. (File 11) - Box 20 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section I - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 1 - 101, n.d. (File 12) - Box 20 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section I - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 102 - 216, n.d. (File 13) - Box 20 (MS 7817)
E. Beck, n.d. (File 14) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript, Vol. I A, n.d. (File 15) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript, Vol. I B, p 45a - 91, n.d. (File 16) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript, Vol. I C, p 92a - 154, n.d. (File 17) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript, Vol. I, p 155 - 216, n.d. (File 18) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section II - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 1 - 163, n.d. (File 19) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section II - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 165 - 356, n.d. (File 20) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section II - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 357 - 447, n.d. (File 21) - Box 21 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript. Vol II. p 1 - 92, n.d. (File 22) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America Typescript. Vol II. p 160 - 262, n.d. (File 23) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section III - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 1 - 200, n.d. (File 24) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section III - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 202 - 468, n.d. (File 25) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section IV - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 1 - 190, n.d. (File 26) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section IV - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 84 - 104, 126 - 137, 274 - 289 (3 copies), n.d. (File 27) - Box 22 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section IV - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 192 - 343, n.d. (File 28) - Box 23 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America. Section IV - Draft, plans, sketches etc. p 344 - 494, n.d. (File 29) - Box 23 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America, Complete copy of Section I, p 1 -215, n.d. (File 30) - Box 23 (MS 7817)
The Magic of America, Section II - IV, Copies of illustrations (plans etc) and some text, n.d. (File 31) - Box 23 (MS 7817)

Series III. Miscellaneous Papers

Photocopies of Australian National Bibliography entries for works on W.B. Griffin and Canberra, 1969 - 1976 (File 1) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Photocopies of bibliographies on urban studies in Australia, 1966 - 1976 (File 2) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Bibliographies, including Australian planning and development : a select bibliography / W. Barr, 1973:. Urban Australia and New Zealand, a select bibliography to 1966 / G. Breese, 1969; List of Publications / National Capital Development Commission., 1966 - 1973 (File 3) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Lists of architectural drawings by W.B. M.M. Griffin in Burnham Library of Architecture (University of Illinois), Avery Architectural Library (University of Columbia) and Northwestern University, n.d. (File 4) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Photocopies of architectural drawings; Typescript by Johnson. 'Canberra and Walter Burley Griffin 1876-1976 : a bibliography and guide to research' (119 p.), n.d. (File 5) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Belle : Home Living Today, No. 41, October 1981 (Item 6) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Panorama : in-flight with Ansett. No. 19, October 1983 (Item 7) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Architecture Australia, Vol. 69 No. 4, September 1980 (Item 8) - Box 24 (MS 7817)
Papers, 1918 - 1937 (File 9) - Elephant-Folio (unnumbered) (MS 7817)

Includes collection of posters copies and tracings of plans and drawings by W.B. Griffin including Canberra cottages, (1919)...

The Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Lecture / Peter Muller, 1976 (File 10) - Box 25 (MS 7817)
Walter Burley Griffin Microfilm Sources, n.d. (File 11) - Box 25 (MS 7817)
Proposal : A Bibliography of Architect Walter Burley Griffin's Work Related to the U.S.A., Australia, Canberra and India / Donald Johnson, 1978 (File 12) - Box 25 (MS 7817)
Articles, cuttings and correspondence on Griffin and domestic architecture, 1976 - 1989 (File 13) - Box 25 (MS 7817)

Includes Proposed centenary exhibition of work of Walter Burley Griffin / Australian Gallery Directors' Council, 1976 (photocopy); The esoteric nature of Griffin's design for Canberra / P. Muller, 1976; Walter Burley Griffin : a review / Monash University Gallery, 1988.

Slides - Peter Muller, n.d. (File 15) - Box 26 (MS 7817)
Microfilm - Lucknow Pioneer re : Griffin, 1935 - 1937 (Item 16) - Box 26 (MS 7817)
Microfilm - North Western, n.d. (Item 19) - Box 26 (MS 7817)
Microfilm - Burnham, n.d. (Item 20) - Box 26 (MS 7817)
Microfilm - Griffin : A. Harney, n.d. (Item 25) - Box 26 (MS 7817)
Microfilm - Castlecrag Griffin : P.M. Bryant, n.d. (Item 26) - Box 26 (MS 7817)

Class MS 7817. Consignment added 20 July 1989

Papers re Griffin Centennial Exhibition, 1975 - 1979 (File 1) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Papers re ABC film on Griffin, 1975 - 1977 (File 2) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Papers re Griffin Exhibition, 1976 - 1979 (File 3) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Correspondence, 1968 - 1973 (File 4) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Correspondence, 1974 - 1977 (File 5) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Correspondence, 1978 - 1979 (File 6) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Correspondence, 1980 - 1985 (File 7) - Box 27 (MS 7817)

Class MS 7817. Consignment added 15 November 1996

Photocopies of aerial photograph, notes, plans, letter and published articles regarding two architectural projects undertaken by Walter and Marion Griffin in Florida, 1913 - 1979 (File 1) - Box 28 (MS 7817)

Class MS 7817. Consignment added 23 June 2000

Letters between National Library of Australia and D. Johnson; Correspondence with The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969 - 1978 (File 1) - Box 28 (MS 7817)

Letters between Peter Harrison and D. Johnson, 1969 - 1977 (File 2) - Box 28 (MS 7817)

Letters regarding exhibition by Art Gallery of South Australia, 1973 - 1976 (File 3) - Box 28 (MS 7817)

Class MS Acc11.168. Consignment added 28 November 2011

This consignment comprsies photocopies of articles and pamphlets, correspondence and publications relating to the careers and works of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.

[Research Papers], 1986 - 2003 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc11.168)

[Research Papers], 1983 - 2002 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc11.168)

Includes a typescript of 'An Indian Consummation: An American Expatriate Architect in Lucknow 1935-1937', Donald Leslie Johnson, ca. 1983.

[Research Papers], 1979 - 2003 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc11.168)

Includes a photocopy preliminary galley of Marion Mahony Griffin: drawing the form of nature, ed. Deborah Wood (published 2006), and a typescript of 'Marion Mahony Griffin in India: Further notes on the marriage of drawing and architecture', Donald Leslie Johnson, ca. 1979...

[Research Papers], 1988 - 2008 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc11.168)

[Research Papers], 1997 - 2008 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc11.168)

Includes five colour photographs of the Capitol Theatre, Melbourne.


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