Guide to the Papers of Gay Bilson
MS Acc05.107, MS Acc06.091 and MS Acc09.088
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Gay Bilson
- Title
- Papers of Gay Bilson
- Date Range
- ca. 1970-1998
- Collection Number
- MS Acc05.107, MS Acc06.091 and MS Acc09.088
- Extent
- 3.8 metres (16 boxes + 1 folio box + 1 folio packet)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3698956).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Gay Bilson, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Collection Retrieval Advice
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Item Descriptions
Class MS Acc05.107. Original Consignment received 2005
Files of press cuttings, correspondence, reviews and awards for the years 1978 to 1995; handwritten menus and wine lists covering every evening meal at Berowra Waters Inn between 1977 to 1995; special banquets and culinary events; produce order and contact books 1987-1995; wages file covering the years 1994 to 1995; 34 volumes of restaurant guides that include references to Berowra Waters Inn; kitchen dockets for the last weekend of business for Berowra Waters Inn; restaurant bookings for Berowra Waters Inn covering the period January 1995 through to the closure of Berowra Waters Inn on 26 March 1995; and, a file covering the sale of Berowra Waters Inn.
Comprises 11 boxes.
Class MS Acc06.091. Consignment received 2006
Correspondence, menus, wine lists, clippings, architectural plans, administrative papers and related material. The papers primarily relate to Bennelong Restaurant at the Sydney Opera House, 1994-1998, together with some material relating to Berowra Waters Inn, 1982-1997, and a large assortment of menus from various restaurants, 1970s-1990s.
Comprises 3 boxes, 1 folio box + 1 folio packet.
Bennelong Restaurant at Sydney Opera House: Computer printouts, not restaurant wine lists, of wine lists for Bennelong, pages dated 1996-1998, c.25pp. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Computer printouts, not restaurant menus, of menus for Bennelong, pages dated 1996-1997, c.25pp. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Computer printouts, not restaurant menus, of menus for "Upstairs", marked 1996 onwards (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Correspondence, catalogues of examples, for tableware etc for Bennelong, 1994- (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Drawings, outlines, plans, clippings for layout and furnishings by Leigh Prentice and Associates 1994- (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Organizing performances in Bennelong - correspondence, briefing notes for staff, 1997- (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Clippings re Gay Bilson and Bennelong. Originals of faxes to Janni Kyritsis. Notes for tender, plans for Bennelong, reports of design planning meetings, photocopies of fax to Anders Ousback re ideas. Apart from clippings, all planning material. 1994-. Gardner Merchant contracts for food in all of Opera House. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Gardner Merchant press release folder when "declared the preferred tenderer of the Sydney Opera House Trusts'$200 million, 12-year catering contract" July 27th 1994. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Originals of faxes between Gay Bilson and Steven East, Gardner Merchant Australia re resignation details, payment dues; and John Marsden (Gay's solicitor) and GMA re settlement terms, earlier correspondence of a similar nature 1994-1998. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: Gardner Merchant Managers Planning Workshop - Outcomes Report, February 1997, c.20pp. plus 10pp of Gay Bilson's notes re Bennelongiana "Staff Meal", "Kitchen" "General" "Dining Room". (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: "Not a Lieder Recital" at Bennelong. January 9, 11, 16, 17, 1997. Clippings, programme, correspondence, invoices, related material. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: "Not a Lieder Recital" 5-8March 1998 Magill Estate Restaurant, Adelaide. Notes, organisational details, clippings, invoices, wine lists. (File) - Box 1 (MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing about 30 Australian and international, clippings and journals, re Berowra Waters Inn, most 1980s. (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing about 50 miscellaneous menus - Claude's, Berowra Waters, Stephanie's, Rockpool and many others, most from 1990s, some photocopied. Reference material. (File) - Box 2 (MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing similar to previous bag but more overseas restaurants, specifically French and English. (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing similar to previous bag but more overseas restaurants, specifically French and American. (File) - Box 3 (MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing mostly menus from French restaurants, also many from special dinners at Stephanie's (Stephanie Alexander) and one from Paul Bocuse at Collonges-au-Mt-d'Or inscribed "A Madame et Monsieur Tony Gay avec toute mon amitie gourmande" Paul Bocuse 1976 (File) - Folio-Box unnumbered(MS Acc06.091)
1 plastic bag containing mostly menus from French, American and Australian restaurants as well as a small no. of airlines menus. Also menus for Janni Kyritsis and Gay Bilson preparing food at J.W. Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, 1990, and promotional material and itinerary; at The Great Australian Chefs, SeriesTwo, 10-14th March 1992; and at the Peninsula, Hong Kong, 1992 (File) - Folio-Box unnumbered(MS Acc06.091)
Bennelong: 25 menus, most with printed date, but month and year only, others annotated in Gay Bilson's hand with a year followed by a question mark, one marked showing no. of each dish sold over a five day period in August 1989, all predate Bennelong, late 1980s to early 1990s. (File) - Folio-Box unnumbered(MS Acc06.091)
Plans for Berowra Waters Inn pontoon and gangplank by Neville Quarry (1 sheet, 60x84cm) and Glenn Murcutt (8 sheets, 43x60cm), 1978-1982; 2 sheets of photocopies of more general plans (31x43cm); 2 conceptual sketches on greaseproof paper (35x22cm). (Map Folio) (File) - Map-Folio unnumbered (MS Acc06.091)
Class MS Acc09.088. Consignment received 2009
Correspondence, 1996-1997 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc09.088)
Includes letters of compliment and Sydney Men and Sexual Health Newsletter.
Drafts of menus and wine lists, 1994-1995 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes invitations, restaurant brochure and loose leaves from 1994 diary.
News clippings, ephemera, reviews, 1996-1997 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes Hospitality Design magazine.
Menus, 1970-1995 (File 10) - Box 1 (MS Acc09.088)
Includes letter and certificate of Acknowledgement from UNICEF.
News clippings, 1995 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes TV script and shooting schedule for UNICEF.
Newspaper cuttings, magazines and drafts of menus, 1995-1997 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes event menus.
Information kits of Sydney Festival, 1996 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Include clippings and event program.
A letter from the Australian Tourist Commission on Visiting Journalist's Program, 1996 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes a photocopy of Arabic article from "Wine and Vintage".
Newspaper cuttings and correspondence, 1995 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes letters and greeting cards.
Correspondence, newspaper photocopies and cuttings, drafts of menus, 1996-1997 (File 17) - Box 2 (MS Acc09.088)
Also includes a note on food and a certificate of Good Food Guide 1997 Award from The Sydney Morning Herald.