Guide to the Papers of Roger Johnson

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MS 5319

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Collection Summary

Creator
Roger Johnson
Title
Papers of Roger Johnson
Date Range
1932-1992
Collection Number
MS 5319
Extent
0.42 metres (3 boxes, 3 folio items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises photographs of Johnson's early life in England, 1932-43 and photographs, newspaper cuttings, articles, reports, design submissions, plans and other papers relating to his career as an architect in England, East Africa, Capetown, Burma and Australia. Also includes Johnson's 1949 thesis, an autobiographical narrative written in 1982 and some papers relating to an exhibition on Johnson in 1992.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1881247).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Roger Johnson, National Library of Australia, MS 5319, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers were donated to the Library in January 1994.

Item Descriptions

Photographs, 1932-45 (File 1) - Box 1

Thesis, 1949 (File 2) - Box 1

East Africa papers, 1952-55 (File 3) - Box 1

Burma papers, ca., 1952-55 (File 4) - Box 1

Design projects, Western Australia, 1967-68 (File 5-6) - Box 1

NCDC papers, 1968-70 (File 7) - Box 1

Griffith University site plan papers, 1978-79 (File 8-9) - Box 2

CCAE plans, 1980-89 (File 10) - Box 2

Papers re design of School of Environmental Design, CCAE (File 11) - Box 2

Autobiography, 1981-82 (File 12) - Box 2

Competition entry for Australian Archives National Headquarters (File 13) - Box 2

Competition entry for New Parliament House; report: The "green city" concept applied to the Auckland Isthmus by Roger Johnson (File 14) - Box 3

Other papers, 1980-90. Includes "Report for the University of Queensland Great Hall competition" and papers on the Riverina playhouse, 1986; photographs, mainly form the 1970s (File 15) - Box 3

Photo albums of buildings designed by Johnson (File [unnumbered])

Photographs, 1949-32 (File [unnumbered])


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