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Collection Summary

Creator
Ashworth, H. Ingham (Henry Ingham), 1907-1991
Title
Papers of H. Ingham Ashworth
Date Range
1954-1968
Collection Number
MS 4500, MS Acc10.051
Extent
4.88 metres (11 boxes + 1 folio packet + 8 elephant folios + 1 object in folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers relate entirely to the Sydney Opera House. They include copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, the Technical Advisory Panel, the Traffic Sub-Committee and minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences. The correspondence includes letters from Jørn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, S.L. Bauen, Davis Hughes, R.J. Thomson, K. Turnball, Leslie Martin, Ove Arup & Partners, Rider Hunt & Partners and MacDonald Wagner & Priddle. The collection also includes reports of the Sydney Opera House Trust, published articles, newspaper clippings, reports and recommendations relating to the Opera House, photographs (including some by Max Dupain), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction, including Jørn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958.

Includes a copy of Sydney National Opera House, 1958 (known as the "Red Book") at Map Folio 4; and Sydney Opera House, 1962 (known as the "Yellow Book") at Map Folio 5.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for reference.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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

Provenance

The collection was donated to the Library by Ashworth in 1974.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Biographical Note

Henry Ingham Ashworth was born in Manchester, U.K. on 20 February 1907, dying in Sydney in November 1991. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he served in India and Burma during World War II and subsequently accepted the Chair of Architectural Design and History at the University of Sydney where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In 1964, he joined the University of New South Wales from which he retired Emeritus Professor in 1972.

Ashworth was appointed to the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee in 1956 and became Chairman of its Technical Advisory Committee. He was also Chairman of the committee who assessed entries to an international competition for a design for the proposed opera house, thus giving him a leading role in choosing the winner.

Item Descriptions

Class. Original consignment

Comprises copies of minutes of meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, Technical Advisory Panel, Traffic Sub-Committee, minutes of the Opera House Site Conferences and report of T.E. Bean. The correspondence includes letters from Jorn Utzon, R. Haviland, H. Thomson, Davis Hughes, R.J. Thomson, K. Turnball, Leslie Martin, Ove Arup and Partners, Rider Hunt and Partners and MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle. The collection also includes reports of the Sydney Opera House Trust, published articles, newspaper clippings, reports and recommendations relating to the Opera House, photographs (including some by Max Dupain and Douglas Baglin), an architect's model, drawings and plans of the Opera House at various stages of construction including Jorn Utzon's original design submitted in the competition in 1958. The collection also comprises a copy of Sydney National Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Copenhagen : Atelier Elektra, 1958), known as the "Red book", and Sydney Opera House by Jorn Utzon (Sydney? : s.n., 1962), known as the "Yellow book".

Contained in 11 boxes, 1 fol. packet, 5 elephant folios, 1 object.

Correspondence, 1957-1964 (File 1) - Box 1

Organisation chart for 'Sydney Opera House Organisation' [n.d.] (Item)
Written report of principal layout in which reference is made to "yellow plans". [n.d.] (Item)
Correspondence, February 1957 - June 1964, between Ashworth and, among others, Eero Saarinsen, the Premier, Union Internationale des Architects, Bernard Heinze (Item)
Copies of correspondence between the Executive Committee Chairman, the Premier and Jørn Utzon (Item)
Press statement dated 24 August 1962 (from Premier's office?) (Item)

Correspondence, 1959-1966 (File 2) - Box 1

Graph of the Opera House time schedule, February 1959 - June 1966 (Item)
Correspondence between both Ashworth and the Executive Committee to Ove Arup and MacDonald Wagner and Priddle from February 1959 - June 1966. This includes a press cutting and report from Ove Arup (Item)

Memorandum of agreement, 1958 (File 3) - Box 1

Correspondence, June 1957 - October 1958, mainly between Ashworth, the Opera House Committee and Ove Arup. These include draft agreements dated January and June 1958, a hand written biographical note about Arup, c. 1958 and a memorandum of arrangement between Ove Arup and McDonald Wagner and Priddle dated February 1959 (Item)
'Attachments' to [?] dated February 1959 - April 1964, including a memorandum of agreement between the NSW Premier and Arup dated November 1958 (Item)
'Analysis of tender for stage machinery sub-contract', October 1960 (Item)
Notes on professional fees (Item)
Table of 'Sydney Opera House schedule of accommodation' (Item)

Correspondence, 1962-1969 (File 4) - Box 1

Correspondence, March 1962 - June 1969 (Item)

Subjects include: Stereoscopic slides produced by Linton, March 1962 - November 1967; films of Opera House construction [by Commonwealth Film Unit, November, 1967], letters from the Secretary (Turnbull) and Chairman (Haviland) of the Executive Committee (later, the Trust) to Ashworth and the latter's responses. Subjects include: 'Procedures for communication', June 1966, a letter with attachments - the 1959 questionnaire, etc., 'Judson's descriptive narrative', formation of Sydney Opera House Society, purchase of paintings by Emerson Curtis.

'The Sydney Opera House since Utzon', a paper by Elias Duek-Cohen, November 1968 (Item)
Change in membership of the Trust due to an amendment to the legislation in 1969 (Item)

Correspondence, 1955-1960 (File 5) - Box 1

Correspondence, October 1955 - October 1960, of Ashworth, the Sydney Opera House Committee and the Opera House Executive Committee [n.b.]. the Sydney Opera House Committee and Trust were incorporated circa June, 1957]. (Item)

Subjects include: Design competition awards and controversy about exhibition of designs, proposed launch of appeal and list of proposed committee members, Technical Advisory Panel, draft letters to Jørn Utzon; letters re acoustics, organ, parking, tenders.

Draft press statement, June 1959 (Item)
Plan of proposed orchestra pit (Item)

Annual Reports, 1963-1964 (File 6) - Box 1

Chronology of events relating to the Sydney Opera House, November 1954 to end of 1961, with a detailed list attached [n.d.] (Item)
Annual report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House ended June 1963., [October, 1963] (Item)
Draft annual report ended June 1964, [Sept 1964] (Item)
Brochure for International Dairy Congress, 1970 (Item)
Correspondence, November 1960 - September 1964 (Item)

Subjects include: Stage lighting and stage machinery and stereoscopic slides by Ashworth and Sydney Opera House Executive Committee and with Utzon re a model of the Opera House and professional fees.

Correspondence, 1957-1962 (File 7) - Box 1

Rider Hunt Partners - Correspondence, February 1957 to November 1962 (Item)
Table of statistical data, January 1957 (Item)
Approximate estimate for Stages 1 and 3, September 1961 (Item)
McDonald, Wagner Priddle's tables of expenses and time spent (Item)
Correspondence, including arbitration dispute with Civil and Civic,, June 1959 to January 1962 (Item)

Correspondence, 1957-1960 (File 8) - Box 1

Correspondence mainly between Jørn Utzon and Ashworth or the Opera House Committee, February 1957 to June 1960. Subjects include: aerial view of the Opera House (with sketch), model and general plans, Utzon's C.V. and conditions of appointment, viewing platform and site noticeboard, tenders; orchestra pit, with sketches; organ; stage machinery (the latter includes a paper by Stefan Haag); quarterly report, April 1960, drawings (these are located among the Map Folios) (Item)
Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel, 13 August, 1958 (Item)
Correspondence re facilities (Item)

Correspondence, 1960-1964 (File 9) - Box 1

Correspondence mainly between Jørn Utzon and Ashworth or the Opera House Committee, July 1960 - May 1964 (Item)

Subjects include: Ashworth's visit to Europe to see 'leading producers' with Utzon, tenders for lift, stage machinery and stage lighting, acoustics, Utzon's visit to Sydney; organ; sketches (which are not attached to the letters); tiling of shells, including specifications.

Scripts for a recorded commentary for observation platform, (July 1963 and April 1964) (Item)
Reprint from Arkitektur, no 4, 1964, of article about a Danish work of Utzon's with typescript translation (Item)
Schedule of Special Consultant's fees, July 1964 (Item)

Correspondence, 1964-1966 (File 10) - Box 1

Correspondence between Ashworth, the Opera House Executive Committee, Utzon and others, July 1964 - April 1966 (Item)

Subjects include: Specialist consultants' fees, photographs of model (not attached), recorded commentary for observation platform, scripts (including drafts), December 1964; invitation to Utzon, from Neil Clerehan, to visit Melbourne, Technical Advisory Panel.

Letter from S. Giedion, enclosing the translation of his paper, 'Jørn Utzon and the third generation,' December 1964 (Item)
Newspaper cutting about Professor S.E. Rasmussen, September 1965 (Item)

Correspondence, Technical Advisory Panel, 1965-1966 (File 11) - Box 2

Correspondence relating to meetings of the Technical Advisory Panel of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee. Includes letter from Jørn Utzon, a questionnaire and minutes of meetings (Item)

Correspondence, 1958-1971 (File 12) - Box 2

Loose pages from the NSW Parliamentary record (1955, 1957/8, 1960, 1962) (Item)
Miscellaneous correspondence, including letter from, and reply to Robyn Boyd and architects and members of the Technical Advisory Panel, 1958 to 1971 (Item)

Arbitration hearing, 1960-1962 (File 13) - Box 2

Correspondence between the contractors Civil and Civic and engineers, MacDonald Wagner and Priddle and court report of Arbitration hearing between these organisations, 1960/1962 (Item)
Report of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 1966(?) (Item)
Letters from Sydney Opera House Society, 1969 (Item)

Meetings of Opera House Executive Committee, 1954-1958 (File 14) - Box 2

Agendas and minutes of meetings of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee from the first meeting of 7 December 1954 to November 1958 (Item)

Opera House Executive Committee papers, 1957-1958 (File 15) - Box 2

Correspondence of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee, including letters from, and to, Jørn Utzon, NRMA and Sydney Opera House Appeal Fund (Item)
Summary of developments, 19 November 1957 - 1 February, 1958 (Item)
Summary of developments, 19 November 1957 - 1 February, 1958 (Item)
Draft agreement with Ove Arup Partners (Item)
Committee report to NSW Premier Cahill (Item)
Details for announcement of the award for the Opera House [design] competition and the assessor's report (Item)
Details for announcement of the award for the Opera House [design] competition and the assessor's report (Item)
C.V. of Jørn Utzon (Item)
Reports of a Committee interview with the Premier (July 1957), a visit to Hamburg Opera House by Eugene Goosens and the NSW Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Opera House Committee, with correspondence relating to the latter (Item)

NSW Government involvement, 1958-1960 (File 16) - Box 2

NSW Legislative Assembly Questions and answers, No 35, 25 November 1958 (Item)
Report of interview with Undersecretary and Advisory Committee, December 1959 (Item)
Draft agreement between NSW and Civil and Civic re Stage 1 of project [n.d.] (Item)
Minutes of meetings of the Opera House Technical Advisory Panel, February - December 1959, and a report, undated, from this Panel (Item)
Agendas and minutes of meetings of The Opera House Advisory Committee, January 1959 to May 1960 (Item)
Report of project developments by Chairman of Advisory Committee, 2 February 1959 (Item)
Letters from Ove Arup re Stages I and II of the project (Item)
Estimates from Rider Hunt (Item)

Minutes of Advisory Committee Panels, 1960 (File 17) - Box 2

Agendas and minutes of meetings of Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Panel, May to December 1960 (Item)
Minutes and report of Negotiating Panel [of Advisory Committee] (Item)
Minutes of Music and Drama Panel, August 1960 (Item)
Letter from Steensen Varming Report of discussions at a meeting on 21 June 1960 re formation of a management trust, August 1960 (Item)
Report by Jørn Utzon on traffic and parking (Item)
Correspondence from the Organ Society of Sydney and Department of Public Works (Item)

Sydney Opera House Trust, 1960-1961 (File 18) - Box 2

Minutes of Music and Drama Panel meeting, 29 August, 1960 (Item)
Letter from Ashworth to chairman of Executive Committee, November 1960, and his report on management [n.d.] to the Executive Committee (Item)
Documents relating to, and minutes of Management Sub-committee, 1961 (Item)
C.V. of A.J. Smith (Item)
Sydney Opera House Trust Act, 1961 (NSW Act No 9 of 1961) (Item)
Minutes of 1st meeting of Sydney Opera House Trust, 12 April 1961 (Item)
Letter from Ashworth to members of Trust, June 1966, enclosing copies of questionnaire, a memorandum from Ashworth, Utzon's letter of July 1959 and Ashworth's reply of August 1959. [These are also located in File 28.] (Item)

Executive Committee papers, 1961-1967 (File 19) - Box 2

Hall Todd and Littlemore's 'Review of programme', December 1966 and comments on this by the Trust, May 1967 (Item)
Index of meetings of Technical Advisory Panel with dates of meetings and precis of topics discussed from 1st meeting in August 1957 - December 1967 (Item)
Draft of 'The Sydney Opera House Trust', [c. 1967] (Item)
Items for query by the Trust on architect's submission to Minister of Public Works, September, 1968 (Item)
Draft of 'The Sydney Opera House Trust', [c. 1967] (Item)
Items for query by the Trust on architect's submission to Minister of Public Works, September 1968 (Item)
Executive Committee agendas and minutes of meetings, with some agenda papers, July - October 1961 (Item)
Executive Committee agendas and minutes of meetings, with some agenda papers, July - October 1961 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, November to December, 1961 (Item)
Chronology of contracts for Stage 1, November 1958 - November 1961 (Item)
Minutes of Traffic Sub-committee, Music and Drama Panel and Technical Advisory Panel meetings, 1961, and notes of the latter, 13 December 1961 (Item)
Annual report of the Executive Committee, (July 1961?) (Item)

Reports, 1961 (File 20) - Box 3

Correspondence relating to installation of a pipe organ (Item)
Progress reports from MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle and financial reports from Rider, Hunt and Partners, 1961 (Item)
Undated accounts and telegram received November 1961, from Ove Arup (Item)

Minutes, 1960-1961 (File 21) - Box 3

Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel meetings, August 1960 - May 1961 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, August 1960 - May 1961 (Item)
'Minutes and report of Negotiating Panel... to Negotiate a Tender with Mssrs Wagner Biro...' (Item)
Statement listing proposed names for auditoria (Item)
Correspondence, February - September 1961 (Item)

Subjects include: Tenders, stage lighting, Stage II, RAAF memorial, slide photographs.

Reports, 1961-1962 (File 22) - Box 3

Report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House for the period ended 30 June 1961. [Parliamentary Paper] (Item)
Minutes of the Traffic Sub committee meeting, December 1961 (Item)
Report on stage lighting by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, January 1962 (Item)
Executive Committee Agendas, (February - June 1962) and minutes, (December 1961 - May 1962) (Item)

Included are: 'Estimate and time schedule', with graph, by Utzon, April 1962; letter from Harrison and Harrison re organ, February 1962; construction of Stage II and general report no. 2 by Ove Arup, March and April, 1962; Rider, Hunt and Partners financial report, no. 9 and report no. 9 of MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle, February 1962.

Technical Advisory Panel report no. 37 and minutes of their meetings, March to April, 1962 (Item)

Executive Committee meetings, 1962 (File 23) - Box 3

Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, June to December, 1962 (Item)

Included are: statements on Public Relations Officer by Committee Secretary (Thompson) September 1962 and Lloyd Rees, October 1962, report of the Executive Committee for the year ended 30 June 1962 (August 1962?)

Minutes of Music and Drama Panel meeting, October 1962 (Item)
Correspondence from MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle, November 1962 (Item)
'Arrangements for public inspection', December 1962 (Item)

Committee's relationship with Minister for Public Works (File 24) - Box 3

Report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House for the year ended 30 June 1962 [NSW Parliamentary paper, 72 of 1962] (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, December 1962 to July 1963 (Item)
Minutes, 18 December 1962 - 21 June 1963 (Item)
Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel, 22 March 1963 (Item)
'Ministerial concerns', December 1962 (Item)
Statements re professional fees and consultants' fees, March 1963 (Item)
Precis of correspondence re Stage III (Item)
Statement from Technical Advisory Panel, April 1963 (Item)
Statement by the Secretary of the Executive Committee: 'Keeping the Minister informed' and associated correspondence -, August 1963 (Item)

Memorandum of agreement, 1958 (File 25) - Box 3

Memorandum of agreement between New South Wales and Ove Arup Partners. (Another copy located in File 41), 26 November 1958 (Item)
'Report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House for the year ended June 1963'. [typescript] (Item)
'Precis of Architects comments (supplementing report received)', August 1963 (Item)
'Bimonthly report by Consulting Engineer', August 1963 (Item)
Correspondence: From Utzon re Stage III and Secretary of the Department of Public Works re professional fees, August 1963 to May 1964 (Item)
From Ashworth to the Secretary, Executive Committee, enclosing report of interview with Emerson Curtis, statements about production of a brochure and a book, another in which he suggests he be invited to write the latter; to Linton re non receipt of photographic slides (Item)
Executive Committee meetings - Agendas and minutes. Some have reports and other items attached, including minutes of a meeting with the Minister, 17 March 1964, and correspondence, July 1963 to May 1964 (Item)

Parking facilities (File 26) - Box 3

Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, May to December, 1964 (Item)
Statement re parking facilities, June 1964 (Item)
'Report of proposals to provide adequate parking...' [n.d.] (Item)
'Bimonthly report by Consulting Engineer'., (August 1963) (Item)
Correspondence: From Musica Viva re representation on Executive Committee and by Ashworth with price list for 'pictures' i.e. paintings of Emerson Curtis, May - November 1964 (Item)

Executive Committee meetings, 1965 (File 27) - Box 3

Undated and untitled site plan of Opera House and environs. (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, February to December 1965 (Item)
Minutes of meeting with the Minister, October 1965 (Item)

Sydney Opera House Trust (File 28) - Box 4

'Sydney Opera House Trust Organization Chart'., (1966?) (Item)
'Sydney Opera House', a paper dated March 1965, author unknown and an amended version of the same paper by the Trust, dated December 1965 (Item)
Report on the structural detail of the proposed ceiling of the minor hall auditorium,, January 1966 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, with some agenda papers, December 1965 to June 1996 (Item)

(The latter include minutes of various sub-committees)

Plan of minor hall, June 1966 (Item)
Trust statement on main hall seating, June 1966 (Item)
Trust statement on main hall seating, June 1966 (Item)
Letter from Ashworth to the Trust dated June 1966, enclosing copies of documentation from 1959 (Item)

[This is identical with those in File 18, except for a brief note at the top of the letter.]

Sydney Opera House Trust, June - November 1966. (File 29) - Box 4

Agendas and minutes of Trust meetings, with some agenda papers, June to November 1966 (Item)

The latter includes minutes of various sub-committees.

Reports of Management Executive, July to November, 1966. (Item)
Correspondence (June - July 1966) relating to design of commemorative medal, the car park from the Secretary, Dept. of Public Works and the ABC's requirements for concerts from the ABC Chairman (Item)
Draft annual report for year to June 1966 (Item)
Notes on outstanding matters in connection with engineering consultants. (Item)

Sydney Opera House Trust, December 1966 - March 1967. (File 30) - Box 4

'Sydney Opera House Review of Programme 12 December 1966', prepared by Hall Todd and Littlemore (Item)
Typescript of article from The Bulletin, 3 December 1966 about Ben Schlanger, consultant on interiors of auditoria (Item)
Addenda to annual report (1965/66?) (Item)
Reports of meetings of the Management Executive Committee, December 1966 - June 1967 (Item)
Business papers (i.e. agendas) and minutes of Trust meetings, December 1966 - June 1967 (Item)

The latter include drafts of a report by the Trust of the architects' review of the programme dated May and June, 1967.

Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel, March 1967 (Item)
Copies of letter to Trust Chairman from Premier (Askin) dated December 1966 (Item)
'Personal survey of potential users of Sydney Opera House', by Stefan Haag, dated December 1966. (Item)

(Includes tables of estimated use)

Press release (?) from Trust, December 1966 (Item)
Cuttings from The Australian, 22 March 1967 of a cartoon by Petty and an article about problems with the Opera House (Item)

Survey of T.E. Bean (File 31) - Box 4

'Report on acoustical research on halls, June 1965', by Jørn Utzon. (Includes table) (Item)
Table of financial aid to overseas theatres by their governments. [n.d.] (Item)
'Report of architect's review of programme. Part 1 of ...' [n.d.] (Item)
Correspondence, (December 1965 to February 1967) including letter from Minister for Public Works to Chairman, expressing confidence, Restaurant Sub-committee with floor plan of restaurant, from Premier (Askin) to Chairman re survey by T.E. Bean and other matters, from T.E. Bean and the ABC, acoustics and redesign of main hall (Item)
Business papers and minutes including some agenda papers of Trust meetings, January to February 1967 (Item)
Business papers and reports of Management Executive meetings, January - February 1967 (Item)
Papers on complex of multi-purpose theatres by Stefan Haag, (January 1967) and major hall, (1967?) (Item)
Interim reports on survey of managerial and operational requirements by T. Ernest Bean, 1967 (Item)
Various documents relating to alterations with reference to architect's review (Item)

Sydney Opera House Trust, 1967 (File 32) - Box 4

Handwritten table of seating, volume, etc. of musical venues overseas and notes re capacities of [proposed] halls of the Sydney Opera House [n.d. unsigned] (Item)
Reports of meeting of the Management Executive Committee, March to August, 1967 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of Trust meetings, July to August 1967 (Item)

These include a draft annual report for 1966/1967 and minutes of various Panel meetings.

Letter from Trust Chairman to Minister for Public Works, March 1967 (Item)
'Report on alterations to stage machinery...' by Willi Ulmen, March 1967 (Item)
'Report on survey of managerial and operational requirements... for the government...' by T. Ernest Bean, March 1967 (Item)
Comments by Trust on Bean's report (draft and bound copies), May 1967 (Item)
'Proposed parking station' (Item)

A chronology from June 1958 to June 1967.

Duty statement for General Manager of Sydney Opera House (S.L. Bacon), September 1967 (Item)

Management Committee and Trust meetings, September 1967 - March 1968. (File 33) - Box 4

Progress report from Hall, Todd and Littlemore, March to August 1967 (Item)
Agendas and reports of the Management Executive Committee, including some agenda papers, September 1967 to March 1968 (Item)
Agendas and reports of the Trust, including some agenda papers, September 1967 to March 1968 (Item)
Table showing stages of progress of various areas of the Opera House, 1966 to ? (Item)
Minutes of the Music and Drama Panel, 14 September 1967 (Item)
Transcript of a tape recording of Utzon, played at a public meeting on 19 February 1968 (Item)

Management Committee and Trust meetings, March - October 1968. (File 34) - Box 4

Agendas and minutes of the Management Committee and of the Trust, March to October 1968 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of the Management Committee and of the Trust, March to October 1968 (Item)
Table titled 'Decisions on use of halls - Sydney Opera House' (Item)
Correspondence with the Minister of Public Works re proposal to register 'Sydney Opera House' as a trademark (Item)
Draft annual report of the Trust to 30 June 1968 (Item)

Management Committee meetings, October 1968-April 1969. (File 35) - Box 4

Agendas and minutes of the Management Committee and of Trust, including some agenda papers and minutes of sub-committees, October 1968 to April 1969 (Item)
Draft of proposed statement to be made by the Trust, (January 1969?) (Item)

Financial matters and minutes of Technical Advisory Panel, 1957-1959 (File 36) - Box 5

Report on appointment of a resident engineer., [1959?] (Item)
Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel from first meeting in August 1957 to December 1959 (Item)
Minutes of Traffic Sub-committee, May 1959 (Item)
Revised estimate [of expenditure], April 1958 (Item)
Reports: from Utzon, July 1958; Ove Arup, January 1959 and Ashworth (Item)
Correspondence from Ashworth, Ove Arup, MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle, Sydney County Council, Utzon and Rider Hunt, (April 1958 to September 1959) (Item)
Memorandum re landing place for visitors... with a table about the Royal Theatre, Stockholm, October 1958 (Item)
'Opera House Summary' - A listing of costs for various sections of the Opera House (Item)
Traffic study, [1959?] (Item)
Position for a construction supervisor (Item)
Account from Rider Hunt (Item)
Draft agreement between NSW Government and Civil and Civic (Item)

Stage I construction (File 37) - Box 5

Correspondence between Ashworth and Utzon, Ove Arup and others,, June 1960 to December 1961 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory and Negotiating [for tenders] (Item)
Panels, January to December 1960, with notes from one meeting (Item)
Utzon's list of firms to tender for stage equipment (Item)
Schedule for Stage I construction (Item)
Report by Stefan Haag on limitations of stage plans for the Major Hall (Item)
Tenders, report on tenders and arbitrator's report on tenders (Item)
Rider Hunt Partners costing of installations (Item)
Report on conditions of engagement of Architect and Engineers [n.d.] (Item)
Table of costings for stage (Item)
'Draft schedule of documents required for tendering', November 1960 (Item)

Contracts (File 38) - Box 5

Papers relating to contracts., January 1961 (Item)

These include those for stage lighting and shell roof.

Correspondence with Utzon relating to stage lighting and stage machinery (Item)
Minutes of Traffic Subcommittee meeting, February 1961 (Item)
Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory Panel, March to December, 1961 (Item)
Consulting Engineers' report. [n.d.] (Item)
Notes on lease of Cockatoo Island. [n.d.] (Item)

Stage lighting (File 39) - Box 5

Correspondence about stage lighting and simultaneous interpretation, September 1959 to March 1962 (Item)
'Estimated cost of the Opera House', 1961(?) (Item)
'Sketch of organ at back wall in major stage', November 1961 (Item)

Financial estimates (File 40) - Box 5

Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory Panel., March to October 1962 (Item)
Report on stage lighting., January 1962 (Item)
Correspondence of Ashworth and Rider Hunt with Ove Arup, Utzon, members of the Technical Advisory Panel and from organ builders, February to April 1962 (Item)
Report to Opera House Executive Committee., April 1962(?) (Item)
Table of comparison between estimates of January 1959 and March 1962 (Item)
Statement of estimated costs, March 1962 (Item)
'Qualification of estimate' [sic] (Pages 13 to 17 only) (Item)
Utzon's 'Estimate and time schedule', April 1962 (Item)
Stage 1 contract (Item)
Examination of contractors log of claims (Item)
Charts of the construction of the different stages, 1962 to 1965 and 1962 to 1966 (Item)

Financial matters, 1962-1963 (File 41) - Box 5

Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory Panel, February to July 1963 (Item)
Memorandum of agreement between New South Wales and Ove Arup Partners, 26 November 1958 (Item)

(Another copy is located in File 25).

Handwritten notes re Ulmer's expenses (Item)
Utzon's 'Suggested fixed contract fee for Stage III' (Item)
Draft statement by Technical Advisory Panel to Executive Committee (Item)
Statements re consultants' fees from Ove Arup, March 1963 and Technical Advisory Committee, [n.d.] (Item)
Correspondence from Ashworth and from Utzon to Executive Committee, November, 1962; from Ove Arup, Rider Hunt and MacDonald Wagner Priddle re finance; from Executive Officer to Ashworth (Item)

Minutes of Technical Advisory Panel, 1964-1965 (File 42) - Box 5

Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory Panel., February 1964 to April 1965 (Item)
Bar chart of 'Time schedule for building operations on site', April 1964 (Item)
'Statement of specialist consultants' fees...', October 1964 (Item)
Report of meeting held in Architect's office, October 1964 (Item)
Correspondence, February 1964 to March 1965 from the Director of Public Works to and from Ashworth, Utzon and the Executive Committee (Item)
'Report on Consultants' participation in the design of stage technique:' [sic] including a statement of consultants' fees and organisation chart, [November 1964?] (Item)

Correspondence with Utzon, 1965 (File 43) - Box 5

Correspondence to and from Ashworth, largely with Utzon., February to December, 1965 (Item)

Subjects include the interior and cladding for the Opera House.

Draft statement re cladding and interior., April 1965 (Item)
'Notes on letter to Department of Public Works' (re cladding?) [n.d.] (Item)
Detailed list of work done by EPM Concrete Pty. Ltd (Item)
Note by R.J. Thompson about Concrete Industries Pty. Ltd (Item)
Agenda for November meeting and minutes (including draft) of Technical Advisory Panel meeting, April 1965 (Item)
'Minutes of a sub committee of the Technical Advisory Committee...', July 1965 (Item)
Estimate [of costs], July 1965 with covering letter dated November 1965 (Item)

Parking facilities (File 44) - Box 6

Letter from the NRMA re parking facilities and the Technical Advisory Panel's response, March 1958 (Item)
'Memorandum re landing place for visitors arriving by car...', by Ake Claeson, October 1958 (Item)
Minutes of Traffic Sub-Committee from its first meeting, October 1958 to September 1961 (Item)
'Sydney Opera House - Suggested traffic Arrangements', by R.J. Thompson (Secretary of the Opera House Executive Committee), March 1959 (Item)
'Sydney Opera House - traffic study' with appendices [n.d.] (Item)
Report in respect of the proposal to the Traffic Sub-Committee, by RDL Fraser, Convenor of the Ways and Means Panel (Item)
Notes on presumed traffic flow (including pedestrians) [n.d.] (Item)
Report by Ways and Means Panel on parking arrangements, August 1961 (Item)

Traffic arrangements (File 45) - Box 6

Minutes of the Traffic Sub-committee of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee, February 1961 (Item)
Table of dates of meetings of, and matters discussed by, the Technical Advisory Panel, 16 August 1957 to 14 December 1967 (Item)
Plans of 'Sydney Opera House Traffic Arrangements' - Proposal 'A' and Proposal 'B' [n.d.] (Item)
Report by the Ways and Means Panel on proposals to construct underground parking in the Botanic Gardens, [1964?] (Item)
Papers and correspondence referring to Utzon's relationship with the Minister of Public Works, including Utzon's resignation (Item)
Statements and correspondence by the President of the NSW Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects., [March (?), 1966] (Item)
'Utzon in charge', a statement by the Utzon in Charge Committee, March 1966 (Item)
'Diary of events leading to Mr Utzon's resignation', 28 February to 28 March 1966 (Item)
Letter to Premier (Askin) from John Power about "controversy," with proposed terms of reference for a public enquiry, July 1966 (Item)
Letter with plans for completing the Opera House by V.J. Bittner, sent by him to the Minister for Public Works with a reply, April/May 1967 (Item)
Extracts from 'Toilet amenities regulations' (By-law 58), July 1966 (Item)

Competition for design of Opera House (File 46) - Box 6

An international competition for a national opera house at Bennelong Point...Conditions and programme. Sydney, Government Printer, 1955 (Item)
Cross section, no. 162-164, March/April to June, 1966. University of Melbourne. Department of Architecture (Item)
Bulletin, April 1966. RAIA, New South Wales Chapter (Item)
RAIA news, vol. 3, no. 3, March, 1966. RAIA (Item)
Architects of destruction, by Neville Gruzman (Reprint?) (Item)
Agendas and minutes of the Technical Advisory Panel (including some drafts), February to November 1966 (Item)
'...Stage 1 arbitration on folded slab framework', prepared by M.S. Nicklin, I.M. MacKenzie and O Skipper Neilson [n.d.] (Item)
do. Prepared by MS Nicklin [n.d.] (Item)
'Sydney Opera House enlargement of orchestra pit in the minor hall', by the Assistant Government Architect, June 1967 (Item)

Index to site meetings and Traffic Subcommittee terms of reference (File 47) - Box 6

Index, dated September, 1963, to site meetings from meetings no. 1 to 43 (Item)
Minutes of site meetings, June 1959 to March 1963 (Item)
Sydney Opera House Traffic Subcommittee, composition and terms of reference (Item)
Minutes of the Traffic Subcommittee, June 1959 to February 1966 (Item)
Minutes of Music and Drama Panel, August 1965 (Item)
Report of proposals to provide adequate parking facilities '(November(?), 1964') (Item)
Unsigned letter to Premier about parking facilities, February 1966 (Item)
Report by Traffic Subcommittee Ways and Means Panel, on construction an underground parking station (Item)
Two maps, each with a different area shaded, of 'Bennelong Point Botanic Gardens area', dated October 1965 (Item)

Site Meeting minutes, July 1959 - March 1960. (File 48) - Box 6

Site Meeting minutes, 1960-1962 (File 49) - Box 6

Addendum to 'Index to Site Meetings', January 1964 (Item)
Minutes of Site Meetings, March 1960 to December 1962 (Item)
Bar chart, possibly prepared by Civil and Civic, of Stage I construction program, May 1959 - February 1961 (Item)

Site Conference minutes, 1962-1963 (File 50) - Box 6

Minutes of Site Conferences, from first meeting in October 1962 to May 1963 (Item)

These include papers about the Stage II contract.

Site Conference minutes, May - September 1963 (File 51) - Box 6

Minutes of Site Conferences, May - September 1963 (Item)
'Responsibilities and duties of site staff': a paper headed 'Sydney Opera House Stage II', [June 1963?] (Item)

Site Conference minutes, October - December 1963 (File 52) - Box 6

Index to Site Meeting minutes (File 53) - Box 7

Index to minutes of Site Meetings Nos. 1 to 115 for Stage II contract, March 1965 (Item)
Site Conference minutes, January to July, 1964 (Item)

Site Conference minutes, August 1964 - February 1965 (File 54) - Box 7

Site Conference minutes, February - July 1965 (File 55) - Box 7

Site Conference minutes, July - December 1965 (File 56) - Box 7

Site Conference minutes, January - June 1966 (File 57) - Box 7

Site Conference minutes, June - October 1966 (File 58) - Box 7

Site Conference minutes, November 1966 - March 1967 (File 59) - Box 7

Minutes of Site Conferences, November 1966 to March 1967 (Item)
Stage III contract (Item)
Minutes of Stage III Site Conferences, December 1966 to March 1967 (Item)
Hall Todd and Littlemore's Progress Report, dated 25 September 1967 (Item)

Plans and financial estimates (File 60) - Box 8

Map prepared by NSW Department of Lands: 'City of Sydney and environs (Sheet 9)' [n.d.] (Item)
Plans prepared by Utzon for the major hall showing seating arrangements for different types of performance, 1959 (Item)
Site Plan of 'Proposed national opera house, Sydney' [n.d.] (Item)
The Association of Consulting Engineers publication, Professional rules and practice and scale of fees..., 1954 (Item)
'Sydney Opera House appeal press information', September 1959 (Item)

Includes a message from the Premier and speeches by the Lord Mayor and Ashworth.

'Sydney Opera House', March 1959 (Item)
Comparative costs in Austrian schillings of building halls in Austria and Australia (Item)
Rider Hunt Partners estimates for electrical and air conditioning installations (Item)
Condensed reports by Utzon to the Executive Committee on the stage machinery tender and future specialist to the Opera House (Item)
Flow chart showing stages of construction and installation of stage machinery (Item)
'A brief description of the latest stage scheme for major hall', by Utzon, September 1960 (Item)
Diary of Professor Ashworth and Mr Utzon's study tour, August/September, 1960 (Item)
Ashworth's report to Executive Committee re his overseas tour, August/September, 1960 (Item)
Letter from Utzon to the Executive Committee re customs duty, 13/9/60 (Item)
Notes on information about stage machinery in Ashworth's report of 12 October 1960 (Item)
'Dimensions of stage of Metropolitan Opera House,' [n.d.] (Item)

Minutes of meetings at international venues, 1960 (File 61) - Box 8

Minutes of meetings held at Ove Arup Partners London office, 24 and 25 August, 1960 (Item)

Two versions, one of which appears to have been prepared by Ashworth, the other by Utzon.

Minutes of meetings held at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26 August 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Minutes of meetings held at the Coliseum Theatre, 27 August 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Minutes of meetings held at National Theatre of Mannheim, 29 and 30 August 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Minutes of meetings held at the Burgtheatre, Vienna, 1 and 2 September 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Minutes of meeting held at the Vienna State Opera House, 2 September 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Minutes of meeting held at Salzberg, 3 September 1960 (Item)

(Prepared by Utzon?)

Utzon's report on tenders for stage machinery, including costings, 14 September 1960 (Item)
Utzon's comments concerning 'Mr Stefan Haag's criticism', 13 September 1960 (Item)
Report on final proposals for stage machinery, possibly by Ashworth [n.d.] (Item)
Utzon's stage scheme for major hall, September 1960 (Item)
Notes on set of drawings and photographs for overseas opera houses [n.d.] (Item)

(These may be the photographs located in Folio Box 1)

Ashworth's report on management of the Sydney Opera House [n.d.] (Item)
Ashworth's report on custom's duty with letter from Utzon dated 13 September 1960 (Item)
Minutes of meetings of Technical Advisory Panel, 25 October, 5 and 12 December 1960 (Item)
Memo from the Executive Officer about air conditioning plant and stage machinery, December 1960 (Item)
Draft Cabinet minute about stage machinery contract, January 1961 (Item)
Letter from Ashworth about his appointment to the Opera House Trust, to the Premier (Item)

Reports, 1961-1964 (File 62) - Box 8

Sydney Opera House Trust annual report, 1961/62 (Item)
MacDonald, Wagner and Priddle's report on claims dealing with slab formwork, November 1962 (Item)
Utzon's chronological report on planning and design, October 1964 (Item)

Ministerial approval (File 63) - Box 8

Report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House for the year ended 30th June 1964 [Parliamentary paper, 1965] (Item)
Agendas and minutes of two meetings held by the Minister of Public Works, 27 September 1965 and September 1966 (Item)
Time estimate for completion of the Opera House and correspondence relating to this (Item)
'Sydney Opera House/Procedures' - a list of items for which Ministerial approval is required (Item)
'Report on acoustical research on major and minor halls - Sydney Opera House'., June 1965 (Item)

Enclosed in a photograph of sound waves.

Proposed appointment of a clerk to the Assistant Secretary, June 1963 (Item)

Meetings with Minister (File 64) - Box 8

Agendas and minutes of Minister's meetings on site, including presented reports, October - December 1966 (Item)
Correspondence re paintings by R. Emerson Curtis, October 1964; from Utzon to Duek-Cohen, September 1968 and to the Minister re budget for Stage III (Item)
Addendum to the Trustees' 1965/66 annual report (Item)
Report of the Trustees of the Sydney Opera House for the year ended 30th June 1966 [Parliamentary paper, no.100, 1966] (Item)
Proposed appointment of a clerk to assist in Secretarial duties of the Trust, June 1963 (Item)
Utzon's 'Report on accommodation and facilities available for congress purposes etc.' including floor plans (Item)
Press statement by Minister for Public Works (David Hughes) re costs, (September 1968?) (Item)
'Memorandum on the siting of an opera house for Sydney', by Cumberland County Council, January 1955 (Item)
An international competition for a national opera house at Bennelong Point...Conditions and programme. Sydney, Government Printer, 1955 (Item)

[This publication is also located in File 46.]

Reports, 1958-1962 (File 65) - Box 8

Steenson and Varming's 'Report and recommendations on the mechanical services in the Sydney Opera House...', October 1958 (Item)
'Conditions of tendering...for the supply, erection and commissioning of lifts', May 1960 (Item)
'Notes to photographs by Sydney Studio Group', 1961 (Item)

(With sketches, only).

'[Final] Draft agreement and conditions of contract for the construction of Stage II...', March 1962 (Item)

Work programme, 1965 (File 66) - Box 8

'Sydney Opera House/Stage Machinery/Assembly Drawings.../Issued by Waagner-Biro, 1965' (Item)
Steenson and Varming's report: 'Sydney Opera House/description of mechanical services installations/and/report of work planning programme', January 1965 (Item)
'Descriptive narrative with status quo/Sydney Opera House/January 1965', by Utzon (Item)

Note: Steenson and Varming's report (above) is also attached at p.41.

Work programme, 1965 (File 67) - Box 8

Utzon's 'Descriptive narrative' (as in File 66) with pasted in additions relating to work completed (Item)
'Report on the roof structure to the Minister for Public Works, Government of New South Wales', by G.J. Kunz, May 1965, published (?) by Ove Arup (Item)

Publications, 1936-1959 (File 68) - Box 9

Handwritten notes made in preparation for a lecture(?) [n.d.] (Item)
'The Sydney Opera House', a paper by Ashworth (?) [n.d.] (Item)
City of Sydney and environs [map] NSW Department of Lands [1953?] (Item)
Transcript of a conversation between Ernst Burckhardt and Walther Unruh, typed on Utzon's letterhead. [n.d.] (Item)
Facts about the Sydney Opera House, 1961(?) (Item)
Review of Performing arts published in 1966 (Item)
Progress at the Opera House, Nos 1-2, July-September 1972 (Item)
the sydney opera house as a cultural centre in the community, by Harold Taylor, 1973 (Item)
'Summary of...stage machinery of the Vienna Burgtheater'. [n.d.] (Item)
Floor plans of "Staatoper in Wien" [n.d.] (Item)
Miscelleneous published articles, some in German, about various opera houses, 1936 - 1959 (Item)

Papers by Ashworth, 1957(?)-1962 (File 69) - Box 9

Miscellaneous published articles, some in German, about various opera houses, 1936 - 1959 (Item)
Newspaper cuttings, one only dated 17 February 1957 (Item)
Statement and final recommendations for the Council of the Friends of the Opera house Society, by FWL Esch, 19 June 1957 (Item)
Notes for proposed article for Richard de Gascas [n.d.] (Item)
Photographs of two sketches of Utzon's winning design (Item)
Ashworth's paper referring to illustrations of a model of the Opera House [n.d.] (Item)
Memorandum of agreement between New South Wales and Ove Arup Partners, 26 November 1958 (Item)

{Also located in Files 25 and 41)

Articles (by Ashworth ?) re Utzon's visit to Sydney, major qualities of Utzon's design and the Opera House, [n.d.] (Item)
The structure of the new Opera House for Sydney [n.d.] (Item)
'Space - acoustical criterions of old and new concert halls', a paper by F. Winkel, 1959(?) (Item)
Correspondence re acoustical problems, March 1959 (Item)
Suggested list of contents of for a brochure [n.d.] (Item)
Paper prepared for a press conference, September 1959 (Item)
Interview with Ove Arup-Translation of an article in a Danish newspaper, December 1959(?) (Item)
Information for the premier re television interviews (Item)
'Facts about the Sydney Opera House'. [n.d.] (Item)

Typescript for pamphlet.

Progress report, May 1960 (Item)
'Notes from viewing platform/Opera House Site', 17 May 1961 with additions dated December 1962 (Item)
'Notes for new recorded tape' (Item)

[Handwritten]

Scripts for recordings for the observation platform, May 1961 [Some paragraphs deleted] and, November 1961 (Item)
'The Sydney Opera House', June 1961 (Item)
'The Sydney Opera House', [undated] (Item)
Ashworth's paper, 'Architecture in Australia', July, 1961 (Item)
Ashworth's paper, 'Project No. 218' (Item)
Correspondence of Ashworth, Utzon, Skipper Neilson, Rider Hunt, A.R. Meyer, Ove Arup and Unrah, May - October, 1962 (Item)
Flow chart of stages in construction, 1962 - 1966 (Also in File 60) (Item)
'Estimated cost of construction', March 1962 (Item)
2 photographs of the of the Opera House under construction, one dated June 1962 (Item)
Financial statistics - NSW. [n.d.] (Item)
Comparison of sizes of other Sydney buildings with the Opera House (Item)
'Sydney Opera House', a confidential paper by Trust Secretary, Thompson, September 1962 (Item)
Script for recording in ABC's 1962 Resumé programme, December 1962 (Item)
Script for a recording to be played on the observation platform, January 1963 (Item)
Ashworth's paper, 'The future of the Sydney Opera House'. [n.d.] (Item)
'Sydney Opera House Organisation, February 1963' (Item)

A list of members of bodies associated with the Opera House.

Publications, 1963-1964 (File 70) - Box 9

Lincoln Center for the performing arts, the Centre, © 1964 (Item)
Manual of procedure for the construction of stage 2. (Volume 1) (Item)
Two articles by Ashworth with associated correspondence, May 1963 (Item)
Script for a recording for the observation platform, July 1963 (Item)
Report on an interview with Robert Emerson Curtis, October 1963 (Item)
Proposal by R.J. Thompson (Trust Secretary) for the production of a book to be sponsored by the Trust [n.d.] (Item)
Memo to Secretary of the Department of Public Works from Thompson, November 1963 (Item)

Publications, 1957-1965 (File 71) - Box 9

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings about the Opera House, two only dated., (1957) (Item)
Various papers about theatre architecture, one by Unrah in 1964, others undated (Item)
Cartoon by Rigby about Opera House (Item)
Brochure describing the Opera House on completion. [n.d.] (Item)
Sydney Opera House [n.d.] (Item)
Membership information and application form for Sydney Opera House Society [n.d.] (Item)
'Operation CCC': Typescript of an article about Canberra, June 1961 (Item)
'The Sydney Opera House Trust'. [n.d.] (Item)
'Sydney Opera House': A paper by Ove Arup, January 1965 (Item)
Agenda for meeting of the Management Executive Committee, 8 December 1966 (Item)

Publications, 1959-1979 (File 72) - Box 9

Correspondence re Opera House brochure, May 1962 (Item)
Papers of the Sydney Opera House Society, February 1969, others undated (Item)
Articles from various journals re opera houses, September 1960 - July 1972 (Item)
Various newspaper cuttings, September 1965 - March 1969 (Item)
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre/Vancouver Canada, 1959 (Item)
Progress at the Opera House. No. 1, July 1979 (Item)

Publications, 1957-1959 (File 73) - Box 9

'Opera House competition/Answers to questions' [of competitors] [n.d.] (Item)
'Guide to the profession', prepared by several German theatre technician groups. [n.d.] (Item)

(N.B. Very faded in parts). An untitled translation, dated 1960, is attached to this.

Typescript of paper about the Burgtheater by Waagner-Biro. [n.d.] (Item)
The reconstruction/of the/Burgtheater/inVienna Reprint(?)[n.d.] (Item)
Die electriinstallation in Theateranlagen, by Alfred Kolbe. [n.d.] (Item)
'Tendencies in the technique of stage setting' (Item)
Translation of a paper by Walter Immendorf with German original, December 1957 (Item)
Two articles in German, from BTR, nos 1 and 4, 1959 (Item)
Photographs of Opera House site [n.d.]; console and switchboard for stage; lighting(?); scaffolding; stage machinery, 1957 (Item)

Publications, 1956-1965 (File 74) - Box 9

Article (reprint?) by Elias Duek-Cohen [n.d.] (Item)
Architect Julius Richter's plans for Berlin Opera house, 1956 (Item)
The Opera House and The area of action - two articles by Richter (Item)

(The latter is illustrated by plans)

Letter from Rider Hunt to Ashworth. (Item)

Attached is a copy of The Builder of March 1 1957 in which there is an article about the Opera House.

Paper of lecture given by Erwin Piscata on artistic technique (Item)
Map on development of Sydney Cove. NSW Dept of Lands, 1960 (Item)

(Also in File 60.)

National Theatre Mannheim - Programme of events, September 1960 to December 1961 (Item)
Poster of programmes from 25 June to 4 July, 1959(?) (Item)
Buhnentechnische/Rundeschau No. 4, August 1961 - No. 4, August 1963 (Item)

(Set incomplete)

Technique behind the curtain - M.A.N. Stage Builders (Item)
Sydney Australia, published by the NSW Department of Tourist Activities, 1967 (Item)
Metropolitan Opera, 1959 - 1960 (Item)
Die Starkstromtechischen Einrichtungenim Theater an der Wien, 1962 (Item)
Theatre design and technology. No 1, May 1965 (Item)

Stage machinery (File 75) - Box 10

NKH Laboratories note No. 122, August 1968 (Item)
Brochure for stage machinery manufacturer [n.d.] (Item)
Various photographs of stage machinery [n.d.] (Item)
Plans of Mannheim and Cologne opera houses, 1953 to 1957, and an undated, unnamed plan of the rear view of a stage (Mannheim?) (Item)
Sydney Opera House - site, perspective and cross-section plans (Item)

Plans, 1959-1967 (File 76) - Box 10

Plans of seating arrangements for various types of performance at the Opera House, December 1959 (Item)
Utzon's plans for the Opera House, November 1960 to October 1961 (Item)
Bar charts of time schedule for building operations, 1963 to 1967 (Utzon's proposals A and B) and Utzon's estimate of costs "based on 1961 -1962", July 1963 (Item)
Utzon's report for August and September 1963, in form of bar chart of building operations and times to completion (Item)
Supplement to Cross Section, No. 52 (Item)
Molnar's cartoon about wage increases for workers, August 1963 (Item)
Photographs of a model and sketch of the Opera House, and construction work at the site, mostly uncaptioned and undated, 1961 to 1963 [?] (Item)

Photographs, 1960-1962 [?] (File 77) - Box 10

Photographs by Dupain, Moor, Rosenberg and Sydney Morning Herald of Opera House model (one which includes a group of people), sketches of site plan, elevations and sections, Utzon's models of shells at Southhampton University and for Sydney and of the Sydney Opera House site before and during construction (One only dated - February, 1962) (Item)

Photographs (File 78) - Box 10

Album prepared by Waagner-Biro showing the construction of the stage of the Vienna Burgtheater, Salzburg's old Festival house and the Vienna Opera House. [n.d.] (Item)

Photographs (File 79) - Box 10

Photographs, untitled and pasted on looseleaf sheets, with an attached card on which is handwritten, "Utzon's model shop, Denmark - Model of Opera House." (Item)
Mounted photograph of in-progress construction of the Opera House (Item)

Photographs (File 80) - Box 10

Untitled and undated photographs of models of various buildings, including the Opera House and plans of the Opera House (see also Files 77 and 79) (Item)
Letter to Ashworth from Utzon's representative, enclosing "Schedule of plywood manufacturers", 1 April 1975 (Item)

Photographs (File 81) - Box 10

Loose leaf volume with photographs of "the new Salzberg Festival House" (Item)

Newspaper cuttings, 1961-1966 (File 82) - Box 11

Periodical articles, 1961-1966 (Item)
Newspaper cuttings, undated (Item)

Newspaper cuttings, 29 January 1957 -November 1965 (File 83) - Box 11

Newspaper cuttings, March 1966 (File 84) - Box 11

Newspaper cuttings, April 1966 - February 1967 (File 85) - Box 11

Newspaper cuttings, March 1967 - June 1970 (File 86) - Box 11

Photographs (File) - Folio-Box 1

Undated and uncaptioned photograph of a house (in North America?) (Item)
Lincoln Centre photo pack - Project 62-357 - captions accompanying 10 photographs (Item)
Photographs of Sydney Opera House site, some by Douglas Baglin and Max Dupain, only one of which is dated: May 1962 (Item)

Utzon's wooden model of Sydney Opera House [Object no. A1740002675] (Item) - Folio-Box 2

Mounted photograph of Utzon (approx. 25 x 40 cm) [n.d.] (Item) - Map-Folio 1

Plans: Utzon's proposed plans for Minor and Major Halls (2 elevations of each), November 1960 (Item) - Map-Folio 2

Plans: Four elevations of the Opera House, one each of north, south, east and west, November 1960 (Item) - Map-Folio 2

Letter from Ove Arup to Ashworth, dated 15 December 1961, referring to "plans attached." (2 copies) (Item) - Map-Folio 3

Plans by Walther Unrah and prepared by Utzon, for a stage setting for a performance of Tosca in the Major Hall [n.d.] (Item) - Map-Folio 3

"Proposal for performance of opera in Major Hall", by Unrah and prepared by Utzon., September 1960 (Item) - Map-Folio 3

"Staff organization chart of an opera theatre," [by] and copyrighted by Unrah, and prepared by Utzon, [n.d.] (Item) - Map-Folio 3

Sydney National Opera House, Copenhagen: Atelier Elektra, 1958. (Item) - Map-Folio 4

A presentation folio of plans and photographs of the Opera House from Utzon to Premier Cahill, known as the "Red Book".

Sydney Opera House, [Sydney? : s.n.], 1962. (Item) - Map-Folio 5

A folio of Utzon's plans, known as the "Yellow Book".

Plans for "Sydney National Opera House structural scheme/ Stage II", March 1962 (Item) - Map-Folio 6

"The Opera House and Circular Quay", printed on Utzon's letterhead and attached to site plans. (Item) - Map-Folio 7

Handwritten above this is "Utzon's proposals for the immediate environs".

Plans by Steensen Varming for plant room and ventilation of halls, October 1958 (Item) - Map-Folio 7

"Sydney Opera House approaches", by Utzon, November 1962, to which is attached "Sketch for parking and Custom Office", dated May 1961. (Item) - Map-Folio 7

Utzon's floor and elevations plans, February/March 1960 (Item) - Map-Folio 8

These incorporate revisions from September 1959.

Plans: "Theatres in Europa - Schematic drawings compared with Sydney Opera House major hall". [n.d.] (Item) - Map-Folio 9

Class. Consignment added 2010

Comprises the volume titled Sydney National Opera House (Copenhagen : Atelier Elektra, 1958), annotated with approximately 50 small handwritten notes and sketches; volume titled Sydney Opera House (Sydney? : s.n., 1962); and, an untitled album containing photographs and text (51 p.) by Jorn Utzon documenting materials used in the Sydney Opera House construction.

Contained in 3 elephant folios.


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