Guide to the Papers of Damian Smith relating to Sidney Nolan
MS 10402
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: February 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Smith, Damian, Dr
- Title
- Papers of Damian Smith relating to Sidney Nolan
- Date Range
- c.1948-1982
- Collection Number
- MS 10402
- Extent
- 0.45 metres (1 medium folio box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily comprises tins and small envelopes from the estate of Sidney Nolan. Inscribed with "Central Australia 1948", these containers originally housed 35 mm negatives from Sidney Nolan's trip through Central Australia. Note that the negatives themselves are held by the estate of Lady Mary Nolan and do not form part of the National Library's Nolan collections. Damian Smith obtained the containers when he worked as the inaugural archivist for the Sidney Nolan estate. Smith was later assigned the publishing rights by Lady Mary Nolan to Sidney Nolan's photographs from the years 1949-1952. Also included in the collection is a post-production script for the film "Sidney Nolan: an Australian dream" - a co-production between Don Bennetts and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1982, which was given to Smith by Don Bennetts.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7578865).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Damian Smith relating to Sidney Nolan, National Library of Australia, MS 10402, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original consignment received February 2018, 1948 - 1982
The consignment includes tins and small envelopes from the estate of Sidney Nolan inscribed with "Central Australia 1948", that originally housed 35 mm negatives from Sidney Nolan's trip through Central Australia. Damian Smith obtained the negative housing when he worked as the inaugural archivist for the estate of Sidney Nolan and was later assigned the publishing rights by Lady Mary Nolan to Sidney Nolan's photographs from the years 1949-1952. The negatives remain the property of the estate of Lady Mary Nolan and do not form part of the Papers of Sidney Nolan held at the National Library at MS 10245. Also included in the collection is a post-production script for the film "Sidney Nolan: an Australian dream" - a co-production between Don Bennetts and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1982 which was given to Damian Smith from Don Bennetts.
Series 1. Housing for black and white film negatives, 1948-1949
Subseries 1. Large tin labelled 'Central Australia 1948', 1948-1949
Large tin containing six individual cigarette tins and small envelopes that originally housed Sidney Nolan's 35mm Black and White negatives from his trip to Central Australia. According to donor Damian Smith, the inscription of 1948 is incorrect as Nolan's trip to Central Australia took place in 1949, hence the date range of 1948-1949.
Benson and Hedges Cigarette Tin (File 1)
Masking tape on tin labelled '1. Sturt'. 14 small empty envelopes in total.
Benson and Hedges Cigarette Tin (File 2)
Masking tape on tin labelled '2'. Writing on tape illegible. 10 small empty envelopes in total.
Benson and Hedges Cigarette Tin (File 3)
Masking tape on tin labelled '3'. Writing on tape illegible. 12 small empty envelopes in total.
Benson and Hedges Cigarette Tin (File 4)
Masking tape on tin labelled '4. Turner 1st plate negs 15 to 28'. 14 small empty envelopes in total.
Benson and Hedges Cigarette Tin (File 5)
Masking tape on tin labelled '5. Extra Sturt and varied enlargements." 11 small empty envelopes in total.
Series 2. Script "Sidney Nolan: an Australian dream", 1982 - Folio-Box 1
Post-production script for the film "Sidney Nolan: an Australian dream" a co-production between Don Bennetts and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The film that looked at the history of Australia as seen through the eyes of Sidney Nolan and his paintings and covered his life and Australian history from early exploration to the twentieth century.