Papers of Olive Cotton, approximately 1907-2003
- Bib ID:
- 6263490
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Cotton, Olive, 1911-2003
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between approximately 1907 and 2003]
- 0.03 m (1 folder)
- Summary:
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MS Acc11.129 comprises four CDs containing images of original photographs and documents relating to Cotton, many of which have been reproduced and annotated by Cotton's daughter, Sally McInerney. They include correspondence (for example from Damien Parer) and photographs by Cotton, Jean Lorraine and others. The various subjects cover hand-painted pottery by Cotton's mother and images of Spring Forest. The collection also includes scans of lantern slides collected by Cotton's father in Japan in 1926 (1 folder).
- Biography/History:
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Photographer. Pioneering Australian modernist photographer, Olive Edith Cotton exhibited and undertook commercial photographic work in the 1930s and 1940s. She established an early association with the studio of Max Dupain to whom she was married from 1939-1941. She managed the Max Dupain Studio between 1942 and 1945. In mid-1947 Cotton went to live in the bush 35 km from Cowra, New South Wales, with her new husband Ross McInerney. They lived in a tent for the first three years, then moved to a small farm where their two children grew up. She taught mathematics at Cowra High School for five years until 1964 when she opened a small photography studio in Cowra taking portraits and wedding photographs for people in the town and surrounding district.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS Acc11.129.
- Related Material:
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- Olive Cotton interviewed by Diana Ritch; located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 2413.
- Interview with Olive Cotton, photographer; located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 3093.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1907-2003
- Occupation:
- Photographers
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Olive Cotton's copyright material permitted for research purposes.
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Reason for copyright status:
- A Manuscript Collection may have a range of formats and dates.
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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