Records of the Walter Burley Griffin Society, 1913-1959
- Bib ID:
- 8041546
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Walter Burley Griffin Society
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Permission required for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1913 and 1959]
- 1.25 m (1 box) + 1 map folio.
- Summary:
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The collection comprises a booklet produced by Greater Sydney Development Association showing Castlecrag and its buildings from circa 1922 to circa 1926; a booklet containing descriptions and illustrations of buildings designed and constructed by Walter Burley Griffin using knitlock; program for the 1936 annual Anthroposophical Festival; carbon copy of typed reference by Walter B. Griffin written for Louise Lightfoot; copy of a thesis on the work of Walter Burley Griffin by Robert Meyer; eight page original contract dated 1 November 1934, signed by Eric M. Nichols and Walter B. Griffin on behalf of the Greater Sydney Development Association, and by E. A. Deans; five page typewritten essay written by C. C. D. Brammall in 1947 and annotated by Edgar Deans describing the Griffins' aims to build a Sydney suburb of Castlecrag; newsletter published by the Cumberland County Council, Cumberland; The Federal Capital: Report Explanatory of the Preliminary General Plan from 1913; illustrated plan of the subdivision of Castlecrag Estate, produced by the Greater Sydney Development Association.
- Biography/History:
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The Walter Burley Griffin Society was established in 1988 in Sydney to commemorate the lives and works of Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937) and Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961) and to promote the environmental ideals and community life they fostered in Australia.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference number: MS 10492.
- Associated materials: Papers of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony collected by Eric Nicholls, 1900-1947 MS 9957.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1107150578
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1913-1959
- Occupation:
- Architects
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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