Guide to the Papers of Tamara Finch

Portrait (full length) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch in costume for Russian dance performed in charity recitals of Preobrajenska studio, Paris, c.1931 (Item 1)

Portrait (full length) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch, aged 11 years, in costume for charity recitals of Preobrajenska studio, Paris, 1931 (Item 2)

Portrait (full length) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch, aged 12 years, in costume for charity recitals of Preobrajenska studio, Paris, 1932 (Item 3)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch as the First Hand in Le Beau Danube, Chicago, Ballets Russes, 1935 (Item 5)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch in La Boutique Fantasque, Ballets Russes, c.1935 (Item 7)

Photograph may predate Ballets Russes Australian tours.

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch as a nursemaid in Petrouchka, Ballets Russes Australian tours, c.1937 (Item 14)

Annotated verso: 'Tchinarova age 15'. However, an identical photograph in MS 9803 is stamped 'Hollywood Studios' indicating a later date.

Members of the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet visiting eminent Maori women during their tour of New Zealand, 1937 (Item 15)

Vera Nelidova and Tamara Tchinarova Finch in The Good-Humoured Ladies, The Covent Garden Russian Ballet, c.1938 (Item 18)

Annotated verso: 'Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo'. However, Nelidova toured with Covent Garden Russian Ballet, suggesting a date of 1938/1939, although photograph may predate Australian tour.

Serge Ismailoff, Anna Volkova, Oleg Tupine, Tamara Tchinarova Finch and Paul Petroff riding bicycles during the Covent Garden Russian Ballet Australian Tour, c.1938 (Item 19)

Annotated verso '1937'. However, these dancers performed with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, suggesting a date 1938/1939.

Artists of The Covent Garden Russian Ballet, including Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Anna Volkova and Raissa Kousnetzova, rehearsing Choreartium, c.1938 (Item 20)

Annotated verso 'Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo 1935/36'. However, these dancers performed with Covent Garden Russian Ballet, suggesting a date of 1938/1939.

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Sydney, 1941 (Item 21)

Portrait (head and torso) of Dorothy Stevenson in Sea Legend, Borovansky Ballet, c.1945 (Item 26)

Signed 'Dorothy Stevenson with love to Tamara'.

Portrait of Tamara Tchinarova Finch and Martin Rubinstein as Zoebeide and the Golden Slave in Schéhérazade, Borovansky Ballet, c.1946 (Item 31)

Edna Busse in Coppélia, Borovansky Ballet, c.1946 (Item 33)

The final scene in Ivor Novello's musical-operetta The Dancing Years, 1946 (Item 34)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch and Peter Finch in their London apartment, c.1953 (Item 39)

Maina Gielgud demonstrating during rehearsal of Giselle with Sian Stokes, The Australian Ballet, 1986 (Item 43)

Glen Tetley rehearsing Orpheus with Paul de Masson and David Ashmole, The Australian Ballet, 1987 (Item 44)

David Ashmole and Christine Walsh in Suite en blanc, The Australian Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1988 (Item 46)

Lisa Pavane and David Ashmole in Etudes, The Australian Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1988 (Item 48)

Christine Walsh and David Ashmole in Webern Opus 5, The Australian Ballet, c.1988 (Item 49)

Artists of The Australian Ballet on stage in costume for Graduation Ball on the night of the final performance at the Odessa Opera House [1] - (see also 176), 1988 (Item 62)

Peter Finch with Ralph Truman and another actor in Eureka Stockade, 1947 (Item 146)

Peter Finch with Al Thomas and five Australian Aboriginal men on the set of Eureka Stockade, Singleton, 1947 (Item 147)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Peter Finch, 1951 (Item 150)

Portrait (head and torso) of Peter Finch, 1951 (Item 151)

Peter Finch as the Sheriff of Nottingham in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, 1952 (Item 153)

Peter Finch with other cast members in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, 1952 (Item 154)

Peter Finch and Richard Todd in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, 1952 (Item 155)

Peter Finch, Michael Hordern and Charles Morgan in Train of Events, 1952 (Item 157)

Portrait (full length) of Peter Finch as Richard D'Oyly Carte in Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan ('The Great Gilbert and Sullivan'), 1953 (Item 158)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Vera Nelidova, Galina Razoumova and Tamara Grigorieva in The Good-Humoured Ladies, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 160)

Serge Grigoriev, Michel Fokine and Fokine's wife Vera during the Covent Garden Russian Ballet tour, 1938/1939 (Item 161)

Serge Bousloff and Tamara Tchinarova Finch in Le Carnaval, Borovansky Ballet, c.1945 (Item 162)

Curtain call for Borovansky Ballet production of Le Beau Danube, c.1945 (Item 163)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch and Serge Bousloff with artists of the Borovansky Ballet in Le Beau Danube, c.1945 (Item 164)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch in Schéhérazade, Borovansky Ballet, c.1946 (Item 165)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch and Edna Busse in costume in their dressing room, Borovansky Ballet, c.1946 (Item 166)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch, in costume for the mazurka, with Xenia Borovansky before a Borovansky Ballet production of Coppélia, c.1946 (Item 167)

Artists of The Australian Ballet on stage in costume for Graduation Ball on the night of the final performance at the Odessa Opera House [2] (see also Item 62), 1988 (Item 176)

Radio National Australia, Arts national 24/9/94, "Tribute to Borovansky", 1994 (Item NLA.MS-SAV004894) - Cassette-Box 273