MS 7003
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Peter Finch
- Title
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Papers of Peter Finch
- Date Range
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1937-1954
- Collection Number
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MS 7003
- Extent
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0.64 metres (4 boxes, 3 folios)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2226495).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], MS 7003, National Library of Australia, Papers of Peter Finch, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Manuscripts and typescripts of short stories and poems (File 1-2) - Box 1
Scripts from 'Radio Army' and the ABC between 1945 and 1947 (File 1-2) - Box 1
A letter from George Bernard Shaw and Sir Henry Irving (File 1-2) - Box 1
Theatre programmes, English - 1948-1953 (File 3) - Box 1
Script of Moliere's La malode imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) (1907), Mercury Theatre School, Sydney 1948 (File 4) - Box 1
Fan mail from the 1950s (File 5-6) - Box 1
Typescript of interview with Finch by Tess Von Summers (File 7) - Box 1
Typescript of play by Fred Parsons and A. Macdonald, The reluctant wolf (File 8) - Box 1
Contracts-1947-1954 (File 9) - Box 1
Personal memorabilia, including membership cards (1) (File 10) - Box 1
Personal memorabilia, including membership cards (2) (File 11) - Box 2
Army discharge certificate (File 12) - Box 2
Photocopies of letters received from theatre personalities, mostly of congratulatory nature (File 13) - Box 2
Sir Laurence Olivier
Sir Alec Guiness
Sir Noel Coward
Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Evans
Letters from ballerina Tamara Tchinarova, his first wife (File 13) - Box 2
Press cuttings, including reviews of plays and films, ca.1945-1953 (File 13) - Box 2
Robin Hood (File 14) - Box 2
Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan (File 15) - Box 2
Romeo and Juliet (File 16) - Box 2
Elephant Walk (File 17) - Box 2
Passage Home (File 18) - Box 2
The Happy Time (File 19) - Box 3
Josephine and men (File 20) - Box 3
Captain Carvallo (File 21) - Box 3
Make me an offer (File 22) - Box 3
Father Brown (1) (File 23) - Box 3
Father Brown (2) (File 24) - Box 3
Finch's early years in the theatre (File 25) - Box 3
Various (1) (File 26) - Box 3
Various (2) (File 27) - Box 3
Various (3) (File 28) - Box 3
Published material, containing articles and photographs of Finch, mainly 1940-1953 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
3 Cuttings albums, 1937-1950 (File [unnumbered]) - Folio Package 1
Testimonial of La Confrerie des Vignerons de Saint Vincent to Mr Peter Finch (File [unnumbered]) - Folio Package 2
Miscellaneous (File [unnumbered]) - Folio Package 3