Guide to the Papers of Dinah Shearing
MS 5186, MS Acc00.201, MS Acc15.034
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Shearing, Dinah
- Title
- Papers of Dinah Shearing
- Date Range
- 1945-1999
- Collection Number
- MS 5186, MS Acc00.201, MS Acc15.034
- Extent
- 2.70 metres (2 ms box + 4 large folio boxes)
- Physical Facet
- MS 5186: (3 folio packets + 1 ms box )
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- NLA
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence and memorabilia documenting Dinah Shearing's twenty-five year career on stage and in radio and television.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1096465).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Dinah Shearing, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
Dinah Shearing donated her papers in a number of instalments from 1976 to 2015
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Biographical Note
Dinah Shearing was born in Sydney. She studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and the National Drama School and made her stage debut at the British Drama League Annual Festival of Community Drama in 1945. She soon established a reputation as one of Australia's leading stage and radio actresses. She was one of the founders of the Elizabethan Players in 1959.
Dinah Shearing is married to the artist, poet and playwright Rodney Milgate, whose papers are also held in the Library's Manuscript Collection.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 5186. Early consignments
Comprises Programs, newspaper cuttings, photographs, publicity material and some correspondence documenting Shearing's career on stage and in radio and television.