Guide to the Papers of Dinah Shearing

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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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.

Class 1. Consignment received April 1976

Photographs, newspaper clippings, (1945-51) programs, and correspondence with Kevin Brennan (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Photographs, newspaper clippings and (1952-56) programs (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Photographs, newspaper clippings and (1957-60) programs (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Correspondence (1957-60), including with Elsie Beyer; Gordon Charter; D.J. Field; Hugh Hunt; Neil Hutchinson; Chris Ralling (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Photographs, newspaper clippings and (1961-74) programs (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Correspondence (1961-74), including with Peter Bennie; Linsey Browal; Stefan Haag (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Professional photographs (File) - Folio-Box 2 (MS 5186 - shared)

Class 2. Consignment received 28 January 1987

Outline of Career (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Women's Weekly (1981) (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 5186)
Newspaper clippings (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 5186)

Class 3. Consignment received 6 November 1990

Photocopies from Dinah Shearing's scrapbook, c1950s -1960s (File 6) - Folio-Box 2 (MS 5186 - shared)

Class 4. Consignment received 27 July 1994

Photocopies from Dinah Shearing's scrapbook, 1970 - 1993 (File) - Folio-Box 2 (MS 5186 - shared)

Class MS Acc00.201. Consignment Added 2000 - Box 1 (MS Acc00.201)

Folder 1, 1994-1999, contains envelopes of letters, resumes, photographs, programs, reviews and folder 2, contains cuttings photographs, programs.

Class Acc15_034. Consignment Added 2015 - Folio-Box 1-3 (MS Acc15.034)

Comprises Programs, newspaper cuttings, photographs, publicity material, some artwork and some correspondence documenting Shearing's career on stage and in radio and television.


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