Guide to the Papers of Geoffrey Ingram

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MS 7336, MS Acc02.230.MS Acc15.130

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Created: July 2025

Collection Summary

Creator
Geoffrey Ingram
Title
Papers of Geoffrey Ingram
Date Range
1930-2001
Collection Number
MS 7336, MS Acc02.230.MS Acc15.130
Extent
10.79 metres (50 ms boxes, 2 map-folios, 1 carton, 1 medium folio-box, 1 binder, 1 glass plate box, 5 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises papers related to Geoffrey Ingram, including diaries, publications, correspondence, photographs, tour notes, flyers and programmes belonging to Ingram and relating to his career. Also included are programs, cuttings, music scores, and memorabilia relating to the Borovansky Ballet Company and the Borovanskys; personal albums, scrap albums and memorabilia of Lisbeth Montgomery, 1936-1949, and Ballet Rambert cuttings, 1946-1948; important historical documents and photographs relating to the early years of The Australian Ballet and Ingram's challenge to the legality of the S.A.L.T. treaty; Trunoff family papers; and papers relating to the peace movement, Mabo case, Australian Film Development Corporation and the National Dance Research Centre.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2962101).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Geoffrey Ingram, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Collection Retrieval Advice

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Reading Room Access Note

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Biographical Note

A former actor and dancer, Geoffrey Ingram was born in Melbourne on 21 February 1924. He was one of the people most instrumental in promoting the establishment of a national ballet in Australia. On the formation in 1960 of the Australian Ballet Foundation, he was appointed as Administrative Assistant. During a subsequent year overseas, he visited all major ballet establishments, including those in Milan, London, Leningrad and Moscow, and studied administration and promotion methods. In 1963 he became founding Administrator of the Australian Ballet and organised its promotion and educational programme.

In 1964 Geoffrey Ingram conducted negotiations in London with Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn which resulted in their guest appearances with the Australian Ballet in the first international tour of a major Australian theatrical company. This successful tour in 1965 took the Australian Ballet to the Baalbeck Festival in the south of France, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In the late sixties Geoffrey Ingram made excursions into film production and also owned a restaurant.

In 1969 he undertook the first challenge to the legality of an arms agreement when, in the High Court of Australia, he challenged the S.A.L.T. II treaty between the Soviet Union and United States. Since then he has been engaged in comparative studies on the arts of war and peace.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 7336. Original consignment

Folio of documents of Xenia Smirnoff (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Extract of birth certificate ( Imperial Russian, 1918)

Passport of her father Nicolai Smirnoff and his will

Certified copy of an Entry of Marriage (Westminster, 1933) to Edouard Skrecek Borovansky witnessed by Victor Dandre and Anna Pruzina

Death certificates (3) of Alexandra Smirnoff (Prague, 1944 - German/Czech) together with photo outside Caxton Hall with Borovansky and other personal photos of herself and brother Bob Smirnoff, eccentric dancer

Press cuttings from Listener In on the opening of the Borovansky studio (May 1939) and poster from Germany featuring Bob Walking (Bob Smirnoff) circa 1946, with advert and photos of Smirnoff

Certificates of identity of Alexandra Smirnoff (Australia and British fragment), formerly Bolshoi soloist.

Documents and correspondence of Edouard Borovansky (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Three birth certificates (Czech, Prague 1923/4)

Certificate of registration (Bow St., 1927); List Domovsky and cert. de l'assignation des valeurs (Czech, 1936-8)

Certificate of identity (Australia, 1944)

Passport (Australia, 1950) and international health and electoral claim; press cuttings of Borovansky in "charge of supers" (Sunday Sun, 1939)

Letter to Sacha describing reason for staying in Australia (1943)

First correspondence with letters from Sir Harry Chauvel, Daryl Lindsay, David Martin, Sir William Slim, Kathleen Daintree

Memorandum of Agreement with Colonel de Basil (London, 1937)

Melbourne Ballet Club letters on Actors Equity; registration of Borovansky's Ballet Academy (1940) Equity card

Letters (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Laurel Martyn to Borovanskys and to Frederick Ashton with replies from Boro and de Valois

General correspondence with Laurie Rentoul, Tamara Tchinarova, Leon Kelleway, Kathleen Gorham, Peggy Van Praagh, Elaine Fifield, Natalie Krassovska, Frederick Ashton, Arnold Haskell, Paul Grinwis and fifteen letters from Frank Tait with replies

Application from Marilyn Jones for a position, 1957 and from Garth Welch to be made a soloist, 1956

Contracts between Edouard and Xenia Borovansky and J.C.W Theatre Ltd. from the first option on 20 July 1944 to final heads of agreement, dated 27 March 1950's; Letters of negotiation and dispute with legal opinion from D. I Menzies, QC and others (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Fifteen letters from Tania and David Lichine with replies from Borovansky, 1956-8 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Letters (1956-8) informing Borovansky of negotiations for Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Rowena Jackson and Bryan Ashbridge to make guest appearances in Sydney and Melbourne (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Letters between Borovansky and James Laurie, Margot Fonteyn, Arthur and Frank Tait with proposed schedules (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Letters relatiing to engagement of, and dispute with, Robert Pomie (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 7336)

Detailed records of first performances of Borovansky Company at Melbourne, 1942, including box office receipts etc (File 7_17) - Box 2 (MS 7336)

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1940-45 (File 7_17) - Box 2 (MS 7336)

Selection of files from Borovansky Ballet Academy with miscellaneous correspondence (File 18_26) - Box 3 (MS 7336)

J. C Williamson travelling file with last correspondence of Borovansky (File 18_26) - Box 3 (MS 7336)

Correspondence with Frank Tait, 1951-56 (File 27_35) - Box 4 (MS 7336)

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1956-58 (File 27_35) - Box 4 (MS 7336)

Papers relating to Borovansky's visit to Paris in 1956 (File 36) - Box 5 (MS 7336)

These papers include a travel diary, pocket book, three address books, a 1951 diary (one entry only) and a copy of Sidur in Hebrew.

Backstage at the ballet (Item NLA.MS-SAV016659)
1 item, 78 acetate record, Shellac discs

The Borovansky corps de ballet. Helen ffrance, Strelsa Heckellan, Joan Gadsen, Judy Byrgess with Dvid Craig. Part 1 & 2

'Soviets today' music scores, newspaper clippings and other printed material, 1939-80 (File 37_39) - Box 5 (MS 7336)

Receipts and accounts, two ledgers, 1947-73 (File 40_41) - Box 6 (MS 7336)

Photos of Borovansky Company and artists in rehearsal and performance (File 42_46) - Box 7 (MS 7336)

Album of photos of Borovansky Academy and album of photos and postcards collected on voyage to Australia (negatives also included) (File 42_46) - Box 7 (MS 7336)

Correspondence of Xenia Borovansky, 1956-57 (File 47_50) - Box 8 (MS 7336)

Australian Academy of Dancing (File 51) - Box 8 (MS 7336)

Australian Ballet, 1960s-70s (File 52) - Box 8 (MS 7336)

Letters to Lisbeth Montgomerie, photographs and souvenir programmes, 1940-78 (File 53_54) - Box 8 (MS 7336)

Class MS 7336. Consignment received 19 July 1989

Personal albums of Lisbeth Montgomerie, one-time secretary to the Borovanskys, with photographs of Xenia and Edouard at Hastings, Victoria (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9 (MS 7336)

Folio of programmes and press cuttings of Ballet Rambert in Australia with material from the Lisbeth Montgomerie collection including signed photos from John Gilpin, Joyce Graeme etc.; and scrapbook, 1936-49 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9 (MS 7336)

Class MS 7336. Consignment received November 1993

Personal files, 1935-82 (File 55) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

The personal items include Ingram's pupil record book, passports, travel documents, cuttings, contracts for 'Oklahoma' (1948) and with the Australian National Theatre Movement (1954), programs of shows, photographs of dancers, telegrams, and a letter from Marilyn Jones (1979).

Personal files (File 56) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

Several letters from Sir Geoffrey Keynes, written between 1962 and 1980 on family and ballet matters. Keynes, a surgeon and bibliographer, inspired the ballet Job. His study of Blake's Vision of the book of Job gave him the idea for Job, reportedly 'a great English ballet of this century'. A review of Geoffrey Keynes' autobiography, in the Times Literary Supplement of 6 November 1981, is included.

Geoffrey Ingram articles (File 57) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

Manuscript drafts and annotated typescripts of articles written by Ingram. Topics includedance, ballet, the Australian Ballet and its first performance, and 'art, authorship and authority'.

Correspondence, 1951-61 (File 58) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

A large number of letters are concerned with the formation of a national ballet. In 1961 the Borovansky Company went into recess, to be reformed as part of the newly created Australian Ballet Foundation. The Foundation was formed, initially under the sponsorship of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and J. C Williamson Theatres Ltd., to undertake the establishment of a permanent national ballet. The Australian Ballet was formed in 1962, beginning its first season at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, on November 2, 1962. Correspondents include Edouard Borovansky, Peggy van Praagh, Hugh Hunt, Professor Joseph Burke, Dr H. C Coombs, Laurel Martyn, John McCallum, Sir Frank Tait, and Bill Judges.

Correspondence, 1956-63 (File 59) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

Included in this folder are letters, press statements on the establishment of the Australian Ballet Foundation (1960), and typed notes on a suggested method for proceeding with the establishment of the Australian Ballet Trust. There is a letter from Ingram to the Director of the Bolshoi Theatre on the creation of the first permanent national ballet company for Australia and a letter from Neil Hutchinson to Ingram telling of his discussions with Dr Coombs on the organizational lines for proceeding with plans for the Ballet. Correspondents include Lord Huntingfield, Bill Judges, John McCallum, Neil Hutchinson, the executive director of the Ballet Trust, H. C Coombs, Peggy van Praagh, and Geoffrey Ingram.

Correspondence, 1962-63 (File 60) - Box 10 (MS 7336)

There are letters from Ingram to several broadcasting stations and others concerning the first season of the Australian Ballet, commencing 20 February 1963. The Ballet was formed by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and the J C Williamson Theatres, and there are notes on the AETT and the Australian Ballet. There are also letters to Peggy van Praagh, Louis van Eyssen, general manager of the Australian Ballet, John McCallum, and Stefan Haag, Executive Director of the Theatre Trust.

Correspondence, statistics, memoranda, cuttings, minutes, 1964-68 (File 61) - Box 11 (MS 7336)

An analysis of takings and performances is in statistical form, and there is a form of agreement for dancers (1964). The correspondence is mainly between Ingram and William Cronshaw, business manager of the Australian Ballet. There are also letters to Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Stefan Haag and Dr H. Coombs, and a letter from Pattie Menzies thanking Ingram for tickets to The Display. Much of the correspondence deals with an overseas tour by the Ballet (1955/56), and the financial conditions for participating in a European tour with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Dates, ballets to be performed, costumes and costs are discussed.

Correspondence, 1965-66 (File 62) - Box 11 (MS 7336)

There are many letters to and from Robert Helpmann, including one from Bruce Scott, the administrator of the Ballet, in which he sets out the financial terms of Helpmann's appointment as co-artistic director of the Ballet with Peggy van Praagh. Letters concerned with the European tour include one from Bill Cronshaw about transporting scenery overseas. There is a letter to Lord Snowdon from Ingram (1965) about his possible collaboration in the production of a new work for the Australian Ballet, and also one to Sir Ian Potter on the same subject.

Special items relating to the Australian Ballet and the Borovanskys, 1963-91 (File 63) - Box 11 (MS 7336)

Birth certificate of Xenia Borovansky (Smirvov).

A letter from James T. Laurie, Director of Concerts Management (London), outlining agreements for the Australian Ballet's overseas tour with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.

A letter from Ingram to Nureyev expressing his gratitude and congratulations for his wonderful career, together with a program for Nureyev's farewell to Australia as a dancer.

Draft of a letter from Frank Tait and H. C Coombs to Robert Helpmann concerning his appointment as joint artistic director of the Australian Ballet; draft of an article on the Borovansky Ballet Company (1961).

A proposition for the formation of a permanent professional ballet company; formation of a ballet school connected with the Australian Ballet; and criticism of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust by Senator Turnbull and Senator Ormond.

Included in the special items, but located in Folio 1, is a copy of the will of Vlodia Smirnov, Xenia Borovansky's father, who served the Czar with the rank of General. He left Russia in 1920, penniless. The original will is thought to be in the Russian Department at Melbourne University.

Correspondence, Arts, 1941-55 (File 64) - Box 11 (MS 7336)

Copies of correspondence dealing with post-war reconstruction and the Arts, including the formation of a Cultural Council. Correspondents include H. C Coombs, Roland Wilson, Dorothy Helmrich, Ben Chifley, Arthur Fadden, Lloyd Ross and Murray Tyrell. There are several letters on the representations made to Robert Menzies by Isaac Stern for financial assistance for Ernest Llewellyn who had been awarded the William Kapell Memorial Scholarship for travel overseas (1955).

Included in this folder is a Meanjin Archive list.

Papers prepared for the House of Representatives Expenditure Committee Arts Inquiry, 10 April 1986 (File 65) - Box 11 (MS 7336)

'Arts Enquiry', 1959. The papers cover the years, 1949-1993 (File 66) - Box 12 (MS 7336)

A letter was sent in 1959 to influential people actively engaged in or professionally associated with the creative and interpretative arts. It recommended that a request be made to the Federal Government for a commission of enquiry into the state of the arts and letters in Australia. This letter was signed by Eric Westbrook, Robin Boyd, Hector Crawford and Andrew Fabinyi. There is a summary of excerpts from responses, including those from Mary Gilmore, Patrick White, Frank Dalby Davison and Katharine S. Prichard; cuttings, minutes of a meeting held in August 1959 with signatures of those present, submissions, and copies of letters-to-the- editor; letters from Hector Crawford, Robin Boyd, and Clem Christesen, a 1993 letter by Christesen on Boyd's involvement in the Arts Enquiry Committee, and a letter by Ingram summarising the episode. There is also a copy of the Canadian Massey Report, 1949, on the findings of the Royal Commission on Arts, Letters and Sciences.

Australian Ballet, 1959-66 (File 67_73) - Box 12 (MS 7336)

The series of folders includes files on the original ballet committee, correspondence, minutes and fiscal reports, 1964-66. The correspondents include Peggy van Praagh and Will Thompson. The minutes of the Australian Ballet Theatre Group, formed after a meeting on 27 October 1959 to consider an approach to the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust on the formation of a permanent Australian ballet company, are handwritten.

There is also a file of promotional material for the Australian Ballet, 1962.

SALT Challenge, 1970. (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) (File 74_80) - Box 13 (MS 7336)

These are the complete legal documents for Ingram's challenge. Because of his concern for the role of law in the maintenance of international peace and security, Ingram explored the semantics of the SALT Treaty and challenged its legality in the High Court of Australia in 1980. This is recorded in J. G. Starke's Introduction to international law as the first such action in any jurisdiction. The documents, which date from 1979-82 include correspondence, memoranda, cuttings and court transcripts, advice from Starke, and the 'Statement of grievance on the part of a private person against the signatories and parties to the Agreements...'.

Ballet programs, 1914-61 (File 81) - Box 14 (MS 7336)

There are programs for various ballet companies performing at Covent Garden (1939-55), Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1938-39), Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo (1949-50), International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas (1961), Sir Joseph Beecham's Grand Season of Russian Opera and Ballet (1914), Original Ballet Russe (1946-47), and the Ballets de Paris (1950).

Borovansky Ballet programs, 1940-47 (File 82) - Box 14 (MS 7336)

A complete set of Borovansky Ballet programs, 27 in all, beginning with a typewritten one.

Photographs (File 83) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Dancers include Anna Pavlova (Butterfly), Edouard Borovansky, Robert Helpmann, Kathy Gorham, Karl Welander, Erik Bruhn (Don Quixote), Marilyn Jones, Garth Welch, Laurel Martyn and Geoffrey Ingram (Swan Lake and Sentimental Bloke), Leonide Massine, Martin Rubinstein, Edna Busse, Tatiana Stepanova, Olga Morosova, Nina Verchinina and Barbara Chambers. There are photographs of Colonel W. de Basil and Peggy van Praagh, William Dargie sketching the Borovansky corps, the Australian Ballet's first international performance in Baalbeck, Lebanon, the Borovansky company leaving Essendon, 1951, and the Australian Ballet's first company photograph, 1962.

Posters (File 84) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Posters for Australian Ballet performances at Covent Garden, Birmingham and Nice, 1964-68.

Newspaper clippings on the Australian Ballet in Australia and the U.K, 1962-66 (File 85) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Typescript of a proposed film for BP Australia 'Making a Ballet" (File 85) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Pictorial outline of 'Grand Pas De Deux' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Portrait and sketches (File) - Map-Folio 16 (MS 7336)

Self-portrait, 'Conflict', oil on canvas board.

Pencil sketch for nude self-portrait (File) - Map-Folio 16 (MS 7336)

Sketches from 'Oklahoma' and 'L'Apres midi d'un faune' (File) - Map-Folio 16 (MS 7336)

The will of Vlodia Smirnov (File) - Map-Folio 16 (MS 7336)

As described in folder 63.

Class MS 7336. Consignment received 18 February 1997

Papers relating to the contribution of Rudolph Nureyev to the development of the Australian Ballet (File 86) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Class MS 7336. Consignment received 6 January 1998

Photograph of Pavlova given to Nina Christesen's father. Christmas card to Ingram from Nina Christesen, dated 14 December. 1997 (File 87) - Box 15 (MS 7336)

Class MS Acc02.230. Consignment received 2002 - Box 1-3, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5-6, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8-24, 26 (MS Acc02.230), Carton 11 (MS Acc02.230)

This consignment comprises letters, files, scripts, notes, business papers, cuttings, programs and conference papers relating to the peace movement, Mabo case, Australian Film Development Corporation and the National Dance Research Centre (28 boxes, 1 carton).

Class MS Acc15.130. Consignment received 2015, 1934 - 2001

2.79 metres,

The Acc15.130 consignment comprises the papers and publications belonging to Geoffrey Ingram (1924 - 2003). The material includes correspondence, tour notes and agent deals, financial reports, and minutes for the 1962-82 years of The Australian Ballet, Trunoff family papers, personal papers of Ingram and gifted publications, flyers and programmes from international tours of The Australian Ballet, and various pocket diaries. Photographs, negatives, microfilm slides, and glass plates are also present. (7 boxes, 1 folio box, 1 blue pictures binder, 1 map folio, 1 glass plate box).

Business correspondence and resumes, 1946 - 1980 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

A manuscript of ballet history, handwritten and typed correspondence - some of which is photocopied. Also included is a memorandum, an employment agreement, and the resumes of Ingram and Edouard Borovansky.

The Australian Ballet establishment papers and correspondence, 1960 - 1984 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

The articles of association, and program and education programme for The Australian Ballet. Also includes correspondence, a hand-drawn flow-chart on the structure of Russian ballet companies, memoranda, an article cutting, two early 20th Russian century postcards, and typed notes on ballet. Includes one black and white photograph.

Correspondence and foundation reports, 2000s (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

A sponsorship campaign, promotion scheme, closure notes, correspondence, Borovansky tour notes, and meeting minutes, all photocopied.

Correspondence and business reports, 1964 - 1965 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

Includes correspondence, memoranda, handwritten program and policy notes, seating notes, handwritten draft notes, telegrams and phone transcripts, tour schedule and programmes, press statements, and financial statements.

Correspondence, 1965 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

Typed and photocopied correspondence, and photocopies of newspaper articles.

The Australian Ballet financial reports, 1964 - 1966 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

A handwritten salary list, printed budgets, a program list, meeting minutes, and financial balances.

The Australian Ballet income and expenditure account, 1965 (Item 6.1) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 6.1
The Australian Ballet budget comparison, 6 August 1965 (Item 6.2) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 6.2
The Australian Ballet first budget, 1966 (Item 6.3) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 6.3
The Australian Ballet financial reports, 1965 (Item 6.4) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 6.4

A summary of estimated payments, a budget comparison, and a revised budget.

Correspondence, 1965 - 1990 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS Acc15.130)

Typed, written, and photocopied correspondence, a general report on The Australian Ballet by Ingram, and a typed legal opinion.

Representations and seminar notes, 1959 - 1969 (File 8) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, a plenary session report, various Australian National University seminar notes, hand written notes, a printed meeting transcript from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a printed copy of memorandum addressed to then Prime Minister Harold Holt, and a printed copy of an Australian Arts Inquiry.

"Johnny Fabulous" papers and correspondence, 1972 - 1974 (File 9) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, director lists, contract agreements, a memorandum, a resume for Peter Yeldham, and a goods clearance form.

Correspondence and a report on The Australian Ballet, 1973 - 1974 (File 10) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, business cards, and a typed report on The Australian Ballet.

Correspondence, 1978 - 1983 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

The Australian Ballet comments, 1982 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

Includes comments made by the Australian Ballet Foundation about the Review of the Australian Ballet March 1982.

Review of The Australian Ballet - Personnel Administration Australia, March 1982 (Item 12.1) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

First international "Helicon" seminar papers, 1983 - 1990 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS Acc15.130)

A lecture outline for "The Evolution of an Institution," correspondence, a paper on The Arts Enquiry Movement in Victoria, invoices, a business name registration application, several draft programs and proposals for the First International Helicon, and business reports.

Negatives of "Helicon" papers, 1980s (Item 13.1) - Binder MS Cold Store 378, Item Item 13.1

Includes 5 individual sheets of microfilm negatives.

Please note these slides have been removed from Box 2 and rehoused in Shared Cold Store Binder 378.

National Dance Research Centre Project papers, 1986 - 1988 (File 14) - Box 3 (MS Acc15.130)

Executive summary notes for the National Dance Research Centre, photocopied and typed draft rules for the Centre, various meeting notes, a project report, typed and handwritten correspondence, meeting minutes, a statement of events, a pilot project recommendation, and a photocopied article clipping.

National Dance Research Centre Project papers, 1987 - 1988 (File 15) - Box 3 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, an executive committee report and draft, meeting minutes, a proposal and draft proposal, a seminar agenda, a progress report, a Australian Defence Force occasional paper "Needs and Functions of a National Dance Research Centre," and an attendance list.

Correspondence, 1989 - 2001 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS Acc15.130)

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file may contain certain words or descriptions which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive, and contain references to historical events that may be culturally sensitive and distressing.

Scope and Contents Note: Includes typed, handwritten, and photocopied correspondence, postcards, newspaper clippings, a written address, a photocopied article clipping, and a transcript.

"Melbourne Cup" and correspondence, 1989 - 1999 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, a typed speech, a typed address on The Australian Ballet, and lecture agendas. Also includes a concept for "Melbourne Cup" (unproduced), and related correspondence and research.

Larousse Press papers, 1998 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS Acc15.130)

Typed notes on The Australian Ballet, typed and photocopied correspondence, printed application forms, an editorial agreement, and contracts.

Historical papers relating to the Trunoff family, 1955 - 1986 (File 19) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Content Advisory Notice: This file may contain content that may be distressing and/or language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate.

Scope and Contents Note: Includes handwritten, typed, and photocopied correspondence, including a photocopy of a typed letter from a World War 1 soldier in Cairo, photocopied newspaper articles, a copy of a Dance Australia magazine, written tributes to Vassilie Trunoff, handwritten family history notes, and photocopies of a passport.

Certificate of naturalization, 12 July 1934 (Item 19.1) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 19.1 (MS 7336)

For Vasille, Nadejda, Vladimir, and Gallina Trunoff.

Journals, 1996 (File 20) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Correspondence, a newspaper clipping, a photocopied article from The Journal of the Society for Dance Research and from Meanjin.

Programs and flyers: international, 1938 - 1965 (File 21) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Includes programs and flyers from international ballets, some annotated.

Programs and flyers: Australia and visitors, 1937 - 1988 (File 22) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Programs and flyers from Australian ballets, musicals, orchestra, and theatre productions. Also included are several newspaper clippings.

Ballet Exercises for Athletes, c. 1960s (Item 23) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Proposal for the Development of a Computerised National Information Network, 28 July 1991 - June 1992 (Item 24) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Includes a letter from Ingram to Valda Craig.

Pocket Jotter notebook, 1962 (Item 25) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Includes personal notes from Ingram related to his work.

Pocket diary, 1963 (Item 26) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

British Petroleum (BP) diary with handwritten notes from Ingram.

Pocket diary, 1965 (Item 27) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

Trans-Australia Airlines diary with handwritten notes from Ingram.

Pocket diary, 1965 (Item 28) - Box 4 (MS Acc15.130)

The London Diary pocket diary with personal notes and sketches from Ingram.

William Blake's Engravings, 1950 - 1980 (Item 29) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

Published by Faber and Faber. Includes a photocopied letter from Geoffrey Keynes to Ingram sent with the publication. Inscribed with "Geoffrey Ingram from Geoffrey Keynes 1961."

A Picture History of Ballet, 1954 (Item 30) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

Published by Hulton Press. Inscribed with "To Boro (Borovansky Ballet) with love, Jocelyn 1954."

"The Russian Ballet in Australia 1936-1940: Sources for Modernism in Australian Art", 1987 (Item 31) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

A thesis by Michelle Potter at the Australian National University. Inscribed with "To Geoffrey, with many thanks for all your assistance, Michelle. September 1987."

Glass plate negatives, photographs, letter, and negatives (File 32)

Glass plate negatives, c.1940s (Items 32.1) - Box GP Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

10 glass plate negatives that feature images of original Ballet Russe dancers in "Pavane," performed in Australia in 1940. Also featured is Kenneth Rowell and his "Swan Lake" designs for National Theatre Ballet, as well as a scene from "Les Contes Heraldiques" from Ballet Guild. Housed alongside these plate was a letter, four black and white photographs, and 14 negative slides, all listed below.

Please note these glass plates have been removed from Box 5 and rehoused in GP Box 6.

Letter from Peter Cook, n.d. (Item 32.2) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

A letter from Peter Cook to Ingram, sent alongside 10 glass plate negatives.

Photographs, n.d. (Items 32.3) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

Four black and white photographs, all captioned on the verso. Two feature Kenneth Rowell's sketch designs for a stage production of "Hamlet," and one of Rowell in his studio. One photograph features Magaret Rutherford and Binnie Hale as the White and Red Queen onstage during a 1954 London production of "Alice Through the Looking Glass."

Negative slides, n.d. (Items 32.4) - Binder MS Cold Store 378, Item 32.3

14 slides, with no captions or dates. Slides feature dancers, solo and as an ensemble, onstage, highlighting set and consume designs, and preparing for a show.

Mounted microfilm slides, n.d. (Item 33) - Binder MS Cold Store 378, Item 33

28 mounted negative microfilm slides. Slides feature dancers onstage for various productions, photographic portraits, program cover designs for The Ballet Russe, press groups, dancers rehearsing, and wide-shots of set designs.

National Film and Sound Archive: 'Borovansky Ballet Excerpts', 26 November 1990 (Item NLA.MS-SAV020349) - Shelf-Tall OH2-8-013

1 item, Unbranded 30, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc

ID 001465-02 duration 10min 00sec. Silent. Colour and B/W

'Australia Dances' (Item NLA.MS-SAV020350) - Shelf-Tall OH2-8-013

1 item, Unbranded E90, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc

Duration 84:00min

Boro (Borovansky Ballet) Excerpts. Jeffrey (Item NLA.MS-SAV020351) - Shelf-Tall OH2-8-013

1 item, Unbranded E60, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc

Art catalogues, 1948 - 1990 (File 34) - Box 5 (MS Acc15.130)

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This file may contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information.

Scope and Contents Note: Art catalogues, including a copy of "Daub" magazine by the Victorian National Gallery School of Art, and of "Stage Design in Great Britain since 1945" with annotations, and a order of service.

Poster for a lecture by Ingram, 1987 (Item 34.1) - Folio-Box Shared, Item Item 34.1 (MS Acc15.130)

A poster for Ingrams essay "The Evolution of an Institution" at The Australian Defence Force Academy.

Poster for The Australian Ballet, 1962 (Item 34.2) - Map-Folio 8 (MS Acc15.130)

A poster for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev's performance with The Australian Ballet in Nice, France.

Personal photographs, 1945 - 1988 (File 35) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

9 black and white photographs, including portraits of Ingram throughout his life, of Ingram and perhaps Lynne Golding, and a Lennons hotel memento with a photograph of dinner guests at a table. Also includes a photograph of Ingram's house in Victoria, and of Michelle Potter interviewing Ingram for the National Library of Australia. All are inscribed with captions on the reverse.

Personal photographs, n.d. (Item 35.1) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

2 later colour photographs of Ingram, inscribed "Geoffrey Ingram," and "Geoffrey Ingram with a portrait he may have painted."

Pictures related to glass negatives, n.d. (File 36a) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

Black and white Images from glass plates in this collection (listed above), some of an Original Ballet Russe tour from 1939-1940, a portrait of Kenneth Rowell and his set designs for National Theatre Swan Lake for the National Theatre Ballet. Also includesd is a scene from Les Contes Heraldiques.

Pictures related to Borovansky Ballet, c.1940s - c.1950s (File 36b) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

10 black and white images of Borovansky Ballet dancers in the studio and at rehearsal, and portraits of dancers on stage. Includes photographs of productions of "Capriccio Italien," "The Nutcracker," "The Black Swan," "Brigadoon," and "Symphonie Fantastique." All are inscribed with captions on the reverse.

Pictures related to Ballet Guild, c.1940s - c.1950s (File 36c) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

10 black and white images of Ballet Guild dancers on stage and at rehearsal, and during productions of "Romance Etude" and "The Sentimental Bloke." All are inscribed with captions on the reverse.

Pictures related to Ballet Rambert, c.1947 (File 36d) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

12 black and white images of productions of "Giselle," "Lady into Fox," "Mr Punch," and "Bar au Folies Bergeres,' and "Spanish Dance." All are inscribed with captions on the reverse.

Pictures related to National Theatre Ballet, c.1940s - c.1950s (File 36e) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Notice: This file may contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information.

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file may contain certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Scope and Contents Note: 26 black and white images of National Theatre Ballet dancers performing "The Glass Slipper," including a photocopy of the production's pamphlet, "Swan Lake," "Aurora's Wedding," with images of fittings of costumes by Kenneth Rowell, "Theme and Variations," "Corroboree," "Protée," and "Pas de Quatre." Images also include National Theatre Ballet students in rehearsals and fittings. All are inscribed with captions on the reverse, including the names of dancers.

Pictures related to The Australian Ballet, c.1960s (File 36f) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

10 images of Australian Ballet dancers travelling for their first oversees tour, and dancers portraits. Includes images of productions of "The Lady and the Fool," and "The Melbourne Cup," and of dancers at a party. All are inscribed with captions on the reverse, including the names of dancers.

The Australian Ballet on tour, 1965 (Item 36f.1) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

1 colour photograph of The Australian Ballet dancers rehearsing.

Please note these slides have been removed from Box 6 and rehoused in Shared Cold Store Binder 378.

Pictures related to international ballet stars, c.1940s - c.1950s (File 36g) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

1 sepia photograph of a production of "Aurora's Wedding," 8 black and white photographs of international ballet stars on stage in "Swan Lake," "The Red Shoes," "Giselle," the Bolshoi Ballet in "Walpurgisnacht," "Le Corsaire," and "Royal Ballet Swan Lake." All are inscribed with captions on the reverse, including the names of dancers.

French ballet portraits, c.1950s (File 36h) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

5 black and white portraits featuring Claude Bessy, Georges Skibine, and Nicole Broissin. Some photographs are inscribed with captions and one with a glued text clipping on the reverse.

Pictures of unidentified dancers, n.d. (File 36i) - Box 6 (MS Acc15.130)

10 black and white images of dancers on stage, at rehearsals, portraits, and students and teachers posed as a group. Images feature productions of "Les Sylphides," and "Giselle."

Anne Nooliamo feature on Vaslav Nijinsky, c.1980s (Item NLA.MS-SAV019767) - Cassette-Box 946

1 item, BASF 90, Compact cassette tape

ABC Classic FM on Radio National. 1978-1989

Formation of the Australian Ballet. Geoffrey Ingram, 16 February 1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV019768) - Cassette-Box 946

1 item, TDK AD100, Compact cassette tape

Negative slides, n.d. (Item 37) - Binder MS Cold Store 378, Item Item 37

3 negative slides featuring portraits of unidentified ballet dancers in costume.

Please note these slides have been removed from Box 7 and rehoused in Shared Cold Store Binder 378.

Pocket diary, 1948 (Item 38) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

The Universal Diary pocket diary, with notes by Ingram related to work and travel. Includes a slip of paper with an appointment notice for Nancy Ingram.

Pocket diary, 1957 (Item 39) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

The Surry "Lightweight" diary, with annotations and sketches by Ingram.

Pocket diary, 1954 (Item 40) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With Ingram's handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, 1956 (Item 41) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

The Leathersmith London Diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, 1958 (Item 42) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Letts Diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, 1959 (Item 43) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Letts Diary with Ingram's sketches and handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, 1960 (Item 44) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Wood's Australian Diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, 1961 (Item 45) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Letts Diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Pocket diary, c.1962 (Item 46) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Harper Pocket Diary with notes by ingram. Also includes a loose handwritten note and a dry cleaner's ticket.

Pocket diary, 1969 (Item 47) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Letts Diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Mid-year diary, c.1975 - c.1976 (Item 48) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Collins mid-year diary with notes, passages, and sketches by Ingram. Includes a loose note on "Histex" paper.

Financial year diary, c.1989 (Item 49) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Collins financial-year diary with notes and passages by Ingram. Includes three loose notes all annotated by Ingram.

Diary, 1981 (Item 50) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Spiral-bound Litewate diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Mid-year diary, 1983 - 1984 (Item 51) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Collin's mid-year diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Address book, n.d. (Item 52) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Mudie's "Bond Street" address book with notes by Ingram, and a taped Christmas memo from Ingram's niece.

Diary, 1972 (Item 53) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Upward Classic diary with Ingram's handwritten notes.

Spirax notebook, n.d. (Item 54) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With Ingram's handwritten notes.

Memorandum, n.d. (Item 55) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Notes from Ingram written on a scrap of paper from Bim's Restaurant (no longer operating).

Memorandum, n.d. (Item 56) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

Two notebook pages with notes and a sketched map from Ingram.

Business card, n.d. (Item 57) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

A business card to W. J. (Bill) Orme, related to his presidency of Junior Chamber International (then Australian Jaycees). Includes handwritten inscription on the reverse.

Spirax notebook, n.d. (Item 58) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With notes from Ingram, including Australian ballet tour notes and production lists.

Spirax notebook, n.d. (Item 59) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With notes, sketches, and passages from Ingram.

Pocket notebook, n.d. (Item 60) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With notes, sketches, and passages from Ingram.

Pocket legal pad, n.d. (Item 61) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

A notebook with notes from Ingram, some related to his "Helicon" proposal.

Spirax cash book, n.d. (Item 62) - Box 7 (MS Acc15.130)

With financial notes from Ingram. Includes two loose papers of notes.


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