Norman Linehan collection of photonegatives of Australian Jazz, 1945-1984

ON 185
PXA 1096

fonds

1945-1984

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records, Ephemera

89216

1300 negatives (rolls and strips) - 529 photonegative rolls, 801 photonegative strips in 129 sleeve files - 35 mm
Photographs - 8 silver gelatin photonegatives - 6 x 9 cm.
12 negatives, in 6 strips - colour - 6 x 12 cm.
335 photographic prints - silver gelatin - various
0.1 metres of textual materials (154 leaves) - typescript, photocopies
2 posters - 22 x 28.5 cm.

Norman Linehan following his discharge from the Army after WWII worked for May and Baker, manufacturers of chemical supplies including photographic materials, and also as a freelance professional photographer. In addition to covering functions such as weddings etc., he worked frequently on cruise ships. He became involved in sports car clubs, including rally and race meetings.
He was also very closely involved in the postwar Australian jazz scene. He worked as a photographer, record producer, journalist, administrator and office bearer in jazz clubs in New South Wales and Melbourne. Throughout the seventies he gave up all other work to concentrate on jazz archival activities. He attended [and photographed] jazz venues and clubs throughout Australia, including jazz festivals and the annual Australian Jazz Convention. -- Bruce Johnson, Apr 1991 (see contents list for further biographical details pp.i-ii)

NEGATIVES:
Collection comprises chiefly of Linehan's pictorial record of Australian jazz between 1948 and 1984 (jazz venues & clubs chiefly in the Sydney region plus jazz festivals and the annual Australian Jazz Convention held throughout Australia). Also includes some personal material, general scenes of Sydney and Sydney suburbs, weddings etc. and car race meetings. (Call No.: ON 185)

PHOTOGRAPHS:
Car race meetings, 1947-1961 (filed by negative number order). Contents list filed with collection. (Call No.: PXA 1096)
Detailed contents list compiled by Norman Linehan available with PXA 1096 and ON 185

Chiefly chronological

Copyright restrictions may apply

Related published work: Norm Linehan's Australian jazz picture book / Norman Linehan. Hornsby, N.S.W. : Child and Henry, 1980.
For personal observations on the Australian Jazz Convention refer to: Bob Barnard, Graeme Bell, Bill Haesler, John Sangster on the Australian Jazz Convention / edited by Norman Linehan. Sydney : Australian Jazz Convention Trust Fund, 1981