Burley Katon Halliday records, ca 1976-ca 1992

MLMSS 9335

series

ca 1976-ca 1992

Textual Records, Design Drawings, Ephemera

152476

17.5 metres of textual material (106 boxes)

Neil Burley established the graphic and industrial design consultancy Neil Burley Design in Sydney's Potts Point during the 1970’s. David Katon joined the company in 1979 and the name changed shortly afterwards to Neil Burley & Partners. Iain Halliday and Katon met in 1981 during one of Katon's brief tutoring stints at Sydney College of the Arts. Halliday joined the company fulltime in 1984 making partnership in 1986, with his name added in 1989. Throughout the 1980s, Neil Burley & Partners established itself as a premier interior design consultancy, its signature minimalist interiors widely solicited for offices and even museums. The firm won two significant public commissions in the Decorative Arts Galleries at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum and the USA and Australia Gallery at Sydney's Maritime Museum. A restaurant commission catapulted the firm into the popular culture arena: Darley Street Thai on Bayswater Road, Kings Cross. Neil Burley left shortly after this time to pursue private interests including the Anibou Gallery and the Sydney Antique Centre on South Dowling Street.

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Business papers, ca 1976-ca 1992, of the Sydney based interior design company Neil Burley Design, known subsequently as Neil Burley Design and Partners and Burley Katon Halliday. Being mainly administrative and financial records, a large series of signage design templates and a large series of indexed job files for design projects undertaken by the company.

BOXES 1-4
Neil Burley Design masterfiles of all correspondence, letters out, in lever arch folders, ca 1979-ca 1986

BOX 5
Neil Burley Design work diaries of various staff members and address book, ca 1984-ca 1988

BOX 6
Neil Burley Design Monthly Summary of Creditors and Debtors, 1986, in lever arch folder. Neil Burley and Partners Cheque Vouchers, 1988, in lever arch folder

BOX 7
Neil Burley and Partners Creditors file, 1988-1990, in lever arch folders

BOXES 8-16
Neil Burley Design cheque vouchers, 1981-1988

BOXES 17-20
Neil Burley Design Paid NBD Invoices lever arch folder, 1980-1983, and Invoice Ledger books, 1976-1989

BOX 21
Neil Burley Design petty cash ledger book, 1989-1990, Private Journal, 1976, Time Sheet Summaries, 1983-1986

BOX 22
Neil Burley Design Purchase Ledger Sheets and taxation schedules, 1976-1986

BOX 23
Neil Burley Design miscellaneous financial statements, bank books, invoice registers, ca 1980-ca 1985

BOX 24
Neil Burley Design account statements and cheque books, and photocopy register, ca 1980-ca 1985

BOX 25
Neil Burley Design weekly summary sheets and time sheets, ca 1980-ca 1985

BOX 26
Neil Burley Design series of telephone message books, ca 1980-1989

BOX 27
Neil Burley Design alphabetical series of Debtors Control Cards, ca 1980-c 1985

BOXES 28-37
Neil Burley Design administrative and financial documents, ca 1975-ca 1991, including wages and tax files, ledger books, invoices received, insurance, monthly reports to accountant, petty cash, and timesheets

BOXES 38-39
Neil Burley Design series of accounting ledger books, ca 1980-ca 1990

BOX 40
Westmead Centre Control Drawings, sign types in two lever arch folders, ca 1980-ca. 1990

BOXES 41-44
Extensive collection of signage templates in bound and labelled folders for various building and design projects by Neil Burely and Partners, ca 1980-ca 1990

BOXES 45-46
Neil Burley Design and Partners completed job cards in numerical order, numbered 0-1820, ca 1968-ca 1990

BOXES 47-103
Neil Burley Design and Partners job files, ca 1976-ca 1992. An extensive collection of working job files related to interior design and building projects conducted by the company. Listed separately in a detailed contents list located in Box 1 of this collection

BOXES 104-106
Neil Burley and Partners and Burley Katon Halliday administrative files including Work in Progress, 1980-1983, Statements, ca 1979, Advice for Secretary, ca 1989-ca 1990, Front Desk Job Applications, 1992, Cars, Deposit Book, Staff Holidays, Wages and Tax, Record of Fees Received, Personnel Files, Paid Invoices 1984-1987, Ledger book, and Duties file.

Copyright status:: In copyright - - This collection has multiple copyright owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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