Collection 2: John Storie Yeomans further papers, ca. 1940-1987

MLMSS 8732/Boxes 1-4
MLMSS 8732/Box 5X

sub-fonds

ca. 1940-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

153186

0.67 metres of textual material (4 boxes, 1 outsize box)

BOX 1
Letters from Daily News editors J. Paton and H.H. Mansell relating to his resignation from Daily Telegraph, November 1939

Television programs 1959-1961, with articles about programs he produced like ‘Trial by Jury’, ca. including The ABC Weekly and TV Times

Stage floorplan for production of ‘Woman’s World’, drawn by Bernard Hides, 1960

Records and newscuttings relating to production of the ABC inquiry into Tranquillisers, 1960

BOXES 1-2
Newscuttings relating to his early journalistic career, ca. 1934-1979. Includes articles written for Illawarra Star, Daily Advertiser, Labor Daily (Daily News), Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Sun & Guardian, News Chronicle, the Sun, Sun-Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Walkabout Magazine, East Anglian Times, Birmingham Post, Melbourne Herald

BOX 2
Manuscript of ‘The Sound of Distant Gunfire’ with corrections and annotations by publisher Angus and Roberston, 1986

Letter to the Sydney Opera House Trust enclosing annotated manuscript of ‘Guide to the Sydney Opera House’, 1971

‘A Guide to the Sydney Opera House’ published by the Sydney Opera House Trust, 1971

BOX 3
Annotated manuscript of ‘Much Curious Pleasure, ca. 1987

Register of news stories and reports from Europe, ca. 1968-1969

News stories and reports from Sweden, 1973

Five World War II diaries containing accounts of campaigns in Middle East and Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1940-1945

Printed periodicals with stories written by John Yeomans, ca. 1953-1978

Newscuttings, including Coronation souvenir editions of the Daily Mirror and PIX, 1952-1954, 1978, 1984

BOX 4
Draft typescript of newspaper story on the Opera House with photographs by Max Dupain, news Limited, The Mirror and J. Fitzpatrick from the Australian News and Information Bureau, ca. 1968. Includes negatives

Annotated draft manuscripts, notes, page layouts and photographs mainly reproductions relating to ‘20 Best Sights of Sydney’, ca. 1978. Includes photograph by Max Dupain

Photocopy of manuscript of ‘The Other Taj Mahal’, ca. 1968

Letter from publishers Longman enclosing page proofs and photographs of Sydney Opera House by Fairfax used in ‘The Other Taj Mahal’, ca. 1973. Includes photographs by Max Dupain, Harry Snowden

Legal agreements with Longman publishers for revised edtion of ‘The Other Taj Mahal’ with photographs of the Opera House by Max Dupain, David Cumming, Harry Sowden and Fairfax, ca. 1967-1974

Photographs and negatives of Sydney Opera House roof, ca. 1970

Media reviews of book ‘The Other Taj Mahal’ in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Canberra Times, 1969

Letter from Jorn Utzon giving him permission to publish drawings, 1967

BOX 5X
Scrapbook of newscuttings and photographs relating to ‘The Scarce Australians’, ca. 1967-1968
1 photograph of concert performance in Sydney Opera House by News Limited, no date

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2012-2013

Two of the World War II diaries are coffee stained, almost unreadable, very brittle and at risk of deterioration. May need to be digitised. Awaiting decision from Head of Manuscripts