Series 1: Roderick Shaw papers, ca. 1916-1992, together with the papers of Frances Shaw, 1941-1981, Chrissie Shaw, 1992-1993, and Harry Stein, 1927-1994

MLMSS 6965/Boxes 1-14, 16-20
MLMSS 6965/Box 15X

series

ca. 1916 - 1994

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

404253

2.51 metres of textual material (19 boxes, 1 outsize box) - manuscript, computer printouts, photocopy, typescript, carbon, typescript, processed, and printed

Sub-series 1: RODERICK SHAW

1978-1980, 1983-1984, 1986-1990, Date unknown; Appointment diaries (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/1)

1946-1992; Correspondence: A-H
Correspondents include Walter V. Abraham, 1985-1992; Ethel Anderson, 1957; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1974-1989; Artists for Nuclear Disarmament, 1985; Joan Atkin, 1990, Date unknown; Australian Association for Armed Neutrality, 1987, 1991; Australian Labor Party. National Secretariat, 1978, ca. 1981; Joan Baines, 1972-1974, Date unknown; John Bangsund, 1990; A. W. Barker, 1992; Marion Hall Best (David Jones' Art Gallery), 1948; Audrey Blake, 1986-1991, Date unknown; A. T. Bolton, 1976-1982; Dora Booth, 1972, 1990; Arthur Boyd, 1979; E. J. Brady, 1947; Mona Brand (filed under 'F' with her husband Len Fox); Norman Buckmaster, 1991; Ian Burn, 1989; Bruce and Peg Burns, 1983-1984, 1990-1991; James Cant, 1965-1977, Date unknown; E.S. Caselli, 1979; Laurence Collinson, 1948, 1956; Contemporary Art Society of Australia (N.S.W.), 1946-1948, Date unknown; Noel Counihan, 1946, 1959; Bill Courcier, 1975-1976; Lynn Dalgarno, 1992; Nadine Dalgarno, 1990; Roy Dalgarno, ca. 1948, 1952, 1964, 1973-1992, Date unknown; Gordon Darling, 1992, Date unknown; Vera Deacon, 1992; Pam Debenham, 1990; Margaret Deisendorf, 1981; Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, 1987; Geoff Dutton, 1976-1977; Cynthia and Dick Edwards, 1987, Date unknown; Laurie Elbourne, 1979, 1991, Date unknown; Merilyn Fairskye, 1977-1990; Frank Rhodes Farmer, 1946; Charles FitzHardinge-Bailey, 1989-1992; Roy Fluke, 1989?; Len Fox and Mona Brand, Date unknown; Sam Fullbrook, Date unknown; Max Germaine, 1978; Lorna Gilmour, 1992; Myfanwy Gollan filed under Myfanwy Horne; Hugh Greenfield, 1976-1977; Richard Haese, 1980; Max Harris, 1972; Evelyn Healy, 1984, 1991; Newton (Tony) Hedstrom, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1992; Gay Hendricksen (Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery), 1990-1991; Bernard Hesling, 1976, Date unknown; A. D. Hope, 1955, 1971-1976; David Horne, 1992; Myfanwy Horne, 1984-1990; Vere Humphreys, 1992 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/2)

1947-1992; Correspondence: I-R
Correspondents include Graeme Inson, 1977-1990; Kenneth Jack, 1976; Jenny Lee (Meanjin), 1988, Date unknown; Nigel Lendon, 1984; Sonja Lenz, 1991; Norman Lindsay, Date unknown; Eric Lambert, Date unknown; Wendy Lowenstein, 1992; Jacqueline Macnaughton, 1987-1988; James McClelland, ca. 1988-1991; Hugh McCrae, 1950; David and Richenda Martin, 1955-1992, Date unknown; Max Mercer, 1947-1948, Date unknown; Hannah Middleton, 1975-1980; Clem Millward, 1990-1991; Esther Missingham, 1990-1991; Hal Missingham, 1948, 1962, 1980-1988, Date unknown; Mitchell Library, 1976, 1984; Moree Art Society, 1987-1988; Mudgee Arts and Crafts Society, 1976; Ria Murch, 1988; Stephen Murray-Smith, 1959-1987, Date unknown; National Gallery of Victoria, 1947, 1987-1988; National Library of Australia, 1986; New Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.), 1980, 1992; New York Public Library, 1990; John Oldham, 1984-1991, Date unknown; Desiderius Orban, 1975; Peninsular Art Society, 1966, 1983, 1989; Grace Perry, 1966; Margaret Plant, 1991; Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1955; Lloyd Rees, 1975; Andrew Reeves, Date unknown; Robert Holmes a Court Collection, 1988; Edwin Robinson, 1947, 1951; Roland Robinson, 1953 (letter from A. D. Hope to Roland Robinson), 1964-1989; Frederick Rose, 1984-1990; Rachel Roxburgh, Date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/3)

1941-1992; Correspondence: S-Z
Correspondents include Bill Sands, 1941; Andrew Sayers, 1989-1990; Vytas Serelis, 1973; Sandra Sewell, 1987-1989; Claudio Alcorso (Silk and Textile Printers Ltd.), 1947; Rose Skinner, 1958; Peter Skrzynecki, 1978; Bernard Smith, 1957, 1985-1992; South Head Press, 1974; Dan Sprod, 1985; Douglas Stewart, 1967; J. F. Staples, 1989-1992; State Library of Victoria, 1984; Harry Stein, 1991. Date unknown; H.S. Temby, 1955; Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of South Australia), 1987; Laurie Thomas, 1956; Tribune, 1982; Ian Turner, Date unknown; Richard Walsh, 1964; Warringah Shire Council, 1987, 1989; Waverley-Woollahra Arts Centre Co-operative Ltd., 1988; Jurgen Wegner, 1984-1991; E. L. (Ted) Wheelwright, 1978, 1992, Date unknown; Patrick White, 1965; E. G. Whitlam, 1987; Lyn Williams, 1976, 1978; Esme Wood, 1991; Woolloomooloo Gallery, 1987-1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/4)

194--1992; Miscellaneous correspondence, including letters received from unidentified correspondents and greeting cards; letters to editors of newspapers; and letter from Robert Emerson Curtis to Vi Campbell, 1 Jan. 1952 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/4)

1940-1991; Family correspondence, including letters received from Frances Shaw and Chrissie Shaw, and letters of condolence received on the death of Frances Shaw (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/4)

194--1992; Notebooks (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/5)
194--1992; Notes on various topics, chiefly art (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/6)

195--1988; Literary papers, including 'A Conversation between Helen palmer and Roderick Shaw', 1965, being drafts and galley proof; 'A Conversation with David Campbell', being drafts; short stories and articles for Overland; 'How Long the Long Haul: Artists in the Nuclear Age', being article for Professions in the Nuclear Age Project (Brisbane, Qld), with related papers, including letters received from Sandra Sewell, 1987-1988; and 'Tall poppies, Old poppies', being a talk to students of Canberra College of the Arts, 1985 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/7)

1952-1991; Subject and job files: A-W, Miscellaneous:

1984-1985; 'Archibald, Wynne Reject Exhibition 1985 Proposal' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1976, 1979, 1989; 'Artists' Action & Action for Artists', including letters received from Dawn Fraser, Malcolm Fraser, Margaret Throsby, Gough Whitlam and Judith Wright (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1984; 'Artists for Peace Exhibition, 20-31 Jan. 1984' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1960-1978; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1984; 'Citizen Artists for Nuclear Disarmament', including correspondence with Robert Tickner, MHR for Hughes (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1989-1992; 'Charles FitzHardinge-Bailey' mainly concerning illustrations for FitzHardinge-Bailey's books (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/8)
1990-1991; 'Friends of the Hawkesbury Art Collection' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1952, 1966-1987; 'International Co-operation Art Awards', including letters received from Andrew Greenhough, 23 Feb. 1987, and Paul Beadle, sculptor, Date unknown; flyer for the Peace Art Prize, Youth Carnival for Peace and Friendship, Sydney, 15-23 Mar. 1952; press releases concerning Award, 1966-1971; and 'Summary of International Co-operation Art Award (Australia)' by Pat Kelk Graham, 25 Sept. 1977 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1980-1981; 'Macquarie University' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1969-1970; 'David Martin / Spiegel the Cat', including letter received from David and Richenda Martin, 26 Jan. 1970, and corrected carbon typescript of the book (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1986-1987; 'Moree Art Society Annual Exhibition' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1948, 1965, 1974-1984; 'New Theatre', including flyers, programmes and copy of New Theatre : 15 Years of Production (1948) (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
197--1985; 'NIDA Performance Centre' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1977-1981; Orange Festival of Arts (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1987-1990; 'Overland / Tasmanian Tiger [story]', including letters received from Stephen Murray-Smith, 5 Feb. 1987, and Barrett Reid, 19 Sept. 1988, and carbon typescript of 'The Tiger of Eildon' by Patrick Stewart (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/9)
1988; Retrospective Exhibition, 1938-1988, Woolloomooloo Gallery, 2-20 Mar. 1988, including letters received from Jacqueline Macnaughton, 15 Sept. 1987; Lloyd Rees, 18 Feb. 1988; Roland Robinson, 1988; Tom Thompson, 1 Mar. 1988; and colour print of Rod Shaw and Joanna Mendelssohn at gallery (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1971-1973; Season of Painters, Arts Council Gallery, East Sydney, including correspondence with George Hawkes, Executive Director, The Peter Stuyvesant Trust, 1971-1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1987-1988; 'The Warringah Book' (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1975; Address to salute Sir Robert Joseph Webster, Chancellor Emeritus, University of NSW, on his retirement (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1970; Fred Williams, Perth Festival Exhibition, 23 Feb.-16 Mar. 1970 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1988; The Windsor Group Retrospective, October 1988 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
1991; 'The Workers: An Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours, Etchings, Linocuts and Oils, 1895-1991', Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, 9-25 Aug. 1991 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)
ca. 1955-1983; Miscellaneous subject files (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/10)

1930-1992; Art exhibition catalogues concerning Roderick Shaw and also orther artists. Solo exhibitions of and other exhibitions featuring Roderick Shaw include The Windsor Group Exhibition, 1939; Retrospective Exhibition, 1938-1988, Woolloomooloo Gallery, 2-20 Mar. 1988; The Windsor Group Retrospective, Windsor Community Cultural Centre, 7-11 Oct. 1988; The Workers Exhibition, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, 9-25 Aug. 1991; Exhibition of paintings, drawings and holiday sketches, Raffins Gallery, Orange, 1 May 1977; Moree Art Society 14th Annual Exhibition, 15-18 Sept. 1987 (RS was a judge of the exhibition); Studio of Realist Art 2nd Exhibition of Paintings, David Jones' Art Gallery, 21 Aug.-6 Sept. 1946?; Roderick Shaw: Snowy Mountains Series, Rudy Komon Gallery, 13-30 Mar. 1968 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/11)

1949-1957, 1987-1988; Papers concerning residential properties (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/12)

1932-1991; Miscellaneous papers, including address books (2); school and sports certificates, 1932-1933; Selected Poems, 1963-1983 by Marjorie Pizer, being carbon typescript; and Financial Statement for Edwards & Shaw Pty Ltd, for year ended 30 June 1983 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/12)
1929-1991; Newscuttings, chiefly on art and including examples of Roderick Shaw's illustrations in issues of Man, 1945-1946, and Army, 1945 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/13)

1934-1991; Printed material:
Includes examples of the printed work of Edwards & Shaw, and items designed and/or illustrated by Roderick Shaw such as Tumult of the Swans (1953) by Roland Robinson and Christmas cards for friends and clients; other material includes copies of Art and a Changing Civilisation (1934) by Eric Gill, The Necessity of Australian Art: An Essay about Interpretation (1988) by Ian Burn et al, and annotated photocopies of A New Theory of Art by Donald Brook; and issues of SORA Bulletin, 4 July 1945 (2) and 6 Sept. 1945 (2) (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/13)
Includes art and political publications, including a copy of Australian Teacher in China (1953?) by Helen G. Palmer (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/14)

ca. 1916-1990; Photographs, including photonegatives, of Roderick Shaw, David Campbell, Rob Eadie, East Sydney Technical College, A. D. Hope, Joan Mas, Hal Missingham, Helen G. Palmer, George Seelaf, Ivy Shore, Joshua Smith, drawing classes, Artists for Nuclear Disarmament march, and 1967 Darwin May Day march with contingent from the Northern Territory Council for Aboriginal Rights (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/15X)

Sub-series 2: FRANCES SHAW

1941-1982; Letters received from, among others, Roy Dalgarno, Norma Disher, Roderick Shaw and Unity School of Christianity (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/16)
1959-1980; Miscellaneous papers, including notes, photocopies and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/16)
1981; Diary (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/17/1)
1967-1980; Notebooks (7) (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/17/2-8)

Sub-series 3: CHRISSIE SHAW

1992-1993; Papers concerning Roderick Shaw, being chiefly letters of condolence received on his death, obituaries, and tributes from John Aland, Simon Bracegirdle, Solomon Encel, Pat Kelk Graham, Evelyn Healy, Newton (Tony) Hedstrom, David Martin, David Millis, Bernard Smith, Terry Smith, Harry Stein and E. L. Wheelwright (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/17/9)

Sub-series 4: HARRY STEIN

Literary papers, including research material, on From the Barn on the Hill to Edwards & Shaw, 1939-1983 (1996):
198--1994; Notes and drafts (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/18)
1957, 1992-1994; Correspondence and related papers, including letters received from Australian Book Publishers Association, Geoffrey Farmer, Jock Levy, Helen L'Orange and Jurgen Wegner; photocopied letters from Dick Edwards to Geoffrey Farmer, 1957; opening address by Harry Stein at a meeting to celebrate the life of Rod Shaw, held at Tom Nelson Hall, Sydney, 7 Mar. 1993; obituary of Roderick Shaw by Harry Stein in Civil Liberty, Jan. 1993; and papers concerning the jazz musician Graeme Bell's Golden Jubilee, 1943-1993 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/19)
1993; Papers concerning the opening of 'A Tribute to Rod Shaw', Campbelltown City Art Gallery, 20 June 1993 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/19)
1942, 1944-1948, 1993-1994; Papers concerning the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) and the Studio of Realist Art (SORA), 1944-1948, including issues of SORA Bulletin, nos. 4-8, 1945-1946, and two copies of an unnumbered issue of Aug. 1947, with enclosures: typescript review by Rod Shaw of 'Aboriginal Artists Work at SORA', and newscutting on The Barn on the Hill Press from Newspaper News, 1 July 1942; with letters received from Bernard Smith, 1993-1994 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/19)
1964-1966; Papers, being photocopies, concerning The Trial of Lady Chatterly (1965) (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/19)
1993; Papers chiefly concerning Tribute to Rod Shaw, Artist, Publisher and Activist exhibition, 1993, including 1993 Edwards and Shaw Lecture by Harry Stein (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/20)
1943-1992, Date unknown; Papers, including research material, concerning Artists & rebels on the Waterfront: An Exhibition of Drawings, Oils, Etchings, Linocuts & Watercolours, 1939-1992, Tom Nelson Hall, Sussex Street, Sydney, 3-19 July 1992 (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/20)
1927-1992; Photographs of Artists & Rebels exhibition panels, and of Roderick Shaw, E. L. Wheelwright and Harry Stein, inter-war and post-war Sydney wharf labourers, Jimmy Carruthers, Jim Healy, Jack Olive, Waterside Workers' Federation officials, and the 1953 Sydney Six Hour Day march (Call No.: MLMSS 6965/20)

Author/Artist entries:
Abraham, Walter V.
Aland, John, 1937-
Anderson, Ethel, 1883-1958
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Artists for Nuclear Disarmament
Atkin, Joan
Australian Association for Armed Neutrality
Australian Labor Party. National Secretariat
Australian War Memorial
Baines, Joan
Bangsund, John, 1939-
Barker, A. W. (Anthony Wilhelm), 1930-
Beadle, Paul, 1917-
Best, Marion Hall, 1905-1988
Blake, Audrey, 1916-
Bolton, A. T. (Alec T.), 1926-1996
Booth, Dora
Boyd, Arthur, 1920-1999
Bracegirdle, Simon
Brady, E. J. (Edwin James), 1869-1952
Brand, Mona
Buckmaster, Norman, 1942-
Burn, Ian, 1939-
Cant, James, 1911-1982
Collinson, Laurence
Contemporary Art Society of Australia (N.S.W.)
Counihan, Noel, 1913-1986
Courcier, Bill
Curtis, Robert Emerson, 1898-1996
Dalgarno, Roy, 1910-2001
Darling, Gordon
Deacon, Vera Frances, 1926-
Debenham, Pam, 1955-
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Edwards, Cynthia
Edwards, Dick
Elbourne, Laurie
Encel, Solomon, 1925-
Fairskye, Merilyn, 1950-
Farmer, Frank Rhodes
FitzHardinge-Bailey, Charles
Fluke, Roy, 1921-
Fox, Len, 1905-
Fraser, Dawn, 1937-
Fraser, Malcolm, 1930-
Fullbrook, Sam, 1922-
Germaine, Max, 1914-
Gilmour, Lorna
Gollan, Myfanwy
Graham, Pat
Greenfield, Hugh
Greenhough, Andrew, 1959-
Haese, Richard, 1944-
Harris, Max, 1921-1995
Healy, Evelyn, 1912-
Hedstrom, Newton
Hendriksen, Gay
Hesling, Bernard, 1905-
Hope, A. D. (Alec Derwent), 1907-
Horne, David
Humphreys, Vere
Inglis, Amirah, 1926-
Inson, Graeme
Jack, Kenneth, 1924-
Lambert, Eric, 1921-1966
Lee, Jenny, 1953-
Lendon, Nigel, 1944-
Lenz, Sonja
Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery
Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969
Lowenstein, Wendy, 1927-
McClelland, J. R. (James Robert), 1915-1999
McCrae, Hugh, 1876-1958
Macnaughton, Jacqueline
Martin, David, 1915-1997
Martin, Richenda
Mercer, Max
Middleton, Hannah, 1942-
Milliss, David
Millward, Clem, 1929-
Missingham, Esther
Missingham, Hal, 1906-1994
Mitchell Library (N.S.W.)
Moree Art Society
Mudgee Arts and Crafts Society
Murch, Ria
Murray-Smith, Stephen, 1922-1988
National Gallery of Victoria
New Theatre (Sydney branch)
New York Public Library
Oldham, John
Orban, Desiderius, 1884-1986
Palmer, Helen G. (Helen Gwynneth), 1917-1979
Peninsular Art Society
Perry, Grace, 1927-1987
Pizer, Marjorie, 1920-
Plant, Margaret, 1940-
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
Rees, Lloyd, 1895-1988
Reeves, Andrew
Reid, Barrett, 1926-1995
Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Robinson, Edwin
Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992
Rose, Frederick G. G. (Frederick George Godfrey), 1915-1991
Roxburgh, Rachel, 1915-1991
Sands, Bill
Sayers, Andrew
Serelis, Vytas
Sewell, Sandra
Silk and Textile Printers Ltd
Skinner, Rose
Skrzynecki, Peter, 1945-
Smith, Bernard, 1916-
Smith, Terry, (Terence), 1946-
South Head Press
Sprod, Dan, 1924-
Staples, J. F. (James Frederick), 1929-
State Library of Victoria
Stein, Harry
Stewart, Douglas, 1913-1985
Thomas, Daniel, 1931-
Thomas, Laurie, 1915-1974
Thompson, Tom, 1953-
Throsby, Margaret, 1941-
Tickner, R. E. (Robert E.)
Tribune (Communist Party of Australia. Central Committee)
Turner, Ian, 1922-1978
Warringah (N.S.W.). Council
Wegner, Jurgen
Wheelwright, E. L. (Edward Lawrence)
White, Patrick, 1912-1990
Whitlam, Gough, 1916-
Williams, Lyn
Wood, Esme
Woolloomooloo Gallery
Wright, Judith, 1915-2000