Series 12: Beth Dean and Victor Carell photographs, 1880-1988

MLMSS 7804/Boxes 77-95, 97-101
MLMSS 7804/Box 96X

series

1880 - 1988

457561

3.84 metres of textual material (24 boxes, 1 outsize box)

1934-1973; Beth Dean and Victor Carell - professional activities. Includes photographs of productions in which Dean and Carell performed in America and Australia, and later concert performances of solo dance, song recitals and demonstrations. Also includes related photographs, some inscribed, of other dancers including Don Britton, Margot Fonteyn, Pamela Moncur and Rudolph Nureyev. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/78)

1940-1979; Photographs of Australian and overseas dance companies and individual dancers in performances of classical ballet, modern and ethnic dance. Many of the photographs have been collected by Beth Dean in connection with her professional activities as an author and dance critic. Arranged alphabetically. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/79-83)

1972; South Pacific Festival of Arts, Fiji, 1972. Includes photographs of: craft demonstrations; performances by the Fijian Police Band; traditional dancers representing Fiji (including Fijian Indian and Chinese Fijian performers), the Solomon Islands and the Banaban people from Rabi Island. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/84)

1972-1988; South Pacific Festivals of Arts: Fiji 1972; Tahiti 1985; Townsville 1988. Includes: photographs of traditional dancers at the 1972 Festival representing New Zealand, Niue Island, Gilbert Islands, Tonga, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Aboriginal Australians; various photographs taken at the 1985 Tahiti Festival and the 1988 Townsville Festival. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/85)

ca.1947-ca.1970; Photographs of Aboriginal Australians, many taken by Dean and Carell during a 1953 trip to Central and Northern Australia. Note: Many of these images appear in the book Dust for the Dancers, by Beth Dean and Victor Carell. REPRODUCTION RESTRICTED. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/86) .

1937-1983; Fiji - general. Includes photographs of performances by the Dance Theatre of Fiji and back to Old Levuka celebrations. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/87)

1962-1976; Cook Islands - general. Includes: general views; local artifacts; village life; performances by the Cook Islands National Arts Theatre (CINAT). (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/88)

1952-1971; Papua New Guinea - general. Includes photographs taken by Victor Carell during a 1955 trip. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/89)

ca.1949-1988; General photographs: New Zealand, Niue Island, Gilbert Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, the Banaban people of Rabi Island, Solomon Islands. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/90)

1973; Sydney Opera House Opening. Includes photographs of participants in the South Pacific Festival at the Sydney Opera House opening celebrations, from Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/91)

1977-1982; Christmas at the Opera House performances. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/92)

1962; Mexico. Contact prints and transparencies taken by Beth Dean and Victor Carell in Mexico during a world dance research trip. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/93)

ca. 1880-1986; Photographs and negatives concerning John Antill. Personal and professional photographs, some chosen for possible inclusion in the book Gentle genius. A life of John Antill, by Beth Dean and Victor Carell. Includes: photographs of Antill, Baker and Peaker family members; costume and set designs for the ballet Corroboree; Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II arriving at a performance of Corroboree at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, February 1954. Also included in some photographs are William Constable, Austin Goldberg, Eugene Goossens, Alfred Hill, Harold Hort, Eileen Joyce, David Lichine, Robin Lovejoy, Rex Reid and Ted Shawn. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/94-95)

Undated; Large photographs of Aboriginal Australian and South Pacific dancers. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/96X).

Undated; Slides and negatives - South Pacific. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/97)

Undated; Slides and negatives - Papua New Guinea. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/98)

Undated: Slides and negatives - Aboriginal Australians. REPRODUCTION RESTRICTED. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/99)

Undated; Slides and negatives - various subjects, including: images used in the book Twin Journey, and in Australasian Dance Magazine; Dinah Shore in Australia; Novosibirsk Russian Ballet. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/100)

Undated; Stereoscopic viewers (2). Sterolist II and Trulife. (Call No.: MLMSS 7804/101)

Approval for reproduction required: Applies only to Boxes 86 and 99. Images of Aboriginal Australians cannot be reproduced without consultation with, and the written permission of, the relevant indigenous communities. Researchers who require assistance in locating the relevant communities should contact the State Library's Indigenous Services Librarians.

This collection contains images of persons now deceased.