Davina Jackson research on Douglas Snelling, architect, as well as photographs and architectural plans of Douglas Snelling, ca. 1916-2009

fonds

ca. 1916-2009

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Objects, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Clippings, Design Drawings, Ephemera, Photographs, Prints

982621

1.5 metres of textual material (11 boxes), some files containing photographs and copies of architectural plans
78 transparencies
25 slides

Douglas B. Snelling (1916-85) was a widely respected designer, graphic artist and registered architect who operated in Sydney from 1940 to 1975. He designed a nationally renowned range of chairs called the Snelling Line (said to be the first Australian-designed chairs of modernist style), many adventurous entertainment and retail interiors, substantial houses in the Eastern suburbs, North Shore, South coast and Noumea, two apartment buildings of the early 1960s, several modernist refurbishments of office buildings, and late-career master plans for tourist resorts in Vanuatu and Fiji. Born in Gravesend, England, he arrived in New Zealand with his parents at the age of eight, visited Los Angeles for the first time in 1937-38, first arrived in Sydney in 1940, and travelled widely and frequently around the Pacific. He was married three times, to Nancy Springhill (1945-56), Patricia Gale (1960-1975) and Marianne Sparre (1980-1985).

Reference:
Library correspondence file
Notes supplied by Davina Jackson, 2002 and 2014.

SERIES 01
Davina Jackson thesis and research notes on Douglas Snelling and modernism, including photographs, architectural plans and objects, ca. 1916-2007

SERIES 02
Douglas Snelling colour transparencies of completed interiors and exteriors of residential architecture as well as commercial architecture and commercial interiors ca. 1950s-1970s

SERIES 03
Douglas Snelling slides of completed interior of Bruck Fabrics showroom and Nawa House, Noumea, ca. 1960s

SERIES O4
Terry Palmerston recollections: oral history, ca. 2000