David Ell Press and Dialogue Marketing Group records

MLMSS 9624

fonds

approximately 1978-2002

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Photographs

1012247

1.92 metres of textual material (12 boxes), some files include photographs

David Ell, 1940-2014, was founder and managing director of David Ell Press, an Australian publishing firm which focussed on subjects relating to Australian heritage. Books published by the firm include Australian antiques : First Fleet to Federation / Caroline Simpson (1977), Australian Mining, Minerals and Oils / John Alexander and Richard Hattersley (1981) and First views of Australia 1788-1825 : a history of early Sydney / Tim McCormick (1987).

In the early 1990s David Ell Press partnered with the British Natural History Museum with plans to produce a five-volume set entitled 'Art of Australia, 1788-1799' featuring reproductions of approximately 700 drawings held at The Natural History Museum and The Alexander Turnbull Library in New Zealand. The publication however did not eventuate.

In his later life Ell's business interests diversified into marketing. He founded and managed Dialogue Marketing Group from approximately 1991-2003.

References:
Compiled from the collection

David Ell Press has been abbreviated to DEP in the following listing.

BOX 1
Correspondence, chiefly relating to DEP publishing agreements, ca. 1989
Dymocks books catalogues, 1993-1994
Photograph of two men holding beers whilst reading 'The Great Aussie Beer Book’, ca. 1984

BOX 2
Newscuttings relating to books published by DEP, 1985-1989

BOX 3
Newscuttings relating to books published by DEP, 1985-1989
Dialogue Marketing Group records, ca. 1999-2002
Correspondence relating to DEP publication: Select specimens from nature of the birds, animals of New South Wales / Thomas Skottowe, ca. 1988

BOXES 4-5
Research and photographs relating to decorative furniture, ornaments, ca. 1949-1990s
Records and correspondence relating to DEP publications, some proposed, ca. 1988-1995 including:
The Art of Australia, 1788-1799
Windows on the dreaming : Aboriginal paintings in the Australian National Gallery
Survival [in partnerships with Department of Aboriginal Affairs], includes CD-ROM
Burke and Wills : from Melbourne to myth

BOX 6
Records and correspondence relating to DEP publications, some proposed, ca. 1978-1993, including:
The clever country [proposed?]
Windows on the dreaming
Gardening in colonial Australia [proposed]
History of the hoppers / B. Parker
Draft MS of Pottery book / Marjorie Graham

BOX 7
Records and correspondence relating to tenders and proposals of DEP and Dialogue Marketing Group including Maitland CBD and Heritage Mall, Maitland Gaol, 1999. Includes 3.5 inch floppy disk

BOX 8
Records, publishing agreements and correspondence relating to books published by DEP and Ellsyd Press, ca, 1978-1990s

BOX 9
Scrapbooks of newscuttings and press clippings chiefly relating to books published by DEP and their topics, ca. 1978-1986

BOX 10
Records and correspondence relating to DEP publications, ca. 1985-1989, including:
Nineteenth century Australian furniture / Kevin Fahy, Christina Simpson, Andrew Simpson
Open your eyes [proposed children’s series]
Loose newscuttings, press clippings and magazines, ca. 1980s-1990s

BOX 11
Loose newscuttings, press clippings and magazines, ca. 1980s-1990s

BOX 12
Records relating to marketing plan for Windowrie Estate prepared by O’Loghlin Publicity, 1999-2000
Marketing report prepared for University Co-operative Bookshop Ltd. by Economic Strategies Pty Ltd, 1994
VHS tape 'Windowrie Mill, Kelvin, 5.6.96 Channel 7, China'

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Reproduction Restricted:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder