Ava Hubble papers, pictorial material and realia relating to Jorn Utzon and Sydney Opera House, ca. 1972-1987

MLMSS 9744
SLIDES 310
R 2187

fonds

ca. 1972-1987

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Musical Sound Recordings, Ephemera, Objects, Photographs

1102926

0.45 metres of textual material (3 boxes)
51 transparencies - colour
1 ornament
1 textile item
1 video recording
6 audiocassettes (5 hr., 16 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Ava Hubble was press officer at the Sydney Opera House from 1972-1987. During this time she researched and wrote books and articles on the Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon and Eugene Goossens. In 1978 and 1980, she interviewed Utzon by telephone for articles in the Opera House's magazine.

BOX 1

CD-ROM ‘Jorn Utzon – Ava Hubble’s Archive’, 13 January 2009
Photcopy of ‘Descriptive narrative, Sydney Opera House, January 1965’ / Jorn Utzon

CORRESPONDENCE
Letters from Jorn Utzon to Ava Hubbe, [1978], November 1981, March 1982, [1982], November 1984. Some letters include attached photographs of Utzon
Letters received from Lin Utzon: 15 June 1983, 5 November 1983, 1 February 1982, 15 Setptember 1982, 16 September 1982
Photographs of crockery design and portrait received from Lin Utzon, 1982-1983.
2 letters from Bitten Daugaard, friend of Jorn Utzon, 5 September and 8 November 1982
Notes from Jan Utzon and with photograph of house designed by Jorn Utzon, [1983]
Copy of letter from R. F. Doust, State Librarian, to Lloyd Martin relating to access permissions of Jorn Utzon for material in the State Library NSW, 14 March 1982
Letter from secretary of Elizabethan Trust Opera Company to The Editor, Sydney Morning Herald,
Other postcards, cards and letters received from friends, 1980-1990s, correspondents include George Dreyfus and Zena Popov (Lin Utzon’s mother-in-law)

NEWS CUTTINGS
Photocopies of articles written by AH relating to SOH, Jorn Utzon and Eugene Goossens, 1983-1992, including Sydney Opera House Monthly Diary (1978, 1980) , The Weekend Australian (1983) and Sydney Morning Herald (1992)
Cuttings of articles written by AH published in Opera Opera being book review of Jorn Utzon biography The Masterpiece (October 1999) and article relating to Opera Australia funding (February 2000)

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE EPHEMERA
Programme from SOH ceremony to commemorate commencement of construction, 2 March 1959
SOH Grand Organ : specification and background notes / edited by Ava Hubble, 1980
SOH Functions booklet [1980s?]
Portrait of Bennelong
Opera Australia 2000 cardboard container
Two tickets to Fall Of the House of Usher Dalgerie, 25 July 1973
Letter from Jim Beachwall, State Press Liaison Officer to Frank Barnes, Manager, SOH asking approval for the services of AH for Opera House opening, 2 October 1973
Price list for SOH auditoria and public areas, 1970s?
Media release for Opera Australia 2001 Melbourne Autumn Season
Sydney Opera House Official Souvenir [for opening], 20 October 1973

MATERIAL RELATING TO EUGENE GOOSSENS
Portrait media photograph of Eugene Goossens and papers relating to The Goossens Celebration at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 26 May 1993
Letter from John Young, son-in-law of Eugene Goossens, to AH with attached synopsis of Renee Goossens book on Eugene Goossens, ca. 1987
Issue of 24 Hours magazine with article The Phantom of The Opera House by AH, June 1989
AH research on Eugene Goossens including photocopies of letters by Goossens, 1940s-1950s
Letter from Martin Sharp to AH, 10 January 1990
2 letters from Ron Todd to AH, SOH stage door security staff, 6 Mar ch 1990
Portrait photograph of Goossens and photograph of bust being presented to SOH by Sir Charles Moses, ca. 1983
AH biographical notes on Goossens

BOX 2

PUBLICATIONS
Hard cover edition of More Than An Opera House / Ava Hubble (Sydney : Lansdowne Press, 1983) with written messages to AH on inside cover
Soft cover edition of More Than An Opera House / Ava Hubble (Sydney : Publicity Dept. Sydney Opera House, 1977) with message to AH on inside cover
Invitation to W.G.T. and T.C.T. Hubble to More Than An Opera House book launch, 20 October 1983
AH financial records, 2005
Bound issues of Monthly diary / Sydney Opera House, Sep. 1973-Dec.1982
‘the most useful Art : Architecture in Australia, 1788-1985’ exhibition catalogue, State Library of New South Wales, 6 August 1985 – 2 March 1986

BOX 3

PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs and drawing of Kuwait Parliament Building designed by Jorn Utzon, ca. 1988
Programmes for Sutherland-Williamson International Grand Opera Company, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 1965 and Royal Gala Performance, Tivoli Theatre, 1954
Mounted photograph of Jorn Utzon in front of Optimist International sign, ca. 1970s
Photographs of Bennelong Point prior and during construction of Opera House, ca. 1870s-1970s
B&W photographs of construction, modelling and interiors of SOH, ca. 1957-1970s, including runners up for design competition and photographs by Max Dupain, John Carnemolla, Jill White and Yukio Futagawa
Photographic portraits of people involved with formation and early years of SOH, 1960s-1970s, including Jorn Utzon (with inscription to AH on verso), Robert Askin, Neville Wran, Stanley Haviland, Ted Farmer, Peter Hall, David Littlemore, Lionel Todd, Prof Dennis Winston, Cobden Parkes, Leslie Martin, Eero Saarinen, Frank Barnes, Stuart Bacon, Ove Arup, John Joseph Cahill
Photographs of official Sydney Opera House opening with Queen Elizabeth II, 20 October 1973
Mounted B&W photograph of Jorn Utzon model of SOH
2 photographs and colour slide of AH at SOH, 1970s
Photographs of personalities and events during Ava Hubble’s time as publicity officer for SOH, 1970s-1980s, including Robert Helpmann, Joan Sutherland, Margot Fontenyn, Lucia di Lammermoor, Luciano Pavarotti, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Callaghan, Rita Hunter, John Kerr, Sir Garfield Barwick, Nellie Melba, Klaus Tenstedt, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, Paul Tortelier, Salvatore Accardo, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Moshe Dayan, Jose Seretorier, Galina Samsova, Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Downes, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax, Bob Hawke

FOLDER 4 (Restricted)
Letter from Lin Utzon to Ava Hubble, 12 February 1983

SLIDES 310
2 slides of Ava Hubble [undated]
Colour transparencies of artwork Five Bells by John Olsen and Bennelong Series by Donald Friend [undated]
Colour transparencies of exterior of SOH by J. Alex Langley [undated]

R 2187
1. Christmas ornament given to Ava Hubble by Jorn Utzon, 1983 / possibly made by Jorn and Lis Utzon
2. Textile print of geometrical construction showing the shells of the major hall [Sydney Opera House], 1961

VT 1514
Series 1: Interview with Ava Hubble produced by Channel 7 upon Opera House’s 10th anniversary, 1983

MLOH 784
Series 2: Ava Hubble sound recordings

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