Papers of Arthur Dicks, ca. 1930-1994

MLMSS 9000/Boxes 1-12
MLMSS 9000/Boxes 13X-17X
PXD 1347
SLIDES 279

fonds

ca. 1930-1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Photographs, Posters, Clippings, Ephemera, Drawings, Notated Music, Moving Images

153447

4.13 metres of textual and graphic material (12 boxes and 5 outsize boxes)
16 drawings - 65 x 52 cm. or smaller - watercolours, pencil, other
16 posters - 69 x 58 cm. or smaller - printed
6 slides - 7 x 7 cm. - lantern, col.
10 film reels

Arthur Dicks came to Sydney in 1970 to develop the Production Course at NIDA after success in London as a commercial artist and theatre designer. In 1975 he left NIDA and worked with the Old Tote and the WA ballet company before joining the Q Theatre as Associate Director and Head of Design in the late 70s. In 1990 he formed the In The Pink Theatre Company and produced and designed plays which sometimes had a gay thread to them. He died in 1994

Reference:
Library correspondence file

MLMSS 9000
Box 1
Correspondence, references, school exercise books, birthday and Christmas cards, union card, passports and other personal effects/papers, 1940s-1990s

Box 2
Various documents, ca. 1970s-1990s:
'NIDA file' of photographs of students, annual reports, progress reports
'Guardian cuttings' of theatre reviews from the Guardian Weekly
'Cuttings' of theatre reviews
'Dance seminar', 1974
'In the Pink', regarding a season of gay plays, 1990
'Letters out 1971', in his capacity as head of the Production Course at NIDA
File including personal CV and newspaper clippings
File regarding theatre props
File regarding history of Hackney, London, UK

Box 3
Theatre programs by title, A-C, ca. 1970s-1990s

Box 4
Theatre programs by title, D-H, ca. 1970s-1990s

Box 5
Theatre programs by title, I-M, ca. 1950s-1980s

Box 6
Theatre programs by title, N-R, ca. 1970s-1980s

Box 7
Theatre programs by title, S-U, ca. 1960s-1980s

Box 8
Theatre programs by title, V-Z, and miscellaneous programs, ca. 1940s-1980s

Box 9
Miscellaneous programs

Box 10
Personal and professional photographs, slides, photograph album

Box 11
Personal and professional photographs, negatives, photograph albums, sheet music

Box 12
Slides

Box 13X
Personal and professional photographs, 1940s-1990s

Box 14X
Posters of theatre productions, 1970s-1980s

Box 15X
Art work from correspondence course onwards; commercial advertising art work; costume designs, 1950s-1990s

Box 16X
(Mainly) Costume designs, 1960s-1990s

Box 17X
Stage plans, 1960s-1990s

PXD 1347
Box 1
Posters of theatre productions, 1950s-1980s

Box 2
(Mainly) Costume designs, 1960s-1990s

SLIDES 279
Slides, lantern slides, negatives

VT 1857-VT1858, VT 5278- VT5285

Film reels:

Item 1: Festival of Britain (VT 1857).
Item 2: Two men at the beach (VT 1858).
Item 3: Travel home movie, two men walking (VT 5278).
Item 4: Film noir art film (VT 5279).
Item 5: Walt Disney presents Mickey Mouse Canary Capers (VT 5280).
Item 6: June Bride and other footage (VT 5281).
Item 7: Art film, film noir, crosses and children (VT 5282).
Item 8: At the zoo (VT 5286-VT 5284).
Item 9: Home movies, London, theatre, rock and roll dancing, teenagers (VT 5285).

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