Harold H. Smith architectural drawings, town plans, photographs and realia, ca. 1937-ca. 1986

PXD 1313
PXD 1314
PXD 1315
R 2085
SLIDES 263
ON 531

fonds

ca. 1937-ca. 1986

Graphic Materials, Objects, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Cartographic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Design Drawings

913997

18 slides - lantern
3 photographs - 25.5 x 24 cm. - stereographs
1 design drawing - 20 x 20.5 cm. - gouache
1 stereoscope - 32 mm. lenses; unit approx. 74 x 132 x 25 mm. - 2 lenses in metal mounts joined by a graduated bar
29 negatives - 22 x 17 cm. (largest), 7 x 12 cm. (smallest) - cellulose acetate?
31 architectural drawings - approx. 75 x 107 cm. or smaller - chiefly diazotype
Approx. 58 photographs and 35 architectural drawings (in 4 albums) - blueprints
Approx. 34 photographs - approx. 69 x 42 cm. or smaller - gelatin silver, colour
2 folders of textual material - typescript, computer printout, newscuttings
1 diploma
6 maps - lithograph, diazotype, printed
3 drawings - approx. 36 x 43 cm. - pencil and ink on tracing paper

PXD 1313
4 silver gelatin photographs: Burwood RSL Club, circa 1959; Castlecove Country Club, circa 1964; Fairfield Council Chambers, circa 1962. Max Dupain and Associates, photographer.

Smith Jesse Payne Hunt colour brochure, 1980s

1 album (25 silver gelatin photographs): ‘Harold H. Smith & Associates, Architects’, on cover. Photographs include artist’s bird’s eye representations of plan of Darwin (delt. C. M. Teague); views of Municipal Rest Centre, Bexley; Enfield Hotel; Bernard Hesling mural in hotel interior; Burwood RSL Club; Ambassadors Restaurant; Brighton-le-Sands Hotel; Bankstown Synagogue; North Bondi RSL Club; Smith Residence, Castlecrag; Joseph Residence, Castlecrag

Commonwealth Housing Commission Housing Planning Principles information sheets: 35 blueprints (28 x 22.5 cm.; chiefly textual information with diagrams) in 1 ring binder

5 colour photographs (13 x 17.5 cm.) of Smith Residence, Mosman, and Smith’s holiday cottage, Lawson, NSW

2 colour photoprints of designs for Sydney Opera House competition by Harold H. Smith, and design for exterior screens by Bill Constable (approx. 19 x 25 cm.)

12 silver gelatin photoprints of exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright building (21 x 26 cm.)

2 silver gelatin photographs: views of exterior of Smith Residence, 61 Sunnyside Cres., Castlecrag (21 x 26 cm.)

1 folder titled ‘References. Harold H. Smith, architect‘, containing correspondence, newscuttings and lecture notes, ca. 1937-1961

1 album (6 silver gelatin photographs): views of Castlecove Country Club, Brighton-le-Sands Hotel, Burwood RSL Club, North Bondi RSL Club

Diploma of H. H. Smith’s membership of the Town and Country Planning Institute of Australia, 1 December 1949

1 design drawing: Design for part of stage curtain by Bill Constable (gouache, 20 x 20.5 cm.)

1 photomechanical print: reproduction of sketch of Gate keeper’s Lodge, Botanical Gardens, Sydney, signed Harold Smith. 28 x 21.5 cm.

3 aerial stereographs. Inscription on verso: “Note Redfern Station and Kensington Racecourse & Show ground. Scale 1000’ = 1” or 1:12000”. 25.5 x 24 cm.

1 album (27 photographs): “Harold H. Smith Architect & town planner” on cover. Photographs of development projects and architectural commissions including Campbelltown proposed satellite town, Oyster Bay development scheme, Fairfield Civic Centre building, Dr J Pirie Memorial Baby Health Centre, North Bondi RSL Club, Brighton-le-Sands Hotel, Millers Bexley North Hotel, Cussel residence, Castlecrag, Smith Residence, Castlecrag. Some photographs by David Moore.

3 designs by John Styles for illustrations in "Tops in fashion" magazine. Pencil and ink on tracing paper, approx. 36 x 43 cm. (titled & dated “A Home for You? Design commentary by Harold H. Smith”, July 1947)

2 mounted enlargements of Smith residence, Castlecrag, approx. 40 x 50 cm.

1 folder of textual material, including folder titled “Article - Town planning – new legislation in NSW” by H. H. Smith, 5/7/1963 (typescript and photographs); bound computer printout listing Smith Jesse Payne Hunt obsolete records to 1986?; resumes of H. H. Smith; building contract for 61 Sunnyside Cres, Castlecrag (owner’s copy); schedule for proposed residence, no.12 Julian St, Mosman, March 1978

4 silver gelatin photoprints (found with ON 531), relating to Darwin, Canberra, Rockdale town plans.

2 reports entitled "Darwin" and "Darwin Planning data" (approx. 23 leaves of photocopies and processed typescript, stapled; approx. 35.5 x 36.5 cm.)

PXD 1314
3 silver gelatin enlargements, mounted. Titled on verso:

no. 1. Cussel Residence, Castlecrag, ca.1952 [photograph] / Harold H. Smith, architect & town planner; photograph by Max Dupain. 49.5 x 59.5 cm. Signed by photographer at image lower right

no. 2. Residence, Castlecrag [photograph] / Harold H. Smith, architect & owner; photograph by Max Dupain. 51 x 61 cm.

no. 3. Fairfield Council Chambers [photograph] / [Harold H. Smith, architect]; photograph by Max Dupain. 42 x 69 cm. Ink stamped 'Max Dupain' on verso.

PXD 1315
14 architectural drawings (mostly diazotype; ink and pencil on tracing paper), including proposed hotel premises, Lot 9 Coronation Parade, Enfield, 1953 (2 plans); proposed residence, Portion 747, Beecroft Rd, Beecroft, undated (1 plan); proposed Synagogue, Meredith Street, Bankstown, 1958, amended 1959 (2 plans); proposed residence, Lot 24 Vista Ave, Lawson NSW, July 1976 (5 plans with typed schedule specification); proposed residence, no.12 Julian St Mosman for Mr & Mrs H. H. Smith, 1978 (4 plans).

16 development plans of Canberra. Dept. of Works & Housing, 1945-1946. Most at scale 4 ins to 1 mile. Include proposed community centres, Wakefield Gardens, Ainslie, (2 plans with attached 4-page typescript report), and Haig Park, Turner; and sheet entitled ‘Outdoor games forecast: optimum facilities for adults’.

Darwin zoning plan. Land use. 8/10/45, signed Harold H. Smith.

1 data sheet. Redfern T. P. [Town Plan], June 1959. Smith & Styles, architects.

6 maps (lithograph, diazotype, printed): Tourist map of Canberra (Dept. of the Interior, 1954); Dept. of the Interior maps of Canberra, 1933 and 1943; undated diazotype contour map of Canberra (2’ = 1 mile); planning scheme maps of Kogarah and Rockdale municipalities, prepared by H. H. Smith (H. E. C. Robinson, litho.; no date).

SLIDES 263
18 lantern slides, including Springwood Citizens Group Scheme 1943-1944, Darwin Community Works 1945-1946, Redfern Town Plan 1947-1948.

ON 531
29 negatives (cellulose acetate?). Chiefly relating to town planning including Canberra, Kogarah, Rockdale, 1940s-50s.

R 2085
1 stereoscope. 2 lenses in black metal mounts joined by a graduated bar; folding wire supports. 32 mm. lenses; unit approx. 74 x 132 x 25 mm. Made by E. Esdaile & Sons Sydney, "No. 47216". With brown leather pouch with press stud fastening.

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Presented together with: Valid Architecture / Harold H. Smith (MLMSS 3905); Architectural and town plans and drawings, and photographs, 1952-1984 / Harold Harry Smith (PXD 369)