Marionette Theatre of Australia - records, 1956-1989

ACCESSION RECORD

fonds

1956-1989

441846

23 boxes

Box 1
Correspondence General 1989
Correspondence re Sydney Cove Authority 1989
1987-88 Accounts list of Directors letters of resignation, as well as letters of consent to act as Director
Schools Bookings 1983
Workshop Classes 1983-86 letters of interest from students and prospective puppetry teachers
National Puppetry Forum 1985 nominations for attendance, UNIMA correspondence
Box 2
Contracts 1984-87
Correspondence Sponsors 1984-86
Fundraising 1986
Strategy Plan for Building Redevelopment Feb 1987
Commercial Orders 1987
Company Meetings 1987-88
Puppetry Debate 1986 findings of National Puppetry Forum inc. report on formation of a National Puppeteers Association
Box 3
Financial Records 1988
Memorandum of Association
Agreements 1988
Group Certificates 1988
Financial Reports & Directors Reports 1986-88
Mailing List 1988
Management Accounts 1988
Conditions of Australia Council Grant 1988
Grant Submissions 1976-81
AETT Entrepreneurial Activities 1976-81
General Correspondence and Press Releases 1988
AETT Payroll Records 1957-64
Box 4
Grant Application for Playwright in Residence 1989
Mime What You Say 1988-89 press release and newspaper cuttings, designs
The Professor 1988 budget
Funding Applications 1989
Green Thumb Theatre press releases and associated material for Canadian company hosted by MTA
Puppet Power 1981-86 touring schedules, script, school questionnaire results, correspondence and contracts
Showing Off 1985 touring schedule
Financial Matters 1988
Management Accounts 1985, 1987-88
Liquidation Papers
Box 5
Sponsorship Proposals 1988-89
Scripts inc Kakadu 1988, Life on Mars, Asylum, Robyn Archers Songs from Sideshow Alley (first draft), Megalomania, Smiles Away, General Macarthur in Australia, Puss in Boots, The Professor (plus submissions), Calvin the Crocodile, Aussie Rules, The Mysterious Potamus, Bottersnikes and Gumbles, Mr Punchs Bicentennial Pantomime 1989, Thats The Way To Do It, Aesops Fables, The Magic Pudding (inc. 1st and 2nd versions of Peter Scrivens adaptation (1960), and another later version)
Box 6
Box Office Receipts 1988
General Macarthur in Australia lighting plans, cue sheets
Minutes 1987-88 financial year
Royalties Record 1986-88
Programmes and Posters
Copy of Manipulation (puppetry journal), vol 6 no 11 March 1986 inc. reports from National Puppetry Forum
Copy of Pix June 30 1956 article on The Tintookies with lots of pictures
Paper patterns for Mimi and Vamakkon from Kakadu
Box 7
Aesops Fables Folder 1983
Day Files 1980-83
Box 8
The Sailors Home Theatre Impact 1984 A Marketing and Public Relations Project for the Sailors Home Theatre (student project by Sydney School of Technology)
Day Files 1984-86
Box 9
Photographs inc. photos from Rubbish film shoot; negatives from Puppet Pudding film shoot; 1 negative of Norman Lindsay self-portrait (etching?); The Wind in the Willows proof sheets 1986; Pinocchio 1987; The Magic Pudding 1988, inc. publicity shots of Max Gillies and Gordon Chater posing with the puppets; Asylum production photos, with Ralph Cotterill; negatives of puppeteer Tina Matthews with puppets; extensive collection of early Magic Pudding publicity photos (string version), some with puppeteers and some with children; photos of 1975 Tintookies, party shots and production photographs; pre-1969 Tintookies photographs and shots of recording sessions; two 10x8s of Peter Scriven, one posing with clown puppet; photos of Yakshagana Puppets (visiting show); Tales from Noonameena; Roos photos; colour photos of Sailors Home Theatre; photos of Murray Raine Puppets.
Box 10
Programmes and Posters inc. original Tintookies and Magic Pudding programmes, Tintookies Return poster for Sydney opera House season, programmes from Malaysia, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka seasons
Tintookie Fanclub Material inc. copy of Tintookie Times 1975, Tintookie Fanclub Membership Certificate, Happy Birthday Card from the Tintookies
Box 11
The Wind in the Willows touring schedules, designs, notes, colouring competition entries and letters from students
The Mysterious Potamus Stage Managers script and notes, schedules, designs
The Magic Pudding 1988 show and tour Stage Managers reports
The Professor and Greek Conspiracy designs, scripts, cuesheets, notes
Asylum 1986 reviews and poster
Contracts 1977-78
Accounts July 1984
Box 12
Accounts 1982-85
Employment Applications 1979-85
Sydney Opera House Trust 1981-82
AETT/Adam Salzer File inc correspondence and AETT information for early 1990s, 1990 edition of Front Row (AETT magazine), Australian Business Support for the Arts (ABSA) Council Meeting Report 28/12/1990 (Salzer CEO), proposals prepared by Salzer for SBW Foundation and Potter Foundation for future funding of Bell Shakespeare Company
Box 13
Accounts, Budgets and Tax Records 1984-88
Employment Records 1979-83
Box 14
AETT/Adam Salzer File inc. Tax Deductibility 1989, Litigation file, files relating to dispute over Chalwin Estate, Proposal to set up Musicians Retraining Programme, Independent Theatre Trust matters (inc. correspondence with North Sydney Council and fundraising)
Manipulation paste-up of Oct 1986 edition
The Magic Pudding a few newspaper articles from 1988
Box 15
Employment Contracts K-Z 1977-83
Sailors Home Building Maintenance 1981-84
Accounts 1987
Sponsorship Proposals 1988-89
Membership 1979-83
Provident Fund 1977-82
Box 16
Legal Matters inc. Norman Lindsay contract
Employment Contracts A-J 1977-83
Touring 1988
Puppetry Forum Steering Committee Papers 1985
Minutes 1987
MTA Newsletters June & September 1981
Box 17
Commercial Orders 1981-86
Australian International Puppetry Festival Jan 21-30 1983
Insurance 1984-86
Taxation 1984-85
Employees 1980-86 inc. job applications, terms of employment, letters of resignation, staff meetings
Income Tax Instalment Declarations 1987-88
Box 18
Board Information
Australia Council Correspondence 1984-85
Proposal for Bicentennial Project
Misc. Material inc. information relating to Steve J. Spears Spears and Shakespeare
Box 19
Board Meetings 1984-85
Alexander Bunyip designs for ABC programme, 1983
Bottersnikes and Gumbles 1982-83 script, letters, budget, tours
Solicitors (Dawson Waldron) File 1981-83
Cultural Grants 1979-81
Box 20
Fundraising 1981-85
Australia Council 1986-89
Publicity 1980-86
Box 21
The Wind in the Willows 1986 initial script and design concepts through to final theatre bookings
Ministry Correspondence 1985-87
Australia Council 1979, 1981-82
Box 22
Proposed Tour of Vietnamese Water Puppets 1985
Pinocchio Discovery Exhibition for Adelaide Festival Centre 1988
Board of Management 1980-88
Accounts 1987-88
Opera House Puppet Exhibition 1982 inc. letters of application, details of puppets, final entry list
Box 23
The Mysterious Potamus 1977-80 inc. negotiations with Sergei Obratsov over possible Soviet production
The Magic Pudding 1979-80
ABSA/AETT/Independent Theatre File
List prepared by David Tredinnick in July 2004

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