• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH004196

Papers of Margaret Lasica, 1935-1997 [manuscript]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
  • Reference MS 9892; Acc08.138; MS Acc10.092
  • Date Range 1935 - 1997
  • Description

    MS 9892 comprises professional and personal papers documenting Lasica’s involvement with a variety of Australian dance companies, her professional reading, and the Modern Dance History Project and Archive. The most extensive components of the collection are those relating to the Modern Dance Ensemble, and the Modern Dance History Project and Archive initiated by Lasica. The collection includes photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, administrative records, photocopied articles and transcripts of oral history recordings (12 boxes, 6 fol. boxes, 1 elephant fol. item). The Acc08.138 instalment includes video tape reels (20 x 5 in., 4 x 7 in.) and audio tape reels (148 x 7 in., 6 x 10 in.). Most tapes are labelled either on their container or on the reel itself. Audio tapes appear mostly to contain music recordings (15 boxes). The Acc10.092 instalment comprises three mini VHS tapes. Two tapes are labelled as “Margaret Walker Celebration, 18 January, 1997”; one tape unlabelled (1 packet).

  • Quantity 0 8.72 m
  • Access Available for research. Not for loan.
  • Finding Aid Finding aid available online and in the Special Collections Reading Room.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Lasica, Margaret (1926 - 1993)