ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0222 Arts Council of Australia ACT Division Edythe Butler Papers
Scope and contents notes
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Call Number |
HMSS 0222 |
| Collection |
Arts Council of Australia ACT Edythe Butler Papers |
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Date Range |
1953-1992 |
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Quantity |
0.9m (5 manuscript boxes) |
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Access Conditions |
open |
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Copying Conditions |
with attribution |
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Related Collections |
HMSS 0334 Arts Council of Australia ACT Branch, Social Committee Papers HMSS 0113 Community Literature Office, Arts Council of the ACT |
Bruce E Butler, a CSIRO soil scientist, and his wife, Edythe, were active in the Arts Council movement in Australia from the 1950s.
While living in Deniliquin, NSW, where Edythe was a librarian at the local public library, they were instrumental in the formation of the Arts Council Denliquin Branch in 1953. On moving to Canberra, ca 1955, they became involved in the arts and in 1962 Bruce was the first secretary of the ACT Branch of the Arts Council of Australia, a position he held until 1967 and which he later resumed.
Both Bruce and Edythe remained active in the ACT Branch all their lives, serving on boards and committees.
Edythe was the founding president of Pro Musica in Canberra and is remembered by the Edythe Butler Memorial Perpetual Trophy awarded at the National Eisteddfod.
These records were given to local historian Lyall Gillespie for safekeeping and donated by his son, Neil, to the ACT Heritage Library following Lyall's death.
Records of the Arts Council of Australia ACT Branch are also held by the National Library of Australia.
Box List
| Box No. | Description | Quantity | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Arts Council of Australia ACT, Incorporated, A Record of Ten Years Activity 1962-1972, 1973. |
1 copy | 1997 |
| 1 |
Opera Photographs Colour and black and white prints of operatic performances in Canberra. Most are not identified or dated but includes Coronation of Poppea, June 1985, La Boheme, August 1986 and Acis and Galatea, October 1985. |
1 envelope | 1985-1986 |
| 1 |
Circulars from Arts Council of Australia Federal Secretariat |
1 file | 1972-1973 |
| 1 |
Ephemera Arts Council of Australia ACT Division programmes, invitations, newscuttings and circulars for arts events in Canberra |
1 file | 1969-1975, 1983 |
| 1 |
“Chopin: a Group Experience” Correspondence, promotional ephemera and other administrative records concerning organising this musical recital by students of the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music |
1 file | 1983-1984 |
| 1 |
Board Records Arts Council of Australia ACT Division minutes, agenda, reports, submissions, ephemera and financial statements – annual accumulations, mostly arranged in reverse chronological order. |
5 files |
1975-1976 |
| 1 |
Diaries Arts Council of Australia ACT Division summary record of events and functions, including manuscript minutes of committees and correspondence registers |
2 volumes |
1967-1971 1971-1977 |
| 2 |
Arts Council of Australia NSW Division Papers of Bruce and Edythe Butler concerning the formation of Arts Council branches in Deliquin and Canberra. |
1 file | 1963-1955 |
| 2 |
Arts Council: Federal, ACT early days |
1 file | 1962-1967 |
| 2 |
Board Records |
1962-1968 1968-1970 |
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| 2 |
Publicity and Membership |
1 file | 1962-1969 |
| 2 |
Minutes of Federal Executive, Arts Council of Australia |
1 file |
1969 |
| 1 |
Board Records |
7 files |
1970-1973 1973-1976 1977-1978 1978-1982 1979-1980 1980-1981 1982 |
| 4 |
Board Records |
3 files |
1982-1983 |
| 4 |
Minutes |
2 files |
1987-1992 |
| 5 |
Federal Executive, Arts Council of Australia Reports and Ciruclars |
1 file |
1968-1969 |
| 5 |
Membership Applications |
1 file |
1973-1974 |
| 5 |
Lunchtime and Twilight Concerts |
1 file |
1977-1984 |
| 5 |
Annual Reports |
1 file |
1962-1971 |
| 5 |
Miscellaneous documents
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1 file |
1975-1983 |