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BOX 2
1. [Last night of the stars of the Royal Ballet with the Borovansky Ballet, Her Majesty's, 1957] / Boris Cook
2-3. [Eliza in ballgown and Ascot gavotte scene, My fair lady]
4-5. [Camelot float in a Moomba or Waratah Festival procession]
6. [Woman principal in costume, Camelot, 1964]
7. [Actress dressed as a nurse with an admissions book] / Hugh Fisher
BOROVANSKY BALLET SCENES, 1952-1956 / [PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROYCE REES]
8-14. Corrida, Giselle, La Boutique fantasque, Petrouchka, Aurora's wedding (The Sleeping princess), Chiaroscuro, Francesca da Rimini, The Nutcracker

BOX 3
1-16. The Black Swan, Symphonie fantastique, Gay Rosalinda, The Outlaw, Petrouchka, Candide, The Three devils [Los tres diablos], Terra australis, La Boutique fantasque, Beau Danube, Francesca da Rimini, The Nutcracker, L'Amour ridicule, Chiaroscuro, The Eternal lovers, Coppelia, Scheherazade, Corrida, Prince Igor

Item 03: Borovansky Ballet ; My fair lady ; Camelot, 1952-ca. 1970

Many photonegatives in the collection were for theatre programs and publicity for JC Williamson and the Playbill programs of the Tivoli Circuit (never credited). Rees's montages for Borovansky Ballet were only briefly credited. About 20 of his images appear in: Entertaining Australia : an illustrated history / edited by Katharine Brisbane.  Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. 
A detailed Contents List is available at ON 192, Mitchell Library

Royce Rees collection of Sydney theatre photonegatives, 1946-1967

Jean Garling Portraits (Nos. 1-38)
1-28. Studio portraits and photographs including photographs by Dorothy Welding, Catherine Ainsworth, John Lee, and John Hearder, 1907-1998 
29-38. Jean Garling studio portraits [in theatrical poses and costume].  Includes Les Sylphides costume, Lightfoot Burlakov Ballet, and photographs by Raymond G. Sawyer, ca. 1927-1937 
Theatrical Costume (Nos. 39-55)
39-55. Jean Garling and companions [in theatrical poses as dancers and in fancy dress costume]. Includes Jean as Ugly Sister in Cinderella (1936), a cat from Peter and the Wolf at an Opera Ball (1951?), and photographs by Nickolai Ross, ca. 1930-1950
Performances & Rehearsals (Nos. 56-78)
56-59. Amateur productions featuring Jean Garling including Coppelia
60. Petrouchka, 1936 [Monte Carlo Russian Ballet?]
61-77. [Professional productions of the Borovansky Ballet including  Le Beau Danube;  Terra Australis, 1946;  Les Sylphides;  L'Amour ridicule, 1951;  The Sleeping Princess;  La Boutique Fantasque;  the Black Swan;  and unidentified productions with Mary Duchesne]
78. Voyageur, featuring Jean Karin and Antonio Rodrigues [Victorian Ballet Guild?]
Family (Nos. 79-133)
79-133. Includes individual portraits, wedding photographs, and groups of the Garling and Stuart families. Includes photographs by Howard Harris and Dorothy Welding
Jean Garling with Friends and Acquaintances (Nos. 134-188)
134-188. Photographs at various functions and with friends 
Group Portraits (Nos. 189-209)
189-209. Includes photographs of Jean Garling and nurses [Australian Army Medical Women's Service], graduation, female golfers, trip to Jenolan Caves, Grafton Quota Club, the billeting of Kathleen Lamb and Jean Wood to the home of Reverend Morton, and the Soropitimist Club of Sydney 
Individuals Portraits (Nos. 210-241)
210-241. Individual portraits some of which are signed including Rowena Jackson, La Meri, Alfred Hooper, Addie Rudder, and Sam Steward
Albums (Nos.242-244)
242. 'Glimpses of Orange' (6 photoprints) 
243. Jean Garling's family, friends, and holidays (91 photoprints) 
244. Holidays, sporting teams, Women's College University, and family and friends, ca. 1922-1929 (163 photoprints)
Drawings, Painting, and Print (Nos. 245-249)
245-246. Oil painting and pastel drawing of Jean Garling as a young woman
247. Swan Lake relief print by Enid Dickson, 1951
248-249. Silhouettes of Jean Garling by S. John Ross
Ephemera (Nos. 250-251)
250. Australian Society of Authors Ltd Certificate of Membership, 1976
251. Thanksgiving Service for the life of Jean Garling, program, 1998

Jean Garling : pictorial material including studio portraits and ephemera, ca. 1896-1998

1. Dorothy Stevenson in L'Amour ridicule, Borovansky Ballet, 1952 / F.Mouleu [Moulen, Mouler ?]
2. Dorothy Stevenson as Lilac Fairy in Sleeping princess, Borovansky Ballet, 1952 / F.Mouleu [Moulen, Mouler ?] 
3. Paul Grinwis and Kathleen Gorham as "The Eternal Lovers" (Romeo & Juliet);  ballet by Paul Grinwis;  permiere with Borovansky Ballet, 1952 / F.Mouleu [Moulen, Mouler ?]
4. John Auld in L'Amour ridicule, Borovansky Ballet, 1952 / F.Mouleu [Moulen, Mouler ?]
5. Farewell to Borovansky, 1952 Season;  l to r - Valde W., Bruce Morrow, Jack Manuel, Paul Gnatt, K.Gorham, K.Hurtweg, Frank Long, Chas. Boyd, Audrey McKenzie, Arthur
6. Farewell night, Borovansky season, Empire Theatre, 1952;  l to r - P.Hammond, P.Gnatt, K.Gorham, C.Boyd, M.Zloch
7. John's last night! Boutique fantasque, Borovansky Ballet, 1952;  l to r - Sandra Vane, Joan Osborne, John Auld, Borovansky
8. Kathie in Boutique fantasque
9. Dorothy's last Prelude (unforgettably beautiful);  taken in front of decor to Black Swan
10. On stage curtain down! After the presentation of farewell gifts to Dotty &  Paul - nylon nightie & pyjame [which they wear]
11. Kathie Gorham, actress, in Alice in Wonderland, play, Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney -- "Once again good / luck & love / Kathie or / am I Alice?"
12. Edna [Busse in Swan Lake] -- "Dicky dear / 
13. "To / Enid / Dickson / with my / regards / Edna Busse"
14a-b. Dottie leaving Empire Theatre with niece amid matinee fans
15. "Herald reporter", John Auld's impromptu number at his flat;  also, Billy Stevenson, F.Treuthardt, Paul Treuthardt, Ken Gillespie
16. John's picnic, midnight on the rocks, Bondi;  Treuty, Helene ffrance, Dickie
17. Trunoff as the Golden slave / Rimis, London

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Item 03: Borovansky Ballet ; My fair lady ; Camelot, 1952-ca. 1970

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Royce Rees collection of Sydney theatre photonegatives, 1946-1967

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Jean Garling : pictorial material including studio portraits and ephemera, ca. 1896-1998

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Enid Dickson - Photographs [the red album], ca. 1940-1952

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