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| About the Collection | |
| The Gordon Hodgson Collection | |
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Performing
Arts History |
The Collection was started as a hobby by Gordon Hodgson after he was
inspired by his daughter-in-law who performed in local theatre. Because of
his interest in history he had noticed a lack of material on the theatre
while working as a volunteer at the Townsville Museum, and decided to fill
this gap. Four years on he has a room full of material, thousands of
newspaper cutting and programmes from all facets of the performing arts in
the area and it is all filed away meticulously. After hearing of Gordon's
collection other people began to donate memorabilia from theatre that they
had participated in or had attended and so the collection grew. He sees it
as the nucleus of a Performing Arts Museum in Townsville. In Gordon's own
words "I would hate to see the collection end up at the dump after I'm
gone..." so this is why the Society was formed. The foundation members had seen or had known about the Collection and wished to help preserve it for all who have an interest in the performing arts and wish to view it or use it for their own research. The Gordon Hodgson Collection is, at present, still housed at a private residence however, the Society will place pictures and some of the interesting events in the history of the performing arts on this website. This information will be added to as the Society builds its Database of Gordon's collection and we hope eventually to be able to provide on line search facilities of the database so that it will be seen by anyone with an interest in the performing arts. Gordon, now with the Society's help, is continuing to add to his collection, so if you, or any of your friends, have any memorabilia from any of the performing arts we would like to hear from you. We do not want to take away your memories, but we would scan the items of interest that you have and return them to you, or arrange for you to bring them to the Society and we scan them while you wait. If you have a collection of your own built up over the years then please think about donating or, after speaking to your family, having it bequeathed to the Society. See below for contact details or go to the "Contact Us" page |
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