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Langer, Karl, 1903-1969 Series English
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Queensland landscape architecture history research projects

Correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs and drafts relating to Malcolm Bunzli's assistance with research on the history of landscape architecture in Queensland and Karl Langer.

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Printed email correspondence and handwritten and typed interview preparation notes relating to an interview with Malcolm Bunzli and friend and fellow landscape architect George Williams, facilitated by documentarian Margaret McHugh on behalf of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), for AILA's 50th anniversary in 2016.

Typed transcript of an audio interview recorded in 2018, 104 minutes in length, with George Williams ('Male 1') and Malcolm Bunzli ('Male 2') as interviewees, and possibly Andrew Saniga as the facilitator, in which they discuss Malcolm and George's respective careers, Karl Langer, Harry Oakman, James Birrell, Roger Johnson, Neil Thyer and other architects, as well as the evolution of landscape architecture education at the Queensland University of Technology. Some handwritten annotations in pen.

Colour photograph, 10 x 16 cm, possibly taken in 2018, of Malcolm Bunzli, George Williams and Malcolm's wife Dorothy.

Printed email correspondence between Andrew Saniga and Malcolm in 2018, as well as Malcolm's typed curriculum vitae.

Typed brief biography for Malcolm Bunzli, with some corrections in pen.

Malcolm's handwritten notes in pen, possibly created in preparation for the interview with George Williams and Andrew Saniga, about various Queensland architects and their projects.

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Printed email correspondence from 2019 between Andrew Saniga and Malcolm, as well as typed drafts of Andrew Saniga and Andrew Wilson's chapter titled 'In a league of his own : Karl Langer's landscape Australia' for 2021 publication Karl Langer : Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics.

Bunzli, Malcolm

Papers from the Gertrude Langer estate

There is material associated with or acquired during the finalising of the estate of Gertrude Langer, which John Riedel assisted with. It includes a diary, correspondence relating to the Langer's, eulogies and notes about Gertrude Langer, a copy of her will, newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

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Item 1
1939 diary belonging to Gertrude Langer. Handwritten notes begin from July 21. July 27 is the day the Langer's arrived in Brisbane.

Folder 1
There are thirty six colour photographs which include photographs of: Gertrude Langer on holidays, the memorial seat and Rhyl Hinwood sculpture of Gertrude Langer (1986), Ute Heinen who wrote his thesis on Gertrude Langer; and photographs taken by John Riedel when he went to the Langer house after the death of Gertrude (1984). There are twenty black and white photographs of Karl and Gertrude Langer. Many of the photographs are undated. Some dates from 1935 to 1959.

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Tributes etc from people and organisations, Langer Memorial Committee papers and correspondence, eulogies, newspaper cuttings, copy of will,

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Notes made by John Riedel when he sorted through the Langer house at St.Lucia in 1984. 37 leaves. Includes 12 photographs.

Langer, Gertrude, 1908-1984