Ehmer's Puppets collection

Collection

Accession number
34507
Date
[between 1968 and 2015?]
Author / Creator
Ehmer's Puppets
Abstract
Collection of material relating to Ehmer's Puppets, a family-run puppetry company based in Brisbane for over 50 years. The collection includes promotional material, scripts, planning documents, correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings and a t-shirt. Also included are two puppets - a marionette of a skeleton, and a rod puppet depicting Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Scope and content

The photographs depict Bernie and Eileen Ehmer and their puppets at various performances, including the First Festival of Puppetry in Queensland, the 1982 Commonwealth Games and Expo 88. There are scripts and run-sheets for televison programs and live performances, and papers relating to theatre shows, exhibitions, advertising and festivals.

Description
1 photograph album, 3 boxes of papers, a t-shirt, 2 VHS, 2 puppets and a pennant
Guides
A series and item list is available.
Administrative / Biographical history

Ehmer's Puppets began as Remhettes Marionettes and Puppet Productions, and operated from 1956-2014. In that time they created hundreds of puppet characters, devised scripts with music and sound effects, and created performances for theatre, cabaret, television, schools, businesses, shopping centres and festivals. Bernie Ehmer and his wife Eileen Ehmer operated the business from their home in Brisbane, and their son Stephen was also involved for a time. They were also involved in a range of puppetry-related exhibitions, events and festivals.

Copyright status

In copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
34507, Ehmer's Puppets collection, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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