establish a fund with The Trust company for the attribution of an annual $10,000 "Max Afford Playwrights' Award" and a $7,500 "Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award". Her designs are collected in the State Library of South Australia, the State Library of New South Wales and the Fryer Library at the University of Queensland. Professional associates George Bell Kester Berwick Charles Chauvel Elsa Chauvel Agnes Dobson Doris Fitton Pierre Fornari Ken G. Hall Alan Harkness Robert Helpmann J.C. Williamson Publications Bibliography Thelma Afford's designs for stage and television. Papers of Max and Thelma Afford, 1912–1987, UQFL184, Album 3, Fryer Library, University of Queensland Library. Ritchie, J. "Max Afford", Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.13. Melbourne, 2002. "Awake my Love by Max Afford", Drama and the School issue 21. Sydney, NSW: C. Felton, 1960. Archives State Library of New South Wales. Portfolio of 216 original watercolour sketches by Thelma Afford, 11 with fabric samples. Includes 32 black and white and sepia photographs of finished designs. PX*D 330/ff.1-253. State Library of New South Wales. Thelma Afford - papers, 1931–1995. MLMSS 7769. State Library of New South Wales. Thelma Afford further papers, 1937–1972. MLMSS 8408. References External links The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online Women & Politics in South Australia Thelma Afford Award Currency Press AustLit Thelma Afford interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection – audio recording 1907 births 1996 deaths Australian costume designers Australian stage actresses Australian fashion journalists Journalists from New South Wales People from Broken Hill, New South Wales Australian women journalists 20th-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian journalists 20th-century Australian actresses