Traditional social dance: correspondence with Peter Ellis, c.1979-2000

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Series 11

Content Summary:

Correspondence with Peter Ellis, a noted Victorian dance musician and folklorist with whom Andrews collaborated on a number of projects, including the Bicentennial publication, Two hundred years of dancing and how to celebrate them (1988). This series consists of papers specifically collated and labelled as correspondence with Ellis when received by the Library. However, further correspondence and material sent by Ellis can also be found in many of the other dance series. Series 11 includes correspondence between Ellis and Andrews, letters received by Ellis containing reminiscences of dancing in Australia and photocopies of dance instructions and music.

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Shirley Andrews bequeathed her papers to Wendy Lowenstein and Lucy Stockdale. The papers were purchased by the Library from Lowenstein and Stockdale in 2002 and 2003 respectively. The audio-visual material held in the Oral History Section was received in 2005 from Stockdale.

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