Personal Items
- Component identifier:
- Series 2
- Content Summary:
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This series includes diplomas and certificates, reports from singing school, public relations material, and personal copies and invitations to the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Certificates and diplomas include a certificate of appointment as Officer in the Cadet Corps of the Commonwealth (1918); a diploma from the Federal Institute of Accountants (1925); a University of Adelaide diploma conferring a degree as Associate in Music (1926); and progress reports from the Weber-Doublas School of Singing in London (1931-1932).
Public relations material comprises printed biographical pamphlets containing press reviews and typed drafts of the same.
Items on the coronation of King George VI include a printed list of Coronation Choir members, an entrance pass, a program of the service, the music score, and a covering letter with instructions. Items on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II include a covering letter with instructions, an admittance pass to the rehearsal and a tag, a typed procession order, a claim form for reimbursement of expenses, admittance pass to the ceremony, a printed list of music and musicians, a document commanding the wearing of an accompanying medal (not in the collection), and the music score. There is also a souvenir programme of the coronation opera in 1953.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were presented to the National Library of Australia by Arnold Matters in 1983.
- Names:
- Matters, Arnold
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1069909).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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