Correspondence, c.1951-2004
- Component identifier:
- Series 1
- Content Summary:
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Contains letters and cards, photographs, press cuttings and ephemera. There is a wide range of correspondence, but most is brief or business-like.
An exception is a group of letters (folder 2) written by Richard Meale to his mother while he was in the United States and Europe in 1960-1961. He had been awarded a grant to participate in the Young Artists Project, administered by the Institute of Education and funded by the Ford Foundation.
Folders 1-4 (which were originally one large untitled folder) contain papers other than correspondence. However this material was placed in the correspondence series as the letters from Meale to his mother were considered the most significant component.
Where folders had originally been labelled, these titles have been retained. Some of these titles appear to have been given by Meale, and others by the Curator of Music at the time of packing the papers, in consultation with Meale. The archivist has titled folders where there was no existing title.
The series is arranged chronologically.
Correspondence is also contained in other series, including Series 2, Series 4, Series 8 and Series 10.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The majority of the records appear to have been created or collected by Richard Meale. The papers were transferred to the Library in six accessions (instalments) throughout 2004, with three transferred directly from Meale. The remaining three were transferred by associates and friends of Meale - two former students and Meale's former agent, Barbara Mobbs. It does not appear that any of these custodians rearranged or added to the records during their period of custodianship. The papers from Barbara Mobbs comprise letters from Patrick White to Meale. They were received at the same time as another collection MS 10106, which also relates to Richard Meale. All six accessions were acquired from Meale in 2004. Further papers were transferred by Amanda Meale in 2010.
- Subjects:
- Performing arts
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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