Mer de Glace: autograph manuscript - prologue-Act I, Scene II and notebooks, 1991

Component identifier:: File 103
Content Summary:: A mixture of both original and photocopied autograph manuscripts from parts of the opera, that is, from the Prologue to Act I, Scene III. Also included in this folder is some loose manuscript paper and music notebooks with some draft autograph manuscript music relating to Mer de Glace.
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.

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Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia