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Papers of Kenneth Hince, 1782-2012

4.77 metres (24 ms boxes + 4 archives boxes + 1 medium folio box)
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The collection consists of files relating mainly to Hince's work as a music critic in the last thirty years. It includes scores, printed material, ephemera, files and music group discussions notes, plus correspondence, correspondence, both business and private, copies of Hince's own letters, letters from readers, composers, musicians, conductors and musicologists, typescripts of Hince's manuscripts on musicians, papers relating to his music collecting and his judging of music competitions, notes of interviews with notable composers, and substantial files on the ABC, The Age and the Australian.
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Papers of Julie Dyson, 1958-2016

(4 MS boxes + 1 map folio + 1 packet)
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Julie Dyson (AM) is an arts advocate working across several national and international organisations, including as past Chair of the National Advocates for Arts Education and a Global Executive member of the World Dance Alliance. She is the former national director of Ausdance and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007. This collection has been developed by Julie Dyson during the course of her career working in performing arts focusing on dance. It contains personal papers, study notes, teaching materials, dance and ballet programs, clippings, board papers and an artist journal.
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Records of Chrome Performance Group, c. 1976 to 1997

(2 ms boxes)
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Correspondence, photographs, tour itineraries, publicity materials, scene and costume designs, dance and movement routines, and audiovisual items relating to the Chrome Performance Group.
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Papers of John Frederick Uhrstrom and Hylda Trevena Uhrstrom, 1904-1987

(1 MS box + 2 Folders + 3 Pieces)
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The collection contains theatre programs, photographs of performers, post-cards, leather bound song sheets, and autograph books collected during the working life of vaudeville performers Frederick John Uhrstrom and Hylda Trevena Uhrstrom.
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Papers of Anne Edgeworth, 1936-2007

(33 ms boxes + 2 large map folios + 1 folder)
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The collection comprises notebooks, journals and papers written by Anne Edgeworth including published and unpublished poems; correspondence with literary figures, and members of the Edgeworth David family; reviews of theatre productions; university revue scripts and ephemera plus ; a script, with handwritten production notes for 'Born of Fire' the Judith Wright 80th birthday tribute.
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Papers of Gertrud Bodenwieser, 1919-2020

(12 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 outsized phase box + 13 map folios + 1 folio packet + 1 folder)
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The collection held by the Library includes correspondence, photographs, costume designs, programs, press cuttings, publicity material and posters, music scores, writings by Bodenwieser, personal documents, dissertations and publications. The collection documents Bodenwieser's career in modern dance both in Europe and Australia, and the tours and performances of her dance companies Tanzgruppe Bodenwieser and the Bodenwieser Ballet. The collection also documents numerous exhibitions and writings relating to or featuring Bodenwieser, which reflect the continuing appreciation of her talent and influence.
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Papers of Desmond Digby, 1953-2014

21.9 metres (24 MS Boxes; 2 Large Folio Boxes; 1 Medium Folio Box; 15 Map Folios)
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The collection comprises set and costume designs by Desmond Digby for Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet and the Elizabethan Trust Opera including Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1990; original drawings and artwork for the Bottersnikes and Gumbles books by S.A. Wakefield; scrapbooks, personal and professional correspondence, photographs and memorabilia including the program for Joan Sutherland's role debut in Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden, 1959.
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Papers of the Colleano Family, 1922-1950

0.3 metres (2 ms boxes)
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The collection comprises personal and professional records of various members of the Colleano family, who performed as "Colleano's All Star Circus" in Australia and internationally in the early twentieth century. The collection, derived from the contortionist Rubye Mae Colleano (née Browne), wife of Con Colleano's brother James Bonar Colleano Snr (1893-1957), includes correspondence, professional agreements, material re. Captain Geoffrey Wikner's Halifax flight to Australia, receipts, programmes, press cuttings, and approx. 500 photographs. The photographs include studio portraits of Colleano family members, inscribed photographs of theatrical entertainers, postcards, and family photographs including parties, holidays, aircraft, sports and pets.

Papers of Peter Gelling, c1980-2018

19 MS boxes, 1 map folio, 3 digital carriersPlus 4 MS box and 3 medium folio boxes (now rehoused)
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This collection comprises papers relating to Gelling's career as an independent musician in Australia. Included is correspondence, business papers, sheet music, drafts of compositions, drafts of music instruction books, financial records, photographs relating to the band 'Blind Freddy', and ephemera.
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Papers of John Hopkins, 1950s-2013

2.7 metres (9 ms boxes + 3 medium folio boxes)
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Papers relating to conductor and musicologist John Raymond Hopkins AM OBE, including correspondence; press clippings; scores; personal diaries; Victoria College of the Arts teaching programs; personal reflections on the music industry in Australia; and a school report.
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