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Collections held by the Kent Archives Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1768-1945

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Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes:

Papers of Kurt Herweg

(4 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes)
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Collection comprises manuscript music scores and parts composed by Kurt Herweg, correspondence between Herweg and Music Print Corportion relating to the purchase and import of the 'Musicwriter', as well as press reviews and newspaper cuttings. Many of the music scores are for The Tintookies, an Australian musical comedy by Peter Scriven with music by Kurt Herweg, and dialogue and lyrics by Hal Saunders.
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Papers of Ric Throssell, c1860-2002

6.57 metres (43 boxes)
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MS 8071 comprises playscripts, drafts of autobiography and other writings in addition to correspondence, research material and other documents relating to Ric Throssell's work as a playwright and author. There are also papers relating to Throssell's career and security classification problems in the Department of Foreign Affairs, the life and work of his mother Katharine Susannah Prichard and of his father Hugo Throssell, and to his involvement with the Canberra Repertory Society (31 boxes).
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Papers of Luke Styles, 1976-2020

(10 ms boxes , 4 large folio boxes, 44 digital carriers, 7 audiovisual carriers)
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Includes works composed by Styles, handwritten and typeset, and related correspondence, together with photographs, concert programs, diaries, newspaper articles/reviews; there is a hard-drive of digital material including text documents, images, music and videos.
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Tamworth, New South Wales : geographic ephemera collected by the National Library of Australia, N.D.

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Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.
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Records of the Irish National Association of Australasia, 1917-2019

(73 MS boxes + 6 medium folio boxes + 1 Box (Rolled Items - Large) + 2 packets)
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The collection comprises the archive of the Irish National Association of Australasia, that was consolidated and catalogued as part of a project to write the history of the organisation from its founding in 1915 until 2015, and offers an insight into the social, political and cultural life of Irish Australians in Sydney and NSW. The collection includes includes hand written minutes, administrative documents, photographs, event programs and realia.
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Papers of Marcie Muir relating to Katie Langloh Parker, c. 1838 to 2000

0.78 metres (5 ms boxes + 1 file)
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Comprises papers relating to Katie Langloh Parker's research and publication of the myths and legends of the Narran River Aborigines in the late 1800s, considered one of the earliest examples of a European Australian documenting Aboriginal culture in a serious manner. In 1940 Langloh Parker's archive was purchased by Harry Muir. His wife, Marcie Muir, used the archive to publish a biography of Langloh Parker in the 1980s. The remaining papers in the collection consist mainly of Muir's research, drafts and correspondence relating to this publication.