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| Title: | Hammond, Joan, Dame; Papers, [manuscript]. 1928-1994 (bulk 1983-1993) |
| Reference: | MS 8648 |
| Date Range: | 1928 - 1994 |
| Creator: | Hammond, Joan Hood (1912 - 1996) |
| Description: | Diaries, correspondence, biographical notes, concert programs, scrapbooks, press cuttings, photographs, music scores, teaching material for the Victorian College of the Arts, speeches and other papers. The papers relate mainly to Dame Joan's career as an opera singer and teacher, but also cover such topics as: Presbyterian Ladies College, Pymble; the loss of Dame Joan's house in the 1983 Ash Wendesday bushfires; the Australian Opera; the Victoria State Opera; golf; and Dame Joan's friendship with Lolita Marriott. |
| Quantity: | 19 boxes (2.66 m) |
| Access: | Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Finding Aid: | Finding aid (11 p.) available in Manuscript Reading Room |
| Online Finding Aid: | National Library of Australia, 'Papers of Dame Joan Hammond', in Finding Aids Manuscripts, http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms8648. [ Details ] |
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| Title: | Letters of Dame Joan Hammond, Geelong, to H. S. Young, Sydney |
| Reference: | MS 9704 |
| Creator: | Hammond, Joan Hood (1912 - 1996) |
| Description: | The letters, dated November and December 1967, are addressed to the Superintendent, Radio Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Sydney. Miss Hammond refers to her application for an Australian Ship Station Licence for the British registered ship, 'Pankina', moored at Church Point, Sydney. Miss Hammond and companion Miss Marriott lived aboard the ship. |
| Quantity: | 3 items (3 p. in 1 folder) |
| Access: | Available for reference. Not for loan. |
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| Title: | Papers of Kenneth Russell Henderson |
| Reference: | MS 7111 |
| Date Range: | 1976 - 1978 |
| Description: | Correspondence, typescript of articles, press cutting, photographs relating to attempts to set up a music scholarship fund in honour of Winifred Burston. The initiators of the fund were Canberra musicians Larry Sitsky, Alan Jenkins and Ken Henderson. Correspondents include Marjorie Hesse and Dame Joan Hammond (photocopy only). |
| Quantity: | 3 folders (0.06 m) |
| Access: | Available for reference. Not for loan. |
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