MS 1007
Papers of John Meredith
Box 1
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Notes on field recordings of Australian folk songs and music made by
John Meredith, 1953-56. |
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NLA receipt for collection of recordings. |
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Folk song transcripts (the Meredith Collection), pp. 1-162 |
Addition 8 March 1985
Box 2
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Letters received by John Meredith ,1955-56, 1981-85 (including Hugh
Anderson, Mary Gilmore, Vance Palmer) |
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Letters received, 1983-85 |
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Correspondence, 1982-84 |
Addition 27 February 1986
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Letters received, 1984-86 |
Addition 25 May 1989
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Letters received, 1986-88; letters from John Meredith to Russel
Ward, 1954-55; folk song background notes and transcript;
miscellaneous cuttings |
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Letters received, 1984-88 |
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Letters received, 1985-88 |
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4 |
Original music copies, bibliography and other notes for Duke Tritton
manuscript |
Box 3
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Correspondence concerning Duke of the out back, 1979-82
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Duke of the out back, drafts (deleted items) |
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Meredith, John |
Duke of the out back, draft (photocopy duplicate) |
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Meredith, John |
Collected and edited by Send round the hat; Duke Tritton - by
his mates |
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Meredith, John |
Duke of the outback revised and condensed version, 1983
(duplicate) |
Addition 3 August 1989
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Letters received by John Meredith, 1985-87 (including
congratulations on award of O.A.M.) |
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Correspondence 1988-89 |
Addition 9 May 1991
Box 4
Series 1 - Correspondence, 1970-80
Correspondents include Hugh Anderson, Gwenda Davey, Charles Edward,
Martin Fitzgerald, John Low, Stephan Williams, Pamela Rosenberg, Yvonne
White (publisher O.U.P.)
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1970-83 |
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Feb.-Dec. 1989 |
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3 |
1990-91 |
Series 2 - Typescripts and manuscripts
This series includes photocopies, cuttings and correspondence.
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Meredith, John |
More than a life (and that's only the half of it!); an
autobiography: in four parts |
Box 5
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Meredith, John |
More than a life (and that's only the half of it!); an
autobiography: photographs in four parts - 1832-1947, 1948-59,
1960-80, 1981-90 |
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Meredith, John |
The last Kooradgie final draft (duplicate), plus indexing
copy from publisher; |
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Correspondence, 1984-88 (including Memorandum of Agreement with
publisher); notes (including correspondence 1982,1988); notes (Returns
of aboriginal natives and letter 1986); 'Moyengully and the
Gundungurra People': paper read at The Oaks Historical Society,
1984;photographs |
Box 6
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Meredith, John |
Oedipus rocks; a ballad opera: draft and notes (including
correspondence 1981-82) |
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Meredith, John |
King of the dance hall; Frank Bourke and his White Rose
Orchestra: final draft (duplicate) |
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Notes (including correspondence 1985); photographs and negatives
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Meredith, John |
The pure merino fandango; a burlesque of old Botany Bay:
revision December 1984 plus draft |
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Notes (including corresponding 1986-87) |
Box 7
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Meredith, John |
Gallant Peter Clark: plus proof and draft |
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'Data' - notes (including correspondence 1983-88), cuttings, 'The
ballad of Peter Clark'; new introduction for special reprint, notes
(including correspondence 1986-88); additional notes for second
edition;'illustrations' - photographs and photocopies |
Box 8
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Meredith, John (editor) |
The Australian adventures of John Bairstow plus photocopy
duplicate Notes (including correspondence 1984) |
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Meredith, John |
How many miles from Gundagai?; a bush-ballad opera |
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Meredith, John |
The coo-ees; March of the men of Gilgandra plus
notes |
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Meredith, John |
Old Jack Lang; a handbook of Australian rhyming slang plus
notes to second edition, Dinkum Aussie slang and letter 1990
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Meredith, John |
Collected and edited by 'Authentic Australian bawdy ballads &
etc' unpublished |
Box 9
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Meredith, John |
Folk songs of Australia |
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Meredith, John, Covell, Roger & Brown, Patricia |
Folk songs of Australia and the men and women who sang them Volume
Two: (four volumes) |
Box 10
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Clarke, Joan & Meredith, John |
The wild colonial boy; an Irish-Australian ballad opera of the
convict days version (1955) and revisions |
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notes (including correspondence 1965, 1981-83); bibliography;
photographs of Donahoe country |
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Meredith, John & Dengate, John |
Here's luck; an Australian ballad opera draft (and telegram
1969) |
Series 3 - Miscellaneous
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A rose of no-man's land: bibliography and notes |
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'Sundry articles': mainly duplicates |
Box 11
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Notebook typescript, handwritten and printed articles from papers of
Brian Loughlin (foundation member of The Bushwhackers band) c. 1950s
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Tune books and transcription of tunes recorded by Ted Valance for
John Meredith |
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Scrapbook of press cuttings 1952-56 |
Box 12
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Scrapbook of press cuttings 1956-81 |
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Scrapbook of press cuttings 1979-83 |
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Scrapbook of press cuttings 1984-90 |
Addition October 1992
Boxes 13-14
Seven volumes of field notes compiled by John Meredith during the 1950s
containing the words and sometimes the scores of hundreds of folk songs.
The volumes are interleaved with additional comments prepared by W.N.
Scott in 1992. One of the volumes is an anthology of Ned Kelly songs and
tales.
Addition 22 January 1997
Box 15
Letters received by John Mededith relating to folklore, 1990-1994
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1994 |
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2 |
1993 |
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3 |
1992 |
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4 |
1992 |
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5 |
1991 |
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6 |
1990 + undated |
Addition 18 May 1998
Box 14
Additonal material on John Stanley concertinas added to Box 14.
Box 16
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Letters, newspaper cuttings, post cards, programs relating to
folklore, 1982-97 |
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Articles, papers about folklore, bush music. Includes John Meredith
bibliography |
For details of boxes 17-30 please contact the Manuscript section of the Library.
Guide prepared March 1993
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