Papers of Peter Parkhill, 1960-2015 (bulk 1970s-1990s)
- Bib ID:
- 8683851
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Parkhill, Peter
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1960 and 2015]
- 4.08 metres (27 ms boxes) + 69 negatives + 14 colour photographs + 2 digital carriers + 9 audiovisual carriers
- Summary:
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This collection documents the music and folktales of Australians of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Middle Eastern, Southern European, Pacific Islander and South American, and comprises correspondence, published articles, research notes, interview transcripts, photographs, music scores, audio recordings, and a draft memoir.
- Biography/History:
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Peter Parkhill was a folklorist, musician and freelance oral historian who collected and recorded traditional music in Australia. He was a singer in various folk music clubs in Melbourne in the early 1970s when he became interested in the musical traditions of various language, nationality or region-based communities. He became known to many singers and musicians and was invited to their homes and to parties and concerts where there music was played. With some assistance from the Australia Council, he began to record their music and oral history interviews. He has produced many programs on these musical traditions for Radio National. Parkhill is a graduate in Anthropology and Ethnomusicology and has written several scholarly papers on folk music and traditional music. He has at times had academic appointments, but for much of his career he has been a freelance oral historian. In 1993 he was appointed by the Newcastle City Council to carry out an oral history project on the Newcastle earthquake. In 1994-95 he undertook the Voices from Illawarra project for the National Library.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference number: MS 10685.
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- Related Material:
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- Related material: Peter Parkhill collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection, ORAL TRC various.
- Related material: Voices from the Illawarra collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection, ORAL TRC 3223.
- Related material: Newcastle earthquake oral history project; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection, ORAL TRC various.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1960-2015
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of Peter Parkhill's copyright material permitted for research purposes, except for File 231 (Box 25) for which written permission is required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2015
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