Guide to the Papers of Oscar Mendelsohn

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MS 1857

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Collection Summary

Creator
Oscar Mendelsohn
Title
Papers of Oscar Mendelsohn
Date Range
1922-1981
Collection Number
MS 1857
Extent
4.8 metres (30 boxes + 1 folio box)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2264898) for the access conditions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Oscar Mendelsohn, National Library of Australia, MS 1857, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Manuscript of Synonyms in English for the adjective 'drunk' (File 1) - Box 1

Manuscript of A Waltz with Matilda (File 1) - Box 1

Pure food (File 2) - Box 1

Food standards and Canberra (File 2) - Box 1

Samuel Pepys Club (File 2) - Box 1

File entitled 'Cellar and kitchen and reader', articles on food and drink (File 3) - Box 1

Articles mainly on food (File 4) - Box 1

History of Australian wines (File 5-6) - Box 1

History of Australian Wineries (File 7) - Box 2

Australian Pure Food Society: constitution, minutes, letters (File 8-11) - Box 2

Newspaper clippings on Mendelsohn (File 12-13) - Box 2

Ardmona Peaches (File 14) - Box 3

Photographs (File 15) - Box 3

Unitarian Church (File 16) - Box 3

Unitarian Assembly (File 16) - Box 3

Rationalist Association (File 16) - Box 3

'Humanities Research Centre - Texas, re: O's papers' (File 17) - Box 3

Peace Labs (File 18) - Box 3

Patents and patents specifications (File 18) - Box 3

P.E.N. (File 19) - Box 3

Articles for ABC broadcast (File 20) - Box 4

Alcohol Beverages (File 21) - Box 4

My Laughing Stock (File 22) - Box 4

Salute to Onions (File 23) - Box 4

Trendall, A.D. (File 24) - Box 4

Mrs Iris Milutinovic (File 24) - Box 4

Captain Cook Celebrations, 1970 (File 24) - Box 4

Nation Review (File 24) - Box 4

Anecdotes (File 25) - Box 4

Guest of honour talks (File 25) - Box 4

Auctioneer's licence (File 25) - Box 4

New Zealand Insurance (File 25) - Box 4

Voyages projected (File 25) - Box 4

'Curiosities re: O' (File 25) - Box 4

'Sumer is icumen in' (File 26) - Box 5

Music Programmes (File 26) - Box 5

RAAF Choir (File 26) - Box 5

Pentridge Choir (File 26) - Box 5

The Australian (File 27) - Box 5

Sydney Morning Herald (File 27) - Box 5

The Australian Society of Authors (File 27) - Box 5

Goodwin Book Company (File 27) - Box 5

Letterhead samples (File 27) - Box 5

Readers Digest Aust. and USA (File 28) - Box 5

Review Press cutting's (File 28) - Box 5

Letter to editor (File 28) - Box 5

Journals offered for sale (File 28) - Box 5

Walkabout (File 28) - Box 5

Broadcast (File 29) - Box 5

Correspondence - Hyam, Gillies, Ratten, George English and Fan mail (File 30) - Box 5

Gypsies (File 31) - Box 5

Pirie NW (File 32) - Box 5

Norway Neville (File 32) - Box 5

Tripovich, H. (File 32) - Box 5

Orr Case and Polya (File 33) - Box 5

Published Manuscripts, Southerly (File 34) - Box 5

Australia China Society (File 35) - Box 5

Australia Committee for a new China policy (File 35) - Box 5

A.L.P. (File 35) - Box 5

Maps (File 36-38) - Box 6

Along the eastern wall or One man's view: Manuscripts for ABC talks 1940's (File 39-40) - Box 6

Max Meldrum (File 41) - Box 7

Percy Leason (File 41) - Box 7

W.A. Osborne (File 42) - Box 7

W.A. Osborne (File 43) - Box 7

E.J. Brady (File 44-46) - Box 7

"My Laughing Stock" (File 47) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1971, 1973 (File 47) - Box 8

"My Laughing Stock" (File 48-51) - Box 8

Still another "Rudiment" (File 52) - Box 8

"Rudiments of Music" (File 53) - Box 8

"Rudiments Without Yawns" (File 54) - Box 8

Correspondence, 1945-1973 (File 55) - Box 9

re "Pitch Tone Deafness" and articles

Correspondence - Margot Prior, 1973 (File 55) - Box 9

"Nicely Thank You" (File 56) - Box 9

Proposals for "Epicures Corner" (File 57) - Box 9

The Fellowship of Epicures (File 58) - Box 9

Correspondence, 1951-1957 (File 58) - Box 9

Literary Reviews (File 59-60) - Box 9

Ian Taylor Fund (File 61) - Box 9

Focus - loose pages (File 62) - Box 9

Published articles - myxomatosis (File 63) - Box 10

Correspondence, 1953-1966 (File 64) - Box 10

re: rabbits, prickly pear

Photographs - rabbits, prickly pear (File 65) - Box 10

"The Glorious Disease" (File 66-67) - Box 10

Newspaper clippings - myxomatosis (File 68-70) - Box 10

Blue Cross Products Pty. Ltd. (File 71) - Box 11

C. Gro and other venture (File 71) - Box 11

Birthday cards etc (File 72) - Box 11

Cream Pure Cream (File 73) - Box 11

Lighthouse trips (File 74) - Box 11

Letters from Cape Pillar Lighthouse Ship, 1967 (File 75) - Box 11

Article - "In Praise of Slate" (File 75) - Box 11

Rural Research - photographs (File 76) - Box 11

Rural Research - publications (File 77) - Box 11

"From Cellar to Kitchen" (File 78) - Box 11

Articles - "From Cellar to Kitchen" (File 79) - Box 12

Incomplete set of duplicates of "Questioned Documents and Outrageous Liars" (File 80) - Box 12

"Questioned Documents and Outrageous Liars", Chapters 1-10 (File 81) - Box 12

"Questioned Documents and Outrageous Liars", Chapters 14-23 (File 82) - Box 12

"Suspected Documents and Outrageous Liars" (File 83) - Box 12

Articles published in "American Speech" (File 84) - Box 12

A.B.C. Broadcasts, correspondence, 1955-1958 (File 85) - Box 12

3AR Radio talks, 1954-1955 (File 86) - Box 12

Australian Consumers' Association, correspondence, 1962, 1966-1967 (File 87) - Box 13

A.C.A. - correspondence, 1969-1971 (File 88) - Box 13

A.C.A. - correspondence, 1972 (File 89) - Box 13

A.C.A. - correspondence, 1973 (File 90) - Box 13

Items for Choice magazine, results etc (File 90) - Box 13

A.C.A. Notice of Council meetings, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973 (File 91) - Box 13

Minutes of Council meetings, 1967, 1971-1973. (File 91) - Box 13

A.C.A. Published items (File 92) - Box 13

Choice, September-October, 1969. (File 92) - Box 13

A.C.A. Reports, memoranda, analysis etc (File 93) - Box 13

Poetry (File 94) - Box 13

Manuscripts ready for publication (File 94) - Box 13

Material for "One Man's View" (File 95) - Box 14

"One Man's View" - various chapters (File 96) - Box 14

"One man's View" (File 97-102) - Box 14

"One Man's View" (File 103) - Box 15

Dairy Produce (File 104) - Box 15

Wine and Food Society (File 105) - Box 15

Philharmonic Society - South Melbourne (File 106) - Box 15

Mitchell Library - correspondence, 1943-1979 (File 107) - Box 15

The Nucleus, September, 1940 (File 108) - Box 15

No.1

[Title not available], November, 1940 (File 108) - Box 15

No.2.

The Nucleus, January 1941 (File 109) - Box 15

No.3

[Title not available], April, 1941 (File 109) - Box 15

No.4.

The Nucleus, November, 1941 (File 110) - Box 15

No.6

[Title not available], July, 1945 (File 110) - Box 15

No. 7.

Gourmet Magazine, June 1953. October 1953. August 1954 (File 111) - Box 16

Guide to Australian Wine - finished or partly finished chapters (File 112) - Box 16

Guide to Australian Wine - correspondence, Readers Digest, 1967-1968 (File 113) - Box 16

American literature, 1935-1936 (File 114) - Box 16

Correspondence - H. Brady, MKK. Fisher, F.Barnes, A. Simon, J. Farnachon, C.Gramp, R.Wallingbord (File 115) - Box 16

Letters and articles to various newspapers (File 116) - Box 16

Script - "A Salute to Charles Ives" (File 117) - Box 16

Potato products and report (File 118) - Box 16

Chemical Equipment (File 119) - Box 17

Choral Group (File 119) - Box 17

Foam Concrete (File 119) - Box 17

Miscellaneous correspondence (File 120) - Box 17

Cellutone (File 121) - Box 17

Berri (File 122) - Box 17

Vacuum Extractors Pty. Ltd. (File 122) - Box 17

The Mythology of Beverage Alcohol Still for sea-water and the like (File 123) - Box 17

Miscellaneous (File 124) - Box 17

Copperplate engraving (File 124) - Box 17

Publications (File) - Box 18

Report on the potato by-products industry by O. Mendelsohn, Melbourne, 1929 (File 125) - Box 19

"Know what you drink", t/s, n.d. (File 125) - Box 19

The Earnest drinker's digest, t/s, 1945 (File 126) - Box 19

Reviews of The Earnest drinker's digest, 1946-1951 (File 127) - Box 19

Correspondence re The Earnest drinker's digest, 1946-1980 (File 128) - Box 19

Correspondence and other papers re wine and mead making, 1947-1978 (File 129) - Box 19

Photographs re winemaking (File 130) - Box 19

Correspondence re wine and food, 1949-1955 (File 131) - Box 19

Correspondence with South Australian Grape Growers' Cooperative re Porphyry Pearl and Barossa Pearl, 1964 (File 132) - Box 20

Correspondence with Macmillan Co. re Drinking with Pepys, 1963-1964 (File 133) - Box 20

Correspondence with Macmillan Co. re Dictionary of drink and drinking and From cellar to kitchen, 1965-1973 (File 134) - Box 20

Drawings for From cellar to kitchen (File 135) - Box 20

Papers re corrections for Dictionary of drink and drinking, 1965-1972 (File 136) - Box 20

Correspondence with Rigby re A Salute to onions, 1964-1975 (File 137) - Box 20

Proofs of Hunter winemakers by Max Lake, with a letter from Lake, 1970 (File 138) - Box 20

Wine and food quiz, 1970 (File 139) - Box 20

Papers re New Zealand wines, 1971-1991. (File 139) - Box 20

Papers re Drinking with Pepys, 1964-1973 (File 140) - Box 21

Correspondence re wine and food, 1967-1975 (File 141-142) - Box 21

Correspondence re Nicely, thank you, 1970-1975 (File 143) - Box 21

Correspondence re Dictionary of drink and drinking, 1972-1975 (File 144) - Box 21

Issues of The Nucleus - periodical bulletin of O.A. Mendelsohn and Co., Public Analysts and Consulting Industrial Chemists, 1940-1945 (File 145) - Box 21

Papers re Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1942-1944. (File 145) - Box 21

Correspondence with A.K. Stout, 1952-1972 (File 146) - Box 21

Correspondence with the Australian Navy re portable water still, 1942 (File 146) - Box 21

(includes plans)

Papers re work as RAAF nutritional adviser, 1941-1949. (File 146) - Box 21

Papers re RAAF, 1942-1944 (File 147) - Box 21

Papers re document examination and handwriting, 1939-1977 (File 148) - Box 22

Correspondence re Liars and letters anonymous, 1962-1964 (File 149) - Box 22

Drafts and notes for Suspected documents and outrageous liars, c.1976 (File 150) - Box 22

Reviews of Suspected documents and outrageous liars, 1976 (File 151) - Box 22

Correspondence and contracts with publishers, 1972-1977 (File 152-153) - Box 22

Papers re Public Lending Right, 1977-1981 (File 154) - Box 22

Short stories, rhymes and poetry by Mendelsohn, 1933-1973 (File 155) - Box 22

Cuttings of articles by Mendelsohn, mostly on food science and chemistry, 1922-1935 (File 156) - Box 23

Scrapbook of cuttings of reviews of Mendelsohn's books, 1963-1973 (File 157) - Box 23

Papers re Australian Society of Authors, the Fellowship of Australian Writers, the Australia Council and the Unesco Committee for Letters, 1964-1971 (File 158) - Box 23

Papers re Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1955-1966 (File 159) - Box 23

Papers re Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1967-1972 (File 160) - Box 23

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1941-1977 (File 161-162) - Box 24

Correspondence with the National Library, 1957-1987 (File 163) - Box 24

Correspondence re copyright, 1975-1978 (File 164) - Box 24

Correspondence with the Mitchell Library, 1970-1990. (File 164) - Box 24

Correspondence and other papers re "Waltzing Matilda", 1959-1974 (File 165) - Box 24

2 sets of corrected proofs of A Waltz with Matilda, 1967 (File 166) - Box 24

Issues of Meanjin, 1954 and 1956, containing articles by Russel Ward on folk songs (File 167) - Box 24

Research material on folk songs, 1954-1957 (File 168) - Box 25

Folklore file, including correspondence with Ron Edwards, 1966-1972 (File 169) - Box 25

Research material re "Waltzing Matilda" (File 170-171) - Box 25

Drafts of A Waltz with Matilda (File 172-173) - Box 25

Correspondence re "Waltzing Matilda" (File 174) - Box 25

Newscuttings, etc, re "Waltzing Matilda", 1965-1973 (File 175) - Box 25

Scores of "Waltzing Matilda" arranged by Oscar Milson (File 175) - Box 25

Copies of Richard Magoffin's Fair dinkum Matilda, 1973 (File 176) - Box 26

Correspondence re The Bendigo track, 1973-1991 (File 177) - Box 26

Draft scores, etc, for The Bendigo track (File 178-182) - Box 26

Drafts of articles on music by Mendelsohn (File 183-185) - Box 27

Mss scores of music composed by Oscar Milson, 1934-1939 (File 186-187) - Box 27

Mss and printed scores of music composed by Oscar Milson, 1930s (File 188) - Box 28

Issues of Focus: the Australian journal of opinion, 1946-1948, (with contributions by Mendelsohn) (File 189) - Box 28

Miscellaneous papers, 1929-1973 (File 190) - Box 29

"Crackpottery" file, 1941-1973 (File 191) - Box 29

Semantography, 1953-1954 (File 192) - Box 29

Three framed diplomas/certificates, 1941-1949 (File 1-3) - Box 29

5-inch tape of lecture on food standards, Monash University, 1972 (File 4) - Box 29

Assorted printed music scores by various composers (File) - Box 30


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