Guide to the Papers of Moffatt Oxenbould and Graeme Ewer

Edith Kresta Design for three disguises for Falstaff, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Stephen Beinl, 1962 (Item) - Folio 28

Desmond Digby design for Chorus, Lady Fledermaus, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Stephan Beinl, 1963 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 29

Two Desmond Digby costume designs for Rosalinde in Fledermaus, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Stephan Beinl, 1963 (File) - Folio 30

Design for Mary O'Brien.

Set renderings by Raymond Boyce for Act II and Act IV The Marriage of Figaro, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1964 (File) - Folio 31

Desmond Digby costume design for Ferrando in Albanian disguise in Cosi Fan Tutte, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Stefan Haag, 1964 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 32

Design for Peter Baillie.

Desmond Digby costume design for Minnie in La Fanciulla del West, Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Stephen Hall, 1968 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 33

Design for Marcella Reale.

Set renderings by Desmond Digby for Acts I, II and III of The Marriage of Figaro for a projected production (never realised), Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, c. 1969 (File) - Folio 30

Desmond Digby costume design for Court Gentlemen in Act I of A Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera), Elizabethan Trust Opera Company - Director Tom Brown (design for Graeme Ewer), 1969 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 34

Desmond Digby costume design for Chorus Lady in Cavalleria Rusticana, The Australian Opera - Director Stephen Hall, 1972 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 35

Desmond Digby costume designs for Il Tabarro, the first of the three act operas that make up Puccini's Il Trittico, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 57, Folio 36a

Desmond Digby costume designs for Il Tabarro, the first of the three act operas that make up Puccini's Il Trittico, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 57, Folio 36b

Desmond Digby costume designs for Il Tabarro, the first of the three act operas that make up Puccini's Il Trittico, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 58, Folio 36c

Desmond Digby costume designs for Il Tabarro, the first of the three act operas that make up Puccini's Il Trittico, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 57, Folio 36d

Desmond Digby costume designs for Il Tabarro, the first of the three act operas that make up Puccini's Il Trittico, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 58, Folio 36e

Framed Desmond Digby set rendering of Il Tabarro, The Australian Opera - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1973 (Item) - Folio-Box 60, Piece 36f

Framed Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth costume design for Andres in Wozzeck, The Australian Opera Adelaide Festival, Director Elijah Moshinsky, 1976 (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 37

Design for Graeme Ewer.

Mounted Desmond Digby costume design for Haddji in Lakmé, The Australia Opera - Director Norman Ayrton, 1976 (Item) - Folio-Box 56, Folio 13

Design for Graeme Ewer.

17 Costume sketches by Desmond Digby for various principals, chorus and dancers in Fiddler on the Roof, The Australian Opera - Director Jerome Robbins, 1984 (Item) - Folio 39a

Staged by Tommy Abbott and Stephen Lloyd Helper.

41 Costume sketches by Desmond Digby for various principals, chorus and dancers in Fiddler on the Roof, The Australian Opera - Director Jerome Robbins, 1984 (Item) - Folio 39b

Staged by Tommy Abbott and Stephen Lloyd Helper.

Kenneth Rowell costume design for Esclarmonde - title role Act IV for proposed Australian Opera production of Massenet's opera, 1984 (Item) - Piece 40 [a]

Design for Joan Sutherland.

Susan Benson costume design for Tessa Act II in The Gondoliers, The Australian Opera - Director Brian McDonald, 1988 (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 41

Design for Suzanne Johnston. The design is dated 1988 but the production opened in Sydney in 1989.

Two Kenneth Rowell costume designs for The Gipsy Princess, The Australia Opera - Director Nigel Douglas, 1990 (File) - Folio 38

Two Cabaret Guests Act I; Feri von Kerekes (design for Graeme Ewer).

Carl Friedrich Oberle costume design for Guglielmo (Albanian Disguise) Cosi Fan Tutte The Australian Opera - Director Göran Järvefelt, 1990 (Item) - Folio 38a

Design for Jeffrey Black. Note: 1987 on design refers to original Oberle design for Houston Grand Opera in that year.

Russell Cohen and Peter England costume design, Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1995 (Item) - Piece 40 [b]

Design drawn by Russell Cohen of very first costume sketch for Koken in Madama Butterfly. Together with attached "post it" note from designers offering 'first-born' design as a gift to Moffatt Oxenbould.

Russell Cohen and Peter England (drawn by Russell Cohen) costume design for Cio-Cio-San Act I Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1996 (Item) - Folio 42a

Production premiere 1997. Design for Cheryl Barker.

Russell Cohen and Peter England (drawn by Russell Cohen) costume design for Geisha Chorus Act I Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1996 (Item) - Folio 42b

Signed by both designers and inscribed verso to director Moffatt Oxenbould. Production premiere 1997.

Russell Cohen and Peter England mounted, shaded and coloured ground plan for Madama Butterfly, Opera Australia, 1997 (Item) - Folio 43

Signed by both designers and inscribed verso as gift to director Moffatt Oxenbould.

Russell Cohen and Peter England (drawn by Russell Cohen) costume design for Mimi, Act I, II and III La bohème, Opera Australia - Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1999 (Item) - Folio 38

Includes shawl designs painted on plastic film. Design for Anke Höppner, Nicole Youl and Lisa Russell.

Original watercolour souvenir portraits cut out and pasted on card The Merry Widow, Australia, 1926 (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 8

Autographed by Gladys Moncrieff, George Gee and R. Howellworst (?).

Autographed print of Evelyn Gardiner as the Duchess of Plaza Toro in The Gondoliers and Dame Hannah in Ruddigore, J.C. Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Company, 1940s (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 51

Colour photograph of Graeme Ewer as Monostatos in The Magic Flute, The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House, 1973 (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 49

Robert Eddie original dry point portrait of Graeme Ewer as Pitichinaccio in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, The Australian Opera, 1970s (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 48

Fading coloured postcard of Uluru, overpainted by Desmond Digby with characters and settings for Madama Butterfly, 1965 (Item) - Folio-Box 55, Folio 45

Sent by Digby to Moffatt Oxenbould during 1965 Country Tour of the opera. Copy of message verso.

Black and white photograph of Italian soprano Orianna Santunione outside Sydney Opera House, 1977 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 12 [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 12 [frame]

Features faded autograph dedication from Santunione.

Colour photograph of Dame Joan Sutherland as Suor Angelica in Moffatt Oxenbould's production of the opera for The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House, 1977 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 17 [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 17 [frame]

Colour photograph of Graeme Ewer as Njegus in The Merry Widow, The Australian Opera, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 1978 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 11 [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 11 [frame]

Robert Eddie original watercolour of Moffatt Oxenbould's legs hanging from curtain after the second act of Tosca in 1967, 1983 (Item) - Piece 47 [card], Piece 47 [frame]

Three framed black and white photographs by Ernst Ludwig Gausmann of studio rehearsal in Sydney Opera House of Jenufa, The Australian Opera, 1985 (Item) - Piece 16 [print], Piece 16 [frame]

With Lone Koppel, Leonie Rysanek, Rosina Raisbeck and Anne-Maree McDonald.

Hand-coloured L'Amour first-night card to Moffatt Oxenbould from Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin and Bill Marron, La bohème, Sydney Opera House, 1990 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 18 [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 18 [frame]

With autograph dedication, "Dearest Moffatt, the Father of the idea! Thank you".

75 Postcards, including some duplicates, c.1905-1911; c.1985 (File) - Box 6

Includes one modern reproduction c. 1985.

Framed photograph, pasted on card, dedicated to Mrs. Wunderlich inscribed and signed, March 1919 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 9 [a] [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 9 [a] [frame]

Framed sepia photograph of Nellie Stewart - by Freeman Studios, Sydney, c. 1904; c. 1980s (Item) - Piece 10 [print], Piece 10 [frame]

Printed by Freeman in early 1980s from original negative.

Framed coloured newspaper poster The Australasian Pictorial commemorating death of Nellie Stewart, 1931 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 9 [b] [print], Piece 9 [b] [frame]

Framed Talma photographic print of Nellie Stewart as Sweet Nell etched and printed by The Examiner and Weekly Courier, Launceston, c. 1902 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 9 [c] [print], Folio-Box 60, Piece 9 [c] [frame]

Letter from Nellie Stewart to Mrs. Wunderlich, 6 June 1917 (Item) - Folio 5

Discusses illness, void in her life after the death of George Musgrove.

Press clipping from Sydney Morning Herald regarding the death of Nellie Stewart, 22 June 1931 (Item) - Folio 5

Playbill Program for George Musgrove's Nellie Stewart Opera Company's Paul Jones at Theatre Royal, Sydney, 12 July 1890 (Item) - Folio 5

Starring Nellie Stewart as Yvonne.

Program for Williamson & Musgrove's Beauty and the Beast at Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, 1893-1894 (Item) - Folio 5

Starring Nellie Stewart as Beauty. Includes full script of pantomime.

Program for Mr. George Musgrove's New English Dramatic Co. Old Heidelberg at Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, 4 February 1905 (Item) - Folio 5

Miss Nellie Stewart as Kathie. Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince was subsequently based on Old Heidelberg.

Program for George Musgrove presents Sweet Nell of Old Drury at The King's Theatre, Melbourne, c. 1911-1915 (Item) - Folio 5

Nellie Stewart as Nell Gwynne.

Program for George Musgrove Presents Aladdin at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1902 (Item) - Folio 5

Nellie Stewart as Aladdin.

Souvenir of the Official Commonwealth and State Government's Performance in Honour of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, 22 June 1920 (Item) - Folio 5

Nellie Stewart as New Zealand. Features facsimile autographs of all participants including Nellie Stewart, Gladys Moncrieff, Florence Young, W.M. Hughes.

The Theatrical Pictorial published by the Brett Printing Company, Auckland, c.1914 (Item) - Folio 5

Photographs and articles of Nellie Stewart, Nellie Melba, Florence Young and others.

Sheet Music/Song Cover Sweet Kitty Bellairs dedicated to Miss Nellie Stewart composed by Jas. E. Dodd - Allan & Co Melbourne, Bendigo and Geelong, c. 1908 (Item) - Folio 5

Song Cover only My Rosary The Tolbert R. Ingram Music Company Denver USA; Photograph (unattributed) of Nellie Stewart on cover (Item) - Folio 5

Framed playbill, Garrick Theatre, Sydney, Il Trovatore, Montague Turner Opera Company, 7 March 1891 (Item) - Piece 52 [print], Piece 52 [frame]

Coloured poster The Magic Flute, The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House Opening Season, 1973-1974 (Item) - Piece 27 [a]

Illustration eight photographs by John Walsh from the John Copley production, including portrait of Graeme Ewer as Monostatos.

Playbill Souvenir No. 4 in a limited edition of 1000 prints of Desmond Digby's costume design for Joan Sutherland in Act I of Lakmé, 10 July 1976 (Item) - Piece 25 [a]

Produced to commemorate The Australian Opera's Gala Series Premiere of Lakmé in the Sydney Opera House.

Playbill program Royal Performance in the Sydney Opera House in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, The Australian Opera, Albert Herring, 13 March 1977 (Item) - Folio 15

Graeme Ewer in title role.

Poster for Victoria State Opera's The Pearlfishers in the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, February-March 1979 (Item) - Folio 22

Costume design for Leila by John Truscott.

Playbill program The Australian Opera, 10th Anniversary Gala Premiere in the Sydney Opera House, I Masnadieri, 2 July 1980 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 25 [b]

Cast includes Joan Sutherland, Donald Smith, Robert Allman, Clifford Grant, Bruce Martin. Conductor Richard Bonynge.

Playbill program The Australian Opera, Silver Anniversary Gala Performance in the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Manon Lescaut, 07 April 1981 (Item) - Folio-Box 59, Piece 25 [c]

Cast includes Gabriela Cegolea, Lamberto Furlan, John Fulford. Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario.

Playbill program The Australian Opera, Silver Anniversary Gala Performance in the Sydney Opera House, Tosca, 13 June 1981 (Item) - Folio 15

Poster for The Australian Opera Bicentennial Season - Melbourne, 1988 (Item) - Piece 27 [b]

Poster features Australian national flag and view of spire of Victorian Arts Centre.

Poster for Dreams and Fantasies - an exhibition for young children at the Australian National Gallery, 1988-1989 (Item) - Piece 27 [c]

Exhibition held 11 July 1998-19 February 1989. Poster features Kenneth Rowell's set model for Romeo et Juliette, The Australian Opera, The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, 1982.

Framed poster for La bohème, The Australian Opera in the Sydney Opera House, 1990 (Item) - Piece 44 [print], Piece 44 [frame]

The first season of Baz Luhrmann's production autographed by principal cast including Graeme Ewer, Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, conductor Graeme Jenkins, Baz Luhrmann, designers Catherine Martin and Bill Marron.

Framed playbill program Gala Farewell Performance Dame Joan Sutherland AC, DBE in the Sydney Opera House, The Australian Opera, Les Huguenots, 2 October 1990 (Item) - Piece 14 [frame], Folio-Box 59, Piece 14 [print]

With autograph dedications to Moffatt Oxenbould from both Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge thanking him for a "wonderful send-off".

Mounted large poster for The Australian Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream - premiere season of Baz Luhrmann production, 1993 (Item) - Piece 54

Autographed by creative team, cast, orchestra and children's chorus.

Large poster for The Gondoliers, The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House, 1994 (Item) - Piece 24 [a]

Poster features Dennis Olsen as Don Alhambra and Graeme Ewer as the Duchess of Plaza Toro.

Large poster for Idomeneo, The Australian Opera, Sydney Opera House, 1994 (Item) - Piece 24 [c]

Large poster for Madame Butterfly, Opera Australia, premiere Season 1997, Sydney Opera House, 1997 (Item) - Piece 24 [b]

Limited edition poster for La bohème, Sydney Opera House, Opera Australia, Director Moffatt Oxenbould, 1999 (Item) - Folio 50

Autographed by cast, conductor, Carlo Felice Cillario and creative team. Number 2/200.

Voss by Stuart Challender, 1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010480) - Cassette-Box 363

S.C. singing and playing piano to enable management, director and designer to hear what the work actually sounded like.

50 postcards of Minnie Tittell Brune (1875-1974) American actress in Australia, 1904-1909 (File) - Box 2, Folder 1

50 postcards of Minnie Tittell Brune (1875-1974) American actress in Australia, 1904-1909 (File) - Box 2, Folder 1

23 postcards of Minnie Tittell Brune (1875-1974) American actress in Australia, 1904-1909 (File) - Box 2, Folder 1

Souvenir and Catalogue of Old Time Theatrical Exhibits, The Old Players and Playgoer's Association, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1930s (File) - Box 3, Folder 3

Annotated in pencil. This catalogue gives valuable information on Australian dates, repertoire and appearances of many of the postcard "stars".

52 Postcards of Australian performers and performances, 1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 1

56 Postcards of Australian performers and performances, 1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 3

54 Postcards of Australian stars or British and American stars in Australia mostly by Talma or Falk, 1890s-1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 3

Includes Miss May Beattie (3); Mrs. Brough (2); Mrs. Brown Potter (2); Miss Gertie Campion (1); Miss Carmichael (1); Eugenie Duggan (1); Mlle. Dolores(1); Miss Maxine Eliott (2); Miss May Flower (1); Mr Douglas Gerrard (2); Miss Celia Ghilone(1); Miss Beatrice Holloway (1); Mr. Bland Holt (3); Florence Bland Holt (1); Miss Maud Jeffries (20); Mr. Julius Knight (11).

48 Postcards of Australian Stars or British and American stars in Australia mostly by Talma or Falk, 1890s-1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 3

Includes Edward and George Laurie (1); Miss Lillah McCarthy (1); Miss Delia Mason (2); Miss Carrie Moore (10); Mrs. Maesmore Morris (5); Miss Georgie Musgrove (1); Miss Nance O'Neil (3); Miss Betty Ohls (1); Miss Grace Palotta (11); Miss Vera Pearce (1); Miss Jennie Pollock (1); Miss Frances Ross (1); Miss Evelyn Scott (1); Miss van Buren (1); Little Baby Watson (1); Miss Marion Wallace (1); Miss Florence Young (6).

13 "Greetings" Postcards (Birthday, Christmas, New Year) featuring post card actresses, 1900s (File) - Box 1, Folder 3

8 Autographed postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 1, Folder 3

27 Postcards of (mostly) British stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 1, Folder 1

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group A: Mr. George Alexander (6); Miss Gladys Archbutt(1); Miss Sybil Arundale (6); Mr. Oscar Asche (7); Miss Lena Ashwell (1); Miss Adrienne Augarde (3); Miss Jean Aylwin (3).

36 Postcards of (mostly) British stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 1, Folder 1

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group B 1: Mr. Wilson Barrett (1); Miss Jessie Bateman (1); Miss May Beattie (1); Mr. F. R. Benson (1); Miss Carolyn Baney (1); Miss Nina Boucicault (1); Mr. Arthur Bourchier (1); Miss Gaynor Bowlands (1); Miss Annie Braddon (1); Miss Lillian Braithwaite (2); Miss Lily Brayton (25).

30 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 1, Folder 1

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group B 2: Miss Huttin Britton (4); Miss Gwendoline Broodin (1); Miss Sarah Brooke (1); Miss Phyllis Broughton (1); Miss Kitty Brownless (1); Mrs. Brown Potter (1); Miss Billie Burke (19); Miss Elsie Beauchamp (1); Miss Lillian Burns (1).

32 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 1, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group C 1: Miss Addie Campbell (2); Miss Alexandra Carlisle (1); Miss Teresa Careno (2); Miss Pauline Chase (9); Mr. Harry Claff (1); Miss Camille Clifford (6); Miss Miriam Clements (1); Mr Hayden Coffin (4); Miss Constance Collier (5); Miss Fay Compton (1).

50 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s-1920s (File) - Box 1, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group C 2: Miss Gladys Cooper (37); Miss Margaret Cooper (1); Mr. Frank Cooper (2); Miss Hilda Coral (1); Miss Kathleen Courtney (3); Miss Madge Crichton (4); Miss Kate Cutler (2).

43 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 1, Folder 3

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group D 1: Miss Marie Dainton (3); Miss Fanny Dango (3); Miss Phyllis Dare (31); Miss Phyllis and Miss Zena Dare (6).

56 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 1, Folder 3

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group D 2: Miss Zena Dare (47); Miss Maudi Darrell (2); Miss Evelyn Desa (1); Miss Gaby Deslys (5); Mlle. Antonia Dolores (1).

29 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 1, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group E: Gus Elen (1); Miss Gertrude Elliott (6); Miss Lily Elsie (22).

34 Postcards of (mostly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups F and G: Mr. Maurice Farkoa (1); Miss Maude Fealey (6); Miss Bessie Featherstone (1); Miss Audrey Ford (1); Agnes Fraser (1); Mlle. Adeline Genee (3); Miss Marie George (2); Mr Basil Gill (1); William Gillette (1); Miss Maude Gonne (1); Miss Evie Greene (6); Miss Mabel Green (10).

19 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 2, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups H and I: Mr. John Hare (1); Mr. Martin Harvey (1); Miss Margaret Halstan (2); Miss Dorothy Hanbury (1); Miss Lilly Hanbury (1); Miss Gwennie Hasto (1); Miss Alice Hatton (1); Lola Hawthorne (1); Miss Ethel Haydon (2); Miss Daisy Le Hay (1); Carmen Hill (1); Mrs. G. P. Huntly (1); Miss Mabel and Baby Betty Hicks (1); Seymour Hicks (1); Miss Ethel Irving (2); Mr H.B. Irving (1).

42 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 2, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups J and K: Julia James (1); Miss Maggie Jarvis (1); Miss Isabel Jay (6); Miss Ellis Jeffreys (1); Miss Maud Jeffries (21); Miss Daisy Jerome (2); Miss Doris Keane (1); Mrs Kendal (1); Mr. W. H. Kendal (1); Gertrude Kingston (1); Miss Kirby (1); Mr Julius Knight (3); Mr. Henry Kolker (1); Gladys Kurton (1).

40 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 3, Folder 3

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group L: Mr. Matheson Lang (5); Miss Millie Legarde (4); Miss Queenie Leighton (6); Miss Marie Leonhard (1); Miss Madge Lessing (6); Miss Ruth Linton (3); Miss Millie Lindon (1); Miss Violet Lloyd (1); Miss Marie Lohr (1); Miss Mabel Love (12).

48 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 3

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes group M 1: Miss Simeta Marsden (1); Miss Delia Mason (2); Miss Kitty Mason (1); Miss Edna May (19); Miss Olive May (1); Mr Robert Michaelis (2); Miss Gertie Millar (22).

21 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 3

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups M 2, Mc, N and O: Miss Evelyn Millard (3); Miss Decima Moore (3); Miss Eva Moore (1); Miss Nora Moore (1); Miss Ethel Morden (1); Miss Olive Morrell (3); Mrs. Maesmore Morris (1); Miss Geraldine McCann (1); Ivor Novello (1) (1920's); Ethel Oliver (2); Nance O'Neil (2); Miss Denise Orme (2).

30 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups P and R (excluding Gabrielle Ray): Miss Grace Palotta (2); Miss Sari Petrass (1); Miss Grace Pinder(1); Mr. E. Hay Plumb (1); Mr. Harry Plimmer (1); Miss Louie Pounds (3); Miss Fannie Powers (1); Miss Ethel Van Praagh (1); Miss Marjorie Purdes (1); Mrs. Cecil Raleigh (1); Thelma Raye (1); Ada Reeve (1); Peter Rendl (1); Miss Phyllis Relph (1); Miss Aurelie Revy (1); Mr. Forbes Robertson (4); Mrs Forbes Robertson (2); Gaynor Rowlands (6).

54 Postcards of Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973) - Gaiety Girl and celebrated postcard beauty, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 2

40 Postcards of Marie Studholme (1875-1930) - Star of the London Stage and probably the most photographed postcard beauty, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 2

First Group. Many posted in Australia.

40 Postcards of Marie Studholme (1875-1930), 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 2

Second Group. Many posted in Australia.

45 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 2

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups S (excluding Marie Studholme) and T: Miss Julia Sanderson (1); Miss Dorothy Sephton (1); Miss Nina Sevening (3); Miss Sara Sidney (1); Miss Topsy Sinden (1); Miss Florence Smithson (3); Miss Ella Snyder (1); Miss May De Sousa (2); Miss Doris Stocker (2); Miss Daisy Stratton (1); Godfrey Tearle (1); Miss Marie Tempest (3); Miss Ellaline Terriss (16); Miss Hazel Thompson (1); Mr. W.J. Thorold (1); Miss Vesta Tilley (5); Mrs. Tree (1); Miss Viola Tree (1).

25 Postcards of (mainly British) stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 1

Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes groups V, W and Y: Miss Violet Vanbrugh (1); Miss Irene Vanbrugh (8); Miss Lulu Valli (1); Miss Vera Vere (1); Miss Clarita Vidal (1); Miss Ruth Vincent (1); Mr. Edmund Waller (1); Mr. Lewis Waller (2); Mrs Lewis Waller (1); Mr. Bertram Wallis (1); Miss Fanny Ward (1); Mr. James Welch (1); Mme Wiene (1); Little Charlie Williams (1); Miss Beatrice Wilson (1); Mr. Huntley Wright (1); Miss May Yohe (1).

Original envelope, inserts and six cards - Tuck's Post Cards Photochrome Series - Celebrities of the Stage, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 2

Includes: Miss Pauline Chase; Miss Blume; Miss Florence Smithson; Miss Constance Collier; Miss Eleanor Souray; Miss Fanny Dango.

8 midget postcards of British stars, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 2

Includes: Miss Connie Ediss; Miss Louie Freer; Miss Evie Greene; Miss Millie Legarde; Miss Olga Nethersole; Miss Marie Studholme; Miss Marie Tempest; Miss Irene Vanbrugh.

38 Postcards of scenes from various plays and musicals in London, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 3, Folder 1

37 Postcards of scenes from various plays and musicals in London, 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 1

20 British postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 2

Showing several stars together or in composite layout. Several posted in Australia to Australian addresses.

34 Postcards - Australian and British stage stars, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

12 Postcards of Edwardian stage and music hall stars in "drag", 1900s (File) - Box 3, Folder 1

Includes: W.S. Penley as Charley's Aunt (1); Stanley Cooke as Charley's Aunt (1); Mr Harry Randall (2) (One Autographed); Kennedy Allen (1); Dan Leno (3); Miss Craske (with Gabrielle Ray) (2); Ross Elvio (1); Morris Clark - The English Gibson Girl (1).

2 Giant format postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

One of Miss Mabel Love addressed to Exchange Hotel, Mittagong NSW. The other, slightly damaged is of Miss Marie Studholme.

28 Postcards of opera and concert artists and biographical material, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 1

4 Postcards of Sarah Bernhardt in different roles, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

Productions include Hamlet, Theodora, Phedre and Sainte Therese - one posted in Melbourne (1906).

26 Postcards of Dame Ellen Terry and members of the Terry Family, including Julia Neilson (Mrs Fred Terry), 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

Mostly British but some posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes Miss Ellen Terry (8); Mr & Mrs James Carew (Miss Ellen Terry) (1); Composite card of five actresses (Ellen Terry in centre) (1); Marion Terry (1); Marion Terry and Ben Webster (1); Fred Terry & Horace Hodges (1); Fred Terry and Julia Neilson (5); Julia Neilson as Nell Gwynn (3); Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry (2); Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Norman Trevor (2); Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Alan Aynesworth (1).

27 Postcards of Circus, Lilliputians, and Pierrot Shows, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

Mostly UK and European but some posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes Three Princesses Lilliput (1); Princess Nouma-Hawa (1); Lady Little, the Doll Lady (1); Henry Cot the Giant and Prince Colibri the Midget (1); Mr Smaun Sing Hpoo (autographed?) (1); Hayati Hassid, the Turkish Tom Thumb (2); The Cornish Pixie (2); Glassner's Midgets (1); Zeynard's Lilliput Specialty Troupe (5); Joseph's Famous Chimpanzee (1); Leopoldi Fregoli (1); Royal Italian Circus (1); Indian Theatre (2); Laurie's Juveniles (1); Little Queenie Williams (1); The Follies (1); The Three Scotch Mites (1); Mr. Warwick Armstrong – The Pierrot's (1); Le Sorelle Barrison (1).

27 Postcards of people in costume, several attributed to operas and plays, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 1

Mostly British and European, some posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes Carmen (1); Mignon (9); Coeur-Dame (3); Serenading, wooing and Indecision (3); Miscellaneous (11).

34 Postcards of French and other European beauties and courtesans, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 1

Some in costume - some posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes Caroline Otero (3); Odette Valery (1); Desprez (1); Delmares (1); Arlette Dorgère(2); Others (some named) (26).

30 Postcards (mostly European) of beauties and courtesans, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 1

Some in costume - some posted in Australia to Australian addresses (some identified).

4 "Royalty" Postcards, 1900s-1930s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

1 Edwardian, the other 3 later (1920s and early 1930s). Includes Queen Alexandra (2); George V and Queen Mary (1); Her Royal Hignhess Duchess of York (1).

29 Australian postcards of children in posed scenes - some on themes, 1900s (File) - Box 4, Folder 3

16 Australian postcards - views of Australia, Queensland, NSW and Victoria, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

38 Postcards (mostly Australian but some British and European) of children, 1900s-1910s (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

Some greetings, others posed in some bizarre situations

9 New Zealand postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

6 of Maori, 1 of Two Beauties of Fiji and two views of Dunedin - several posted in New Zealand to Australian addresses.

12 Aspirational and religious postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 2

Some European, others British and Australian. Many posted in Australia to Australian addresses.

16 Felicitations and greeting postcards - most posted in Australia and sent to Australian addresses, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

9 various musical postcards - mostly European, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

Some sent to Australian addresses. Includes: Paderewski (2); Lucia di Lammamoor (sic) (1); Siegfried Wagner (1); Scenes from Lohengrin (3); Scene from Tannhauser (1); Blue Hungarian Band (1).

50 Song title and song text postcards (some in sets) - British, 1905 - 1914 (File) - Box 5, Folder 1

Several posted in Australia to Australian addresses. Includes: If I should plant a tiny seed of love (3); Down the Vale (3); Thora (4); So you want to be a soldier, little man (4); Eileen Alannah (3); Mother Machree (3); Alice, where art thou? (3); Excelsior (2 - set incomplete); The Lost Chord (1 - set incomplete); The Lost Chord (sepia) (1); Comin Thro The Rye (1 - set incomplete); Thy way, not mine, O Lord (1); I gave my life for thee (1); Lead Kindly Light (1 - set incomplete); The Last Rose of Summer (1); The flowers that bloom in the spring (1); What makes the woman (1); Good-bye Little Girl, Good-Bye (4); The Dear Homeland (1 - set incomplete); When the fields are white with daisies (1 - set incomplete); Good-night Mr Brown, I'm out (1); Come to my heart again (1 - set incomplete); I have built you a shrine (1 - set incomplete); Dearest of all (3); Roamin in the Gloamin (4).

34 Miscellaneous postcards, 1900s (File) - Box 5, Folder 2

Various subjects, (letters of alphabet views, jokes etc) various origins but some sent in Australia to Australian addresses.

Art and Australia Vol 5 No 3, December 1967 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Article pp. 538-543 Australian Stage Designers in London by Charles Spencer. Two Rowell costume designs illustrated and Rowell mentioned in text.

Stage Design - book by Kenneth Rowell - Studio Vista/Van Reinhold Art Paperback edited by John Lewis, 1971 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Six costume design prints as souvenirs of the first performances of the Australian Ballet in the Sydney Opera House, 1973 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Designs for The Sleeping Beauty - designed by Kenneth Rowell.

Original artwork first night greeting cards from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1982-1985 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Performances include Ba-Ta-Clan, Australian Opera Sydney, 1982 (in envelope); Romeo et Juliette, Australian Opera, Sydney, 1983 (in envelope); Aida, Australian Opera, Sydney, 1985; Norma, Australian Opera, Sydney, 1985.

Autograph postcard from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould reporting on London meetings with Sir Robert Helpmann on designs for Romeo et Juliette, 1982 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Two autograph postcards from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould during Lohengrin, Opera Australia, 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Autograph postcard from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding meetings with Nigel Douglas about The Gipsy Princess, 1989 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Two colour photos of Kenneth Rowell with group at luncheon at the American Club, Sydney, during The Gipsy Princess, The Australian Opera, 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Group includes Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Moffatt Oxenbould, Sharolyn Kimmorley, Carmel Dalco, Russell Mitchell, Josephine Ridge, Donald McDonald, Nigel Douglas, Yvonne Kalman and Helmuth Klump.

Two colour snapshots of Kenneth Rowell at a supper party in the apartment of Yvonne Kalman after a performance of The Gipsy Princess, The Australian Opera, 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 6

One photo with Noel Staunton, the other with Noel Pelly and Donald McDonald.

Autograph note from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould regarding Rowell's award in the Order of Australia, 3 February 1991 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Colour photocopy on card of design by Kenneth Rowell for front cloth for The Australian Opera's 40th Anniversary Galas in Melbourne and Sydney, 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Autograph caption and greeting verso.

Article by Pamela Ruskin The Two Careers of Kenneth Rowell from Opera-Opera, November 1998 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Two magazine articles on Kenneth and Victoria Rowell and their work, 1990's (File) - Folio-Box 6

Promotional leaflet, catalogue and five postcards for Double Act - The Art of Kenneth Rowell a retrospective exhibition presented by Opera Australia and The Melbourne Festival at the Opera Centre in Melbourne, 5-23 October 1998 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Autograph card from Kenneth Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould thanking him for his support over the years and for opening his exhibition, 1998 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Order of service for thanksgiving for the life of Kenneth Rowell AM, The Cathedral of Saint Paul, Melbourne, 22 February 1999 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Autograph note from Victoria Rowell to Moffatt Oxenbould to accompany the gift of two original costume designs by Kenneth Rowell for Bluebeard, 20 March 1999 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Clipping from The Australian Women's Weekly illustrating the two costume designs for Dame Joan Hammond as Salome for the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, 1960 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Leaflet for Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, Grand Opera, Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, with photograph of Dame Joan Hammond as Cio-Cio-San, 1960 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Personal notes and cards from Dame Joan Hammond to Moffatt Oxenbould, 1982-1993 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Photograph of Moffatt Oxenbould, Dame Joan Hammond and the Earl of Harewood at the presentation of the inaugural Dame Joan Hammond Award to Moffatt Oxenbould, Victoria State Opera Foundation, 1986 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Order of the evening and menu for The Dame Joan Hammond Award 1990 Gala Dinner, Sheraton Wentworth, Sydney, 18 September 1990 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Includes copy of A Ballad for Two Dames by Nick Enright commissioned for the dinner on the occasion of the presentation of the Dame Joan Hammond Award to Dame Joan Sutherland.

Coloured photograph of Dame Joan Hammond at the launch of Opera, Music & Dance at the Malthouse, Melbourne, 1993 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

Opera Music & Dance includes major article by Pamela Ruskin 'Due honour in her country?' (pp. 27-33), 1992 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Program of A Tribute to Dame Joan Hammond DBE CMG 1912-1996, Melbourne Concert Hall, 17 December 1996 (File) - Folio-Box 6

Also handwritten copy of speech Moffatt Oxenbould gave on that occasion.

Brunch menu, The Dame Joan Hammond Foundation, 24 May 1998 (Item) - Folio-Box 6

BASF C60 cassette, April, May 1973 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010703) - Cassette-Box 546

EMITAPE C60 cassette, 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010704) - Cassette-Box 546

TDK C30 cassette, 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010705) - Cassette-Box 546

Puretone C60 cassette, 5 February 1975 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010706) - Cassette-Box 546

Buccaneer compact cassette C60, 16 March 1975 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010707) - Cassette-Box 546

TDK C30 cassette, 2 May 1975 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010708) - Cassette-Box 546

BASF C60 cassette, 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV010709) - Cassette-Box 546

Biographical material relating to Desmond Digby, 1965-2012 (File) - Box 4

Including youthful photographs; annotated photocopies relating to his London years; transcript of NLA Oral History from 1965; a copy of a "testimonial" by his good friend Patrick White.

Material relating to Desmond Digby's professional work - especially book illustration and art gallery exhibitions, 1960-1991 (File) - Box 4

Files of ephemera and sketches for The Rape of Lucretia directed by Moffat Oxenbould with The Australian Opera, 1971-1981 (File) - Box 4

Sketchbook with rough pencil sketches of Dame Joan Sutherland made during rehearsals of Lucrezia Borgia and Norma, 1977-1978 (Item) - Box 4

Provisional costume design, acrylic on gold paper, for a projected production of Verdi's Otello, which was to be directed by Italian baritone Tito Gobbi for the Australian opera in 1970, c. 1968-1969 (Item) - Box 4

Box of large format coloured transparencies of the 1964 Elizabethan Trust Opera company production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte directed by Stefan Haag and designed by Desmond Digby, 1964 (File) - Box 4

Some are stage action shots and others posed portraits taken on stage as a record of the costumes Desmond Digby designed for the Opera. Desmond Digby commissioned a commercial photographer to take the pictures.

Rolled copy of souvenir program designed by Desmond Digby for Dame Joan Sutherland's Farewell to the operatic stage - Les Huguenots Sydney, 1990 (Item) - Box 4

Two copies of Souvenir Program, Grand Opera Season, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1924 (File) - Box 11

Assorted group of programs - mostly J.C. Williamson's from 1920s and 1930s, 1922 - 1950 (File) - Box 11

Featuring Gladys Moncrieff, Oscar Asche, Old Vic Tour and others.

Miscellaneous programs of different concerts, 1897-1940 (File) - Box 12

Performances range from Sydney Philharmonic Society Berlioz to Ignaz Friedman.

Collection of programs from Elizabethan Trust Opera Company performances, 1956-1968 (File) - Box 12

Akers, William - Dalco, Matthew, 1991 - 2015 (File) - Box 13

Includes material on: William Akers AM - stage director and lighting designer, Elizabeth Allen - mezzo soprano, Robert Allman AM, OBE - baritone, Roger Barratt - lighting designer, Brian Barnes - producer, Morag Beaton - soprano, Dame Heather Begg - mezzo soprano, Reginald Byers - tenor, June Bronhill - soprano, Stuart Challender - conductor, Carlo Felice Cillario - conductor, Kenneth Collins - tenor, Elizabeth Connell - soprano, Ruth Cracknell - actor, David Crooks - producer, Carmel Dalco - marketer, and Matthew Dalco - producer.

Downes, Sir Edward - Mangin, Noel, 1972 - 2016 (File) - Box 13

Includes material on: Sir Edward Downes - conductor, John Durham- bass, Margreta Elkins AM - mezzo soprano, Nicola Filacuridi - tenor, Elizabeth Fretwell - soprano, John Fulford - baritone, Pauline Garrick (Lloyd) - soprano, John Germaine AM - baritone, Rosemary Gordon - soprano, Margherita Grandi - soprano, Stefan Haag - director, Stephen Hall AM - director, Peter Hemmings - administrator, Eilene Hannan AM - soprano, Richard Hickox CBE - conductor, Steven Hingley - administrator, Rita Hunter CBE - soprano, Norman Kaye, Albert Lance (Lance Ingram) - tenor, Alan Light - bass-baritone, Tom Lingwood - designer, Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor, Ronald Maconaghie AM - baritone, and Noel Mangin - bass.

Meale, Richard - Wran, Neville, 2001 - 2014 (File) - Box 13

Includes material on: Richard Meale - composer, John Moulton OAM - technical director, Elke Neidhardt AM - director, Mietta O'Donnell, Norman Parker OAM - technical director, Noël Pelly AM - Administrator, Maria Prerauer (Wolkowsky) - soprano and critic, Rosina Raisbeck MBE - mezzo-soprano, Glenda Raymond - soprano, Deborah Riedel - soprano, Donald Shanks - bass, John Shaw AO OBE - baritone, Monica Sinclair - contralto, Donald Solomon - bass, Lady Viola Tait (Viola Wilson) - soprano, Amanda Thane OAM - soprano, Patrick L. Veitch - administrator, Renato Verdino (Fresia) - language coach, John Winther - musician and administrator and, Neville Wran AC.

Ariadne on Naxos / Richard Strauss, 1975; 1997 (File) - Box 16

Includes programs for Opera Australia's production of Richard Strauss' Ariadne on Naxos at Sydney Opera House in 1975 and 1997.

Music score of Ariadne on Naxos / Richard Strauss belonging to Graeme Ewer, 1975 (Item) - Box 16

Features hand written performance notes.

Adriana Lecouvreur / Francesco Cilea, 1984-1992 (File) - Box 16

Includes programs for Opera Australia's performance of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur at the Sydney Opera House and the Princess Theatre, Melbourne in 1984, as well as related newspaper clippings and photographs. Also includes programs for Sydney Opera House and Victorian Arts Centre performances in 1992.

Music score of Adriana Lecouvreur / Francesco Cilea belonging to Graeme Ewer, 1903 (Item) - Box 16

Features hand written performance notes and lyric translations.

Albert Herring / Benjamin Britten, 1969 - 1979 (File) - Box 16

Includes programs for Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring produced by The University of New South Wales (1969) and Opera Australia (1976, 1978, 1979). Also includes related good luck greeting cards, performance photographs and notes, invitiation to a supper party given by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, and newspaper clippings.

The Abduction from the Seraglio / W.A. Mozart, 1976 (File) - Box 16

Includes program and cuttings for Opera Australia's production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Sydney Opera House.

Music score of The Abduction from the Seraglio / W.A. Mozart belonging to Graeme Ewer, 1962 (Item) - Box 16

Features hand written performance notes.