Guide to the Overseas ephemera collected by Michael and Jamie Kassler for the National Library of Australia
EPH OS 22
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: November 2022
Collection Summary
- Title
- Overseas ephemera collected by Michael and Jamie Kassler for the National Library of Australia
- Date Range
- 1970s
- Collection Number
- EPH OS 22
- Extent
- 1 collection
- Physical Facet
- 1 ephemera box
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Printed Collections
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection include printed ephemera such as bookmarks, brochures, leaflets, posters, tickets. The material cover topics including robotics and computer-based setting of music notation.
The collection is ongoing, and the following list is updated as new material is acquired.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6485534).
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6485534).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of ephemera item], Overseas ephemera collected by Michael and Jamie Kassler for the National Library of Australia, National Library of Australia, EPH OS 22, [item/file number(s)]'.
Provenance
This collection of ephemera was donated to the National Library of Australia by Dr Michael Kassler and Dr Jamie Kassler.
Item Descriptions
Class. Material received before 2022
Orient Line - England-Australia bookmark (Item 1) - Box 1
Double sided bookmark depicting black and white swans, representing Australia and England.
'All the way with LBJ - Johnson for President' bookmark (Item 2) - Box 1
Single sided bookmark with image of Johnston.
'Henry Clay the people's choice', 1844 (Item 3) - Box 1
Satin campaign ribbon for the 1844 U.S. Presidential Election. Blue ink on satin.
Class. Material received February 2022
Series. Brochures and related information regarding computer-based setting of music notation in the 1970s
NotAset system of Breitkopf & Härtel (London) (File 6) - Box 1
Includes marketing brochure with order form, sample sheet and notice of price changes.
Scan-Note System of Dataland (Aarhus, Denmark) (File 7) - Box 1
Includes bound marketing booklet, photographs and description of product functions, a sheet of handwritten costings for the product, example of sheet music, correspondence regarding the availibity of the product in Australia, technical information, costs for licencing agreement,
PCS-300 and PCS-500 terminals of Music Reprographics Ltd (Oyster Bay, New York) (File 8) - Box 1
Includes product flyer marked 'preliminary' in red ink, papers 'Second Generation Music Input Terminals: A description of a new CRT Terminal designed to replace the PCS-300 Music Pey-punches now used in Computerized Music Typograpy' and 'The X-Y Typewriters and their Application as Music Input Terminals for the Computer' by Dr Armando Dal Molin, sheet music examples, correspondence between Dr Dal Molin and Professor Gary Wittlich.
Class. Material received March 2023
The American Society for the Musical Interpretation of the Bible, Inc. / cordially invites you to attend a / Lecture by Mordecai Sandberg, 6 June 1961 (Item 9) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 flyer
Advertising a lecture by Dr. Mordecai Sandberg, composer and musicologist, on the Universal-Microtonal System including Eartraining, Notation, and Instruments. Held at the Town Hall West 43rd Street New York.
George A. Thewlis. / Baritone / (Of The Elizabethan Singers), n.d. (Item 10) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
2 business cards
Business cards for Musician George A. Thewlis. Notes that he is a Baritone, does "Recitals, Oratorios, ect.", and can be found at "Christ Church Cathedral or 24 Hurst Street, Oxford".
Henry Buckley, / Printer,, c.1880-1890s (Item 11) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 business card
Small business card for Henry Buckley, letterpress printer. Notes two locations "168 to 172, Wellington Street, LEEDS; and Swiss Villa, POOL.
The Bath Assembly / Linley - Sheridan Exhibition / in the / Old Sessions Court Guildhall, Bath, 15 - 28 May 1949 (Item 12) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 catalogue
Catalogue of portraits, drawings, musical instruments, music, MSS (manuscripts), autograph letters, printed books, and playbills from the exhibition.