Merewether family original and collected music with associated papers, 1905-1974
Merewether family original and collected music with associated papers, 1905-1974
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Date
1905-1974
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8482/Box 1X
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0.47 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
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Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Contents
1. Manuscript and printed music by Elsie Hope Docker, including the Armidale School Song (1911), Polo Song, Coonanbara, To a baby, Vivien's song, and The call of love (published 1912).
2. Manuscript music by Hope Merewether, together with a letter from Frank Hutchens (undated) and also Peter Dawson (1931).
3. Manuscript music by Richa...
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Full title
Merewether family original and collected music with associated papers, 1905-1974
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Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Edward John Merewether, December 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Elsie Hope Docker (nee Wallace) was the eldest daughter of Robert Barclay Wallace and Eliza Allen Bowden of Newcastle. Elsie was very gifted, and composed and sang her own songs. In 1902, she married Thomas Lawrence Docker of Armidale. They had a son and daughter, Hope. Elsie died in 1921.
Hope Merewether (nee Docker) married Edward Robert M...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 8482/Box 1X
Record Identifier
9Bv7llZ9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7llZ9
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Reference code
971105
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