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BOX 1
ALFRED HILL
Folder 1: Papers, 1915-1960, including typescript list of violin repertoire; typescript libretto ‘Mythology’ by Julia Moran; copy of Will of Charles Hill (father), 1915-1918; Decrees Nisi and Absolute (7 October 1920, 10 May 1921) for his marriage to Sarah Brownhill Booth; Certificate of Marriage to Mirrie Solomon (1 October 1921); typescript list of compositions, 17 May 1960; Assignment of copyright for Miniature Trio No. 1 by Alfred Hill, 1946; flier for performance of Tawhaki cantata by North Shore Choral Society and North Shore Symphony Orchestra; printed booklet ‘Rotorua’ presented to Alfred Hill by the Mayor of Rotorua.
Folder 2: Letters and cards received, 1921-1952 and undated. Correspondents include Mabel (sister), Lillias A. Woods, Allison and Byram Mansell.
Folder 3: Graphic material, 1926 and undated, including photograph of Alfred Hill by May and Mina Moore; photographs of two painted portraits of Alfred Hill, one of the portraits signed by Mabel Hill (1926); series of pencil, pastel and watercolour portraits (unidentified, but some may be of Mirrie), probably by Mabel Hill.

MIRRIE HILL
Folder 4: Papers, 1960-1978 and undated, including appointment diary (with only a few random entries); transcript of oral history interview with Mirrie Hill by Hazel de Berg (National Library of Australia, 10 June 1975); typescript list of works by Mirrie Hill (undated) and Alfred Hill (compiled 1961); Catalogue of Music by Alfred Hill in the ABC Music Library (1963); typescript of narration for Arnhem Land film reel 2; guest list for Mirrie Hill’s birthday concert in 1978; music manuscript ‘Tis Mother’s Day’ by Alfred Hill, 8 May 1960, inscribed ‘To Mil with love’; programme notes by Mirrie Hill for compositions by Alfred and Mirrie Hill (including Celtic Symphony, Celtic Quartet and Tangi by Alfred Hill and Arnhem Land Symphony by Mirrie Hill).
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1961-1982 and undated. Correspondents include Albert Edition, Allans Music, John Cargher, Dorothy Dodd, Miriam Hyde, Henry Krips, Elizabeth and Ian Mason, Public Trust Office, John M. Thomson, Kathleen Tuohy. Letters sent by Mirrie Hill to Henry Krips, Elsa Pollett, brother Ron [Solomon].
Folder 6: Papers concerning Franz Holford, 1968-1983 and undated, including letters received, notes by Mirrie Hill and Mirrie Hill’s cheque book showing payments mainly to Franz Holford, 1983.
Folder 7: Writings of Mirrie Hill, 1968-1982 and undated, being mainly poetry and lyrics for her compositions. Includes incomplete manuscript of a short story ‘The earth does not give – we take’ (1976). Also includes poetry collected.

BOX 2
MIRRIE HILL (continued)
Folder 1: Playscripts by Mirrie Hill and others, undated, including ‘Doctor Mac’ and ‘Trees’ by Mirrie Hill (radio plays, typescript), ‘The little dream: an allegory in six scenes’ by John Galsworthy (two copies of typescript), first draft of unidentified play (typescript) and various incomplete manuscripts, some relating to ‘Tohunga’ by Alfred and Mirrie Hill.
Folder 2: Royalty statements and contracts, 1966-1976 and undated.
Folder 3: Financial documents, 1929-1984, including copies of some Income Tax returns, statement of account for Alfred Hill’s Estate up to May 1974, and four pass books for bank accounts, 1962-1981.
Folder 4: Printed material collected, 1933-1982 and undated, including newscuttings, newsletters, journals and programs.
Folder 5: Estate of Marjorie Joseph, 1968.

ISOLDE HILL
Folder 6: Papers, 1947-1969, including Decree Absolute (6 November 1947) for her marriage to Joseph Flanagan; three newscuttings concerning Isolde and Alfred Hill; typescript compilation of newspaper reviews of performances by Clifford S. Grant, 1965-1969, and two photographs of Clifford S. Grant.
Folder 7: Letters received from daughter Maureen Flanagan, 1959-1970.
Folder 8: Letters received, 1931-1977 and undated. Correspondents include Roy Agnew, Edgar Bainton, Neville Cardus, Alice L. Elgar, son Brian Flanagan, Clifford S. Grant, father Alfred Hill, Mirrie Hill, Uncle Ted [Hill], Louis Lavater, Hugh McCrae, Auntie Woods. Two drafts of letter sent by Isolde Hill to Arthur, 1955.

BOX 3
MAUREEN FLANAGAN
Folder 1: Papers, 1959-1994 and undated, including extract of entry in birth register, typescript autobiography ‘My life history’.
Folder 2: Letters received by Maureen Flanagan, 1952-1997 and undated. Correspondents include Grandma [Sarah Booth?], brother Brian Flanagan, mother Isolde Hill, Mirrie Hill, Shirley McGill, Aunt Mabel McIndoe, Ted, Meg, Eric W.
Folder 3: Papers concerning the Alfred Hill Memorial Composition Prize (donated by former pupils of Alfred Hill), and the Alfred Hill Travelling Scholarship, 1961-2001.
Folder 4: Papers concerning management of copyright and royalties from Alfred and Mirrie Hill’s compositions, 1966-1997.
Folder 5: Papers concerning Mirrie Hill’s Estate and the Alfred and Mirrie Hill Travelling Scholarship, 1981-1998, including correspondence with A. J. North (Accountant and Executor) and John R. Quinn (Solicitor), copies of letters sent by Maureen Flanagan and Patricia Colligan.
Folder 6: Papers concerning the sale of Alfred and Mirrie Hill’s papers to the Mitchell Library, 1990-1992.
Folder 7: Papers concerning family trees of Hill, Booth, Solomon, McIndoe and Flanagan families, including correspondence between Maureen Flanagan and Ian Mason, 1990 and undated.

PAT COLLIGAN
Folder 8: Papers, comprising letters received, 1946-1960, from Joseph Flanagan, Maureen Flanagan, Isolde Hill; one newscutting, ca. 1945.

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