| Bib ID |
165368 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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Related Online
Resources |
Finding aid |
| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1928-1994.
2.66 m. (19 boxes)+ 2 fol. boxes.
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| Summary |
Diaries, correspondence, biographical notes, concert programs, scrapbooks, press cuttings, photographs, music scores, teaching material for the Victorian College of the Arts, speeches and other papers. The papers relate mainly to Dame Joan's career as an opera singer and teacher, but also cover such topics as: Presbyterian Ladies College, Pymble; the loss of Dame Joan's house in the 1983 Ash Wendesday bushfires; the Australian Opera; the Victoria State Opera; golf; and Dame Joan's friendship with Lolita Marriott.
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| Biography/History |
New Zealand born opera singer who gained international acclaim during the 1940s and 1950s. After her retirement in 1965 she taught singing at the Victorian College of the Arts and was Artistic Director of the Victorian Opera Company, 1971-76. Hammond was also a talented golfer who was three times New South Wales ladies golf champion. |
| Notes |
Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 8648.
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| Related Material |
Letters of Dame Joan Hammond also held at National Library of Australia Manuscript Section at MS 9704. Betty Davison's collection of papers on Dame Joan Hammond also held at National Library of Australia Manuscript Section at MS 9832. Associated materials: Original oil portrait, two original art works, and one trophy are held in National Library of Australia Pictorial Section. |
| Cited In |
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; E943
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Finding aid (11 p.) available in Manuscript Reading Room, and on the Internet at http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms8648 |
| Subjects |
Hammond, Joan, - Dame, - 1912-1996 - Archives. | Marriott, Lolita. | Australian Opera. | Presbyterian Ladies' College (Pymble, N.S.W.) | Victoria State Opera. | Victorian College of the Arts. | Golf - Australia. | Opera - Australia. | Singers - Australia - Archives.
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| Occupation |
Singers. |