1. Caroline Chisholm papers, c1833-c1953. 2. Dame Nellie Melba papers, c1885-c1920. Both papers on the same microfilm reel.

1894-[ongoing]
Documents, programs, diaries, music scores, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia. The collection includes: roll books (1894-1924); the Marshall Hall diaries (1901-51); original scores of Fritz Hart; 17 copies of the Melba Magazine (1934-50); extensive artistic programs and details of famous students such as Florence Austral and Gertrude Johnson. Material relating to Dame Nellie Melba includes Melba's personal collection of sheet music, a folder of programmes and Melba's personal library of bound copies of scores and other books. There are also 21 framed photographs, mostly of Melba, but also Marshall Hall and other historical personalities.

Mainly letters from Dame Nellie Melba to her cousin Jeannie Armstrong, 1901-1903, but also including two letters from Haddon Chambers to Jeannie Armstrong, c.1901-c.1902, one letter to Haddon Chambers, c.1901-c.1902, and pictorial material.

Account book kept by Dame Nellie Melba's accountant for her Australasian tour, 1902-1903

Three signed, undated letters to Jascha Heifetz and a photograph of a facsimile message from Jules Massenet.

Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi (Melba's teacher) was grandmother to Baron Podhragy, who had in Vienna inscribed books, letters, photos etc. relevant to the life of the singer. This address outlines her life from these, with a brief outline of events leading to the author's discovery of them.

Descriptive list available (5 p.) under the title Baron Podhragy Collection.
Letters, photographs, press cuttings 1887-1889 programmes, printed material, and other papers of Mathilde, Blanche and Salvatore Marchesi and Leopold Podhragy. Most of the material dates from the period of the family's association with Dame Nellie Melba and contains 54 letters to family members by Melba, as well as a printed text of an address given by Melba in 1911, photographs, and the original programme of Melba's farewell performance, 1926 June 8. Also includes a typescript entitled "Melba Garcia and the Marchesis: a souvenir of by-gone times" by Leopold Podhragy, and a scrapbook of Mathilde Marchesi, 1887-1889 about her school and pupils.

Letters from Melba to Lemmone, Mabel Batchelor, a former pupil, and Sam Batchelor; program (1909), cards and photographs, including Melba and violonist Jan Kubelik; typed speech by Dr John Robertson, President of the Red Cross Society of Canada, in praise of Melba; notice of Melba's
farewell, 1927; financial statements and news cuttings.

Press cuttings covering the Sydney and Melbourne opera seasons, 1924.

1. Caroline Chisholm papers, c1833-c1953. 2. Dame Nellie Melba papers, c1885-c1920. Both papers on the same microfilm reel.

Correspondence, telegrams, programmes, newspaper cuttings, music (mainly solo songs), photographs, articles by and about Hart, unpublished novels and other papers of Fritz Hart. Parry, David Bispham, George Russell ("A. E."), Nellie Melba, B. J. Dale, Philip Heseltine ("Peter Warlock"), W. K. Magee, Percy Grainger, Angela Thirkell and Granville Bantock.

Descriptive list available.
1. Letters, including letters from Nellie Melba to Cochran, 1916-1926. 2. Autograph book, 1888-1905. 3. Manuscript of "Round the world in Eighty Years" by Tommy Cochran.

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1. Newspaper clippings relating to Nellie Melba, 1907-1946. 2. Sheet music, including pieces for flute and piano, flute and orchestra, pianos and song albums. 3. Music manuscripts, comprising: ten working papers for composition and partly completed works; ten compositions for flute and piano; and eleven song compositions. 4. Photographs. 5. Miscellaneous tickets, cards and publicity handouts. 6. Correspondence. 7. Papers relating to tours managed by John Lemmone: Paderewski Recitals (1904); John Lemmone Concert Tour (1908?); and five Melba tours (1907-1908; 1909; 1911; 1918-1919; 1923-1924). 8. Concert programs. 9. Four original recordings by Lemmore: "Valse Bluette"/"Reverie"; "Fantasy"/"Danse Romantique"; "Bolero"/"Mozart Harp and Flute Concerto"; and "Nightingale"/"By the Brook". 10. Flute belonging to John Lemmone.

Biographical file of information on Dame Nellie Melba comprising: "Dame Nellie Melba. A centennial review" by Warren Perry (published in Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 31, no. 4, May 1961); "A Dame Nellie Melba centenary oration" by Dr. Colin Macdonald (published in Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 31, no. 3, February 1961); "Portrait of a Prima Donna", radio broadcast for the centenary of Melba's birth on 19 May 1961 by John Thompson; press cuttings; one photograph; and references to other newspaper articles on Melba.

Melba's letters are written from a variety of locations, including Coombe Cottage in Victoria, Chicago, Sussex, Paris and London. There are 7 in all, mainly written to a Thomas Cochrane. Two are incomplete. Also included is an Order of Service for the unveiling and dedication of a window dedicated to the memory of Dame Nellie Melba in the Church of St. Sepulchre's, Holborn, England, in 1962. Also included is a typescript copy of an indenture between James Watson and David Mitchell (Melba's father) 13 November [18]46. Also, a letter from Beverley Nichols in Surrey to John Hetherington in Melbourne 8 August 1964 re. Melba.

I. Correspondence. (a) Letters from Frederick McCubbin to his wife, 1907. (b) Letters to Frederick McCubbin and his wife. Correspondents include Dame Nellie Melba, Edward Officer, Dame Ellen Terry and J. C. Williamson. (c) Letters to Frederick McCubbin from Arthur Streeton, 1900-1915. II. Photographs, catalogues and other papers. Includes photographs of paintings by Frederick McCubbin, legal and official documents, notes and lectures. III. Correspondence of Louis McCubbin. Mainly concerning exhibitions of Frederick McCubbin's work.

Scrapbook relating to Dame Nellie Melba, kept by her personal assistant. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs and performance programmes. Includes a series of articles "Melba's life story" published in the Herald newspaper (Melbourne), September 1925. Photographs include portraits of Melba, views of Coombe Cottage (her home near Lilydale, Vic.) and scenes of her arrival at Perth on the R. M. S. "Orsova" in 1914.

Scrapbook of Melba's career, compiled by Beryl Fanning. Includes correspondence 1909-1919 from Melba to Beryl Fanning, and programmes. [ Beryl Fanning was a student of Dame Nellie Melba at the University Conservatorium. ]