Doreen Miriam Bridges papers, 1934-1998

MLMSS 8739

fonds

1934-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Musical Sound Recordings, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Manuscript Notated Music, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

153817

0.68 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Doreen Bridges (nee Jacobs) was born in June 1918 to Olga and Sir Roland Jacobs.

Bridges served with the WAAAF in World War 2, and has had a distinguished career as a music educator.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

BOX 1
Spiral bound manuscript music books, 1939

Bound notebook
Lessons on the various points of aural training, submitted for AMEB L. MUS. A Examination Musical Perception (Teacher), 1940

Universities Commission Survey of Professional Fields: Music / D. M. Jacobs, 1947; Music in Education: Report of the Australian Unesco Seminar held in Melbourne, 1956

Folder 1
Personal papers including curriculum vitae, notes on WAAAF education services, speeches, biographical details, ca. 1974-1994

Folder 2
ABC School Broadcasts
Adelaide, 1943
Sydney, 1958, 1960

Folder 3
Early songs, 1949-1952

Folder 4
Permissions/Correspondence: Ballad of 1891, Helen Palmer and Doreen Jacobs/Bridges, 1953-1980

Folder 5
Permissions and copyright problems: Ballad of 1891, Ballad of Eureka, D. Bridges, 1981-1998

Folder 6
Letters from Alan Bush (composer - England), Nettie Palmer, Dr Frances Aronoff (New York University), 1931-1983; some papers in adult education; University of Adelaide students' concert programs, 1934-1942

Folder 7
Walford House School reports, correspondence, newsletters, invitations, speeches, etc., 1935-1980; song books, 1951-1979

BOX 2
2 bound exercise books,
Folder 1
Early childhood: papers, photographs, clippings, newsletters, 1980-1988

Folder 2
Early childhood music education, 1975-1997

Folder 3
Music education history papers/articles, 1968-1984

Folder 4
Music education research, ca. 1964-1988

Folder 5
Music education general, including clippings, papers, notes, etc., 1948-1985

Folder 6
New South Wales Primary School Curriculum Project Committee papers and correspondence, 1976-1994

Folder 7
Papers, correspondence, clippings, invitations, photographs, 1937-1998

BOX 3
Bachelor of Music, University of Adelaide, 1941
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, 1971

Folder 1
Australian Music Education Board correspondence, 1957-1994

Folder 2
Oxford Companion to Australian Music correspondence and reviews, 1996-1998

Folder 3
Nursery School Teachers' College personal correspondence, syllabus, etc., 1974-1985

Folder 4
Correspondence, clippings, 1976-1996

Folder 5
New South Wales State Conservatorium, including papers, correspondence, programs, annual reports, etc., ca. 1977-1996

Folder 6
Papers and correspondence concerning Order of Australia award, 1984
Music diplomas and fellowships

BOX 4
Sounds Australian: Journal of Australian Music, No. 24, Summer 1989/90; Doreen Bridges: Music Educator / edited by Martin Comte, 1992; Music Education: International Viewpoints / edited by Martin Comte, 1994; Recollections: One hundred tributes to the life and work of Heather D Gell MBE, 1996

Folder 1
Australian Test for Advanced Music Studies (ATAMS), development, grants, test papers, report, handbook

Folder 2
D. M. Bridges author of papers concerning the ATAMS Test, 1973-1976

Folder 3
Australian Test for Advanced Music Studies: Report to the Education Research and Development Committee, 1977

Cassettes
Demystifying music education, 1984
The Right to Music, No. 7, 1979
Doreen Bridges with J. Brockie, 2FC, 1994
Interview with Mr Peter Bridges and Dr Doreen Bridges by Jean Hart
Ballad of 1891, ABC FM, 1991

Audiotapes
ATAMS Parts 1-3

Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed:
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