Collection 1: Graeme D. Rushworth research papers relating to pipe organs, ca. 1819-2009

MLMSS 9363/Boxes 1-64
MLMSS 9363/Boxes 65X-66X
R 2143
SLIDES 295

sub-fonds

ca. 1819-2009

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs

880991

10.54 metres of of textual material (64 boxes and 2 outsize boxes). Some files include photographs and drawings.
Approximately 200 slides - colour
1 box of musical instrument components - Pipe-organ drawstop knobs : wooden

BOXES 1-3
‘People’, ‘XXX’ and 'A-Z', being files of correspondence, press clippings and other material relating to organ builders, organists, clergy and choral societies, arranged by person’s name; 6 floppy discs of J. E. Dodd business correspondence [box 3]

BOXES 4-7
Correspondence, press clippings and other material relating to Organ locations in N.S.W. (places, churches, residences, halls etc.), arranged alphabetically

BOX 8
Correspondence, press clippings and other material relating to organs in Queensland including St. Andrew’s South Brisbane
GDR technical drawings, photographs and plans relating to organ in All Saints, Wickham Terrace, ca. 2006
Press clippings, research material and correspondence relating to organ in The Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Point Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, ca. 1990s-2000s [2 folders]

BOXES 9-10
Organ concert programmes, ca. 1953-2006
Correspondence, press clippings and other material relating to organs throughout Australasia
i) ‘XXXX’ [misc.]
ii) South Australia
iii) Western Australia
iv) A.C.T.
v) Victoria
vi) Tasmania, including correspondence with Jai Peterson
vii) Australia [misc.]
viii) New Zealand
Grand Organ Christmas Recital, Town Hall, Sydney, souvenir programmes, 1978-1979

BOXES 11-13
GDR notebooks relating to organs and organ builders in N.S.W., numbered 1-38, ca. 1970s-1990s

BOXES 13-19
GDR scrapbook series of press clippings and notes relating to organs and organ builders chiefly in N.S.W., numbered 1-51

BOXES 19-22
Card index of organs and organ builders in N.S.W. arranged alphabetically, A-Z; extra cards relating to Victoria, British organ builders, Irish organ builders, overseas organists, Whitehouse organs

BOX 23
‘Churches of romance and history’ – two scrapbooks of NSW churches/history commenced by Gywenyth Hutchens, ca. 1936, continued by GDR
Extracts from Charles William Leggo account books, 1911-1949, compiled by GDR, 1979
2 mounted photographs of church organs relating to CW. Leggo, [undated]4
C.W. Leggo drawing for St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Organ, 1926
GDR transcriptions of C.W. Leggo account books
‘Organs XXX’ including GDR research, drawings and notes ca. 1980s

BOX 24
Catalogues, programmes, journal issue relating to organs, ca. 1909-2005
‘Organs XXX’ [3 envelopes] including GDR notes and research, correspondence, catalogues, ca. 1819-2004
MSS of text and illustrations from GDR’s paper, ‘Architecture of the organ case’, ca. 1984
MSS of text and illustrations from GDR’s paper, ‘Anonymous organs – their identification by style recognition and comparison’, ca. 1982
Microfiche copies of C.W. Leggo and Griffin records, ca. 1916-1944
MSS of text and illustrations of ‘English Swell Box’, paper written by Dr W. Jordan, 2002

BOX 25
GDR report and recommendations for organ at St John The Divine, New York, 1992
GDR notes and drafts for NSW Heritage Office, Pipe organ conservation and maintenance guide, 1998
Copies of advertisements of organs for sale from ‘The Times’, 1839, 1852-3, 1873-76 (incl. CD-ROM copy; Musical Times, 1871-1874
Freeman-Edmonds Directory of Organ Builders / British Institute of Organ Studies, ca. 1993

BOX 26
Photo album of Keith Solley including correspondence with organ builders, ca. 1920s-1950s?
GDR tracings of organ key cheeks, arranged alphabetically by builder, [chiefly undated]
Organ society of Sydney membership list, ca. 1980
Organ society of Sydney newsletters, 1962-1964
GDR notes, research and press clippings relating to Pipe Organs [2 folders]

BOX 27
Notes on pipe organs installed in the Lithgow area / A. Cargrill, 1883
GDR research
Copies of Rushworth article, published in Sydney Organ Journal, 1978-1980
‘Organ builder, Great Britain’, including directory entries, census returns, extracts, wills, biographies, ca. 1800s
British census entries for organ builders, 1881, arranged alphabetically in each district

BOX 28
British census entries 1881, cont.
St. Stephens, Newtown, organ tuner’s notebook, 1965
GDR drawing of organ note responses [?], 1967

BOXES 29-30
Printouts of negatives and images of pipe organs and parts, 1970-1986 [2 folders]
GDR correspondence relating to pipe organs, ca. 1970s-2000s, A-H, arranged alphabetically by correspondent [2 folders]

BOXES 31-32
GDR photographs of organs in N.S.W., Tasmania, Queensland, New Zealand, South Australia and Western Australia [chiefly undated], including 3 CD-ROMs

BOX 33
Music of the Anglican churches of the Diocese of Sydney: 1836-1868, thesis / written by N. M. Cameron, 2006
Music of the Anglican churches in Sydney and surrounding regions, 1788-1868, thesis / written by James Forsyth, 2002 [2 folders]
GDR research, correspondence and press clippings

BOX 34
GDR research, correspondence with publishers, journal issues and press clippings, ca. 1990s, relating to his book ‘Historic Organs of New South Wales’
Mss of ‘A century plus of Fincham Organs’ / GDR

BOX 35
GDR research, ca. 1930s-1980s
Photographs relating to publication of GDR’s book ‘Historic Organs of New South Wales’, arranged alphabetically

BOX 36
Issues of periodicals relating to organs, ca. 1983-1995
Trade catalogues chiefly relating to organ music, ca. 1960s-1980s
Booklets of English cathedrals and church organs, ca. 1980s

BOX 37
Issues of ‘The Organ’ (London periodical), 1959-1961, 1971

BOX 38
3 issues of ‘The Diaphone’ (Theatre Organ Society of Australia), 1967-1969
Issues of ‘OHTA News’ (Organ Historical Trust of Australia), vols. 1-18, 1977-1994, including index to drawings by GDR

BOX 39
‘OHTA News’ cont., vols 19-24, 1995-2000 including contents index
Booklets relating to organ conferences, 1981-2005

BOX 40
Organ Society of Queensland periodicals, 1975-1978 and 1987-2005

BOX 41
Issues of Church Heritage (NSW Uniting Church Historical Society), vols. 1-4, 1978-1986
Souvenir booklets to historic sites, cultural institutions etc. in NSW, ca. 1970s-1990s

BOX 42
Issues of Hunter District Organ Music Society, Vols. 1-30, 1978-2008

BOX 43
NSW church history booklets, parish notes, magazines, etc., ca. 1930s-1990s

BOX 44
District and historical locality guide books, ca. 1960s-1990s
The Journal of Organ Society of Sydney, vols. 1-6, 1962-1964
The Sydney Organ Journal, vols. 1-9, 1974-1978

BOXES 45-46
The Sydney Organ Journal (cont.), vols. 10-25, 1979-1994

BOX 47
Various Australian organ concert and festival programmes, ca. 1948-1972
Miscellaneous organ publications, ca. 1962-1986
Bound volume of Victorian Organ Journal, vols. 1-6, 1972-1978
5 issues of Organ News [WA], 1973-1975
7 issues of Organ news [NZ], 1975-1983
9 issues of Organists’ Review, 1972-1984

BOX 48
Issues of The Sydney Organ Journal, 1995-2000
Issues of Victorian Organ Journal, 1978-1980, 1988-1998

BOXES 49-53
Bound volumes of extracts relating to organs, and some loose issues, of Musical Opinion [UK], 1933-1946; 1958 (incomplete), 1960-1962

BOXES 54 –59
Issues of The Organ (UK), vols. 1-317, 1921-19XX, with annual indexes

BOX 60
Information booklets relating to Vaucluse House, Taronga Zoo, The Blue Mountains, ca. 1950s-1990s; Bacon's large print map of London & suburbs with guide, ca. 1890
Issues of The Diapson, 1976-1980

BOXES 61-64
Issues of The Diapson (cont.), 1981- 2001

BOXES 65X-66X
Drawing [by C.W. Leggo or Reg Edwards] of unidentified theatre organ console, [undated]
Index to sequence of GDR drawings of organs, churches, etc., numerically sequenced
GDR Drawings 151-255

R 2143
Pipe organ drawstop knobs including those from Ss Michael & John R. C. Cathedral, Bathurst, N.S.W.; Nicholson & Lord Baptist Church, Druitt Street

SLIDES 295
Approximately 200 colour slides of organ subjects used for GDR’s research, ca. 1980s-1990s

Collection arranged by Graeme D. Rushworth.

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