Australian Hymn Book Committee further records, 1968-1995

MLMSS 8077

fonds

1968-1995

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

934751

0.90 metres of textual material (6 boxes)

The Australian Hymn Book Committee began its work in 1968. Professor Wesley Milgate, a Methodist, was appointed Executive Editor for the Australian Hymn Book, the first Australian ecumenical hymnal published in 1977. He compiled its companion, Songs of the People of God (1982).

Canon Lawrence Bartlett was Executive Secretary of the Australian Hymn Book Committee and its chief Anglican representative.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection

BOX 1
Records of the Australian Hymn Book Editorial Committee relating to Sing Alleluia: More Hymns to Sing with One Voice (1987), a supplement to the Australian Hymn Book (BOXES 1-2)

Box listing of folders compiled and supplied by Australian Hymn Book Committee (nos. 1-13), and amplified by the Library:

1. ‘W. Milgate’s correspondence etc. for Companion to Sing Alleluia’, being correspondence of Professor Wesley Milgate (Executive Editor, Australian Hymn Book Editorial Committee)

2. ‘Press Clippings for SA’, 1987-1988, including reviews

3. ‘Press Releases for SA’, 1987-1988

4. ‘Correspondence [mainly of Canon L. F. Bartlett] with composers and consultants’, 1985-1987, including Father Christopher Willcock, Shirley Erena Murray, Patricia Lewis, Alister Spence, Michael Thwaites and Honor Thwaites, Robin Mann, Francisco F. Feliciano and Keith D. Pearson

5. ‘Comments and enquiries from 1987 onwards’, 1987-1988, being correspondence of Canon L. F. Bartlett

6. ‘AHB Editorial Committee Minutes’, 1978-1986

7. ‘Committee correspondence re SA’, 1982-1988, including memoranda

8. ‘National Launch for SA’, 1986-1987

9. ‘Interstate Launches for SA’, 1987

10. ‘Correspondence re Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ material’, 1970-1986

11. ‘Correspondence re commissioned tunes’, 1986, with, among others, Peter Sculthorpe, Robert Hughes, George Dreyfus, Cathy Peters, Eric Gross, Colin Brumby and Nerida Tyson

12. ‘Material submitted but not used’, 1986

BOX 2
13. ‘Mock up of Book for Committee’, 1987, being mainly photocopied typescript paste-up in blue lever arch file

BOX 3
Box listing of folders compiled and supplied by Australian Hymn Book Committee (nos. 1-9), and amplified by the Library:

1. ‘Souvenirs incl[uding] photos of launch’, 1977, including photograph of ‘Six Australian composers and authors whose work appears in The Australian Hymn Book, at the book’s national launching in the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, on September 26, 1977. They are (left to right) Professor Wesley Milgate, Granton Hay, Professor Eric Gross, Lawrence Bartlett, Richard Connolly, Philip Blake.’

2. ‘Press releases to 1983’, 1968-1982

3. ‘Comments and enquiries to 1986’, 1976-1986

4. ‘NZ [New Zealand] Press Clippings’, 1982-1983, relating to With One Voice: A Hymn Book for all the Churches (1982)

5. ‘Australian Press Clippings’, 1977-1983, including reviews of Australian Hymn Book, Songs of the People of God and With One Voice

6. ‘Overseas Press Clippings’, 1977-1982, including reviews of Australian Hymn Book and With One Voice

7. ‘Committee correspondence to 1985’, 1970-1985

8. ‘Misc[ellaneous] correspondence to 1984’, 1968-1984, including details of national launch and interstate launches of Australian Hymn Book and Songs of the People of God

BOX 4
9. ‘[Australian Hymn Book] Correspondence with Collins Publishers [London] in yearly bundles to 1985’:
9A. 1972-1976
9B. 1977 and ‘general material re launching of AHB in 1977’
9C. 1978
9D. 1979
9E. 1980
9F. 1981
9G. 1982
9H. 1983
9I. 1984
9J. 1985

BOX 5
Folders:
‘Minutes – Lists’, 1974-1976, including minutes of meetings, correspondence and ‘Index of Tunes (with Words)’

‘Memorandum & Articles of Association’, 1976, and memoranda and correspondence mainly relating to the publication of Sing Alleluia, 1986-1987

‘Odd Words & Tunes’, 1969-1976, including correspondence of Rev. H. D (D’Arcy) Wood and copies of hymns

‘Editorial (post-1977) C’ttee. Publishing C’tee’, 1977-1985, including correspondence of Rev. Dr D’Arcy Wood and minutes of the Editorial Committee

‘Hymn Book : ‘Minutes & Corresp.’, 1968-1979

BOX 6
‘AHB Oddments’, 1994-1995, including correspondence; reports and responses to the Australian Hymn Book Committee from Uniting Church Members, July 1995; Anglican Representatives, 13 June 1995; Lutheran Church of Australia, June 1995, Presbyterian Representatives; and Churches of Christ; copy of God, We Praise You : Eighteen Hymns and Nine Doxologies to Familiar Tunes (1995) by Keith Pearson

‘A.H.B. Editorial C’tee 1981-‘, 1982-1990, including correspondence and memoranda, and minutes of meetings

‘AHB Co. 1991-3’, 1988-1993, including annual reports of the Australian Hymn Book Pty Limited, 1991-1993; and minutes of meetings of Directors of the Australian Hymn Book Pty Limited, 1988-1993

‘A.H.B. 1989-1991 Sundry Notes’,1986-1992, including correspondence and memoranda

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the Australian Hymn Book Committee owns copyright

Boxes 1-4 (formerly 3 boxes), deposited in November 1988, were incorporated with Boxes 4-5 (formerly 1 box), deposited in December 1996