Series 01: Conti family papers, pictorial material, 1861-2015

MLMSS 9692

series

1861-2015

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Photographs, Ephemera

1102910

0.70 metres of textual material (4 boxes) some files contain photographs - manuscript - typescript; printed ;

BOX 1

Folder 1
Papers and documents concerning the Estate of Adele Bianca Murray, will, funeral service and correspondence, 1957-1967.

Folder 2
Publicity for Italia Conti School and ‘Rainbow’. Newspaper clippings, death notices and obituaries for Italia Conti, 1946; funeral service; wills; birth and death certificates; sympathy telegrams; scripts and poetry. 1873-1946.

Folder 3
Letters from Bertie to Bianca, 1915-1917; reports from Christ’s Hospital; family letters; Strand Magazine January 1930; The Stage February 28, 1946; Diary of Evelyn Marthez Conti from 1924; newspaper clippings about Luigi Conti's musical career, 1875-76; final speech at school. 1861-1975.

Folder 4
Letters from Emilia Conti to her daughter Italia [no date]; H.J. Castle to Emilia, 1883; Conti family history by Ruth; miscellaneous letters.

BOX 2

Folder 1
Papers, documents and correspondence retailing to the Italia Conti Trust and distribution, May 1968. 1960-1975.

Folder 2
Papers, documents and correspondence retailing to the final disbursement of Evelyn Martheze Trust, 1964.

Folder 3
Correspondence and papers between Dr Valerie Langfield and Ruth Conti re Roger Quilter and the Rainbow. 1997-2010.

Folder 4
Centenary celebrations for the Italia Conti School, 1911 to 2011; tax notices; farewell letters; scripts; negotiations for TV productions. 1955-2011.

BOX 3

Folder 1
Ruth Conti’s inheritance from the Estate of the Italia Conti Trust, 13 January 1967 to 30 June 1968.

Folder 2
Securities and tax file for Ruth Conti from 1 July 1968 to April 1969. Also includes correspondence with Inland Revenue until May 1972.

Folder 3
Embroidered diary for 1936 for Ruth Conti; Red address book ‘Where is it?’; Green Shakespeare birthday book.

Folder 4
Resettlement in Australia including correspondence (C.W.A., Australia Council, family members), poetry; receipts/payslips; family history; employment details. 1977-1993.

BOX 4

Folder 1
World War II letters from Ruth Conti to her parents, 1939-1943. Written from Slough, London, Oxford and Bournemouth, England; 2 telegrams [1942].

Folder 2
Letters to Ruth from her father Arthur Conti, her mother, Dorothy (sister-in-law), and Aunt Ruth. 1 October to 5 November 1951; 7 April and 4 May 1953; 3 October to 11 October 1960.

Autobiographical summary by Ruth Conti (typescript) written late in life.

Certificate from London Academy of Music Easter Examinations 1935, Silver Medal awarded to Ruth Conti for elocution.

Certificate from London Academy of Music Christmas Examinations 1936, Gold Medal awarded to Ruth Conti for elocution.

Certificate from London Academy of Music Easter Examinations 1939, Ruth Conti for elocution is awarded a Diploma Associate Teacher’s Certificate.

Drama notes on white index cards.

Soldier’s service and pay book for Ruth Mary Conti.

Officer’s record of service, Army book 439 for Ruth Mary Conti.

Ruth Mary Conti British passbook no. 396771 and no. 372082.

Miscellaneous papers from war, letters, cards, photocopy of birth certificate.

Newspaper account of Ruth Conti's 100th Birthday (Sydney Morning Herald), Ruth Conti's funeral service, November 2015, and tribute from 'The Stage', December 2015.

Compact disc: Roger Quilter complete piano music.

Photocopy of 'The arts of the prima donna in the long nineteenth century', contains details of Angelica Catalani and a slide of Catalani who was the great aunt of Luigi Conti. Slide from the painting by Madam Vigee Le Brun.

Folder 3

37 photographs including Conti family portraits, Ruth Conti portraits, Italia Conti, Bianca Conti, Evelyn Conti, Luigi Conti, and friends, ca. 1890-2012.

Contents of each folder in original order. Folder arrangement by cataloguer.

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Copyright status:: Photographs created before 1955 are out of copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales