Series 06: Mirrie Hill personal papers, 1911-1984

MLMSS 6357/Box 50

series

1911-1984

1000882

1 box - manuscript

Folders 1-2:
Correspondence, 1926-1984, undated. Manuscript and typescript.
Including letters of sympathy received by Mirrie Hill on the death of Alfred Hill. Arranged chronologically.
An index to all correspondents appears at the end of the draft Guide to the Papers and Music of Alfred and Mirrie Hill in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.
Principal correspondents include: Allans Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, John Antill, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Ada Crossley-Muecke, Beth Dean, Doris Fitton, Laurence Godfrey Smith, Fritz Bennicke Hart, Bernard Heinze, Dorothy Helmrich, Franz Holford, Frank Hutchens, Henry Krips, Hugh McCrae, Hephzibah Menuhin, Charles P. Mountford, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, and W. Arundel Orchard.

Folder 3:
Newscuttings, 1932-1977, undated.
Being mainly reviews of performances of compositions by Mirrie and Alfred Hill and about Alfred Hill after his death. Arranged chronologically.

Folder 4:
Contracts and royalty statements, 1926-1970. Manuscript, typescript and printed.
Being contracts between Mirrie Hill and Elkin & Co., Chappell & Co., W.H. Paling & Co., Southern Music Publishing Co., Australian Broadcasting Commission, Allan & Co., J. Albert & Son, Castle Music, and dancer Beth Dean. Royalty statements from Southern Music Publishing, Nicholson’s, and Chappell & Co. Arranged chronologically.

Folder 5:
Short stories, scripts, poetry and lyrics by Mirrie Hill, undated. Manuscript, typescript and carbon typescript.
Including short story 'The Earth does not give . . . we take' (2 typescripts of part 1; manuscript of part 2; various draft manuscript pages); synopsis and script of musical play 'Tohunga' (photocopy of manuscript, 23 pp.; annotated typescript, 15 pp.; incomplete annotated typescript, 2 pp.); radio playscript 'Doctor Mac' (typescript, 6 pp.; incomplete carbon typescript, 2 pp.); sketch for film 'The Street' (various ms. drafts).

Folder 6:
Miscellaneous papers, 1919-1984, undated. Manuscript, typescript and printed.
Including program notes by Mirrie Hill for compositions by Alfred and Mirrie Hill, lists of published and unpublished music by Mirrie Hill, biographical notes and reflections on Alfred Hill and Percy Grainger by Mirrie Hill, notes about musical instruments, form completed by Mirrie Hill for her entry in the Encyclopaedia of Modern Music, surveyor’s report by J.G. MacGibbon on two parcels of land in Raglan St (1919), copy of Statement of Account in the Estate of Kate Caroline Solomon from the Public Trust Office (24 Aug. 1955), and statement of receipts and disbursements for Estate of Alfred F. Hill from the Public Trust Office (8 Jan. 1965).

Folder 7:
Short stories, playscripts, poetry and lyrics collected, 1979, undated. Manuscript, typescript, newscutting and printed.
Being a short story 'The Reckolections of Marianne' by Ronald J. Solomon (?); playscript The Lost Child by John Wheeler; poetry and lyrics by M.B., Robert D. FitzGerald, Mary Gilmore, Mary C. Hall, Franz Holford, G. Hubi-Newcombe, Hugh McCrae, Patrick MacGill, Gloria Rawlinson, Amy Roberts, John Wheeler, and unidentified. Arranged alphabetically by author.

Folder 8:
Programmes collected, 1911-1979. Printed.
Being programmes (7) involving performances of compositions by Mirrie and Alfred Hill, or concerts attended. Arranged chronologically.