Collection 3: Graham Pont further papers, 1934-2021

MLMSS 12199/Boxes 1-13, 15-22
MLMSS 12199/Box 14X
ARCH 46

sub-fonds

1934-2021

Textual Records, Notated Music, Manuscript Notated Music, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Architectural and Technical Drawings

9665458

3.7 metres of textual material (21 boxes and 1 outsize box), includes photographs
107 text files - digital
13 architectural drawings

MLMSS 12199
A. Personal papers, 1934-2021

BOX 1
Includes general personal correspondence, 1968-2016; letters from Caroline Bowyer & daughters Sophie & Penelope, 1987-2010; letters from Mother, 1977-1997; letters from Gillian, 1974-1989; letters from Alan Stein, 1972-2010; general personal papers, 1961-2021; St Ethel’s School history; family history research; papers concerning Forbes Street Newtown, 1977-2003; Graham Pont’s book collection listing; photographs, 1934-ca.2020; personal telephone book; death certificate and memorial service of Graham Pont, 2021.

B. Papers mainly concerning General Studies topics, 1971-2018

BOX 2
Includes Curriculum Vitae & lists of projects, 1998-2018; general professional correspondence, 1975-2013; letters from Tony Rainer, 1971-1995, 2009; Chris Cheater, 1995-1998; Peter Proudfoot, 1981-2000; Pont/Proudfoot article on Monumental Architecture, 2017-2018; letters from Barbara Santich, 1984-1996; Gastronomy.

BOX 3
Includes papers concerning General Studies at University of NSW; Wine; Walter Burley Griffin; John Anderson; Australian anthropology; Engineering; Ritual planning in ancient Greece and Italy; “Up the river”, 1982; International Exhibition; NSW Coats of Arms/Tournament; Claude Bragdon; History of the Book in Australia Conference, 1998; miscellaneous papers (non-music).

C. Research papers concerning Isaac Nathan, 1990-2018

BOX 4
Includes letters received from Paul Douglass and Mike Snell, 1995-2000; Edgar Guest, 1999-2001; Joseph Waugh, 1995-1997; correspondence by fax with Charles Mackerras, Peter Sculthorpe, Albi Rosenthal and Margy Burn, 1991-1997; general correspondence concerning Nathan; Nathan research material.

BOXES 5-8
Isaac Nathan research material.

BOX 9
Drafts of ‘Isaac Nathan (1792-1864): A bicentennial tribute’ by Graham Pont and Paul Wilkins (State Library of New South Wales), 1990-1993.

BOXES 10-11
Drafts of ‘Muse unruly: The secret life of Isaac Nathan’ by Graham Pont (unpublished), 1995-2018.

D. Research papers concerning George Frideric Handel

BOXES 12-13
Research material on ‘Vo’ far guerra’ from Handel’s Rinaldo, including drafts of ‘Reminiscences of Rinaldo’ about William Babell’s transcription of ‘Vo’ far guerra’ for harpsichord.

BOX 14X
Copies of notated music, being mainly Handel/Babell manuscripts.

BOXES 15-16
Research material on Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801), who annotated a volume of Handel keyboard overtures.

BOX 17
General research material concerning Handel.

E. Papers concerning other music research

BOXES 18-19
Includes correspondence with Ernest McClain, 1980-1999; research papers on Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, geometry, mathematics, harmonic proportion, architecture and cosmology; drafts of article by Pont on ‘Philosophy and science of music in ancient Greece: the predecessors of Pythagoras and their contribution’.

BOXES 20-21
Includes letters from Denis Stevens, 1984-2002; articles by Pont on Locatelli, Clementi, birdsong, The Grand Tour, Wesleyan musical legacy, Anglo-Italian tradition in colonial Australia, mechanical music, Corroboree as Indigenous Australian opera, a musical philosophy of Australian landscape; miscellaneous research material on music.

F. Printed material collected

BOX 22
Includes newscuttings, programs, brochures, flyers, newsletters, magazine articles, catalogues, and General Studies handbooks.

G. Digital papers
See separate file-level record.

H. Architectural drawings collected

ARCH 46

91 Seaforth Crescent, Seaforth:
1. Working drawing for a proposed new residential dwelling to be erected on the subdivided portion at 91 Seaforth Crescent, Seaforth, for Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Pont. Architect: Oswald S. Deomede. Sheet No. 1, 30 June 1966. Together with Conditions of approval for Building Application No. 95/67, Municipality of Manly, April 1967.
2. Pont House, 91 Seaforth Cres., Seaforth. Foundation plan & G. Fl. Beams. Structural design for A. C. Pont by Aldred Wu. Drawing 1, 1967.
3. Pont House, 91 Seaforth Cres. Seaforth, Lower G. Fl. Slabs & Beams. Structural design for A. C. Pont by Aldred Wu. Drawing 2, 1967.
4. Pont House, 91 Seaforth Cres. Seaforth, Grd. Fl. Slabs & Stair details. Structural design for A. C. Pont by Aldred Wu, Drawing 3, 1967.
5. Pont House, 91 Seaforth Cres., Seaforth. Ground Fl. Beams. Structural design for A. C. Pont by Aldred Wu. Drawing 4, 1967.
6. Pont House, 91 Seaforth Cres., Seaforth. Structural design. Undated.

39 & 41 Forbes Street, Newtown:
7. Floor plans - Proposed Community College at 39 & 41 Forbes Street, Newtown, For G. Pont, 1974. Drawing no. 1. Print.
8. New Floor Plans - Proposed Community College at 39 & 41 Forbes Street, Newtown, For G. Pont, 1974. Architect: Unsen, Kerr and Harvey Pty Ltd, Mosman. Drawing No. 2. Print with hand annotations.
9. Sections & Perspective - Proposed Community College at 39 & 41 Forbes Street, Newtown, For G. Pont., 1974. Drawing No. 3. Print.
10. Perspective - Proposed Community College at 39 & 41 Forbes Street, Newtown, For G. Pont, 1974. Print, annotated ‘Via Pont’.

Parliament House, Canberra:
11. Unidentified architectural plan for [Parliament House, Canberra], 'Level 5; 610' with ceremonial hall, senate chamber and Prime Minister's office.
12. Unidentified architectural plan for [Parliament House, Canberra], 'Level 6 615' building with ceremonial hall, senate chamber, house of representatives administration.
13. Unidentified architectural plan for [Parliament House, Canberra], 'Level 7; 620 and 625' with ceremonial hall below and senate chamber below.

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