Archive for: June 2011

  1. Beautiful Manuscripts from the Rare Music Collection

    The Rare Collections of the Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library consist of manuscripts (mainly works by Australian composers from the colonial period to the present day) and printed scores …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2011/06/30/rare-music-collection

  2. Fine Private Presses of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

    The Eragny Press, one of the fine private presses of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is held by the University Library and is the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2011/06/29/eragny-press

  3. Arthur Purnell, Architect

    Arthur W. Purnell (1878-1964) was a Geelong-born architect who built a thriving practice in Melbourne. He designed hundreds of buildings, including the Olympic Stand at the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2011/06/24/arthur-purnell-architect

  4. The Morgan Collection of Children’s Books

    Image from The Sleeping Beauty, illustrated by Walter Crane, engraved and colour printed by Edmund Evans, London: J. Lane, c.1897. This book is from the Morgan Collection of Children’s Books, a substantial part of which was donated to the University Library in 1954 by F.C. Morgan (1878-1978). Morgan was an English librarian and through a connection to Sir John Medley, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 1938 to 1951, he decided to donate to a Commonwealth country, believing that Britain already had sufficient such collections. The Morgan Collection has grown to around 4,000 beautiful and fascinating items, which can be viewed in the Special Collections reading room, 3rd floor, Baillieu Library.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2011/06/22/the-morgan-collection-of-childrens-books

  5. Percy Grainger as an Artist

    It is not very well known that in addition to his prodigious gifts as pianist and composer, Percy Grainger was also a talented artist. Learning initially …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2011/06/22/percy-grainger-as-an-artist

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