Reference NumberJMT/BiogSummarySeries from John Mansfield Thomson's archive containing a comprehensive profile of New Zealand composers. It contains drafts, interviews, correspondence, scores, clippings, and reference materials for hundreds of musicians. Main Body
A substantial research collection documenting New Zealand composers through correspondence, interviews, press cuttings, programme notes, draft dictionary entries, and extensive individual composer files.
It spans early and contemporary figures, includes material for biographical dictionaries such as Grove, DNZB, and MGG, and preserves notes, manuscripts, and reference resources relating to the development, careers, and reception of New Zealand composers across the twentieth century.
LevelSeriesExtentPapers, photocopies, newspaper articlesSystem of Arrangement22 folders in 5 archival boxes. Arranged by Phillippa Ulenburg under the supervision of Associate Professor Martin Lodge during the Summer of 2007-2008. After the Archive was relocated to the University Library the arrangement of the material was slightly modified by John Robson.
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CopyrightThis collection contains items with mixed copyright statuses. Copyright clearance is the responsibility of the researcher.
