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Margaret Abbie (Meg) Denton (1937-2008)
Papers

MSS 0127

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Series 3: Joanne Priest  3 boxes plus folder  56 cm.

Box 1

  • MA thesis ‘Joanne Priest: her place in Adelaide’s dance history’ / Meg Denton. U of Adelaide, 1993. 2 copies: first annotated draft and final copy with ms corrections
  • Correspondence 1988-93: Meg Denton with various correspondents re research for and publication of Priest biography. Includes incomplete listing


Box 2

  • Correspondence re distribution of the book and amendments to thesis, also invoices, distribution lists, order forms, printer’s quote etc (Book was privately published by Joanne Priest and eventually marketed by Wakefield Press. Examiners asked for sections of the thesis to be expanded causing sections of the text to be reset while in pre-publication) 2 folders
  • Correspondence with and about Mme R. Kuzniecowa re Priest and dance history in Australia 1940s-1960s; includes memories of Ballets Russes dancers and Polish-Australian Ballet, with photographs. Also copy of ‘Les Ballets Contemporains Studio Theatre, North Adelaide’ (19??) containing information about Kuzniecowa p. 52 and typed note re Kuzniecowa inside front cover
  • Typescript (1 p., incomplete) re Joe Siebert
  • Photographs compiled for thesis, negatives and original photographs and proof sheets. 2 folders plus loose photographs


Box 3

  • Miscellaneous (2 folders)
  • Folder: Joanne Priest memorial service, including letter from Gillian Cave (nee Fry) to be read at service, piece by Harry Haythorne and correspondence re service
  • Illustrations and overheads used for talk on Priest to Alumni Association June 1994
  • Talk on Priest by Denton for University of the Third Age Summer Seminar 1994, Fullarton Park Community Centre (typescript, notes and correspondence)
  • Interview transcripts and notes (2 folders) See Special list

See Series 6 for recordings of interviews


4. Lever arch folder: Programmes 1934-1971, with ms list

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