Early Recordings of Pacific Music
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To Ralph Bulmer, Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, 13/10/56
Shows Alice’s interest in the music of New Guinea. She contacted Bulmer while she was still a Teaching Assistant at the University of Sydney.
(MS3501/1/2/37)
To Ralph Bulmer, 1/12/59
Response to Bulmer’s letter about his field experiences, commenting on tape recorders.
(MS3501/1/5/73)
To Allen Harry Hall, 29/11/60
Offers a broad classification of music from the Solomon Islands based upon the information sent to Alice from Allen Harry Hall, who had been a missionary there and had collected recordings of songs. There are also references to ethnomusicological method and to Alice’s taste in music.
(MS3501/1/6/76)
To Stephen Wurm, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 27/03/61
Explores the possibility of bringing out an L.P. disc of music from the New Guinea Highlands.
(MS3501/1/7/24)
To Allen Harry Hall, Goldie College, British Solomons, 21/04/61
Informs Hall how Alice has made use of the recordings he sent to her, emphasising her interest in Melanesian music.
(MS3501/1/7/39)
To Ralph Bulmer, Department of Anthropology, University of Papua and New Guinea, 21/04/61
Explanation about Alice’s research focus moving towards Australian Aboriginal music.
(MS3501/1/36/60)