Danilow family : Papers

Date
1894-1998
By
Danilow familyDanilow, Nicholas, 1896-1981; Danilow, Ariadne, 1901-1998
Reference
MS-Group-0790
Description

Comprises correspondence, diaries, newsclippings, photographs, programmes, teaching records and other papers relating to the life and work of Ariadne and Nicholas Danilow.

Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music

Language - Much of the correspondence is in German; also newspaper clippings and printed matter

Language - Some correspondence is in Russian, also some newspaper clippings

Source of title - Supplied

Relationship complexity - Collection relating to Nicolas Danilow held at the JC Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library.

Quantity: 131 folder(s). 10 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs

Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Various personal photographs from the papers within the collection, PAColl-5989 - To Ephemera Collection - Postcards, brochures and some programmes. Posters relating to Paul deConne received in 2014 available at Eph-E-MUSIC-Conne.

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Format
131 folder(s), 10 volume(s), 2 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Speeches, Clippings, Photographs, Postcards, Certificates, Records (Documents), Diaries, Maps, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs
There are 11 sub-groups.
There are 141 items in total.
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There are 141 items in this group.
Manuscript

Miscellaneous papers

Date: [ca 1938]-1978

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-6470

Description: Comprises map, `Touristen-Wanderkarte', south Waldviertel and the Danube; plan, printing room for Nicholas Danilow (1957); Nicholas Danilow's MA (French) from the University of New Zealand (1978); and `Wholeness', a world digest of Christian healing (1 Aug 1978) Other Titles - Wholeness; a world digest of Christian healing (1 Aug 1978) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Plan of printing room for Nicholas Danilow

Manuscript

Personal papers and business records

Date: [ca 1939-1986]

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-062

Description: Includes list of classmates for reunion of one of Ariadne's classes (Vienna) (1928); sketch map of Upper Hutt-Wallaceville-Whiteman's Valley-Silverstream and another, cyclostyled, showing Danilow house in Whiteman's Valley; poems, `A Tribute of praise to our mother' and `How I live at the side of the road,' probably W McDonald, Whiteman's Valley (1978); receipts, accounts, PO Saving Bank book; tax papers and rates for both Ariadne and Nicholas Danilow; notes; Maple flyer for Vono beds; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Sketch map of Upper Hutt area and cyclostyled map of Whiteman's Valley

Manuscript

Programmes of Viennese productions (a)

Date: 1965-1966

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-075

Description: Programmes for concerts and theatrical productions in Vienna (1965-1966) Language - The programmes are in German Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Papers relating to overseas trip

Date: 1965

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-085

Description: Correspondence in Russian and English, mostly from Ariadne to Nicholas in New Zealand, relating to an overseas trip by Ariadne Danilow in which she probably only visited the Netherlands Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Russland und West-Europa

Date: Feb 1938

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6520-13

Description: Volume has Danilow bookplate History of Russian relations with Western Europe from ca 1700 to 1917, a draft by Danilov. Other Titles - Russia and Western Europe (Translation of title) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Manuscript

Correspondence and other papers

Date: [ca 1940-1969]

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-049

Description: Includes photocopy of letter from General de Gaulle to the French ambassador, Wellington (1955); letter from Lady Ross, Sesame Imperial and Pioneer Club, London; returned letter to Elisabeth Jedels, Paris; copy of letter to Gertrude and Victor Lovasy, New Jersey; correspondence with the NZ Legation, Moscow; and letter from Mark, University of Ottawa Linguistics and Modern Languages Dept (1969) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Letters from New Zealand

Date: 1940

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6520-02

Description: Headed `Letters to my children friends from NZ sheep run', this is an 18-page description of Danilow's experiences on the New Zealand sheep run he was living and working on at Kurow, North Otago, after his arrival in New Zealand. He writes of the land and sheep, rabbits and the problems they cause, hares, his new friends, his horse, Tobl, he describes his dogs and the work they do, mustering, hunting, hawks, ferrets, hedgehogs and the sunsets. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Joseph Bohm - About my family

Date: 1969

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-109

Description: Bohm relates the history of his family in Austria and later as refugees before and during World War II; contents include descriptions of the Bohn and Bach families, their involvement in WWI, after the war and the Nazi occupation, emigration, arrival in various countries, and a section on his mother Quantity: 1 folder(s) (hollinger box).

Manuscript

Programmes and clippings relating to overseas trip

Date: 1968-1969

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-070

Description: Programmes and clippings for concerts and theatrical productions in Vienna and Amsterdam Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Manuscript

Loose papers from MSX-5081

Date: [ca 1940-1967]

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6470-003

Description: Includes list of music pieces; unused greetings card; newspaper clippings in English and German on a variety of topics; Charles Begg accounts; examination results; notices re seminars, recitals by Danilow's pupils; programme for Vienna concert (1958); Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music pupil reports and results (1963-1964); 12-page typed copy of Nicholas Danilow's `Second letter from a New Zealand sheep run' describing his life as a rabbit hunter, his dogs, horse, tramping and other aspects of life on a sheep run at Kurow (16 Mar 1940); J & W Chester piano solo music; and copies of practical music exams results from Wellington papers (Danilow pupils underlined) (1963-1967) Language - Some clippings in German Quantity: 1 folder(s).