For those interested, spreadsheets containing listings of the La Trobe University Music Department Archives (1975-1999)

Through a strange series of circumstances, Box Hill Institute Music Department has come into possession of a substantial portion of the archives of the La Trobe University Music Department.  The La Trobe Department, which existed from 1975-1999, was one of the most far-reaching and radical departments in Australia, and one of the leading music departments in the world.  Now, it turns out, La Trobe University finally has a proper archive, with proper storage and access facilities, and we are currently in negotiations to have these materials returned to them to become part of a larger La Trobe University Music Department collection.  For the moment though, the archive is still in storage at Box Hill Institute Music Department.  For those interested, here are 2 spreadsheets of the contents of the archive - one for recorded material, mostly reel to reel tapes, and one of print materials, which consists of a large portion of course outlines, correspondence, educational materials etc, spanning the complete history of the Department.  If this sort of thing floats your boat, we here make these spreadsheets available.  La Trobe University Music Department Archive Spreadsheets, download here.