Finding Aid
Series 1 Correspondence tapes. 1977-1983. -- 34 of audio cassettes. -- Title based on note from donor.
Series consists of 34 tapes containing mostly Madzys outgoing correspondence and some incoming. They are arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. These tapes are a small selection of the many that Madzy produced, and they were returned to Marianne Brandis when she was writing Madzys biography, Frontiers and Sanctuaries: A Womans Life in Holland and Canada (2006). The titles and envelopes which the cassettes arrived in have been kept.
Box 1
T.1 Madzy to Cathrien Beynen. 31 Aug 1982.
T.2 Madzy to Mirjam Bloemen. 14 June 1982.
T.3 Madzy to Mirjam Bloemen First Aid. n.d.
T.4 Madzy to Mirjam Bloemen. n.d.
T.5 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis [Stepmother-in-law]. Winter 1980.
T.6 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. Oct 1981.
T.7 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. 9 Oct 1981.
T.8 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. 2 Dec 1981.
T.9 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. 1 Jan 1982.
T.10 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. 8 May (or 8 April) 1982.
T.11 Madzy to Jet Brender à Brandis. ca. Oct 1982.
T.12 Madzy to Lies Brender à Brandis [Sister-in-law]. ca. 17 Feb 1980.
T.13 Madzy to Lies Brender à Brandis, ca. 20 Feb 1981.
T.14 Madzy to Lies Brender à Brandis. Oct 1981.
T.15 Madzy to Bunces and van Heeks. Side 1: 1977. Side 2: Christmas music. n.d.
T.16 Madzy to Bunces, van Heeks, van Stolks. Side 1: 1979. Side 2: Christmas 1978.
[Note: label on case is incorrect; date on tape and envelope.]
T.17 Madzy to Cunera Huenges Wajer. Madzy to Hein and Mirjam Bloemen. ca. 1976.
T.18 Madzy to Max Montagne. 1983.
T.19 Madzy to Elisabeth (and Ank) Salm. n.d.
T.20 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. 25 July 1977.
T.21 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. Early Aug 1980.
T.22 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. 5 Jan ca. 1981. [Note: bad quality]
T.23 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. 31 May 1981.
T.24 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. Late winter 1981.
T.25 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. 22 May 1982.
T.26 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. 1 Sept [ca. 197?/198?].
T.27 Madzy to Tini Sandberg. My dearest little bird. n.d.
T.28 To Tienk [Tini Sandberg] and Chur, Switzerland. Includes transcription of Chur tape on floppy disk. n.d.
T.29 Madzy to To dUtil (an old friend). 10/11 Oct 1981.
T.30 Hansje van Lanschot [Madzys younger sister], 2 Apr 1981.
T.31 Side 1: Madzy to Hansje van Lanschot. 5 July 1981. [Note: mislabeled Windmills on the tape.]
T.32 Hansje van Lanschot to Madzy. 16 July 1983.
T.33 Hansje van Lanschot to Madzy. 10 Oct 1983.
T.34 Madzy to Hansje van Lanschot. Happy birthday to you. n.d.
Series 2
Narrative, research, and memoir tapes. ca. 1976-1981. 25 audio cassettes. -- Title based on note from donor.
Series consists of 24 cassettes containing research and family memories. The dates are unknown for most of the tapes. The original order of and titles and envelopes for cassettes have been kept.
Box 2
T.1 Cathedral choir [in Switzerland], Bishop von Brandis (Related to early history of Brender à Brandis family). n.d.
T.2 Origins, R. Leakey. Tape 1. n.d.
T.3 Origins, R. Leakey. Tape 2. n.d.
T.4 Explanation of the slides of the coronation of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. n.d. [Note from Marianne Brandis: I dont believe Ive seen the slides, but they may still come to light.]
T.5 Captain Isaac Rochussen, corsair, 1631-1710. n.d.
T.6 Side 1: Charles Rochussen (ancestor of Madzy). Side 2: Little Birdan interview of Gerards work. n.d.
T.7 Scandinavian Art. (Also a bit about exploration and The Brendan Voyage). n.d.
T.8 History of the Paper-mills of Holland. n.d.
T.9 The House of Orange. n.d.
T.10 Satsuma. n.d.
T.11 The Golden Legend of St. Nicholas. The history of the Netherlands. n.d.
T.12 The Windmills of Holland. n.d.
T.13 Family Rochussen. n.d.
T.14 Dutch East Indies. n.d.
T.15 Side A: Little Old Dutch Church Bill. Side B: Trip to Norway. n.d.
T.16 Sagas and family story-telling. Different version of same material on each side. n.d.
T.17 Kinderdijk. [Original title]. Reused for French-language exercise. One side blank. n.d.
T.18 My Father. Side 1: part of the Origins project; midway through begins memories of her father. Side 2: memories of her father continues, then back to Origins. n.d.
T.19 The Mill. Notes on a book by that title. Part of side 1 and 2 is music. 1981.
T.20 Birdsongs. 31 Mar 1979.
T.21 Tracking Fossil Man. Tape 1. n.d.
T.22 Tracking Fossil Man. Tape 2. n.d.
T.23 Narrative commentary on war diary [1942-45] of Madzy Brender à Brandis. 1976. Includes 2012 note from Marianne Brandis. [Note: Marianne Brandis, Madzys daughter, has been working on translating and annotating the diary.]
T.24 Marianne Health History, made by Madzy Brender à Brandis. n.d.
T.25 Memories for you and me, made by Madzy Brender à Brandis to Marianne B à B. n.d.
The first accrual of the Madzy à Brender Brandis fonds was accompanied by a donation of two of her books. They have been catalogued for Research Collections.
Brandis, Maxine. Land for Our Sons. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1958.
Brandis, Maxine. Land Voor Onze Zonen. Utrecht: Prisma-Boeken, 1960.
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