https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/ebef84c308d55945bfc69d21ec517082.jpg 7c57683a69ec76906e9ddfe959199763 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Nellie Melba to Percy Grainger, sent from Portsea, 29 August 1916 Subject The topic of the resource Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger Description An account of the resource Rose entrusted Melba with the secret of her own illness from syphilis. A month after writing to Percy about his father, Melba wrote, ‘I have received your letter & also read your Mother’s letter to Bella. I am so sorry for her & so humiliated that she thought it necessary to write such sad details. I burnt the letter after reading it, so now I am going to forget I ever read it.’ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nellie Melba Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grainger Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 29 August 1916 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Grainger Museum Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Grainger Museum Collection, 2017/17-1/3-5