Playground and Recreation Association of Victoria 1913-1967

Component identifier:

Series 29

Content Summary:

This association evolved in 1913 from the Guild of Play of the Women's Division of the People's Liberal Party. Ivy Brookes was its foundation Secretary, whilst her father, Alfred Deakin, was Vice-President. The correspondence extends from 1910 until 1966 but most of it dates from the years when Ivy was Vice-president (1936) and President (1952-1966). Minutes of meetings from 1954 until 1966, an incomplete set of financial statements and annual reports from 1922 until 1967, together with notes, invitations, photographs, a scrap book and loose press cuttings complete the series.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Herbert Brookes were presented to the National Library in April 1967 by his widow Ivy Deakin Brookes. In October 1967 she deposited her own extensive collection, and together they form the Brookes Papers.

Names:

Brookes, Ivy

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