League of Nations

Component identifier:: Series 9
Content Summary:: The Australian Federation of Women Voters worked to get women delegates appointed to the League. The series contains reports of sessions attended by Australian women, photographs of delegates, correspondence and notes on different sessions of the League, especially for 1935 when Bessie Rischbieth was an alternate delegate. Also included is material on the International Peace Campaign. Comprises Items 1-542.
Immediate source of acquisition:: Bessie Rischbieth bequeathed to the National Library her collection of papers and books in so far as they related to the 'national, empire and/or international development of the modern women's movements', while papers of personal and local interest were bequeathed to the State Library of Western Australia. The papers were received in November 1967, and were augmented by the records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters in 1970.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2655892).
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia