Guide to the Records of the National Foundation for Australian Women, 1988-2005

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9956
Creator:
National Foundation for Australian Women
Extent:
(28 ms boxes + 1 large folio box)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Foundation for Australian Women, National Library of Australia, [classs, box and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection includes: office files; Interim Board, Governing Body, NFAW Board and Subcommittee minutes and supporting papers; legal papers relating to the setting up of the Foundation and associated Trusts; financial records; and photographs, correspondence and other papers relating to the NFAW's 1990 National Women's Conference, the 1989 NFAW Launch and the organisation's newsletter, Broadside. The office files comprise the major part of the collection and include administration and financial records, Board meeting papers and those of regional NFAW groups and the Coalition of Participating Organisations of Women (CAPOW), legal documents, Trust and Award papers and Broadsideadministration records.
Provenance:

The National Foundation for Australian Women donated its records to the Library in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Arrangement:

The records were received in three separate consignments. The order of runs of office files from each consignment has been maintained, but the runs have been brought together in rough chronological order by the Library. Papers originally filed in ring binders have been transferred to archival files and their internal order maintained. Where the contents extend into several files they have been marked accordingly, eg Part 1 of 3. Papers received loose inside cartons have been separated into events or activities and placed in files with their internal arrangement maintained as closely as possible.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is available for reference.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Foundation for Australian Women, National Library of Australia, [classs, box and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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