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Papers of Daniela Torsh, c. 1967-2021

(19 ms boxes + 1 carton + 7 folio boxes +1 phase box + 3 map folios + 7 audiovisual carriers + 3 digital carriers)
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MS 9147 comprises: 1. Cuttings files, 1970-1975, relating to the education of women and other women's issues. 2. Files relating to the Enquiry into social change and the education of women containing cuttings, correspondence, interviews, drafts, reports, speeches, minutes, notes, legislation and other papers, 1974-1975. 3. Other files, 1970-1982, on women and film and other topics. 4. Various journals, reports and publications such as Scarlet woman, Womanspeak, Sydney Women's Liberation newsletter, Women in the ABC: report of Task force on equal opportunity for women, July 1977, Sexism in education, and, the Women and Labor Conference newsletter (9 boxes, 1 carton, 2 folio boxes).
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Consignment received 2014, 1960-2004 (4 ms boxes + 2 folio boxes + 1 phase box + 1 map folio + 2 digital carriers + 1 audio/visual carriers)

 

Papers of Anne Summers, c. 1940-2018

(103 ms boxes + 45 archives boxes + 2 small folio boxes + 5 medium folio boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 30 map folios + 1 ms carton + 1 folder)
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MS 7073 comprises manuscripts, research notes, typescript drafts, galley proofs, draft notes and correspondence concerning writing and publication of Summers' book Damned whores and God's police, and her autobiography Ducks on the pond. Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Melanie Beresford, Ann Curthoys and staff of Penguin Books. The collection includes a cuttings book containing press cuttings about Summers and Damned whores and God's police; files of research notes; cuttings; and, correspondence on a wide range of topics including women and poverty, single parents, family, Caroline Chisholm, child care, Aboriginal Australians, rape reform proposals, suicide, women unionists, education, prostitution, racism, Womens' Electoral Lobby, Adela Pankhurst Walsh, women and the media. The collection also includes material relating to the journal Refractory girl and the publication of Her story: Australian women in print 1788-1975. There are papers and material relating to Gamble for power; papers relating to the "free Sandra Willson" campaign and Ms and Sassy magazines; transcripts and video tapes relating to the ABC TV program "Anne Summers in conversation with six Aussie men" (1994); and, various papers relating to women's issues (66 boxes, 7 fol. boxes).The Acc07.177 instalment includes a wide range of correspondence; files on various publishers and projects; and, material relating to The end of equality, Ms and Sassy magazines, Good weekend and Greenpeace International (19 boxes).
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Papers of Mary Sexton relating to women's rights, 1975-2009

2.64 metres (3 ms boxes + 2 archives boxes + 1 large folio box + 2 medium folio boxes + 1 small folio box + 1 folder)
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MS 8541 comprises material accumulated by Mary Sexton relating to women's issues and organisations including: banner inscribed "WEL National Agenda for Women", 1986?; two badges inscribed "Women are on the move" produced by the International Year for Women Secretariat, 1975, and badge inscribed "Unions are for women too"; three T-shirts inscribed with "A woman's place is in the Senate", "WEL" and "Call me Ms"; handkerchiefs produced for the 1980 United Nations Mid-decade Conference for Women held in Copenhagen; Pamela Denoon memorial lectures, 1989-2005, and flyers; biographical material on Pamela Denoon, 1988-1995; and, banner containing badges (1 box, 2 fol. boxes).
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Records of the Women's Electoral Lobby, 1952-2010

(159 ms boxes + 1 large folio box)
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MS 3683 comprises correspondence, 1972-1988; financial records, 1978-1989; Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) national conference records, 1973-1982; records relating to WEL involvement in other conferences such as the National Women's Tax Summit, National Agenda for Women Conference and the United Nations Decade for Women; records relating to WEL activities such as lobbying federal parliamentarians, the production of the WEL national bulletin, submissions and press releases; and, subject files on a wide range of WEL interests including childcare, affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, the Family Law Act, maternity leave, wages and the Sex Discrimination Act. The collection also includes a small quantity of records of the Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) and the Women's Centre Inc. (63 boxes).
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Papers of Thomas Mautner, 1965-2005

(1 archives box, 1 ms box, 2 folders)
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MS Acc09.091 and MS Acc09.113 consignments comprise press cuttings, articles, correspondence and documents relating to policies of the National Library of Australia on collection development and information technology such as Kinetica and World 1 project, the National Document and Information System (NDIS). The World 1 project, an electric network connecting Australian and New Zealand libraries, was to be a system that would link libraries around Australia and provide electronic access to international materials not held by the Library.
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Papers of Eve Mahlab, 1951 - c.2022

(6 ms boxes + 8 digital carriers)
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MS Acc11.134 Papers documenting Eve Mahlab's careers as a lawyer, businesswoman, women's rights activist and public speaker. They include: news cuttings, particularly of letters written by Mahlab to newspaper editors and articles about Mahlab published in newspapers and journals; speech texts and notes; articles; submissions; biographical information; and correspondence. Groups and companies with which Mahlab was associated, and which are highlighted in the papers, include the Women's Electoral Lobby, Mahlab Recruitment, the Liberal Feminist Network, Westpac and the Australian Women Donor's Network.
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Papers of Jacqueline Pascarl, 1976-2012

(13 ms boxes + 1 folio box + 1 folder + 2 single map folios + audio/visual carrier)22 MS boxes + 4 large folio box + 1 medium folio box + 1 OS carton + 7 map folios + 71 Obsolete Carriers
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This consignment comprises records relating to the kidnapping of Jacqueline Pascarl's two children by their father, a Malaysian prince, and her books on the topic. There are press clippings, assorted magazines, publications, legal documents and original galleys for Pascarl's book "Since I was a Princess", as well as galleys for Chris Allen's "Defender of the Faith", which Pascarl edited. There are papers relating to the TV documentary "Empty Arms - Broken Hearts" including articles, production budget, scripts, and correspondence. Other papers relate to Pascarl's work with other parents of abducted children personal papers, photographs and correspondence with her own children.
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Consignment received 2012, 1976-2012 13 ms boxes + 1 folio box + 1 folder + 2 single map folios + audio/visual carrier

 

Papers of Shirley Kral, 1953-2022

(17 ms boxes + 1 packet + 2 folders)
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MS 5652 includes clippings, correspondence, notes, reports, leaflets relating to womens issues. There are seminar papers for the Abortion Seminar held at ANU 1971, newspaper clippings relating to abortion law reform, newsletters and information sheets of the Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) and various cuttings, leaflets and some correspondence relating to women's issues. Later additions to the collection include publications, clippings, reports, notes, submissions, texts of speeches relating to Women and Politics Conference -1975, women's studies women's liberation movements, United Nations Decade for Women Conference, 1979, abortion, Women's Electoral Lobby and careers for girls. Material on pro and anti abortion, genital mutilation, academic feminism, Aboriginal education, womens health, and sexism within language. There are also papers and minutes of meetings of the ACT women's organisation Women's Abode (1987-1992). (7 boxes)
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Papers of Barbara Thiering, 1967-2011

(20 ms boxes, 30 digital carriers)
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This collection comprises the working papers of feminist theologian Barbara Thiering and includes manuscripts and background research for her articles and publications on the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls along with newspaper clippings, reviews and photographs.
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Records of the Women's Auxiliary of Overseas Missions (W.A.O.M) - White Hills Branch, 1914 - 1997

0.45 metres (3 MS boxes)
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The collection comprises records for the Women's Auxiliary of Overseas Missions (W.A.O.M) - White Hills Branch (also refer to "White Hills Methodist Ladies Friendly Circe", "White Hills Methodist Auxiliary" and and "White Hills Ladies Fellowship Uniting Church") and includes minutes, correspondence, embroidered tablecloth, scrap books with cards, news cuttings, photographs and certificates. The material relates to the running of the organisation which included missionary work in Papua New Guinea.
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