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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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12 Apostles Digital-Carriers-Box 66

 
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4 Diagram Digital-Carriers-Box 66

 

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 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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Records of the International Alliance of Women, 1981-2022

(7 ms boxes + 6 colour photographs + 2 digital carriers + 1 audiovisual carrier)
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This collection comprises records of the International Alliance of Women spanning 1981-2022 collected by Patricia Richardson. There are papers, programs, travel documents and photographs relating to congresses and international meetings. Correspondence relates to Richardson's role as the membership secretary (1996-2018) and board member. The collection includes electronic copies of the organisation's journal as well as files with correspondence and newsletters relating to the Women's Electoral Lobby (1984-1990). Of note in this collection are the 2004 Centenary booklet and the newsletter containing the Eulogy for long time President Dame Margery Corbett-Ashby.
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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 Bessie Rischbieth, 1900-1967

(37 archive boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 2 medium phase boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 1 map folio)
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Bessie Rischbieth was involved in women's rights movements from the beginning of the century, at local, national and international levels, and her papers record her involvement in many organizations, especially the Australian Federation of Women Voters, and with many different subjects up to her death in 1967. Of special interest is the collection of material on the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain between 1906 and 1928. The collection contains correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings, some photographs, newspaper cuttings and pamphlets. The different series relate to organisations and subjects, and the correspondence is to be found at the beginning of most series.
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Papers of Patricia St Leon, 1916-2019

0.45 metres (3 MS Boxes)
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The collection comprises papers of the late Mrs Patricia St Leon (nee Burke), who was one of the nine original flight attendants employed by Qantas Empire Airways in 1947 and includes photographs, correspondence, documents and published material relating to both her personal life and career with Qantas.
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Anthony, 1960 Box 1 (MS 10580)

 

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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ANU Archives Program 1 item Digital-Carriers-Box 21

 
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Australian Missionaries 1 item Digital-Carriers-Box 21

 

Papers of Claudia Contessini, 1970-1974

(1 folder + 1 medium folio box)
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The collection comprises the only known copies of the first press release issued in Australia by an LGBTIQ+ organisation, the only copies of a considerable number of newsletters of the Daughters of Bilitis, as well as minutes from the Daughters of Bilitis meetings.
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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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