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Collection of photographs of Australian social life and costume, ca.1880-1960

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Includes cartes de visite and cabinet photographs. Most are of South Australian origin. Some of the photographers: Otto von Hartisch, R. Duryea, McNeill's, Hooper's Studios, H.W. Pell, A.E. Bond, Harold Sykes, Stump Co., Scott Barry, Alex Gurr, Adelaide Photo Co., Albert de Souza, Mora Studio.

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Papers of Roger B. Joyce, c. 1845-1984

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The papers include correspondence, lecture notes, handouts and other academic papers relating to his employment at the University of Queensland and La Trobe University; papers on Anthony Trollope's Australia, co-edited by Joyce; papers relating to the biographies of Sir William MacGregor and Sir Samuel Walker Griffith; papers on the History of Sporting Traditions Conference, 1981 and other papers including research material on Queensland and Australian history and Pacific islands; law notes; Australian War Memorial correspondence; and ANZAAS papers

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Papers of Alan Reid, 1942-1985

Records of the Australian Council of Churches, 1911-1993

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The records constitute a proportion of the total archive of this organisation and document general administrative activities. Included within the archive are administrative files, minutes and agenda papers of annual meetings, files relating to a number of commissions of the Council, correspondence, conference papers, press cuttings and publications, as well as the papers of D'Arcy Wood, past President, former Vice-President and Council member of the Australian Council of Churches.

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Records of the Methodist Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP), 1798-1903

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The records of the Methodist Missionary Society contains administrative papers and papers of those who served the society. The administrative papers include committee minutes; minutes and reports of district committees; correspondence between missionaries and the general secretaries; publications; records regarding assets including ships, land and property; and papers regarding missionary candidates.

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Papers of Cecil Gibb, 1936-1983

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The papers comprise working notes, computer punch cards, matrices and other data, correspondence, reports and publications relating to Gibb's work in Australia and the United States as a research psychologist, and his subsequent career in Australian educational administration and research. A quantity of material relating to Gibb's work on tertiary admission procedures is included. Notes and reports arising from Gibb's chairing of the 1971 committee, which reported to the Gorton Government on the condition of Aborigines on pastoral properties in the Northern Territory, are also held.

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Papers of Frank McManus, 1943-1974

Papers of Frank Stewart, 1954-1979

Papers of Guy and Phyllis Boyd, c1890-2001

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This collection comprises correspondence and papers which document not only the life and career of sculptor Guy Boyd but also the active role Phyllis Boyd played within organizations and bodies which focused on issues relating to social problems, feminism and religion. The large series of personal correspondence includes letters from Guy's parents, Doris and Merric Boyd, his uncle the author Martin Boyd, his aunt Helen á Beckett Read, his brothers David and Arthur and his sisters Mary and Lucy. There are also are a large number of letters from the children of Guy and Phyllis. The large series of general correspondence relates to Guy Boyd's work, to the many interests of Phyllis Boyd and to their day-to-day lives.

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Australian Union of Students : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1967-1982

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This collection includes flyers, newsletters and leaflets discusiing a range of issues including student loans, government funding of education, the 1977 referendum, women's and reproductive rights, student unionism, anti-nuclear movement and AUS Student Travel.

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