• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001454

Benevolent Society of New South Wales records, 1813-1995

  • Repository Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    State Library of New South Wales
  • Reference MLMSS 6091
  • Date Range 1813 - 1995
  • Description

    Minutes of various committees; business papers and agenda books; record of centenary celebration; acts, by-laws, rules and regulations; registers; financial records; newscuttings; inmates and patient records; records of the Royal Hospital for Women; records of the Renwick Hospital for Infants; records of Scarba House; records of community and welfare services; secretary’s correspondence and subject files;

  • Quantity 75 m
  • Access Restricted: - - Written permission from the Benevolent Society must be obtained: permission is granted for use for 10 years only. Fees apply. Special restrictions on boxes 41-45, 50-53, 56, 58 and 59.
  • Finding Aid The records are described in the publication 'Guide to the Records of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales, 1813-1995, in the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW'. The guide (140 pages) may be consulted in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1813 - )