• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002738

National Council of Women of New South Wales further records, ca. 1891-2002

  • Repository Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    State Library of New South Wales
  • Reference MLMSS 8219
  • Date Range 1891 - 2002
  • Description

    BOX 1 Records of Centenary Year, 1996 Large size sample of two centenary postage stamps, mounted on cardboard Folder 1 Australia Day luncheon; 1896-1996 Chronology, January-May 1996 Folder 2 Exhibition at New South Wales Parliament House; re-enactment of first meeting held 26 June 1896; Centenary Dinner, April-June 1996 Folder 3 Civic reception at Sydney Town Hall; Centenary stamp launch; Foundation Day luncheon; Annual General Meeting; A woman’s walk through the history of Sydney University, June-September 1996 Folder 4 Thanksgiving service at St. James; papers relating to the first meeting; minutes of Centenary Committee, May 1993-December 1996 Folder 5 Centenary year publicity and marketing material; papers, correspondence etc., 1994-1996 BOX 2 Captain Cook Bi-centennial celebrations, 1970 Folder 1 Souvenir programme of the Pageant of Endeavour, Sydney Town Hall, 22-29 April, 1970 Folder 2 National Council of Women of New South Wales publication, ‘Endeavour: Women’s Organisations in New South Wales 1896-1978’, 1981 Folder 3 Photographs of segments in the Pageant of Endeavour, Captain Cook Bi-Centenary celebrations, 1970 BOX 3 Published books, Untamed by time / Ruth Marchant James: 1987; Women, world war and permanent peace / May Wright Sewall: 1915; Life and labour in Shanghai / Eleanor M. Hinder, 1944; The splendid vision / N.E.S. Griffiths: 1993; India: torture, rape & deaths in custody / Amnesty International, 1992; A book on South Australia: women in the first hundred years, 1936; Women in Australian parliaments and local governments past and present / A. Viola Smith, 1975; Official history of the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic War Fund of New South Wales / C. O. Badham Jackson: 1947; Book of dedications, 1990; The pre-school child and society / John Bostock and Edna Hill, 1946; A woman in a man’s world / Helen Moyes, 1971 Folder 1 N.C.W. News, No. 189, May 2002 BOX 4 Published books, Centenary gift book / Frances Fraser and Nettie Palmer (eds): 1934; The vision unfolding: Deaconess Institution 1891-1991; Nothing new under the sun: a history of the Toronto Council of Women, ca. 1978; High living: a study of family life in flats / Anne Stevenson, Elaine Martin, and Judith O’Neill, 1967 Folders 1-4 Papers, brochures, newsletters, publications, photographs, etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995 BOX 5 Papers, brochures, newsletters, publications, photographs, conference papers, newspapers and cuttings, business cards, etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995 BOX 6 1 cassette (unlabeled) from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing Not to be issued – master tape only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History Papers, brochures, newsletters, maps, publications, invitations, photographs, negatives, conference papers, newspapers etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995 BOX 7 Published books, International Council of Women combined third and fourth annual report of the seventh quinquennial period / compiled by Anna Backer: 1922/1924; The International Congress of Women ’99: women in professions / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women ’99: women in industrial life / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women ’99: women in social life / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; International Council of Women quarterly review, October-December 1961, no. 7; Transactions of the National Council of Women of the United States … / Rachel Foster Avery (ed.), 1891; Art and handicraft in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition / Maud Howe Elliott (ed.), 1893; Memorial of the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 BOX 8 Published books, Report of the First Post War Conference … Philadelphia: Power and responsibilities of freedom, 1947; International Council of Women report of the triennial council meeting, 1963; Report of the 18th triennial meeting of the International Council of Women, 1966; Report of the centennial celebrations and 25th plenary conference of the International Council of Women, 1988; Report of the 26th plenary conference of the International Council of Women, 1991; International Council of Women bulletin, March 1952, October 1957; President’s memorandum regarding the Council meeting of the International Council of Women, 28 September-9 October 1936, 11-21 July, 1938; International Council of Women combined first and second annual report of the seventh quinquennial period, 1920-1922; The International Congress of Women ’99: report of council transactions / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women ’99: women in education / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; International Council of Women quinquennial meeting, 1914 BOX 9 Book 1 National Council of Women of New South Wales minutes of executive meetings, July 1985-July 1998 Folder 1 National Council of Women of New South Wales biennial reports, 1966/1968-1976/1978; National Council of Women of New South Wales annual reports, 1978/1979-1995 Folder 2 N.C.W. News, May 1960-October 1973 BOX 10 Folder 1 N.C.W. News, January 1974-November 1984 Folder 2 N.C.W. News, February 1985-November 1993 BOX 11 Executive minutes, August 1988-July 1996 BOX 12X Enlarged copies of photographs 1. The NWTUL biennial conference, New York, June 1915. Secretary-Treasurer Miles Franklin 2. [Frances Willard?], ca. 1874-1898

  • Formats Manuscript, cartographic materials, graphic materials, sound recordings, textual records
  • Quantity 12 2.87 m
  • Access Restricted

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  • See also
    • Giddings, Maureen
    • Windeyer, Margaret (Margy) (1866 - 1939)
  • Primary Creator
    • National Council of Women of New South Wales (1896 - )