The Australian Women's Register

Collection of records, including minute books, visitors’ books, syllabuses, correspondence and membership lists from the Brisbane Women’s Club. Box 14984: First minute book of the Women’s Progressive Club, 20 Feb 1908-17 May 1914; First visitors’ book of the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1915-2001; Second visitors’ book of the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1952-1971; Memorandum from M. Macfarlane re: Country Women’s Conference; Outward correspondence of the Municipal Sub-Committee 1918-1924; Outward correspondence of the Municipal Sub-Committee 1924-1926; Minute book of the annual meetings of the Women’s Progressive Club, Apr 1909-Nov 1914; Australian Red Cross Society Certificate of Service awarded to members of the Brisbane Women’s Club for service during WWII; Membership cards from 1926 and 1928; Original war circle knitting book; Original colour photograph of a woman standing outside the club rooms in Albert Street, ca. 1970; Brisbane Women’s Club rules and constitution from 1913 and 1917; Annual report of 1930; Silk ribbon celebrating 90 years of the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1988. Box 14985: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, May 1914-May 1923 and Oct 1924; ; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Sep 1922-Nov 1928; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Dec 1928-Jul 1933; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Aug 1933-Sep 1936. Box 14986: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Oct 1936-Sep 1942; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Oct 1942-Oct 1950; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Nov 1950-Mar 1959. Box 14987: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Oct 1966-Nov 1989. Box 14988: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Mar 1959-Sep 1966; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Mar 1989-Nov 1993. Box 14989: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Apr 1993-Mar 1996; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club, Apr 1996-Jul 2001. Box 14990: Correspondence for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1908-1925; Correspondence for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1930s-1940s; Correspondence for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1950s; Correspondence for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1960s-1980s; Brisbane Women’s Club correspondence, essays and short stories re: Margaret Ogg Memorial Prize, 1955-1980; Brisbane Women’s Club miscellaneous records, notes, correspondence and cuttings, 1922-1993; Brisbane Women’s Club insurance policies, 1924-1956; Brisbane Women’s Club ballet costume sketches; Brisbane Women’s Club donation records, souvenir booklet and list of condolence, thank you and get well cards, 1968-1970; Brisbane Women’s Club photographs, correspondence and clippings re: ex-member Nell Stirling’s 100th birthday, 2000; Brisbane Women’s Club correspondence re: estate of Maud Walker, 1963-1976; Brisbane Women’s Club correspondence re: estate of Henrietta Smith, 1994-1997; Record of gifts and donations of the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1962-1976. Box 15086: Minutes, cuttings and correspondence of the Brisbane Women’s Club Home Help Service, 1943-1951; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club Home Help Service, 1949-1951; Brisbane Women’s Club signature book for syllabus books and annual reports, 2001; Brisbane Women’s Club correspondence and lease agreements, 1923-1958; Brisbane Women’s Club reports, 1969; Brisbane Women’s Club charters, 1954-1978; Brisbane Women’s Club invitations, 1954-1988; Newspaper cuttings re: Vida Lahey, 1988-1989; Brisbane Women’s Club club news, 1975. Box 15087: Brisbane Women’s Club members’ roll, 1908-1914; Brisbane Women’s Club members’ roll, 1916-1918; Attendance roll of the Brisbane Women’s Club annual meetings, Nov 1959 and Nov 1962-Nov 2001; Members’ roll for the Brisbane Women’s Club annual reports, 1979-2000; Members’ roll for the Brisbane Women’s Club annual and general meetings, 1924-1957; Brisbane Women’s Club membership lists, 1929; Brisbane Women’s Club membership lists, 1930-1978; Notes on the history of the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1968; Brisbane Women’s Club correspondence re: Queensland Country Women’s Association, 1922-1959. Box 15088: Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club Civic and Civil Sub-Committee, Sep 1922-Oct 1931; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club Civic Sub-Committee, Apr 1937-Nov 1946; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club Civic meetings, Nov 1967-Sep 1970; Minutes of the Brisbane Women’s Club 8th-56th annual meetings, 1915-1963; Cassette tape containing 4RPH interview with the Brisbane Women’s Club broadcasted on 7 Aug 1994; Video tape of the Bunya Mountains Special Edition featuring two programs: Pioneer Lady of the Bunyas – The Nell Stirling Story and Lars Andersen’s Amazing Timber Tramways. Box 15101: Minutes of the Municipal Sub-committee, May 1912-Jun 1914; Minutes of the Municipal Sub-committee, Jul 1914-Aug 1922; Minutes of the Civic Sub-committee, Mar 1947-Sep 1955; Scrapbook, 1908-1961; Playscript ‘The Old Battle-axe’ by Ernest Briggs, 1913 and 1917; Original poem by Ernest Briggs ‘The Unseen Company’, 1964; Report on women as jurors by Mrs Juppenlatz, 1955; Hand-written address by Mrs Stevens regarding women in political life; Women’s Progressive Club magazine, 1911. Box 15362 O/S: Annual syllabuses for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1908-1974 (the years 1913, 1915, 1920, 1970 are missing) Box 15363 O/S: Annual syllabuses for the Brisbane Women’s Club, 1975-2008 Box 15371 O/S: 8 photographs of Brisbane Women’s Club members.