Guide to the Papers of Shirley Andrews

MS 6000

National Library of Australia


Date completed: June 2005
Last updated: June 2005


Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Introduction

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Access

Other Forms Available

Copying and Publishing

Preferred Citation

Provenance

Related Material

Biographical Note

Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Personal correspondence, 1927-2001

Series 2 Personal documents and photographs, 1927-2001

Series 3 Travels and travel writing, 1970-1997

Series 4 C.S.I.R.O. and Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, 1951-1996

Series 5 Political interests and activities, 1948-2002

Series 6 Aboriginal rights activities, 1957-2000

Series 7 Aboriginal rights organisations, 1957-2000

Series 8 Traditional social dance: writings by Andrews, 1974-2001

Series 9 Traditional social dance research: notebooks and notes

Series 10 Traditional social dance research: articles and extracts

Series 11 Traditional social dance: correspondence with Peter Ellis, c.1979-2000

Series 12 Traditional social dance: general correspondence, 1962-2001

Series 13 Dance instructions

Series 14 Dance music

Series 15 Costumes

Series 16 Dance display theatrical arrangements

Series 17 Dance: photographs and illustrations

Series 18 Dance programs, 1922-2001

Series 19 Traditional Social Dance Association of Victoria (TSDAV), 1980-2001

Series 20 Folklore activities and publications, 1948-2001

Series 21 North Melbourne Association and heritage houses material, 1973, 1993, 1997

Series 22 Miscellaneous papers, 1953-1999

Container List

Appendix 1: Sound recordings held in the Oral History collection at the National Library

Appendix 2: Videos, film and microfilm held in the Oral History collection at the National Library



Collection Summary

Creator: Andrews, Shirley, 1915-2001
Title: Papers of Shirley Andrews
Date Range: 1917-2002 (bulk 1970s)
Collection Number: MS 6000
Extent: 3.5 m. (25 boxes and 1 elephant folio)
Repository: National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, research material and photographs relating to the multiple elements of Shirley Andrews' life: her childhood, political activities, career as a biochemist, travel and involvement in traditional social dance (also known as folk, colonial or bush dancing) and folk music in Australia. Andrews was a member of the Communist Party (CPA) and the papers include notes and photographs dating from her CPA membership and a trip to Berlin and Eastern European countries in 1951. In the 1950-60s Andrews was active in the Aboriginal rights movement and there are papers relating to her involvement with the Council for Aboriginal Rights (Victoria) (CAR), the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) and correspondence with Jessie Street, Charles Duguid and Ada Bromham, c.1957-1959.

However, the largest portion of the papers relates to Andrews' extensive research into, and writings on, traditional social dance in Australia, including her seminal work on the subject, Take your partners. These papers were collected and created from research in Australian and English libraries, correspondence with folklore collectors and correspondence and interviews with senior dancers and MCs in country districts. It includes notes on specific dances, articles and publications, dance programs and cards, photographs and other graphic material, and posters and newsletters produced by various folklore organisations.

Arrangement

The papers were received in two separate instalments, the first covering Shirley Andrews' childhood, political and Aboriginal rights activism, travels and career as a biochemist, and the second consisting of material collected by Andrews through her folk dance and folklore interests.

The papers relating to folk dance were partially organised and listed before despatching to the Library. This arrangement has been adopted by the Library to some degree and the lists incorporated into the collection. The arrangement of material in files has been maintained and the file contents placed in separate folders. Due to the interrelationship of Andrews' research with her activities in the field, in some cases there are major overlaps in the content of the separate series. For example, whilst Series 13 is devoted to dance instruction material, dance instructions also appear amongst the folk dance research material in Series 10 and in correspondence with Peter Ellis (a noted Victorian dance musician and folklorist with whom Andrews collaborated on a number of projects) in Series 11, and letters from Ellis appear in most of the dance series. It should be noted that the audio-visual material that appears in some of the collection lists in Series 9, Folder 1 is not with the papers, but is held in the Oral History Section at the National Library. This material consists of sound recordings of interviews with dancers and MCs, music for dancing and one tape of a Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement conference (1966), videos of traditional social dance and one film sent to Andrews by Margaret Walker, contents unknown (see appendices for more details).

Access

The collection is available for reference.

Provenance

Shirley Andrews bequeathed her papers to Wendy Lowenstein and Lucy Stockdale. The papers were purchased by the Library from Lowenstein and Stockdale in 2002 and 2003 respectively. The audio-visual material held in the Oral History Section was received in 2005 from Stockdale.

Other Forms Available

A photo portrait of Shirley Andrews by Dorian from Series 2 has been digitised and is available online at http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms6000-2-1x.

Copying and Publishing

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Related Material

There are several interviews with Shirley Andrews as well as two folkloric recordings in the National Library Oral History Section.

Biographical references to Andrews are available via the Library's Ozlife database.

Correspondence of Shirley Andrews is also held in the papers of Gwenda Davey (MS 9352) and the papers of Arthur Turnbull (MS 9880).

The Library holds all of Andrews' published works.

The records of the Council for Aboriginal Rights (Vic.), including Andrews' papers, are held by the State Library of Victoria, MS 12913.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Shirley Andrews, National Library of Australia, MS 6000, [series and folder number]'.

Biographical Note

Shirley Aldythea Seymour Andrews was born on 6 November 1915 in Melbourne. Her mother, Doris, née Gray, was a journalist who raised Shirley after her father, Arthur, died of Spanish flu after World War I. Andrews was a boarder at St Michael's Church of England Girls Grammar School in St. Kilda and went on to study science, graduating from University of Melbourne in 1937. Between 1939 and 1951 she worked at the Veterinary Research Institute and CSIRO. In 1953 she was appointed Senior Biochemist at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, a post she held until she retired in 1977. Whilst in this position she researched the effects of bromureide drugs and the use of lithium in the treatment of bi-polar disorder.

Andrews's early involvement in dance included classical Russian dance training and performances with the Borovansky Ballet, and she was a member of Margaret Walker's Unity Dance Group. In 1951 Andrews toured with the Unity Dance Group and Aboriginal activist Faith Bandler to the World Youth Festival in Berlin and afterwards to Communist Europe, performing a program examining issues of racial discrimination.

Andrews joined the Council against War and Fascism in 1934 and the Australian Communist Party in 1945. In 1951 she joined the newly formed Victorian Council for Aboriginal Rights, acting as Secretary for ten years. Andrews was an active campaigner for voting rights, equal pay and the extension of social service benefits to Aboriginal Australians and for greater Commonwealth engagement in Aboriginal affairs. She was instrumental in the creation of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in 1958.

Andrews' research into traditional social dance in Australia dated from the 1950s folk revival period, when she was a member of both the Unity Dance Group and Victorian Bush Music Club. Her research, writings and active popularisation of Australian traditional and colonial social dance brought her widespread recognition. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1994 for her contribution to dance and the history of dance in Australia, and an Australian Folk Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.

Andrews was an active member of many folklore organisations and was often involved in the founding, planning and running of groups and events. These included: the Traditional Social Dance Association of Australia, Victorian Bush Music Club, Victorian Folk Music Club, Victorian Folklore Society, Folk Song and Dance Society of Victoria, the Recreational International Dance Association, National Folk Festivals and National Folklore conferences.

Published articles and books by Andrews include: pamphlets on Aboriginal rights issues; articles on traditional social dance; Take your partners: traditional dancing in Australia (1974, 1979); (with Peter Ellis) Two hundred dancing years and how to celebrate them with a colonial ball (1988); a set of videos with accompanying booklets on How Australia danced last century (1994); articles in the Oxford companion to Australian folklore (1993) and the Currency companion to music and dance in Australia (2003); and papers presented at the first three Folklore Conferences (1984, 1986 and 1988).

Shirley Andrews died on 14 September 2001 in North Melbourne.

Reference(s):
Clark, Jennifer. 'Shirley Andrews: adding a personal note to history', NLA News, vol. XIV, no. 11, August 2004, pp. 14-17.
Ryan, J.S.. 'Shirley Aldythea Andrews, O.A.M. (-2001)', Australian Folklore, no. 16, 2001, pp. 18-19.
Taffe, Sue. 'Shirley Aldythea Andrews, O.A.M.', Australian Historical Studies, vol. 33, no. 18, April 2002, pp. 190-192.
Tully, Bill. 'Folk dancer and passionate activist', Canberra Times, 2 November 2001, p. 13.



Series List and Descriptions

Series 1 Personal correspondence, 1927-2001

This series consists mainly of letters and postcards received by Andrews, and some of Andrews' own letters. It includes correspondence from Andrews' school years and later life. One letter appears to have been written by her father to her mother from France in 1917.

Folder 1 Early correspondence, 1917, 1930-1938
Folder 2 Personal correspondence, 1952, 1971-2001
Folders 3-5 Greeting cards and postcards, 1930-2000

Series 2 Personal documents and photographs, 1927-2001

This series includes school reports, notes on the Gray family tree, work references, Order of Australia correspondence, press clippings and other printed information, address books and diaries, financial and taxation papers, medical and health papers, ski-ing publications and photographs.

Folder 1 Diaries and address books, c.1985-2001
Folder 2 School papers, 1927-1930
Folder 3 Official documents, 1971, 1985
Folder 4 References, 1952, 1970-1974, 1996
Folder 5 Family history papers and house plans
Folder 6 Ski-ing publications, letter and photographs, 1942-1948, 1960
Folder 7 Order of Australia papers, 1994
Folder 8 Borovansky Ballet reunion, 1994, and Arthur Turnbull resumé
Folder 9 Medical and health papers, 1975-1976, 1994-2001
Folder 10 Medical and health papers
Folder 11 Osteoporosis project, 1999-2001
Folder 12 Financial papers, 1945-2001 (mainly 1990s)
Folder 13 Notes and notebooks
Folder 14 Photographs
Folder 15 Photographs and negatives
Folder 16 Obiturary, 2001

Series 3 Travels and travel writing, 1970-1997

Shirley Andrews travelled in the Pacific, South America, South-East Asia and Europe as well as within Australia throughout her life. This series contains handwritten notebooks of her travel experiences, travel documents, articles written by Andrews and a few photographs. Series 5 includes papers relating to Andrews' trips to Europe and China in 1951 and 1953. There is a separate small collection of letters and postcards from Andrews to Arthur Turnbull, a dance colleague, which includes accounts of her travels (MS 9880).

6 folders

Series 4 C.S.I.R.O. and Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, 1951-1996

This series includes two letters relating to Andrews' employment at C.S.I.R.O., but the remainder consists of correspondence, notes, research material and Andrews' own articles on research into the effects of bromide and lithium in the treatment of psychiatric patients that she conducted as Senior Biochemist at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital in Melbourne in the 1960s-70s. The research material includes articles published between 1943 and 1999.

Folder 1 Employment papers, 1951, 1963, 1977, 1996
Folder 2 Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital: bromide research, 1963-1978
Folders 3-5 Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital: lithium research and Lithium Congress, 1969-1977
Folder 6 Psychology articles, 1943, 1964-1974, 1999

Series 5 Political interests and activities, 1948-2002

Andrews joined the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) in 1945 and in 1951 attended the World Youth and Student Festival in Berlin, afterwards touring other parts of Europe with the Unity Dance Group. The bulk of the papers in this series consist of notebooks, photographs and postcards collected during the 1951 trip to Berlin and Europe. There are also some photos from a 1953 trip to China, a few items from Andrews' earlier involvement with the CPA, notably some photographs of, and a letter from, Bill Bird, a note from John Morrison of the Realist Writers Group and two inscribed publications by Len Fox. Other papers in the series reflect Andrews' later interests in social and political issues and consist of published material and five letters written by Andrews about the ABC and workers' rights. A songbook produced by the Eureka Youth League and two other books of freedom and workers songs are in Series 20, Folder 1.

Folder 1 Communist Party of Australia: photographs and correspondence, c. 1948
Folder 2 World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin 1951: notebooks and postcards 1951-1952
Folder 3 World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin 1951: publications and mementoes; photographs of Berlin and China, 1951 and 1953
Folder 4 World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin 1951: photograph album, 1951
Folder 5 World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin 1951, reunion, 2001, and 60th Anniversary of Eureka Youth League, 2002, 2001-2002
Folder 6 Political and social issues, 1964-1969, 1981, 1991, 1998-2001

Series 6 Aboriginal rights activities, 1957-2000

Andrews' involvement in Aboriginal rights organisations spanned the years 1951-1968. This series includes a folder of correspondence, including letters to and from Jessie Street, Charles Duguid and Ada Bromham. Also in this series is research material and an article written by Andrews on Aborigines and alcohol, Aboriginal Reconciliation material, an incomplete paper on the history of events leading to the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal civil rights, possibly written by Peter Sekuless, and a folder of papers and photographs relating to Andrews' involvement in a 1967 Referendum Ceremony in 1997.

Folder 1 Correspondence, 1957-1959
Folder 2 'Aborigines and alcoholism': research material and article
Folder 3 Aboriginal rights: publications and press clippings, 1959-1997
Folder 4 Aboriginal rights: publications and articles, 1965-1976
Folder 5 History of events leading to the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal civil rights
Folder 6 1967 referendum on Aboriginal civil rights ceremony, 1997
Folder 7 Aboriginal Reconciliation, 1997, 2000
Folder 8 Aboriginal rights: miscellaneous notes and letters, 1992, 1999

Series 7 Aboriginal rights organisations, 1957-2000

Andrews was a member of the Executive of the Council for Aboriginal Rights (Victoria) (CAR) and was instrumental in the creation of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) in 1958. In this series are correspondence, minutes, reports, conference papers and a few photographs, as well as material documenting Andrews' involvement in the Equal Pay for Aborigines sub-committee. Other papers date from the 1990s when Sue Taffe of Monash University researched the history of FCAATSI, interviewing Andrews for an oral history project.

Folder 1 CAR (Vic), 1957, 1962-1965, 1970-1981
Folder 2 FCAATSI: Minutes of Federal Executive Members meetings, 1961-1967
Folder 3 FCAATSI: Equal Pay for Aborigines sub-committee, 1961-1967
Folder 4 FCAATSI: 4th National Aboriginal Conference, 1961
Folder 5 Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (FCAA) and FCAATSI: conference papers, newsletters, reports and resolutions, 1964-1965, 1972
Folder 6 FCAATSI: oral history project, correspondence with Sue Taffe, 1994-2000
Folder 7 ASIO file: 'CPA policy and action on Aborigines', 1993

Series 8 Traditional social dance: writings by Andrews, 1974-2001

Amongst the papers in this series are galleys of and correspondence relating to the book, Take Your Partners, articles for The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore (O.U.P. 1993), a UNESCO project, 'The Universe of Music: a history' (apparently unpublished) and the Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia, a paper presented in collaboration with Lucy Stockdale at the 1986 Folklore Conference, correspondence and other material relating to a set of four videos and booklets on 'How Australia danced last century' which Stockdale and Andrews produced in the 1990s, various articles written by Andrews for publication in folk music and dance newsletters and magazines and a transcript of an oral history interview of Andrews, conducted by Chris Sullivan in 1984.

12 folders

Series 9 Traditional social dance research: notebooks and notes

Andrews' involvement in the folk dance revival in Australia dates from the 1950s when she was a member of both the Unity Dance Group and the Victorian Bush Music Club (VBMC). The Unity Dance Group undertook the choreography and dancing for the musical, Reedy River, and when the VBMC approached Unity to assist with research into Australian tradition dancing, Andrews volunteered for the task. Her research covered the history and social context of social dancing in Australia, the dances themselves and the music used for dancing. This series consists of handwritten research notes, the majority of which are contained in notebooks and are largely undated. Sixteen of the notebooks have been indexed (see item 3 in this series), but the first notebook appears not to be amongst the papers. Notebook no. 9 may have been numbered 8(b).

Folder 1 Collection lists and collection preservation notes (including description of collection)
Folder 2 Interview notes
Folder 3 Index for notebooks, by Heather Larsen
Folders 4-7 Indexed notebooks
Folders 8-11 Unindexed notebooks and notes
Folders 12-17 Research notes, c.1977-1988
Folder 18 Research notes: Nariel Creek history, c.1972, 1991-1997
Folder 19 Research notes: 1920s dancing (1900-1930s)
Folder 20 Research notes: non-Australian dancing (ie Latin American, Pacific, Czech dance)

Series 10 Traditional social dance research: articles and extracts

This series consists largely of photocopies of journal articles and book extracts on dancing, reminiscences of dancing in Australia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the social background to dancing. Australian authors include John Manifold, Peter Ellis, Keith McKenry, Harry McQueen, Phil Leggett, Marilyn Colman and Heather Clarke. Material which was in files has been placed in folders in the order in which it was received.

Folders 1-13 Articles and extracts
Folder 14 Articles: music for dancing
Folder 15 Thesis, 'Origins and development of traditional dance in Australia', by Marily Colman, 1987
Folder 16 'Report on research into step dance in Australia', by Heather Clarke, 1994
Folder 17 Publications

Series 11 Traditional social dance: correspondence with Peter Ellis, c.1979-2000

Correspondence with Peter Ellis, a noted Victorian dance musician and folklorist with whom Andrews collaborated on a number of projects, including the Bicentennial publication, Two hundred years of dancing and how to celebrate them (1988). This series consists of papers specifically collated and labelled as correspondence with Ellis when received by the Library. However, further correspondence and material sent by Ellis can also be found in many of the other dance series. Series 11 includes correspondence between Ellis and Andrews, letters received by Ellis containing reminiscences of dancing in Australia and photocopies of dance instructions and music.

5 folders

Series 12 Traditional social dance: general correspondence, 1962-2001

This series contains mainly correspondence relating to Andrews' dance activities, including her roles as organiser of festivals and events, researcher, writer and advisor on dance instructions. Correspondents include Ron Edwards, Rob Willis, Con Klippel, Warren Fahey, Mark and Maria Schuster, Jan and Vic Orloff, John Meredith and Heather Clarke. There is also a single letter from Dame Peggy van Praagh (1973) in response to a suggestion by Andrews regarding a traditional dance-inspired ballet production, and one from Alan Marshall about yarn-spinning.

4 folders

Series 13 Dance instructions

This series consists of largely undated files, notebooks, loose papers, publications and photocopies of articles, book extracts and complete publications containing instructions on specific dances and dance styles. The series commences with a number of files of papers which relate to a list received with the papers, some on specific types of dances (eg quadrilles, couples dances) and others from specific sources (eg Andrews' own dance cards and Peter Ellis' material). In some cases the files also contain correspondence. It should be noted that whilst this series is devoted to dance instruction material, dance instructions can also be found in other dance series, particularly series 9-11.

Folder 1 Dance instructions: Quadrilles: Victorian Committee versions of Lancers, Fitzroys, Alberts etc
Folder 2 Dance instructions: Quadrilles, including a copy of J.H. Christison's Manual of dancing and etiquette
Folder 3 Dance instructions: Collected dances, Queensland
Folder 4 Dance instructions: Couples dances
Folder 5 Dance instructions: Redowa
Folder 6 Dance instructions: Polka
Folder 7 Dance instructions: Barn dance, Manchester Galop, Schottische
Folder 8 Dance instructions: Waltz
Folder 9 Dance instructions: Varsovienna, Polka Mazurka
Folder 10 Dance instructions: descriptions of various dances
Folder 11 Dance instructions: Garibaldi's March
Folder 12 Dance instructions: Peter Ellis' quadrilles and couples dances, c.1987-2001
Folder 13 Dance instructions: Shirley Andrews' dancing cards: quadrilles, folk dances, couples dances
Folder 14 Dance instructions: folders
Folder 15 Dance instructions: Brisbane Quadrille
Folder 16 Dance instructions: Waltzing
Folder 17 Dance instructions: Sydney Teachers College Index to dances
Folder 18 Dance instructions: 'Darling Valley dances', compiled by J. Haddon, 1979, 1981
Folder 19 Dance instructions: Peruvian dances, 1981, 1986
Folders 20-22 Dance instructions: various
Folder 23 Dance instructions: notebooks and notes
Folder 24-30 Dance instructions: photocopies
Folders 31-32 Dance instructions: publications

Series 14 Dance music

Music notebooks, photocopies and published collections of music for dancing.

6 folders

Series 15 Costumes

Photocopies and one book of illustrations and notes on costumes.

1 folder

Series 16 Dance display theatrical arrangements

Handwritten and typed notes used in staging displays of traditional dances.

1 folder

Series 17 Dance: photographs and illustrations

This series consists of reproduction photographs of dance scenes, programs and advertisements, some of which were used to illustrate Andrews' book, Take your partners, as well as snapshots (including some of Andrews) and photocopies of illustrations relating to dance, social scenes and shearing.

3 folders

Series 18 Dance programs, 1922-2001

This series contains original, and photocopies of, dance programs and dance cards dating back to the nineteenth century. Included in the series are draft programs created by Andrews for various dance events and a folder of programs from New Zealand.

6 folders

Series 19 Traditional Social Dance Association of Victoria (TSDAV), 1980-2001

Andrews was a founding member of the TSDAV and President for the first three years. This series consists of minutes of meetings, material relating to events run by the Association and a folder of dances submitted for a TSDAV dance competition.

4 folders

Series 20 Folklore activities and publications, 1948-2001

Andrews' involvement in the folk revival was not limited to dance. She was a founding member of the Victorian Bush Music Club (which later changed its name to the Victorian Folk Music Club (VFMC)), the founder and editor of Australian Tradition, the VFMC newsletter, a founding member of the Victorian Folklore Society, the Folk Song and Dance Society of Victoria (FSDSV), the chairperson of the First National Folk Festival in Melbourne in 1968 and the Convenor of the Program Committee for the first National Folklore Conference in 1984. Not all Andrews' roles in the folk movement are represented in this series of correspondence, notes, photographs, newsletters, posters, songbooks (including Freedom songs published by the Eureka Youth League) and other publications, mainly dating from the 1960s-80s. The small collection of photographs includes some of Andrews with Kevin Bradley, Ron and Ann Edwards, Alan Scott and Keith and Jenny McKenry in Kuranda, Queensland. Some related correspondence may be found in Series 12.

Folder 1 Songbooks, 1948, 1957, 1985, 1993
Folder 2 Folk festivals, 1955-1971
Folder 3 VBMC publications, 1956-1959
Folder 4 Singabout programs, 1961-1962
Folder 5 Gum Suckers Gazette (VBMC), April 1961-July 1963
Folders 6-9 Australian Tradition (VFMC), February 1964-March 2000 (incomplete)
Folder 10 Events, 1963, 1980, 1985
Folder 11 Organisations, 1984, 1993, 2000-2001
Folder 12 National Folklore Conference, 1984
Folder 13 National Folklore Conference, 1986
Folder 14 Research material and notes
Folder 15 Music notebook and song notes
Folder 16 Joy Durst memorial Australian song collection
Folder 17 Miscellaneous publications
Folder 18 Miscellaneous papers
Folder 19 Photographs
Folder 20 Dance posters and fliers, 1976-1989, 1997
Folio 21 Posters for folk festivals and other events

Series 21 North Melbourne Association and heritage houses material, 1973, 1993, 1997

This series consists of minutes of the History Work Group of the North Melbourne Association for 1973, of which Shirley Andrews was a member, a program and handwritten notes from a tour of North and West Melbourne, 1973, a few other papers on local North Melbourne issues and a folder of historical photographs of North Melbourne.

2 folders

Series 22 Miscellaneous papers, 1953-1999

This series consists of one folder of programs and magazine articles of the 1956 and 1968 Olympic Games, a folder of theatre programs and literary articles and one folder of press clippings representing Andrews's interest in travel, the arts, food, science, health, politics and current affairs. Folder 2 includes an article on 'A biologist's approach to human conflict' written by Andrews and submitted to Meanjin in 1953 .

Folder 1 Olympic Games, 1956, 1968
Folder 2 Theatre programs and Meanjin articles
Folder 3 Miscellaneous press clippings, 1953-1999 (mainly 1990s)


Container List

Series Folder/Item Box
1 1-5 1
2 1-2 1
2 3-10 2
2 11-16 3
3 1-2 3
3 3-6 4
4 1-4 4
4 5-6 5
5 1-5 5
5 6 6
6 1-8 6
7 1-7 7
8 1-5 8
8 6-12 9
9 1-2 9
9 3-9 10
9 10-18 11
9 19-20 12
10 1-5 12
10 6-14 13
10 15-17 14
11 1-5 14
12 1 14
13 1-6 15
13 7-13 16
13 14-20 17
13 21-28 18
13 29-32 19
14 1-3 19
14 4-6 20
15 1 20
16 1 20
17 1 20
17 2-3 21
18 1-6 21
19 1-4 22
20 1-3 22
20 4-12 23
20 13-20 24
20 21 Elephant folio
21 1-2 25
22 1-3 25


Appendix 1: Sound recordings held in the Oral History collection at the National Library

Number Contents
R1 The Three Meet: music for dancing
R2 The Tempest: music for dancing
R3 Brown Jug Polka: music for dancing
R4 Four Sisters Barn Dance: music for dancing
R5 Thady You Gander: music for dancing
R6 Haymakers: music for dancing
R7 Galopede: music for dancing
R8 Berlin Polka: music for dancing
R9 Gay Gordons: music for dancing
R10 Jacaranda Dance: music for dancing
R11 Soldiers Joy: music for dancing
R12 Veleta: music for dancing
R13 Walls of Limerick: music for dancing
R14 Pride of Erin: music for dancing
R15 La Russe: music for dancing
R16 Princess Polka: music for dancing
R17 Old Bush Barn Quadrille: music for dancing
R18 Australian traditional dances from Don Hall and Frank Pitt
R19 Corryong dance music, extract of folk music festival Singabout at Melbourne Town Hall, 1963
R20 Pete Seeger interview and VBMC or VFMC dancing
R21 ABC TV tape on FS Festival: Joy Durst interview abut the Kellys, dance music and Charlie Ordish, a Corryong musician, 1963
R22 Gary Shearston
R23 Weavers on tour, dance music collected by Wendy Lowenstein, Bert Ellard
R24 Dance tunes for the Alberts, the Corryong Band and Don Hall
R25 Dance tunes for the Stockyards and Lancers, Con Klippel
R26 Dance and folk music recorded by Wendy Lowenstein for a Townsville Summer School
R27 Excerpts from an Aboriginal conference 1964, VFMC Singabout concert 1965
R28 Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement conference (FCAA) 1966
R29 The Lancers
C1 Interview: Les and Marie Barnes part 1, Mr and Mrs Boales
C2 Interview: Les and Marie Barnes part 2
C3 Interview: Mrs Sheehan, 1990, part 1
C4 Interview: Mrs Sheehan part 2
C5 Interview: Mick Rielly (Reilly), Numurkah/Carwarp, Victoria, 1980
C6 Interview: Mick Rielly (Reilly), Numurkah/Carwarp, Victoria; Jim Inglis (Pine Lodge); Elma Ross, 1980
C7 Interview: Colin Silk, Tom McLean, Gordon Allen
C8 Interview: Bob and Emm Allen, Colin and Ilie Silk
C9 Cec Iland, Rockhampton QLD, on mouth organ: dance tunes and descriptions
C10 Interview: Mrs Bourke and sister
C11 Interview: Ron McNally, Jack Gordon (Condon), Daisy Sutton
C12 Interview: Ron McNally
C13 Interview: Bendigo, Mrs Pike etc
C14 Interview: Gordon Rilen, Harry McQueen
C15 Interview: Ken Hall, Bob Allen
C16 Notes for workshop with John Meredith: dance music collected by John Meredith
C17 Take your partners: tape to accompany Shirley Andrews' book
C18 Nariel Old Time Dance Band, 1983


Appendix 2: Videos, film and microfilm held in the Oral History collection at the National Library

Number Contents
V1 How Australia danced last century, videos 1 and 2: those popular quadrilles
V2 How Australia danced last century, video 3: some revived quadrilles, 1998
V3 How Australia danced last century, video 4: more revived quadrilles, 1999
V4 Dancing at Nariel
V5 Axedale Deb Ball
V6 Shire of Kara Kara Ball, 1984
V7 St Arnaud Shire centenary ball
V8 Victoria Valley - Fitzroy Quadrilles, Lancers, 1993
V9 St Clements-Huntly Deb Ball, 1988
V10 South Australian dances - Mt Pleasant Colonial Ball, 1986
V11 Queensland dances
V12 Dances of the EYC, Gran Proctor, born 1900, various dances
V13 The drawing room dances, by Cellarius (copy of the English translation of French book, 1847, on microfilm)
V14 16mm film, contents unknown, sent by Margaret Walker and marked '?Amy McGuiness'