Guide to the Papers of Shirley Andrews

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MS 6000, MS Acc12.117

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Collection Summary

Creator
Andrews, Shirley, 1915-2001
Title
Papers of Shirley Andrews
Date Range
1917-2002 (bulk 1970s)
Collection Number
MS 6000, MS Acc12.117
Extent
5.25 metres (25 ms boxes + 1 map folio + 61 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for reference.

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

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, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

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.

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

Biographical references to Andrews are available via the National 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 National 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, SLV MS 12913.

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 files. 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 is stored in the National Library's Oral History section. 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.

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.

Biographical 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.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 6000. Original consignment

Comprises material collected by Andrews during her research into traditional social dance in Australia, although her political activism, medical research and personal interests are also represented in the collection. The collection comprises correspondence, handwritten notes, publications, photocopies of articles and book extracts, photographs and other graphic material.

Contained in 25 boxes, 1 elephant folio.

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.

Early correspondence, 1917, 1930-1938 (File 1)
Personal correspondence, 1952, 1971-2001 (File 2)
Greeting cards and postcards, 1930-2000 (File 3_5)

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.

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

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 files

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.

Employment papers, 1951, 1963, 1977, 1996 (File 1)
Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital: bromide research, 1963-1978 (File 2)
Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital: lithium research and Lithium Congress, 1969-1977 (File 3_5)
Psychology articles, 1943, 1964-1974, 1999 (File 6)

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, File 1.

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

Series 6. Aboriginal rights activities, 1957-2000

Andrews' involvement in Aboriginal rights organisations spanned the years 1951-1968. This series includes a file 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 file of papers and photographs relating to Andrews' involvement in a 1967 Referendum Ceremony in 1997.

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

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.

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

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 files

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).

Collection lists and collection preservation notes (including description of collection) (File 1)
Interview notes (File 2)
Index for notebooks, by Heather Larsen (File 3)
Indexed notebooks (File 4_7)
Unindexed notebooks and notes (File 8_11)
Research notes, c.1977-1988 (File 12_17)
Research notes: Nariel Creek history, c.1972, 1991-1997 (File 18)
Research notes: 1920s dancing (1900-1930s) (File 19)
Research notes: non-Australian dancing (ie Latin American, Pacific, Czech dance) (File 20)

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 files in the order in which it was received.

Articles and extracts (File 1_13)
Articles: music for dancing (File 14)
Thesis, 'Origins and development of traditional dance in Australia', by Marily Colman, 1987 (File 15)
'Report on research into step dance in Australia', by Heather Clarke, 1994 (File 16)
Publications (File 17)

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 files

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 files

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.

Dance instructions: Quadrilles: Victorian Committee versions of Lancers, Fitzroys, Alberts etc (File 1)
Dance instructions: Quadrilles, including a copy of J.H. Christison's Manual of dancing and etiquette (File 2)
Dance instructions: Collected dances, Queensland (File 3)
Dance instructions: Couples dances (File 4)
Dance instructions: Redowa (File 5)
Dance instructions: Polka (File 6)
Dance instructions: Barn dance, Manchester Galop, Schottische (File 7)
Dance instructions: Waltz (File 8)
Dance instructions: Varsovienna, Polka Mazurka (File 9)
Dance instructions: descriptions of various dances (File 10)
Dance instructions: Garibaldi's March (File 11)
Dance instructions: Peter Ellis' quadrilles and couples dances, c.1987-2001 (File 12)
Dance instructions: Shirley Andrews' dancing cards: quadrilles, folk dances, couples dances (File 13)
Dance instructions: folders (File 14)
Dance instructions: Brisbane Quadrille (File 15)
Dance instructions: Waltzing (File 16)
Dance instructions: Sydney Teachers College Index to dances (File 17)
Dance instructions: 'Darling Valley dances', compiled by J. Haddon, 1979, 1981 (File 18)
Dance instructions: Peruvian dances, 1981, 1986 (File 19)
Dance instructions: various (File 20)
Dance instructions: notebooks and notes (File 23)
Dance instructions: photocopies (File 24_30)
Dance instructions: publications (File 31)
Dance instructions: publications (File 32)
Practical guide to the ball room : containing the recent additions and alterations in the quadrilles, waltzes, &c with a diary for ball engagements (1875) (Item)

Series 14. Dance music

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

6 files

Series 15. Costumes

Photocopies and one book of illustrations and notes on costumes.

1 file

Series 16. Dance display theatrical arrangements

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

1 file

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 files

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 file of programs from New Zealand.

6 files

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 file of dances submitted for a TSDAV dance competition.

4 files

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.

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

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 file of historical photographs of North Melbourne.

2 files

Series 22. Miscellaneous papers, 1953-1999

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

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

Series. Special format materials

Videos (File)
Shire of Kara Kara, 1984 (Item NLA.MS-VID001110)
1 item, TDK, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Ball held in the St Arraud Town Hall (Item NLA.MS-VID001111)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Victoria valley Fitzroy quadrilles lancers (Item NLA.MS-VID001112)
1 item, maxwell, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
St Clements Huntley deb ball, Jul-88 (Item NLA.MS-VID001113)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
How Australia Danced Last Century - more revived quadrilles, 1999 (Item NLA.MS-VID001114)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Atedale deb ball copy off original (Item NLA.MS-VID001115)
1 item, national, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
How Australia Danced Last Century - more revived quadrilles, 1998 (Item NLA.MS-VID001116)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
How Australia Danced Last Century - more revived quadrilles (Item NLA.MS-VID001117)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
John Meredith & Olya Willis dances of the EYL Gran Proctor various dances (Item NLA.MS-VID001118)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Queensland dances - Ian and Clair Sutton, Doug Sutton (Item NLA.MS-VID001119)
1 item, maxwell, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Ellis South Aust dances pleasant colonial ball (Item NLA.MS-VID001120)
1 item, BASF, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Dancing at Nariel (Item NLA.MS-VID001121)
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Reel to reels (File)
R1. The Three Meet, "Gay Gordons' on tape label (Item NLA.MS-SAV013791) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R2. The Tempest, "Soldiers Joy" on tape label (Item NLA.MS-SAV013792) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R3. Brown Jug Polka, "La Russe" on tape label (Item NLA.MS-SAV013793) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R4. Four Sisters (Item NLA.MS-SAV013794) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R5. Thady You Gander (Item NLA.MS-SAV013795) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R6. Haymakers Jig (Item NLA.MS-SAV013796) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R7. Galopede "Yarmouth Reel" (Item NLA.MS-SAV013797) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R8. Berlin Polka (Item NLA.MS-SAV013798) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R9. Gay Gordons (Item NLA.MS-SAV013799) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R10. Jacaranda Dance (Item NLA.MS-SAV013800) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R11. Soldiers Joy (Item NLA.MS-SAV013801) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R12. Veleta (Item NLA.MS-SAV013802) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R13. Walls of Limerick (Item NLA.MS-SAV013803) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R14. Pride of Erin (Item NLA.MS-SAV013804) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R15. La Russe (Item NLA.MS-SAV013805) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R16. Princess Polka (Item NLA.MS-SAV013806) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music. Princess Polka both sides.

R18. Australian Traditional Dances from Don Hall and (?) (Item NLA.MS-SAV013807) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music. For ninepins run back to about 925.

R19. Corryong dance music, extract of folk festival Singabout at Melbourne Town Hall (Item NLA.MS-SAV013808) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance Music and songs and soundtrack of ABV news film. List of contents inside box. January and May 1963

R25. Con Klippel, Stockyards and Lancers (Item NLA.MS-SAV013809) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R23. Side 1: Weavers on Tour; Side 2: dance music collected by Wendy Lowenstein; Bert Ellard (Item NLA.MS-SAV013810) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 7 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R27. Excerpts from Aboriginal conference; Victorian Folk Music Club Singabout concert (Item NLA.MS-SAV013811) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 7 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Proceedings, songs. Singabout program inside tape box

R28. Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement(FCAA) Conference (Item NLA.MS-SAV013812) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 7 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Proceedings, songs. Singabout program inside tape box

R29. Lancers, Spanish lessons, Shirley Jacobs recording (?) (Item NLA.MS-SAV013813) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 7 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance Music

R17. Old Bush Quadrille (Item NLA.MS-SAV013814) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music

R20. Pete Seeger interview and Victorian Bush Music Club (VBMC or VFMC) dancing (Item NLA.MS-SAV013815) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 7 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Side 1: interview (Seeger) Manchester Gallop, Bush Barn and Botany Bay; Side 2: Seeger interview continued, music for dance, Moomba concert item

R21. ABC TV tape on FS Festival (Item NLA.MS-SAV013816) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Trk: Joy Durst interviewing old man on Kellys and verse on Power, dance music; Trk 2: Charlie Ordish (Corryong musician)

R 22. Gary Shearston (Item NLA.MS-SAV013817) - Shelf-Short OH2-1-048
1 item, Basify 3 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Songs

R24. Dance tunes-Alberts (Item NLA.MS-SAV014055) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Corryong Band, Don Hall etc recorded for Wendy Lowenstein. One track recorded from record. List on note inside cover

R26. Dance and folk music recorded by Wendy Lowenstein for Townsville Summer School (Item NLA.MS-SAV014056) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)

Dance music(and songs?)

R30. Unidentified tape (Item NLA.MS-SAV014057) - Shelf-Short OH2-2-001
1 item, Basify 5 inch, Magnetic tape reel (any size)
16mm film (File)
Film marked "? Amy McGuiness" (Item NLA.MS-SAV014079) - Shelf-Tall OH2-9-006
1 item, Kodachrome II colour, 3 inch reel, 16mm film

In postal pack, sender Margaret Walker who started the Unity Dance Group to which Shirley Andrews belonged in the 1950s.

Cassette tapes - interviews (File)
C1. Les and Marie Barnes Part 1; Mr and Mrs Boales (Item NLA.MS-SAV014058) - Cassette-Box 680
1 item, Happy tape C90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C2. Les and Marie Barnes Part 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014059) - Cassette-Box 680
1 item, Happy tape C90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C3. Mrs Sheehan Part 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014060) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Tonex LN-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C4. Mrs Sheehan Part 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV014061) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Tonex LN-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C5. Mick Reilly (Reilly) (Numurka/Carwar, Victoria) (Item NLA.MS-SAV014062) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C6. Mick Reilly (Reilly) (Numurka/Carwar, Victoria); Jim Inglis (Pine Lodge?), Elma Ross (Item NLA.MS-SAV014063) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C7. Colin Silk, Tom Mclean, Gordon Allen (Item NLA.MS-SAV014064) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C8. Bob and Emm Allen, Colin and Ille Silk (Item NLA.MS-SAV014065) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C9. Cec Iland, Rockhampton QLD, mouth organ (Item NLA.MS-SAV014066) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, TDK AD46, Compact cassette tape

Dance tunes and descriptions. List on tape cover

C10. Mrs Bourke and sister (Item NLA.MS-SAV014067) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Scotch Dynarange 60 min, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C11. Ron McNally, Jack Gordon(Condon?) Daisy Sutton (Item NLA.MS-SAV014068) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C12. Ron McNally (Item NLA.MS-SAV014069) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C13. Bendigo-Mrs Pike etc (Item NLA.MS-SAV014070) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C14. Gordon Rilen, Harry McQueen (Item NLA.MS-SAV014071) - Cassette-Box 681
1 item, Telex C-90, Compact cassette tape

Interview

C15. Ken Hall, Bob Allen (Item NLA.MS-SAV014072) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, TDK SA-C60. Possible insect infestation near felt., Compact cassette tape

Interview

Cassette tapes - other (File)
C16. Dance music collected by John Meredith (Item NLA.MS-SAV014073) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, Hitachi DL60, Compact cassette tape

Notes for workshop with John Meredith. List of contents on cassette cover

C17. Take your partners jigs and reels for six Australian traditional dances with introductory calls (Item NLA.MS-SAV014074) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, Compact cassette tape

Tape to accompany Shirley Andrew's book, Take Your Partners.

C18. Nariel Old Time Dance Band (Item NLA.MS-SAV014075) - Cassette-Box 682
1 item, Sony BHF 90, Compact cassette tape

Dance music. List of contents on cassette cover

The Drawing Dances by Cellarius - microfiche (Item)
1 item

Class MS Acc12.117. Consignment added 2012

Comprises the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) Andrews received in 1994 for her contribution to Australian dance. The engraving on the medal verso reads "Shirley Aldythea Andrews".

Contained in 1 file.

Container List

Series File/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

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