Guide to the Papers of Mary Booth

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MS 2864

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Collection Summary

Creator
Mary Booth
Title
Papers of Mary Booth
Date Range
c.1918-1979
Collection Number
MS 2864
Extent
6.75 metres (24 archive boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 large folio box + 1 roll + 4 map folio)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The records include minutes of meetings of the Anzac Fellowship of Women, 1925-1928, 1931-1939, 1958-1962, 1965-1967, Secretary's reports 1924, correspondence, diaries, photographs, press clippings, publications and other material relating to the work of the Fellowship. The collection includes material from other associations also founded by Dr Mary Booth such as the Soldiers' Club and the Empire Service Clubs. The records of the Soldiers' Club, ca. 1918-ca. 1923 include day books, diaries, lists of members, report books and a staff time book. The Empire Service Club records include a minute book 1928-1940, register 1928, sketch book, lists of members, index to letters 1930-1936 and a petty cash book 1944.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn771616).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Mary Booth, National Library of Australia, MS 2864, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Item Descriptions

Day books, 1917-1922 (File) - Box 1

Diaries, 1921-1922 (File) - Box 1

Diary with press clippings, 1929 (File) - Box 1

Diary, 1936 (File) - Box 1

Receipt books – Anzac Fellowship of Women, 1955-1961 (File) - Box 2

Debit book – Empire Service Hostel, 1930 (File) - Box 2

Minute book for all Committees (File) - Box 2

Diary – Anzac Fellowship of Women, 1932, 1933, 1934 (File) - Box 2

Petty cash book 1936-1944 – Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 2

Printers' blocks – Boy Settlers' Magazine (File) - Box 2

Badges – Soldiers Club (File) - Box 2

Greeting cards (File) - Box 2

Correspondence - personal (Dr Booth), 1933 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - British Government Representative for Migration, 1929, 1930 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - Bicentenary of the birth of Captain (1928) James Cook (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - Agricultural classes, c.1928-1930 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - Bureau matters, c.1928-1930 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - Department of Labour and Industry, c.1928-1930 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence – General, c.1928-1930 (File) - Box 3

Correspondence - Warrior's Friend Campaign (File) - Box 3

Annual report, 1948-1949 (File) - Box 3

Balance sheets, 1923, 1924 (File) - Box 3

Bank statements, 1964, 1965 (File) - Box 3

Receipts for Anzac Fellowship of Women and Empire Service Club (File) - Box 3

Copies of notices sent to members of Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 3

Flags (File) - Piece 4 a-c, Elephant-Folio 4d

Three flags (Item 4 a-c)

3.0 metres

ANZAC Fellowship of Women banner (Item 4d)

Anzac Festival Committee bank statement, 1938-1939 (File) - Box 5

Petty cash receipts, function receipts, cheque butt (File) - Box 5

Empire Service Club annual reports (File) - Box 5

Programs, publications (File) - Box 5

Statement of receipts and payments, 1964 (File) - Box 5

Correspondence - General (File) - Box 5

Correspondence - Australian League of Honour for Women and Girls (File) - Box 5

Correspondence - Press clippings (File) - Box 5

Correspondence re soldiers' graves. List for same giving name of soldier, where buried (town, suburb etc) grave no. and religious denomination (R.C., C of E etc), c1919, 1920 (File) - Box 6

Photograph of unidentified gravesite of soldiers (File) - Box 6

Correspondence - People's Open Air Spaces Movement, 1922 (File) - Box 6

Correspondence - British Government Representative for Migration, c.1930 (File) - Box 6

Letters from members of the Empire Service Club (File) - Box 6

List of members - Soldiers' Club (File) - Box 7

Report book, 1918 (File) - Box 7

Day books, 1922 (File) - Box 7

Staff book (File) - Box 7

Daily account book (File) - Box 7

Press cutting album, 1918-1922 (File) - Box 7

Day books, 1919-1922 (File) - Box 8

Photograph album comprising photos sent by English migrants known as "Boy Settlers" (File) - Box 9

Miscellaneous photographs (File) - Box 9

Album of views of Great Yermouth (File) - Box 9

Newspapers (File) - Box 9

Correspondence - General, c1921 (File) - Box 10

Correspondence – General, 1928 (File) - Box 11

Correspondence – General, 1921-1940 (File) - Box 12

Correspondence with Sir James Murdoch, c.1928 (File) - Box 12

Boys' Sub Committee reports, 1927 (File) - Box 12

Press cuttings (File) - Box 13

Correspondence - general, 1937-1940 (File) - Box 13

List of schools attended by migrants, name of ship and date of arrival in Australia (File) - Box 13

Photograph of Mary Booth (File) - Box 13

Bank statements, 1949-1950 (File) - Box 13

Correspondence – Anzac Festival Competition, 1937-1938 (File) - Box 13

Press clippings and correspondence re Anzac Day, 1923-1925 (File) - Box 14

Applications from wives of soldiers for assistance etc. and letters of appreciation from same (File) - Box 14

Postcards (File) - Box 14

List of soldiers interred at warriors cemeterys' [sic], 1915-1918 (File) - Box 14

Diaries, 1927, 1931 (File) - Box 15

Day books, 1929 – 1933 (File) - Box 15

Diaries, 1918, 1919, 1920 (File) - Box 16

Minute book – Soldiers' Club, 1915-1922 (File) - Box 16

Accounts book, 1922 (File) - Box 16

Minute book – General and executive – Empire (File) - Box 17

Service Club, 1928-1940 (File) - Box 17

Accounts book – Empire Service Club, 1944 (File) - Box 17

Alphabetical Lodgers' list, 1925-1929 – Empire Service Club (File) - Box 17

Record book (File) - Box 17

Visitors register (File) - Box 17

Book of inward correspondence, 1930-1936 (File) - Box 17

Correspondence - Anzac Day, 1937 (File) - Box 18

Correspondence - Dreadnought fund (File) - Box 18

Correspondence - Anzac Eve Festival Committee (File) - Box 18

Correspondence re Mary Booth Lookout (File) - Box 19

Accounts, 1941-1946 (File) - Box 19

Postcards (File) - Box 19

Visitors' register, 1926, 1927 (File) - Box 20

Accounts book, 1916-1921 (File) - Box 20

Credit Account book, 1919-1922 (File) - Box 20

Book of outward letters, 1930-1935 (File) - Box 20

Function book (File) - Box 20

List of members (File) - Box 20

List of positions available for returned soldiers (File) - Box 20

List of subscribers to Boy Settler magazine (File) - Box 20

Minute books, 1958-1962 and 1964-1965 – Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 21

Hon. Secretary's monthly reports from April 1924 to Oct. 1924 (File) - Box 21

Annual report 1923-1924 - Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 21

Minute book – Anzac Festival Committee, 1932-1939 (File) - Box 21

Minute book, 1924-1928 - Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 21

Cheque butts, hymn book belonging to Ruth Mason (File) - Box 21

Publications (File) - Box 22

Notes on "Boys", 1933 (File) - Box 22

List of donations from centres and schools (File) - Box 22

List of subscribers to Boy Settler magazine, 1930-1937 (File) - Box 22

Address book, 1931 (File) - Box 22

Diary, 1934 (File) - Box 23

Book of inward correspondence, 1940 (File) - Box 23

N.S.W. bank deposit book - Anzac Fellowship of Women (File) - Box 23

Book of expenses, 1927-1929 (File) - Box 23

Press clippings album (File) - Box 23

Register of names and addresses, 1924-1926 (File) - Box 23

Correspondence - general (File) - Box 23

Note book, 1925 (File) - Box 23

Correspondence - general (File) - Box 24

Receipts etc. (File) - Box 24

Anzac Festival Competition (File) - Box 24

Staff time book (File) - Box 25

Book of donations – Babies' Kit Society (File) - Box 25

Work book – Babies' Kit Society (File) - Box 25

Minute book 1939-1941 – Babies' Kit Society (File) - Box 25

Posters (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)

Sketch book – Empire Service Club (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)

Account book, 1919-1923 (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)

Register of names and addresses (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)

Photograph album (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)

Personal note from Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, C.B., D.S.O. to each man of the 29th Division on the occasion of their first going into action together (File) - Folio-Box Unnumbered (MS 2864)


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