Guide to the Records of the National Council of Women of Australia
MS 5193
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- National Council of Women of Australia
- Title
- Records of the National Council of Women of Australia
- Date Range
- 1909 - 1973
- Collection Number
- MS 5193
- Extent
- 1.8 metres 12 manuscript boxes
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises correspondence with the Australian and various international governments, state departments and National Council of Women branches. It also includes conference material, reports, presentation papers, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, statements, funding proposals, ephemera, newsletters, photographs and surveys.
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Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Council of Women of Australia,, National Library of Australia, MS 5193, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Cultural Sensitivity Notice
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection contains content that may be distressing and/or language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid contains descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Item Descriptions
Class. Original Consignment, 1909 - 1973
Correspondence with Internal Departments, 1949 - 1960 (File 1) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with Minister for Immigration H.E. Holt and Prime Minister R.G. Menzies. Departments include the Prime Minister's Department, News and Information Bureau, Department of External Affairs, the Department of Education and others.
Correspondence and meeting minutes, 1958 - 1965 (File 2) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the South Australian Parent Teacher Council, meeting minutes and bulletins.
Correspondence with Government Departments, 1960 - 1964 (File 3) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Department of External Affairs and the Prime Minister's Department.
Correspondence with Government Departments, 1965 - 1967 (File 4) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Social Services, the Minister for Repatriation, the Attorney General and others. Also includes Sale of Goods questionnaire.
Correspondence with Government Departments, 1952 - 1964 (File 5) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Prime Minister's Department, the Minister of Immigration, the Minister for Labour and National Service, the Minister for Shipping and Transport, and other.
Correspondence - Minister for Customs and Excise, 1957 - 1964 (File 6) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Customs and Excise.
Correspondence - Minister for Territories - Territory of Papua New Guinea, 1961 - 1967 (File 7) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Territories and the Territory of Papua New Guinea.
Correspondence- Assorted, 1962 - 1964 (File 8) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Association of Civilian Widows, All Pakistan Women's Association, The University of Adelaide, and many others. Also includes a draft of "A Case for the Abolition of Sales Tax on All Foodstuffs"
Correspondence- Assorted, 1961 - 1964 (File 9) - Box 1
Includes correspondence with the Secretariat at Suva, Fiji, Freedom from Hunger Campaign, the National Council of Women of Great Britain, he National Council of Women of India and many others.
Correspondence - Assorted, 1962 - 1964 (File 10) - Box 2
Includes correspondence with the National Education Congress, the National Library of Australia, the Embassy of the Philippines in Canberra, the National Council of Women in South Afrika, the National Council of Women in in Thailand and many others. Also includes a report on civic affairs convenorship.
Correspondence with Government Departments, 1966 - 1967 (File 11) - Box 2
Includes correspondence with Prime Minister Harold Holt and the secretary of the Prime Minister's Department, the Minister for Labour and National Service and others.
Correspondence with Government Departments, 1964 - 1967 (File 12) - Box 2
Includes correspondence with the Department of Territories, Ministers for Tourism, Customs and Excise, St. Mary's Rectory and others.
Correspondence and Reports, 1937 - 1960 (File 13) - Box 2
Includes reports on migration, broadcasting, child welfare, housing and other. Also includes correspondence and speeches.
Correspondence with Western Australia, 1964 - 1967 (File 14) - Box 2
Various correspondence with Western Australia, including the National Council of Women, St Mary's Rectory and other.
Correspondence with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1966 - 1968 (File 15) - Box 2
Includes correspondence with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Correspondence with Tasmania, 1961 - 1963 (File 16) - Box 2
Includes correspondence relating to moral welfare and liquor trading.
Correspondence with the Australian Capital Territory, 1961 - 1964 (File 17) - Box 2
Includes correspondence relating to conferences.
Correspondence with South Australia, 1961 - 1964 (File 18) - Box 2
Includes correspondence with the National Council of Women in South Australia. Also includes a notice paper.
The West Australian National Council of Women Annual Report of President and Secretary., May 1963 (File 19) - Box 2
Correspondence - Board in Brisbane, 1965 - 1966 (File 20) - Box 3
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate.
Includes correspondence relating to study programmes, the Queensland Adoption of Children Act, the Australian Council of Social Service and others. Also includes statements and newspaper clippings.
Correspondence with Victoria, 1965 - 1968 (File 21) - Box 3
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings and conference programmes.
Correspondence - International Cooperation, 1965 (File 23) - Box 3
Includes correspondence with St Mary's Rectory, the Australian National ICY Committee and others. It also includes meeting minutes and material related to the International Co-Operation Year Convention.
Correspondence - Assorted, 1971 - 1972 (File 24) - Box 3
Includes correspondence with the Population Working Committee, the Citizen Military Forces Association and others. Also includes the Australian Wool Centre newsletter and "Citizen Soldier" journal.
Correspondence - Outward, 1963 (File 25) - Box 3
Includes correspondence with various government departments and state councils.
Correspondence - Liaison Committee, 1963 (File 27) - Box 4
Includes correspondence and meeting minutes.
Assorted documents, 1963 - 1970 (File 28) - Box 4
Includes statements, proposal for funds and reports.
National Council of Women's Association - Historical, 1909 - 1971 (File 29) - Box 4
Includes material related to the formation of the National Council of Women's Association.
Statement and Proceedings of Economic Conference, 1951 - 1951 (File 30) - Box 4
Includes a statement of evidence relating to the basic wage and standard and the Proceedings of Economic Conference Convened by the Commonwealth Government.
Basic Wage Convention, 1952 (File 31) - Box 4
Includes correspondence, statements of evidence and reports relating to the basic wage and standard.
Correspondence - Removal of Marriage Bar in the Commonwealth Public Service, 1957 - 1960 (File 32) - Box 4
Includes correspondence, report and other material relating to the removal of the marriage bar.
Australian National Council of Women - Conference and Regional Seminar, 1966 - 1972 (File 33a) - Box 4
Includes reports, conference papers, pamphlets, flyers, surveys, financial information, newspaper cuttings, bulletins, photographs, and "Social Welfare" magazine.
Australian National Council of Women - Conference and Regional Seminar, 1966 - 1972 (File 33b) - Box 4
Includes reports, conference papers, pamphlets, flyers, surveys, financial information, newspaper cuttings, bulletins, photographs, and "Social Welfare" magazine.
Biennial Conference - Assorted material, 1957 - 1966 (File 34) - Box 5
Includes reports, conference papers, newspapers and newspaper cuttings, newsletters, meeting minutes and pamphlets.
Assorted documents, 1963 - 1964 (File 35) - Box 5
Includes newspaper cuttings, reports, seminar material and meeting minutes relating.
Australian National Council of Women - Executive meeting, 1968 - 1970 (File 36) - Box 5
Includes financial statement, meeting minutes, report, correspondence and other.
Australian National Council of Women - Executive meeting, 1964 - 1968 (File 37) - Box 5
Includes resolutions, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence and other.
Correspondence - Nominations, 1965 - 1966 (File 38) - Box 5
Correspondence related to the triennial nominations.
Assorted documents, 1962 - 1970 (File 41) - Box 6
Includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, meeting agendas, notes and other.
Assorted documents, 1950 - 1952 (File 42) - Box 6
Includes meeting minutes, agendas, newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Reports, 1957 (File 43) - Box 6
Includes reports on International Council of Women conference at Montreal.
Circular letters and reports, 1968 - 1969 (File 44) - Box 6
Includes circular letters and reports relating to various conferences.
Correspondence - International Council of Women - Edinburg, 1938 - 1950 (File 45) - Box 6
Includes correspondence and reports relating to Council Sessions in Edinburg.
Correspondence - International Council of Women - Edinburg, 1937 - 1938 (File 46) - Box 6
Includes correspondence and reports relating to Council Sessions in Edinburg.
Education reports, 1950 - 1953 (File 47) - Box 7
Includes education reports and some correspondence.
Constitution of the National Council of Women, 1964 - 1969 (File 49) - Box 7
Includes manuscripts relating to the constitution of the National Council of Women.
National Council of Women - Education Committee, 1963 - 1965 (File 50) - Box 7
Includes papers on self development and adult education, meeting minutes in English and French, UNESCO questionnaire, reports, surveys and newspaper clippings.
Reports of standing committees, 1952 - 1973 (File 51) - Box 7
Includes reports and some correspondence.
Australian National Council of Women - biographies, c.1960s (File 55) - Box 8
Includes biographies of several members.
Overseas reports, 1963 - 1964 (File 56) - Box 8
Includes newsletters, reports from various parts of the world including Thailand, Japan, Holand, India and others.
International Council of Women - Standing committees, 1957 - 1969 (File 57a) - Box 8
Includes reports and meeting minutes.
International Council of Women - Standing committees, 1963 - 1967 (File 57b) - Box 8
Includes reports and meeting minutes.
Conferences, 1954 - 1960 (File 58) - Box 8
Includes meeting minutes and reports on various conferences including the Biennial conference in Tasmania and Canberra and an Adelaide conference.
Conferences - Early records, 1938 - 1951 (File 59) - Box 9
Includes meeting minutes, agendas and reports.
Regional conferences - Brisbane, 1961 - 1964 (File 60) - Box 9
Includes some correspondence and resolutions.
Conferences - various, 1960 - 1962 (File 62) - Box 9
Includes meeting minutes and some correspondence.
Canberra conference - resolutions, 1960 - 1962 (File 63) - Box 9
Includes material related to the subjects of deserted wives, sales tax, education, advertisements, driving education and other.
Triennial conference, 1967 (File 64) - Box 9
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, nominations and other.
Conferences - various, 1971 - 1973 (File 65) - Box 9
Includes presentation papers, opening statements, reports, background papers and meeting minutes.
Triennial conference, 1962 - 1967 (File 66) - Box 10
Includes resolutions, handwritten notes and some correspondence.
Seminar reports, 1956 - 1957 (File 67) - Box 10
Includes reports related to seminars on civic responsibilities and increased participation of Asian women in public life, and a newsletter on the status of women.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1961 - 1966 (File 68) - Box 10
Includes several papers related to sessions taken place in Geneva and New York.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1956 - 1962 (File 69) - Box 10
Includes papers related to the tenth and fifteenth sessions. Also includes material related to education, a newsletter and some correspondence.
International Council of Women - publications, 1958 - 1964 (File 70) - Box 10
Includes bulletins, and reports from the Karachi and Turkish branches. Also includes a report of the Australian Representative Miss R. Gibson, on the tenth session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
International Council of Women - United Nations, 1953 - 1971 (File 71) - Box 10
Includes statements relating to the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, various reports, meeting minutes, circular letters, notes, proposals, digest of information concerning ILO conventions, UNESCO conventions and agreements and other. Also includes some correspondence and material relating to the adoption Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Human Rights - meetings, 1953 - 1971 (File 72) - Box 11
Includes notices, meeting minutes, reports and some correspondence.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1948 - 1955 (File 73) - Box 11
Includes report on the second, ninth and tenth sessions, bibliography of books on status of women and other.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1956 - 1957 (File 74) - Box 11
Includes report on the tenth and eleventh sessions.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1961 - 1962 (File 75) - Box 11
Includes report on the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions.
United Nations Economic and Social Council, 16 May 1955 - 27May 1955 (File 76) - Box 11
Includes report on the nineteenth session of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, New York.
United Nations - General, 1952 - 1970 (File 77) - Box 11
Includes material related to refugees, political rights for women, maternity protection, racial prejudice and other.
UNESCO - assorted documents, 1964 - 1969 (File 78) - Box 11
Includes material related to conventions against discrimination in education, list of ratifications, study on UNESCO activities of special interest to women, a study of the legislation concerning the special education of handicapped children and young people, and other.
Assorted material, n.d. (File 79) - Box 12
Includes report on the ninth session on the Status of Women Commission and a booklet titled "Community Action Series I and II".