MS 2818
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Title
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Records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters
- Date Range
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1920 - 1983
- Collection Number
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MS 2818
- Extent
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8.22 metres (1 packet + 18 archives boxes + 33 ms boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence, minutes, conference papers, reports, newsletters, brochures, newspaper cuttings, photographs and other records. The records cover the legal and political status of women, family allowances and child endowment, women's wages and work conditions, family planning, maternity allowances, marriage and divorce laws and alimony. Additional topics of interest in the collection are the nationality of married women, landlord and tenant agreements, legal aid, prostitution, censorship, equal educational rights, moral standards and the elimination of racism and discrimination against women.
Organisations with which the Australian Federation of Women Voters was affiliated are also represented in the collection, including the League of Women Voters, British Commonwealth League for the Equality of Women, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the International Alliance of Women, the New South Wales League and The Friday Club of Progressive Women. Correspondents include Bessie Rischbieth.
The papers of presidents of the Federation from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s are also included in the collection. They were Irene Greenwood, Estelle Collmann, Dorothy Adams, Lorelei Booker and Ruby Rich.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1850710).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters, National Library of Australia, MS 2818, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The initial collection (boxes 1-18) was donated to the Library by the President of the Federation, Irene Greenwood in 1970. The later part of the collection (boxes 19-52) was donated to the Library in 2001 by Douglas Booker, son of the last president of the Federation, Lorelei Booker.
Bound reports and newsletters of the Australian Federation of Women Voters, 1937-1950 (box 3, item 24) are available on microfilm at MfmG 28178.
The records of the Women's Electoral Lobby are held at MS 3683.
Arrangement
The first instalment of the collection is in the order in which it was received.
The second instalment of the collection has been kept in its box groupings and file contents have been left undisturbed. File titles have mainly been created by Library staff. The papers of presidents from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s are also included in the collection: Irene Greenwood (Boxes 19 to 21), Estelle Collmann (Boxes 21 to 26), Dorothy Adams (Boxes 26 to 31), Lorelei Booker (Boxes 31 to 33) and Ruby Rich (Boxes 33-45).
Digitisation Information
This collection contains some duplicate items. For digitisation, only one copy of each item was captured. Some items contain blank pages which were not captured.
Administrative History
In 1921 the British Dominions Women Citizens' Union joined with other women's societies in Australia to form the Australian Federation of Women's Societies for Equal Citizenship. In around 1924 the Federation changed its name to the Australian Federation of Women Voters. Bessie Rischbieth was instrumental in the formation of the Federation and was its President from 1921 until 1942. The Federation was affiliated with the British Commonwealth League and the International Alliance of Women.
The Federation consisted of affiliated state leagues including Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales. The New South Wales League was formerly known as The Friday Club of Progressive Women until 1949 when it was decided that a Federal voice for women was needed.
In its Constitution, the objects of the Federation included the promotion of 'equality of opportunity, status, responsibility and reward between men and women', furthering the interests of women, children and the family, equal citizenship between women and men and the election of women to Federal and State parliaments. The Federation utilised the voting power of women by presenting to Federal Government the viewpoint of Australian women on issues that affected their lives. The Federation also organised Federal Conferences and published its official organ, The Dawn.
Early achievements of the Federation included the representation of the first woman as an Australian delegate to the Assembly of the League of Nations in 1922 and attaining the appointment of members of its affiliated groups to the League of Nations Assembly in 1928, 1935 and 1936. In 1937 the Federation compiled a memorandum on the Status of Women, showing sex discrimination was endemic in Australian law. The report was included as an annex to the report prepared by the Government on the same subject and forwarded to the Secretariat of the League of Nations. In 1947 the Federation prepared a second document on the status of women.
From the 1960s to the early 1980s, the Federation was involved in lobbying government for legislation for divorce, deserted wives and employment of married women. They also participated in the UNESCO Women's Advisory Panel, the Second United Nations Development Decade (DD2), the Women's Electoral Lobby and the Status of Women Commission. The Federation was also involved in arrangements for and participation in International Women's Year in 1975.
Although the Federation continued to exist until about 1983, its functions were largely superseded by the establishment of the Women's Electoral Lobby in 1972.
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original Consignment
Newsletters, brochures and personal letters, 1932 - 1967 (File 1-6) - Box 1
Letters and newspaper cuttings, 1910 - 1963 (File 7) - Box 1
Copy of minutes of the inaugural meeting and letters regarding newspaper The Dawn, 1920 - 1952 (File 8) - Box 1
Notes, letters, news cuttings and reports on conferences, 1960 - 1966 (File 9) - Box 1
Reports and news cuttings on family allowance proposals and social conditions, 1927 - 1938 (File 10) - Box 1
Letters and news cuttings on women's rights, 1947 - 1966 (File 11) - Box 1
Letters, notes and news cuttings including a copy of The Dawn, 1927; 1956-1967 (File 12) - Box 1
Notes and news clippings from The Dawn newsletter, 1935; 1965 (File 13) - Box 1
Proceedings and reports for Triennial Conferences and the 10th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 1948 - 1957 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 2
Cuttings and letters regarding status of women, 1923; 1937-1966 (File 14) - Box 2
Papers on property rights of married women and the marriage of minors, 1946 - 1956 (File 15) - Box 2
U.N. Status of Women commission reports and general news cuttings, 1921; 1933-1955 (File 16) - Box 2
Papers, reports and news cuttings on status of women, 1949 - 1961 (File 17) - Box 2
News sheets of United Association of Women, 1926 - 1962 (File 18) - Box 2
Newsletters, annual reports and news cuttings, 1962 - 1967 (File 19) - Box 3
Minutes and correspondence, 1962 - 1963 (File 20) - Box 3
Letters and news cuttings, 1947 - 1952 (File 21) - Box 3
Various reports and cash book, 1954 - 1965 (File 22) - Box 3
News cuttings and letters, 1949 - 1967 (File 23) - Box 3
Bound minutes, reports and newsletters, 1934 - 1950 (File 24) - Box 3
Papers and correspondence regarding Australian women's nationality, 1923 - 1936 (File 25) - Box 4
Papers, 1929 - 1964 (File 26) - Box 4
Correspondence, 1927 - 1958 (File 27) - Box 4
Correspondence, 1935 - 1957 (File 28) - Box 4
Resolutions, 1954 (File 29) - Box 4
Reports, 1944 - 1960 (File 30) - Box 4
Correspondence regarding The Dawn newsletters, 1929 - 1966 (File 31) - Box 4
Australian Federation Conference papers, 1930 - 1939 (File 32) - Box 4
International Alliance of Women's Congress papers, 1935-1939; 1959-1962 (File 33) - Box 5
International Alliance of Women and Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence (File 34) - Box 5
International Alliance of Women and Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence and minutes, 1935; 1955-1974 (File 35) - Box 5
International Alliance of Women reports, 1949 - 1952 (File 36) - Box 5
International Alliance of Women member profiles, International Women's News and correspondence, 1913; 1927-1939; 1951-1966 (File 37) - Box 5
Correspondence, 1926 - 1937 (File 38) - Box 5
Correspondence, 1940 - 1945 (File 38 [A]) - Box 6
Correspondence, 1942 - 1946 (File 39) - Box 6
Correspondence, 1947 - 1949 (File 40) - Box 6
Correspondence, 1948 - 1956 (File 41) - Box 6
Correspondence, 1957 (File 42) - Box 6
Correspondence, 1958 (File 43) - Box 6
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Conference, 1958 - 1959 (File 44) - Box 6
Minutes and correspondence, 1934 - 1939 (File 45) - Box 7
New South Wales minutes, 1956 - 1960 (File 46) - Box 7
Correspondence and conferences, 1958 - 1960 (File 47) - Box 7
Queensland Correspondence, 1958 (File 48) - Box 7
South Australia correspondence, 1958 - 1960 (File 49) - Box 7
Liaison Committee papers, 1957 - 1960 (File 50) - Box 7
Western Australia correspondence, 1957 - 1960 (File 51) - Box 7
Victoria correspondence and papers, 1958 - 1960 (File 52) - Box 7
International Alliance of Women questionnaire, 1960 (File 53) - Box 7
United Nations Conference, Geneva (1959) and general correspondence, 1957 - 1960 (File 54) - Box 7
International Alliance of Women: correspondence, 1952 - 1960 (File 55) - Box 8
Correspondence with Government, 1956 - 1960 (File 56) - Box 8
Correspondence, 1955 - 1958 (File 57) - Box 8
Triennial Conference papers, 1947 - 1954 (File 58) - Box 8
British Commonwealth League Conference papers, 1958 - 1960 (File 59) - Box 8
British Commonwealth League and International Alliance of Women reports, 1954 - 1957 (File 60) - Box 8
Triennial Conference, 1954 - 1957 (File 61) - Box 8
Triennial Conference, 1954 - 1957 (File 62) - Box 8
Triennial Conferences proceedings, 1954; 1957 (File 63) - Box 8
Constitution, minutes and reports for early conferences, 1921 - 1930 (File 64) - Box 9
Triennial Conference and reports on Commission on the Status of Women, Eleventh Session, New York, 1954 - 1957 (File 65) - Box 9
Papers on social and women's issues, 1948 (File 66) - Box 9
Assorted newsletters and publications, 1948 - 1958 (File 67) - Box 9
Reports and news cuttings on prostitution and human trafficking, 1936 - 1955 (File 68) - Box 9
Correspondence relating to prostitution and human trafficking, 1946 - 1957 (File 69) - Box 9
United Nations Economic and Social Council reports relating to human trafficking, 1950 (File 70) - Box 9
Triennial conference reports and programs, 1924 - 1969 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 9
Correspondence, 1948 - 1953 (File 71) - Box 10
League of Women Voters correspondence, 1948 - 1953 (File 72) - Box 10
Australian Federation of Women Voters Conference and International Alliance of Women papers, 1948 - 1951 (File 73) - Box 10
Australian Federation of Women Voters Conference correspondence, cuttings, papers and photographs, 1948 - 1951 (File 74) - Box 10
Board meetings, 1949 - 1951 (File 75) - Box 10
Board meetings, 1946 - 1954 (File 76) - Box 10
Health Act regulations, correspondence and 'Report of the Special Body of Experts on Traffic in Women in Children', 1927 - 1938 (File 77) - Box 10
League of Women Voters, South Australia, 1943 - 1954 (File 78) - Box 10
Basic wage statements, 1953 (File 79) - Box 10
League of Women Voters South Australia papers, 1949 - 1954 (File 80) - Box 11
Correspondence, 1945 - 1954 (File 81) - Box 11
Papers and correspondence on civil and political rights, 1950 - 1954 (File 82) - Box 11
Conference resolutions, 1948 - 1951 (File 83) - Box 11
UNESCO papers and correspondence, 1951 - 1952 (File 84) - Box 11
United Nations papers and correspondence, 1949 - 1952 (File 85) - Box 11
Papers and correspondence on Indigenous Australians welfare, 1948 - 1953 (File 86) - Box 11
Newsletters and correspondence, 1949 - 1953 (File 87) - Box 11
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1951 - 1952 (File 88) - Box 11
Miscellaneous booklets, correspondence and meetings re Josephine Butler Society and social hygiene, 1929 - 1963 (File 89) - Box 11
Women's Service Guilds correspondence, 1949 - 1953 (File 90) - Box 12
Telegrams, 1946 - 1948 (File 91) - Box 12
Correspondence, 1946 - 1948 (File 92) - Box 12
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1947 - 1948 (File 93) - Box 12
Conditions of Japanese women, 1945 - 1946 (File 94) - Box 12
Female Interviewers' Association, 1945 - 1946 (File 95) - Box 12
League of Women Voters of Western Australian correspondence, 1946 - 1951 (File 96) - Box 12
Abolition of the Means Test, 1945 - 1946 (File 97) - Box 12
Women's Union of Service correspondence, 1941 - 1943 (File 98) - Box 12
United Association of Women correspondence, 1945 - 1952 (File 99) - Box 12
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to the United Nations, 1947 - 1951 (File 100) - Box 12
Australian Federation of Women Voters Silver Jubilee Conference delegate invitations and conference information, October 1948 (File 101) - Box 13
Blanket Bills on equality correspondence, 1947 - 1951 (File 102) - Box 13
Australian Federation of Women Voters delegates to International Conference correspondence, 1946 (File 103) - Box 13
Overseas letters from Bessie Rischbieth re United Nations Conference, 1946 (File 104) - Box 13
International Alliance of Women correspondence re Rome Conference, 1947 - 1948 (File 105) - Box 13
Women's World Fellowship Conference, Paris, 1947 (File 106) - Box 13
Correspondence - Victoria, 1945 - 1950 (File 107) - Box 13
Correspondence and news circulars - Victoria, 1948 - 1954 (File 108) - Box 13
Correspondence - interstate, 1945 - 1948 (File 109) - Box 13
Correspondence - Tasmania, 1946 - 1950 (File 110) - Box 13
Correspondence - Tasmania, 1948 (File 111) - Box 13
League of Women Voters, Queensland correspondence, 1945 - 1953 (File 112) - Box 14
Reports and resolutions, 1945 - 1947 (File 113) - Box 14
Reports and correspondence re international conferences, 1946 - 1948 (File 114) - Box 14
International Alliance of Women conference programs and reports, 1913 - 1959 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
Notebook [with handwritten notes re West Australian Civil Administration], [c. 1939] (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
British Commonwealth League conference reports, 1926 - 1936 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
Four editions of The Shield published by The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, 1942 - 1960 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
Includes:5th Series, Volume 9, Number 2.5th Series, Volume 10, Number 3.5th Series, Volume 12, Number 6.7th Series, Volume 1, Number 1.
British Dominions Woman Suffrage Union conference reports, 1916 - 1918 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
League of Nations publications relating to prostitution, 1934 - 1942 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
Assorted reports and journals from Women's organisations, 1920; 1954-1963 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 14
Correspondence and reports received from South Australia, 1949 - 1954 (File 115) - Box 15
Minutes and reports, 1927 - 1963 (File 116) - Box 15
United Nations questionnaire with comments, 1937; 1947-1949 (File 117) - Box 15
Minutes and reports, 1927 - 1961 (File 118) - Box 15
International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship congress reports, 1929 - 1939 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 15
British Commonwealth League annual reports, newsletters and conference reports, 1937; 1949-1965 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 15
International Alliance of Women congress reports and programs, 1946 - 1964 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 15
Correspondence with Bessie Rischbieth, 1945 - 1953 (File 119) - Box 16
Newspaper cuttings, 1912; 1939-1954 (File 120) - Box 16
Basic Wage case, 1951 - 1953 (File 121) - Box 16
Minutes of Executive, 1949 - 1954 (File 122) - Box 16
The Dawn subscribers, 1954 - 1967 (File 123) - Box 16
League of Women Voters of the U.S.A., 1946 - 1951 (File 124) - Box 16
President's newsletters, 1951 - 1954 (File 125) - Box 16
Women's Liaison Committee agendas, minutes and correspondence, 1948 - 1954 (File 126) - Box 16
British Commonwealth League correspondence, 1946 - 1953 (File 127) - Box 17
International Alliance of Women, 1946 - 1953 (File 128) - Box 17
International Alliance of Women, 1936 - 1954 (File 129) - Box 17
International Alliance of Women and League of Women Voters, 1939 - 1952 (File 130) - Box 17
Basic Wage Enquiry correspondence, 1946 - 1950 (File 131) - Box 17
Papers and correspondence on status of women, 1946 - 1949 (File 132) - Box 17
Australian Federation of Women Voters and International Alliance correspondence, 1949 - 1954 (File 133) - Box 17
International Alliance of Women 20th Triennial Congress poster, 1964 (File 134) - Box 18
Reports and correspondence on status of women, 1947 - 1954 (File 135) - Box 18
Reports and correspondence on equal pay, 1949 - 1952 (File 136) - Box 18
Women in the Church, and Standing Committee on Peace correspondence, 1943 - 1952 (File 137) - Box 18
New South Wales branch correspondence, 1949 - 1953 (File 138) - Box 18
Correspondence on economic rights, 1950 - 1953 (File 139) - Box 18
Correspondence and reports re equal educational rights and moral standards, 1949 - 1952 (File 140) - Box 18
International Alliance of Women Standing Committee correspondence, 1945 - 1952 (File 141) - Box 18
Position of women in Australia, 1951 (File 142) - Box 18
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1938; 1952-1965 (File 143) - Box 18
Women's Jubilee Convention, 1950 - 1953 (File 144) - Box 18
Class 2. Second Consignment
Series. Papers of Irene Greenwood, 1950 - 1971
Correspondence regarding The Dawn, 1967 - 1971 (File 145) - Box 19
Papers on UNESCO Women's Advisory Panel, 1964 - 1970 (File 146) - Box 19
Correspondence regarding drugs, 1968 - 1971 (File 147) - Box 19
Correspondence on legal aid, 1968 - 1971 (File 148) - Box 19
Correspondence regarding Constitutions of the Australian Federation of Women's Voters and International Alliance of Women, 1960 - 1970 (File 149) - Box 19
Correspondence regarding International Alliance of Women, 1969 - 1971 (File 150) - Box 19
Correspondence regarding National Library of Australia, 1967 - 1971 (File 151) - Box 19
Correspondence relating to Labour and National Service, Director Women's Bureau, 1968 - 1971 (File 152) - Box 19
Papers on Second United Nations Development Decade (DD2), 1970 (File 153) - Box 20
Minutes - Western Australia, 1969 - 1971 (File 154) - Box 20
Papers and correspondence on prostitution, Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and Extradition Acts, 1950; 1963-1971 (File 155) - Box 20
Correspondence on censorship, offensive advertising and family planning, 1968 - 1971 (File 156) - Box 20
Correspondence on status of women, conventions and Crime Congress, 1969 - 1971 (File 157) - Box 20
Correspondence on Committee to Combat Racism and Discrimination, 1970 - 1971 (File 158) - Box 20
Correspondence regarding UNESCO and Perwari (seminar in Indonesia), 1968 - 1971 (File 159) - Box 20
Correspondence regarding Perwari, 1970 - 1971 (File 160) - Box 20
Series. Papers of Irene Greenwood and Estelle Collmann, 1924 - 1972
Correspondence, minutes and reports, 1924; 1945-1971 (File 161) - Box 21
Reports and Board Meetings, Melbourne, 1970 - 1971 (File 162) - Box 21
Commonwealth Countries League papers, 1968 - 1972 (File 163) - Box 21
Minutes and Board minutes, 1957 - 1960 (File 164) - Box 21
International Alliance of Women Athens conference reports and correspondence, 1958 - 1960 (File 165) - Box 21
The Dawn Newsletter (Western Australia), 1958 - 1960 (File 166) - Box 21
12th Triennial Conference, Melbourne programme, proceedings and report, 1960 (File 167) - Box 21
12th and 13th Triennial Conferences proceedings, 1960 - 1963 (File 168) - Box 21
Series. Papers of Estelle Collmann, 1944 - 1974
International Alliance of Women, Dublin Congress, 1961 - 1962 (File 169) - Box 22
United Nations Economic and Social Council Reports on status of women, 1957 - 1962 (File 170) - Box 22
International Women's News and News Bulletin, 1958 - 1963 (File 171) - Box 22
Newsletter Equality, 1958 - 1963 (File 172) - Box 22
Liaison Committees of Women's International Organisations reports and correspondence, 1958 - 1963 (File 173) - Box 22
Correspondence on Federal Divorce Act, deserted wives and employment of married women, 1960 - 1962 (File 174) - Box 22
Correspondence on assimilation of Aboriginal children, equal pay and Family Planning Association, 1955 - 1962 (File 175) - Box 22
International Alliance of Women Board minutes and reports, 1960 - 1962 (File 176) - Box 22
Correspondence on equal rights in marriage and Northern Territory jury system, 1961 - 1962 (File 177) - Box 23
Correspondence on Women's Bureau and seminar on 'Government - a challenge to women', 1961 - 1963 (File 178) - Box 23
Questionnaires regarding equal economic rights, education, International Alliance of Women (IAW), employment of married women, 1961 - 1962 (File 179) - Box 23
Correspondence, clippings, agendas on United Nations Commission - Status of Women, 1960 - 1963 (File 180) - Box 23
Country Women's Association and International Alliance of Women conferences and meetings, 1962 (File 181) - Box 23
Executive minutes and board meetings, 1960 - 1963 (File 182) - Box 23
Victoria and New South Wales meeting minutes, 1960 - 1963 (File 183) - Box 23
International Labour Organisation Regional Conference and International Alliance of Women reports, 1960 - 1963 (File 184) - Box 23
Correspondence re Australian-Japanese children, resolutions on armaments and social services, 1961 - 1963 (File 185) - Box 23
British Commonwealth League reports and correspondence, 1959 - 1963 (File 186) - Box 24
Reports and newsletters by other State bodies, 1961 - 1963 (File 187) - Box 24
Correspondence on United Nations Seminar on 'Role of Police' and Liaison Committee of Women's International Organisations, 1961 - 1963 (File 188) - Box 24
Correspondence - New South Wales and South Australia, 1961 - 1963 (File 189) - Box 24
Newsletters (South Australia) and conference papers, 1948; 1958-1963 (File 190) - Box 24
The Dawn newsletter, 1961 - 1963 (File 191) - Box 24
Reports 'Role of the Police in the Protection of Human Rights', Dublin Congress, 1961 - 1963 (File 192) - Box 24
Official correspondence, 1960 - 1963 (File 193) - Box 24
Correspondence regarding jury systems, cost of divorce and women in public positions, 1961 - 1963 (File 194) - Box 25
Reports on Status of Women, 1962 - 1963 (File 195) - Box 25
Correspondence - Western Australia, 1961 - 1963 (File 196) - Box 25
Papers re 13th Triennial Conference, International Alliance of Women and Australian Federation of Women Voters, 1954 - 1963 (File 197) - Box 25
Correspondence regarding reports, Hall of Reference and suffrage, 1944; 1962-1972 (File 198) - Box 25
Correspondence and reports on drugs, 1971 - 1973 (File 199) - Box 25
Publicity and newspaper clippings, 1969 - 1974 (File 200) - Box 25
Correspondence on child care centres, French nuclear tests and social services, 1972 - 1974 (File 201) - Box 25
Correspondence and report re United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1971 - 1972 (File 202) - Box 25
Series. Papers of Estelle Collmann and Dorothy Adams, 1963 - 1974
Correspondence and reports on United Nations Status of Women Commission, 1971 - 1973 (File 203) - Box 26
Correspondence and Bill on Aboriginal affairs, 1971 - 1972 (File 204) - Box 26
Correspondence Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, 1971 - 1974 (File 205) - Box 26
Correspondence New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria, 1971 - 1974 (File 206) - Box 26
Correspondence re Dr Yetty Noor's visit to Australia, 1971 - 1974 (File 207) - Box 26
Correspondence and clippings re deserted wives and equal pay, 1963 - 1969 (File 208) - Box 26
Papers on Australian Women's Bureau, 1965 - 1969 (File 209) - Box 26
Papers re Status of Women Commission and elimination of discrimination against women, 1966 - 1969 (File 210) - Box 26
Correspondence and lists names of prominent women for Canberra streets, 1968 - 1969 (File 211) - Box 26
Series. Papers of Dorothy Adams, 1940 - 1976
Papers on Equal Pay Case, 1969 (File 212) - Box 27
Papers relating to 15th Triennial Conference, 1969 (File 213) - Box 27
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1971 - 1972 (File 214) - Box 27
United Nations Association of Australia and International Alliance of Women minutes, reports and correspondence, 1970 - 1974 (File 215) - Box 27
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) correspondence and reports, 1967 - 1974 (File 216) - Box 27
Papers on government grant and equal pay, 1969 - 1973 (File 217) - Box 27
General correspondence, 1966 - 1973 (File 218) - Box 27
General correspondence and photos, 1940; 1961-1974 (File 219) - Box 27
Includes photos from Arthur Studio.
Reports, 1970 - 1974 (File 220) - Box 28
Parliamentary Bills and Acts, 1973 - 1976 (File 221) - Box 28
General correspondence, 1973 - 1975 (File 222) - Box 28
International Alliance of Women, 23rd Triennial Congress, India papers, 1973 - 1974 (File 223) - Box 28
Affiliates correspondence and papers, 1956; 1969-1975 (File 224) - Box 28
Papers re traffic in persons, International Labour Organisation and minutes of State affiliates, 1970 - 1975 (File 225) - Box 28
Correspondence re foreign affairs, 1971 - 1975 (File 226) - Box 28
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1945; 1971-1975 (File 227) - Box 29
Reports, minutes and meetings, 1971 - 1975 (File 228) - Box 29
United Nations papers, 1971 - 1975 (File 229) - Box 29
Papers and correspondence on offensive advertising and resolutions other than United Nations, 1972 - 1975 (File 230) - Box 29
General correspondence, 1967 - 1975 (File 231) - Box 29
Papers on International Women's Year, 1975 (File 232) - Box 29
Papers on International Women's Year, 1975 (File 233) - Box 29
Papers on International Women's Year, 1975 - 1976 (File 234) - Box 29
Papers on International Women's Year, 1974 - 1975 (File 235) - Box 30
Papers on International Women's Year, 1975 (File 236) - Box 30
Papers on International Women's Year, 1974 - 1976 (File 237) - Box 30
General papers and correspondence, 1963 - 1976 (File 238) - Box 30
Minutes of State Boards, 1971 - 1976 (File 239) - Box 30
International Alliance of Women and State leagues reports, minutes and correspondence, 1970 - 1976 (File 240) - Box 30
Papers on Women's Bureau, 1971 - 1976 (File 241) - Box 30
International Alliance of Women papers, 1970 - 1976 (File 242) - Box 30
Series. Papers of Dorothy Adams and Lorelei Booker, 1963 - 1980
Papers on Commonwealth Countries League and electoral reform, 1969 - 1976 (File 243) - Box 31
Federation Headquarters correspondence, 1973 - 1976 (File 244) - Box 31
Minutes and State Board meetings, New South Wales, 1963; 1971-1976 (File 245) - Box 31
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles on The Dawn, 1970 - 1974 (File 246) - Box 31
Correspondence relating to the The Dawn, 1970 - 1974 (File 247) - Box 31
Correspondence and minutes of State affiliates, 1973 - 1980 (File 248) - Box 31
Correspondence of State affiliates, 1970 - 1978 (File 249) - Box 31
Correspondence of State affiliates, 1976 - 1979 (File 250) - Box 31
Series. Papers of Lorelei Booker, 1970 - 1983
Ministerial correspondence, 1976 - 1978 (File 251) - Box 32
Correspondence on awards and The Dawn newsletter, 1976 - 1983 (File 252) - Box 32
Correspondence and reports including on prostitution, 1970 - 1981 (File 253) - Box 32
Correspondence on Status of Women, 1979 - 1981 (File 254) - Box 32
International Alliance of Women papers, conferences and correspondence, 1979 - 1981 (File 255) - Box 32
International Alliance of Women papers, conferences and correspondence, 1979 - 1981 (File 256) - Box 32
National Women's Advisory Council papers, newsletters and correspondence, 1980 - 1982 (File 257) - Box 32
National Women's Advisory Council papers, newsletters and correspondence, 1980 - 1982 (File 258) - Box 32
League of Women Voters of Victoria papers and correspondence, 1970 - 1983 (File 259) - Box 32
Series. Papers of Lorelei Booker and Ruby Rich, 1948 - 1978
Audio tapes (six) of birthday speeches, seminars and a talk by Ruby Rich, (1978) (Item 260) - Cassette-Box 1
DP 19/No.1 (illegible) "Laying and Building the Christian Foundation" AFWV3 [cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000010) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
AFWV1 [Sunday service am - scratched out] [cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000011) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
AFWV "60th Birthday speeches" [cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000012) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
Ruby Rich Sunday supplement 25/6/78 [cassette tape], 1978 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000013) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
Ruby Rich / Birthday [cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000014) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
LWV J. Andrews [cassette tape] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000016) - Cassette-Box 1
1 item
Minutes of Executive Board meetings, 1948 - 1961 (Item 261) - Box 33
Minutes of Executive meetings, 1960 - 1963 (Item 262) - Box 33
Series. Papers of Ruby Rich, 1928 - 1979
Minutes of Executive meetings, 1963 - 1969 (Item 263) - Box 34
Minutes of Executive meetings, 1969 - 1971 (Item 264) - Box 34
Minutes of Executive meetings, 1973 - 1976 (Item 265) - Box 34
Copies of Equality, 1958 - 1976 (File 266) - Box 35
Copies of Equality, 1955 - 1982 (File 267) - Box 35
Copies of The Dawn, 1970 - 1975 (File 268) - Box 35
Correspondence re The Dawn, 1945-1948; 1960-1972 (File 269) - Box 36
Treasurer's reports and balance sheets, 1976 - 1983 (File 270) - Box 36
Account book, 1963 - 1983 (File 271) - Box 36
Reports and photos on South East Asian and Pacific region, 1928; 1938-1941; 1966-1974 (File 272) - Box 37
Australian Federation Women Voters Silver Jubilee and International Alliance of Women reports, 1946 - 1951 (File 273) - Box 37
Surveys of women's income and expenditure, 1959 (File 274) - Box 37
Minutes and reports, 1958 - 1961 (File 275) - Box 37
New South Wales Board and Federal body minutes and reports, 1957 - 1961 (File 276) - Box 37
New South Wales Board and Federal body minutes and reports, 1958 - 1961 (File 277) - Box 37
Correspondence and reports on women's issues, 1961 - 1966 (File 278) - Box 37
Correspondence and reports re National Library of Australia and State Library of New South Wales, 1943 - 1966 (File 279) - Box 37
Correspondence and reports on women's issues, 1959 - 1968 (File 280) - Box 38
Correspondence re National Library of Australia, 1959 - 1974 (File 281) - Box 38
British Commonwealth League newsletters and reports, 1953 - 1969 (File 282) - Box 38
Correspondence, reports and clippings on divorce, 1936 - 1970 (File 283) - Box 38
Reports, journals and maps on South East Asian region, 1955 - 1972 (File 284) - Box 38
Correspondence and reports mostly from South East Asian affiliates, 1959 - 1973 (File 285) - Box 38
Papers and correspondence of International Alliance of Women, East-Pacific Region, 1967 - 1973 (File 286) - Box 38
Correspondence and reports on South East Asia, 1967 - 1973 (File 287) - Box 38
International Alliance of Women reports, photographs and maps on South East Asia, 1967 - 1974 (File 288) - Box 39
Reports on organisations, community development and equal pay, 1953 - 1975 (File 289) - Box 39
Correspondence, newspaper clippings and book lists of libraries including the National Library of Australia, 1961 - 1975 (File 290) - Box 39
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures and book lists of libraries including the National Library of Australia, 1964 - 1975 (File 291) - Box 39
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures and book lists of libraries including the National Library of Australia, 1966 - 1976 (File 292) - Box 39
Papers on women's movement, 1952 - 1978 (File 293) - Box 39
Correspondence, reports and conferences in Teheran and Colombo, 1938 - 1978 (File 294) - Box 39
Papers on International Alliance of Women Congress in New Delhi, UN Commission on the Status of Women and publication of book on history of International Alliance of Women, 1973 - 1978 (File 295) - Box 40
Women's Electoral Lobby sexual offences law reform papers and assorted publications, 1938 - 1978 (File 296) - Box 40
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1935 - 1949 (File 297) - Box 40
Reports and Bills, 1936 - 1958 (File 298) - Box 40
International Alliance of Women and Australian Federation of Women Voters reports, 1942 - 1957 (File 299) - Box 40
International Alliance of Women reports and newspaper scrapbook, 1944 - 1959 (File 300) - Box 40
Papers and reports, International Alliance of Women, 1955 - 1957 (File 301) - Box 40
International Alliance of Women papers, 1952 - 1959 (File 302) - Box 41
Correspondence and reports on establishment of a women's bureau and the history of International Alliance of Women, 1955 - 1970 (File 303) - Box 41
International Alliance of Women, 20th Congress, Trieste papers, 1964 (File 304) - Box 41
Papers and correspondence on International Understanding Commission and International Commission of Jurists, 1960 - 1965 (File 305) - Box 41
International Alliance of Women papers, correspondence and reports, 1965 - 1966 (File 306) - Box 41
Hannah Rydh memorial seminar papers and reports, 1965 - 1966 (File 307) - Box 41
International Alliance of Women papers, 1967 - 1969 (File 308) - Box 41
International Alliance of Women, 19th Triennial Conference, Dublin scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, 1961 (File) - Box 41
International Alliance of Women reports, congresses, seminars and photographs, 1963 - 1976 (File 309) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women regional Seminar on the 'Demographic Implications of Women's Participation in Society' and report, 1973 - 1974 (File 310) - Box 42
Correspondence and papers, 1948 - 1979 (File 311) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1973 (File 312) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1971 - 1972 (File 313) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1970 (File 314) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1974 - 1977 (File 315) - Box 42
International Alliance of Women papers and correspondence, 1972 - 1978 (File 316) - Box 42
Copies of International Women's News, 1961 - 1976 (File 317) - Box 43
International Alliance of Women conference programs and reports, 1935 - 1977 (File) - Box 43
New South Wales League correspondence and newspaper clippings,, 1954 - 1958 (File 318) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers and clippings, 1957 - 1958 (File 319) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers and clippings, 1955 - 1958 (File 320) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers, correspondence and clippings, 1956 - 1958 (File 321) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers and clippings, 1957 - 1958 (File 322) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers, minutes and clippings, 1960 - 1963 (File 323) - Box 44
New South Wales League papers and clippings, 1948 - 1967 (File 324) - Box 44
New South Wales League correspondence, 1967 - 1968 (File 325) - Box 44
New South Wales League and Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence and papers, 1967 - 1969 (File 326) - Box 45
New South Wales League and Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence, 1954 - 1972 (File 327) - Box 45
New South Wales League and Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence, 1970 - 1971 (File 328) - Box 45
New South Wales League minutes, 1972 - 1976 (File 329) - Box 45
New South Wales League minutes, 1968 - 1971 (File 330) - Box 45
Constitution and conference papers, 1954 - 1969 (File 331) - Box 45
Australian Federation of Women Voters and New South Wales League correspondence and minutes,, 1964 - 1969 (File 332) - Box 45
Australian Federation of Women Voters and New South Wales League papers and correspondence, 1961 - 1975 (File 333) - Box 45
Series. Records of The Friday Club of Progressive Women, 1936 - 1965
Scrapbook and annual reports, 1942 - 1945 (File 334) - Box 46
Minute book, 1942 - 1944 (Item 335) - Box 46
Minute book, 1944 - 1946 (Item 336) - Box 46
Minute book, 1946 - 1949 (Item 337) - Box 46
Friday Club of Progressive Women and New South Wales League minute book, 1943 - 1953 (Item [Unnumbered]) - Box 46
Friday Club of Progressive Women and New South Wales League minute book, 1949 - 1950 (Item 338) - Box 47
New South Wales League minute book, 1952 - 1953 (Item 339) - Box 47
New South Wales League minute book, 1954 - 1960 (Item 340) - Box 47
New South Wales League minute book, 1960 - 1965 (Item 341) - Box 47
Constitution of the League of Women Voters of New South Wales and related documents, 1936; 1960-1961 (File [Unnumbered]) - Box 47
Series. Records of the New South Wales League, 1934 - 1983
Minute book, 1980 - 1983 (File 342) - Box 48
Papers, 1977 - 1983 (File 343) - Box 48
Account books, 1957 - 1973 (File 344) - Box 48
Account book and balance sheets, 1973 - 1983 (File 345) - Box 48
The Dawn, 1964 - 1967 (File 346) - Box 48
Papers, 1970 - 1974 (File 347) - Box 48
Papers, 1966 - 1976 (File 348) - Box 48
Australian Federation of Women Voters conference proceedings, 1957 - 1963 (File 349) - Box 48
Correspondence, 1953 - 1960 (File 350) - Box 48
Correspondence and newspaper clippings re Nurses Association, 1963 - 1968 (File 351) - Box 49
Lists of members, 1959 - 1979 (File 352) - Box 49
Papers and correspondence on widows and deserted wives, 1955 - 1969 (File 353) - Box 49
Papers on alimony, 1953 - 1958 (File 354) - Box 49
Papers and newsletters, 1951 - 1966 (File 355) - Box 49
Pan Pacific Women's Association papers, 1934 - 1954 (File 356) - Box 49
Papers and clippings re divorce, 1953 - 1963 (File 357) - Box 49
Papers, 1940 - 1960 (File 358) - Box 49
Papers, 1949 - 1958 (File 359) - Box 49
Papers and publications, 1935 - 1956 (File 360) - Box 50
Reports, attendance book and publications, 1953 - 1961 (File 361) - Box 50
Correspondence and reports, 1950 - 1956 (File 362) - Box 50
Correspondence re landlord and tenant and pioneer women, 1954 - 1960 (File 363) - Box 50
Papers and news clippings, 1956 - 1959 (File 364) - Box 50
Papers, 1942 - 1964 (File 365) - Box 50
South Australia reports, 1948 - 1962 (File 366) - Box 50
Papers, reports and publications, 1954 - 1974 (File 367) - Box 50
Papers, 1959 - 1971 (File 368) - Box 50
Correspondence and papers, 1943 - 1981 (File 369) - Box 51
Victoria Minutes of Board meetings, 1959 - 1963 (File 370) - Box 51
Minutes of monthly meetings of League of Women Voters, 1972 - 1974 (File 371) - Box 51
Minutes of monthly meetings of League of Women Voters, 1970 - 1971 (File 372) - Box 51
Correspondence and reports, 1965 - 1975 (File 373) - Box 51
Correspondence, 1972 - 1977 (File 374) - Box 51
Papers on drugs and human rights, 1960 - 1968 (File 375) - Box 51
International Alliance of Women correspondence and reports, 1964 - 1969 (File 376) - Box 51
International Alliance of Women correspondence and reports, 1952 - 1967 (File 377) - Box 51
Correspondence on Acts, juries and firearms, 1957 - 1976 (File 378) - Box 52
Women of the Pacific - records of proceedings for the fifth and sixth conference, 1949 - 1952 (File 379) - Box 52
Government Bills on matrimonial causes, 1950 - 1959 (File 380) - Box 52
Papers relating to divorce and alimony, 1956 - 1960 (File 381) - Box 52
Debates, reports, newsletters, Good Neighbour Council, weights and measures, 1960 - 1964 (File 382) - Box 52
Miscellaneous United Nations publications, 1958 - 1960 (File 383) - Box 52
Miscellaneous United Nations publications, 1955 - 1960 (File 384) - Box 52
