Guide to the Papers of Bessie Rischbieth

Family and personal correspondence, 1911 - 1913 (File 1) - Box 1

Correspondents include Olive Evans and Anna Donnelly. Covers travels to Japan in 1911 and observations of the militant suffrage movement while staying in the United Kingdom in 1913. Comprises items 1-12.

Family and personal correspondence, 1923 - 1933 (File 2) - Box 1

Correspondents include Olive Evans, Elsie Morgan, Julia Rapke, Ethel Osborne, and A. May Moss. Correspondence is primarily with her sister Olive Evans, covering topics including her travels to the United Kingdom, Hawaii, India, Palestine, Egypt. Includes experiences of touring schools and work sites that informed her social activism, and observations at conferences. Also includes a copy of an article submission, and a card from Princess Alexandrine Gr. Cantacuzene. Comprises items 13-41.

Family and personal correspondence, 1935 - 1938 (File 3) - Box 1

Correspondence primarily with her family covering her travels as a League of Nations delegate and to the 1935 I.W.S.A. Congresses. Other correspondents include M. Jamison Williams, Kerstin Hesselgren, Ethel P., Mary Hughes. Comprises items 42-80.

Family and personal correspondence, 1939 - 1940 (File 4) - Box 1

Correspondence with her family while travelling in South Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom. Comprises items 81-107.

Correspondence to her family, 1940 (File 5) - Box 1

Correspondence to her family while living in the United Kingdom. Includes experiences of London air-raids. Comprises items 108-135.

Correspondence to her family, 1941 - 1946 (File 6) - Box 1

Correspondence to her family while living in the United Kingdom. Includes experiences of London air-raids and the progress of World War II. Comprises items 136-176.

Personal correspondence with members of women's organisations, 1946 - 1959 (File 7) - Box 1

Correspondents include Katherine Bompas, Evelyn Rowland, Amy Wheaton, Stella Newsome, Harold White, Janet Roberts, Jessie Groom, Gertrude Ruston, and Molly Lukis. Topics include alliances between women's organisations, the production of The Dawn newspaper, and correspondence with various suffrage activists seeking material for an archive/exhibit on the international women's suffrage movement. Comprises items 177-184, A1-A5.

Dated and undated correspondence with family and miscellaneous pages of letters, 1930 - 1950 (File 8) - Box 1

Comprises items 185-195.

Notebooks as League of Nations delegate 1946; address books 1950s; (File 1) - Box 1

Correspondence log kept by Bessie Rischbieth in 1927 as president of AFWV; correspondence log 1946; notebooks as a delegate to the United Nations 1946; address books 1950s. Comprises items 1-7.

Travel notes and ephemera, 1931 - 1946 (File 2) - Box 1

Notebooks and travel ephemera including tags, postcards and programs. Comprises items 8-16.

Notes for articles (File 3) - Box 2

Notes for articles and prompt cards for speeches. Content is primarily focussed on global politics during the operation of the League of Nations. Comprises items 17-43, A1.

Dossier (File 4) - Box 2

Curricula vitae and profiles for Bessie Rischbieth. Comprises items A2-A6.

Articles, 1936 - 1950 (File 5) - Box 2

Copies of article submissions to various publications. Comprises items 44-57.

Articles, 1936 - 1950 (File 6) - Box 2

Copies of article submissions to various publications. Comprises items 58-70.

Articles, 1936 - 1950 (File 7) - Box 2

Copies of article submissions to various publications. Comprises items 71-93, A7.

Broadcast addresses, 1936 - 1959 (File 8) - Box 2

Copies of broadcast addresses. Comprises items 94-108, A8-A9.

Broadcast addresses, 1936 - 1953 (File 9) - Box 2

Copies of broadcast addresses. Comprises items 109-136.

Invitations, 1927 - 1960 (File 10) - Box 2

Invitations to official events. Comprises items 136-158.

Correspondence with British suffrage campaigners, 1910 - 1963 (File 1) - Box 2

Correspondents include Muriel Matters-Porter, Violet Tillard, Mary Law, Mary Probyer, Edith How-Martyn, Stella Newsome, Winifred Mayo, G. Horton, Louisa Cullen, Ruth Dawson, Letitia Withall, Mary Murphy, and Mary Howard. Includes accounts of incidents during suffrage campaigns, and also offers of memorabilia items to Bessie Rischbieth for her collection. Comprises items 1-40.

Album: "A Pictorial History of the Suffrage Movement in Great Britain 1906-1913" (Item 2004/3/41) - Folio-Box 44

Album of captioned photographs and postcards relating to the British Suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Possibly collated by Bessie Rischbieth.

Newspaper cuttings relating to the suffrage movement, 1908 - 1936 (File 2) - Box 2

Newspaper cuttings reporting incidents in the militant suffrage movement. File also includes notes and labels created by Bessie Rischbieth to exhibit these materials. Item 43 missing. Comprises items 42-62.

Newspaper cuttings relating to the suffrage movement (File 3) - Box 3

Newspaper cuttings of reports and retrospectives on the militant suffrage movement. File also includes notes and labels created by Bessie Rischbieth to exhibit these materials. Item 94 missing. Comprises items 63-114. Please note that item 79 has been rehoused for preservation purposes and is now described in File 3A and located in Map folio 3A.

Assorted police notices, letters, and copies of pamphlets relating to the suffrage movement (File 4) - Box 3

Correspondents include Stella Newsome. Includes police notices for Annie Williams, Lady Constance Lytton, and Minnie Turner. Also includes copies of pamphlets about the militant suffrage movement. Item 2004/3/123 was repatriated to item 2004/3/126, and the number 3/123 is no longer in use. Comprises items 114-128.

Single copies of suffrage newspapers and copy of play "The Spring of Power" (File 5) - Box 3

Copies of publications include: The Woman's Leader and the Common Cause; The Policewoman's Review; Votes for Women. File also includes copy of the play "Springs of Power" by E.G. Walker; and exhibit labels. Comprises items 129-136.

Portraits of suffragettes (File 7) - Box 3

Portraits of members of the militant suffrage movement (photographs and postcards), many with captions. Comprises items 160-189.

Photographs of suffrage demonstrations and campaigning activities (File 8) - Box 3

Copies of photographs of demonstrations including the Hyde Park march in 1908, and other campaign activities, supplied to Bessie Rischbieth for her exhibit. Comprises items 191-214.

Ephemera and cuttings relating to suffrage campaigns (File 9) - Box 3

Pamphlets, flyers, postcards and cuttings relating to suffrage campaigns, particularly the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (known as "constitutional" or "law-abiding" suffragists). Comprises items 215-251, A3-A4.

Newspaper cuttings from Mary Howard relating to suffragettes (File 10) - Box 3

Newspaper cuttings of reports and retrospectives, and flyers on the militant suffrage movement. Correspondence with Mary Howard (see item 2004/3/40) refers to the donation of this material. Comprises items 252-275, A5.

Suffragette items from Louisa C. Cullen (File 11) - Box 4

Photographs, postcards and clippings from Louisa C. Cullen. Objects from this folder (2004/3/206, 2004/3/309) have been rehoused in folio boxes. Comprises items 276-312, A6-A10.

Suffragette songs and music (File 12) - Box 4

Lyrics and music for popular suffragette songs. Comprises items 313-333.

Suffragette cards and notepapers (File 13) - Box 4

A small collection of notepapers with emblems of suffrage organisations, as well as cards, postcards, speakers programs, and a copy of a speech delivered by Lady Balfour of Burleigh at the presentation of portraits to Frederick and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, W.S.P.U. leaders. Comprises items 334-339.

Pamphlets and reports relating to the Fawcett Society and the Women's Service Library (File 14) - Box 4

Annual reports of the Fawcett Society (1956 and 1958); copies of The Catholic Citizen newsletter with articles relating to the Fawcett Society's Women's Service Library. Comprises items 340-344.

Pamphlets and correspondence relating to the Association of Moral and Social Hygiene (File 15) - Box 4

Correspondents include Dorothea Cass, Alison Neilans, Thomas Paterson (Minister for the Interior). Also includes a copy of The Shield: A Review of Moral and Social Hygiene, and a memorial booklet for Alison Neilans. Comprises items 345-350.

Newsletters and newspaper cuttings relating to the Women's Freedom League (File 16) - Box 4

Editions of The Vote: the organ of the Women's Freedom League, 1920s-1930s, and newspaper cuttings. Comprises items 351-396.

Newsletters of the Suffragette Fellowship (File 17) - Box 4

Editions of Calling All Women newsletter of the Suffragette Fellowship. Sporadic coverage of 1948-1961. Comprises items 397-409.

Biographical articles on suffragettes (File 18) - Box 4

Memorial and biographical pamphlets and cuttings including about Edith How-Martyn and Josephine Butler. Duplicate copies of pamphlets have not been digitised. Comprises items 412-430.

Biographical articles on female politicians and leaders. (File 19) - Box 4

Photos and articles about early British female politicians and articles about women's enfranchisement. Comprises items 431-437.

Articles and notes relating to British Dominions Women's Suffrage Union (File 20) - Box 4

Articles, notes and pamphlets about the British Dominions Women Citizens' Union (formerly British Dominions Women's Suffrage Union). Content covers 1916-1921. Comprises items 438-449.

Correspondence from Australian suffrage and women's rights leaders, 1900 - 1959 (File 1) - Box 4

Correspondents include Vida Goldstein, Beatrice Harraden, Ellie Weymyss, John Vale, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Bessie Rischbieth, Harriet Newcomb, Florence Rankin, Eleanor Hinder, Anna Golding, Alice Henry, Edith How-Martyn, Dame Enid Lyons, Senator Annabelle Rankins, Aileen Goldstein, Prime Minister John Curtin, Margery Corbett Ashby, Winifred Kiek, Amelie Walford, Ruby Rich, and J. Cuthbert. Comprises items 1-44.

Newspaper cuttings and pamphlets relating to Australian women (File 2) - Box 4

Women's rally programs, biographical articles, pamphlets, photographs, and "exhibit labels" made by Bessie Rischbieth. Comprises items 45-71.

Album with inscription: "Presented to the Suffragette Fellowship by Mrs. H.F. Bennett of Sydney N.S.W." (Item 2004/4/72) - Folio-Box 45

Newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to Australian women (File 3) - Box 5

Newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to Australian female parliamentarians and women associated with politics. Comprises items 73-86, A1-A2.

Autograph album with cover inscription "Presented to Bessie Rischbieth, O.B.E... February 1938" (Item 2004/4/87) - Folio-Box 45

Photographs of Australian women (File 4) - Box 5

Photographs of early female trade unionists, and related pamphlets and flyers. Comprises items 88-96.

Cuttings, pamphlets and notes on Australian women (File 5) - Box 5

Includes biographical pamphlets, newspaper cuttings and notes about Australian women, including Annette Bear-Crawford, Vida Goldstein, Cecilia John, Ethel Osborne, Ellinor Walker, Joan Rosanove, Annie Besant, Blanche Stephens, Eleanor Hinder, and Edna Lucy Holmes. Also includes articles and speech notes on women's progress in Australia, a political poster, and commemorative items including a Women's Suffrage Roll of Honour. Item 105 missing. Comprises items 97-133.

Pamphlets and articles by Vida Goldstein and copies of The Woman Voter (File 6) - Box 5

Editions of The Woman Voter covering 1919, and articles and pamphlets by Vida Goldstein. Comprises items 135-157.

A bound volume of The Woman Voter 1909-1911, inscribed to Vida Goldstein (Item 7) - Box 5

A bound volume of editions of The Woman Voter: The Monthly Letter of the Women's Political Association August 1909 (No.1) to 7 February 1911 (No.16). Cover is stamped with V.G. in gold lettering, with inside inscription to Vida Goldstein. Comprises item 158.

Pamphlets and publications relating to Vida Goldstein (File 8) - Box 5

Pamphlets, flyers and small publications relating to Vida Goldstein; copies of "The Woman Voter" No.1-17. Folder has been selectively digitised, excluding duplicate copies of "The Woman Voter". Comprises items 159-187.

Articles and photographs relating to Vida Goldstein (File 9) - Box 5

Articles written by Vida Goldstein, and photographs and biographical articles about Vida Goldstein. Item 206 missing. Comprises items 188-225.

Notes and correspondence copies by Vida Goldstein (File 10) - Box 5

Notes and correspondence (copies) by Vida Goldstein. Item 226 missing. Comprises items 227-250.

Cuttings and notes relating to Alice Henry (File 11) - Box 6

Newspaper cuttings and notes relating to Alice Henry, a prominent trade unionist. Selectively digitised due to deterioration of some newspaper cuttings. Comprises items 251-259.

Correspondence, cuttings, newsletters about Australian women's suffrage and Australian activists (File 12) - Box 6

Of special interest is a letter from Members of the National Council of Women of the United States to Catherine Spence congratulating women of South Australia on achieving the vote in 1895. File also includes newspaper cuttings about Australian women. Item 265 missing. Comprises items 260-287.

Cuttings, pamphlets and notes on Australian women (File 13) - Box 6

Includes newspaper cuttings and notes about Australian women, many of which are mounted and presented as labels (or draft labels) for Bessie Rischbieth's exhibit on women's suffrage. Comprises items 288-310.

Copies of Woman's Sphere September 1900 - February 1905 (Item 2004/4/311-344) - Folio-Box 43

Editions of "Woman's Sphere" from September 1900 (issue 1) - February 1905. Items and pages have been reordered and renumbered for digitisation in date sequence. Some copies are missing pages. Also includes copies of flyers relating to the election campaigns of Vida Goldstein. Comprises items 311-344.

Cuttings, pamphlets and notes on Australian women (File 14) - Box 6

Includes newspaper cuttings and notes about Australian women, many of which are mounted and presented as labels (or draft labels) for Bessie Rischbieth's exhibit on women's suffrage Comprises items 346-372.

Cuttings, photographs and biographical material on Australian women (File 15) - Box 6

Photographs, pamphlets, cuttings and notes on Australian women, including early female parliamentarians. Comprises items 373-399.

Material relating to the Edith Cowan memorial and cuttings on Australian activists and parliamentarians (File 16) - Box 6

Cuttings and notes on Edith Cowan and the development of Cowan's memorial in Perth. File also includes various notes, cuttings and scraps on Australian suffragists, activists and early female parliamentarians. Comprises items 400-447.

A.F.W.S. notes, papers, and minutes, 1921 (File 1) - Box 6

Comprises items 1-26.

A.F.W.S. correspondence and papers, 1921 (File 2) - Box 6

Correspondence regarding the history and formation of the first Advisory Committee, and the Australian Federation of Women's Societies for Equal Citizenship, 1921 (later known as the Australian Federation of Women Voters). Comprises items 27-78.

A.F.W.S. notes, papers, minutes and newspaper cuttings, 1923 - 1924 (File 3) - Box 6

Newspaper cuttings primarily relate to reporting on A.F.W.S. business, and travel for conferences. Comprises items 79-116.

A.F.W.S. correspondence and papers, 1901 - 1922 (File 4) - Box 6

File contains Australian Federation of Women Voters correspondence regarding equal pay and equal work, maternity allowance, financial and annual reports; correspondence regarding constitution and the formation of the British Dominions Women Citizens Union Australian Federation, and later correspondence under the new name Australian Federation of Women's Societies. Also included are papers relating to national and international activities, congress and meeting reports. Comprises items 117-163.

A.F.W.S. correspondence, 1923 (File 5) - Box 7

Correspondence regarding international activities, conferences, congresses and national affiliations. Comprises items 164-200.

A.F.W.S. correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1923 (File 6) - Box 7

Comprises items 201-270.

A.F.W.S. correspondence, 1923 - 1924 (File 7) - Box 7

Much of the correspondence is with international women's organisations on conferences, congresses and discussions of international affiliations. Comprises items 271-336.

A.F.W.S. correspondence, 1926 (File 8) - Box 7

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence, mainly about organisation of delegations to congresses, and Rischbieth's appointment to the Board of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance. Comprises items 337-406.

A.F.W.S. correspondence, 1927 (File 9) - Box 7

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence regarding affiliations, conferences and activities. Includes correspondence between the Australian Federation of Women Voters (A.F.W.V.) and the Prime Minister regarding the potential reservation of land in Canberra for future use of Australian Women's Organisations. Comprises items 407-534.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1928 (File 10) - Box 7

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence. Topics include nominations of delegates to the League of Nations Assembly. Comprises items 535-606.

Folder of A.V.F.W. correspondence titles "Equal Citizenship Australian Federation State Correspondence Victoria", 1928 - 1930 (File 11) - Box 7

Folder of correspondence comprising incoming and copies of outgoing between the Federal office and the Victorian Office. Comprises items 607-763.

A.F.W.V. Correspondence, 1929 (File 12) - Box 7

Incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to her position as President of the A.F.W.V. Correspondents include Mary Driver, Carrie Chapman Catt, Sir Eric Drummond, C. Ross Patterson, Daisy Solomon, Ruby Rich, Eva Bowes, Edith Waterworth, Blanche Stephens, the Hon. Dr Earle Page, Edith How Martyn, Marjorie King, Gladys Harrison, Sir George Julius, the Hon J.G. Latham, E.A. Mann, Mildred Muscio, Emily Bennett, E. Hinder, Ethel Osborne, Dr. E.M. Stang, Katherine Bompas, Rosa Manus, Dr. Georgina Sweet, Mrs Britomarte James, Ada Bromham, Prime Minister the Right Hon. Stanley Bruce, Taylor Darbyshire, J.E. Ogden, Ellinor Walker, Mrs Carlisle McDonnell, Senator the Hon J.J. Daly. Topics include business for "The Dawn" magazine, organising delegates for Conferences of the British Commonwealth League and for Congresses of the I.W.S.A., appointment and administrative matters of the A.F.W.V. state branches. Comprises items 764-854.

A.F.W.V. Correspondence, 1929 (File 13) - Box 8

Incoming and outgoing correspondence by the A.F.W.V. Correspondents include Prime Minister the Right Hon. Stanley Bruce, Ellinor Walker, Evelyn Caspersz, Ada Bromham, Ruby Rich, Mrs Carlisle McDonnell, Roberta Jull, Irene Longman, Mary Driver, Eleanor Rigo de Righi, Blanche Stephens, Dame Janet Campbell, the Right Hon. Margaret Bonfield, Susan Lawrennce, C. Ross Petterson, D. Solomon, Katherine Bompas, W. Ramsay Smith. Many letters are copies of mailouts to politicians and women's movement leaders to lobby for support on particular matters such as ending use of poisonous gasses in warfare, widow's pensions, and maternity hygiene. Includes certificates of introduction from the Prime Minister and Premier of Western Australia for Rischbieth's chairing of the delegation of A.F.W.V. to the 1929 Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance in Berlin. Comprises items 855-956.

Folder of A.F.W.V. correspondence titled "Equal Citizenship Australian Federation State Correspondence N.S.W.", 1928 - 1929 (File 14) - Box 8

Incoming and outgoing correspondence for the A.F.W.V., primarily of an administrative nature. A folder of letters grouped as item number 957.

Folder of A.F.W.V. correspondence titled "Equal Citizenship Australian Federation State Correspondence Western Australia", 1929 - 1930 (File 15) - Box 8

Incoming and outgoing correspondence for the A.F.W.V, primarily of an administrative nature. A folder of letters grouped as item number 958.

A.F.W.V. correspondence and papers, 1930 (File 16) - Box 8

Correspondence regarding conferences, affiliations, and nominations of delegates to the League of Nations Assembly. Comprises items 959-1064.

A.F.W.V. correspondence and papers, 1930 (File 17) - Box 8

Correspondence regarding meetings, conferences, affiliations, organisational nominations and letters of introduction. Comprises items 1065-1147.

A.F.W.V. correspondence and papers, January to June, 1931 (File 18) - Box 8

Correspondence regarding nominations of international delegates, organisational nominations, conferences, affiliations, the Sugar Agreement and maternity allowance payments. Comprises items 1148-1239.

A.F.W.V. correspondence and papers, July to December, 1931 (File 19) - Box 8

Correspondence regarding maternity allowance payments, disarmament, international delegates and general activities. Comprises items 1240-1347.

A.F.W.V. correspondence and notes, 1932 (File 20) - Box 9

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence mostly regarding the women's delegates to the Disarmament Conference in Geneva, the Assembly of the League of Nations, the Broadcasting Commission, maternity allowance and pensions. Comprises items 1348-1494.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1933 (File 21) - Box 9

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence regarding conferences, disarmament, the 'Dawn' publication, Open Door International. Comprises items 1495-1579.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1933 (File 22) - Box 9

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence regarding conferences, the Assembly of the League of Nations; newspaper cuttings and correspondence regarding censorship. Comprises items 1580-1670.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1934 - 1936 (File 23) - Box 9

Correspondence regarding conferences, meetings and activities, international delegate nominations. Comprises items 1671-1806.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1937 (File 24) - Box 9

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings regarding disarmament and the international Peace Congress in Brussels. Comprises items 1807-1827.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1938 - 1939 (File 25) - Box 9

Includes introductions of Jessie Street to women's organisations in the United States of America and Europe for her travel. Comprises items 1828-1890.

A.F.W.V. correspondence, 1939 - 1945 (File 26) - Box 9

Correspondence regarding congresses, conferences and activities. Comprises items 1891-1917.

Papers, notes and attendees badges relating to the 3rd Triennial Conference of the A.F.W.V., 1930 (File 34) - Box 11

Comprises items 2099-2140.

Papers and notes relating to the 3rd Triennial Conference of the A.F.W.V., 1930 (File 35) - Box 11

Contains some unnumbered items. Comprises items 2141-2149.

Papers and notes relating to the 4th Triennial Conference of the A.F.W.V., 1933 (File 36) - Box 11

Comprises items 2150-2209.

Papers and notes relating to the 5th and 7th Triennial Conference of the A.F.W.V., 1936 - 1945 (File 37) - Box 11

Comprises items 2210-2234.

Papers, notes and collected ephemera relating to the 8th and 9th Triennial Conferences of the A.F.W.V., 1948 - 1951 (File 38) - Box 11

Comprises items 2235-2256.

Paper, notes and photographs relating to the 10th and 11th Triennial Conferences of the A.F.W.V., 1954 - 1957 (File 39) - Box 11

Comprises items 2257-2267.

A.F.W.V. Board meeting minutes and papers, 1927 - 1938 (File 40) - Box 11

Comprises items 2268-2294.

A.F.W.V. Board meeting minutes, 1948 - 1958 (File 41) - Box 11

Item 2295 missing. Comprises items 2296-2333.

A.F.W.V. meeting papers and reports, 1927 - 1957 (File 42) - Box 11

Comprises items 2333(B)-2348.

A.F.W.V. meeting papers 1931, and papers relating to the Jubilee Federal Conference 1951 (File 43) - Box 11

Comprises items 2349-2353.

Photograph of delegates to the 1st Triennial Interstate Conference of the A.F.W.V., 1924 (File 47) - Box 12

Comprises item 2004/5/2466.

Pan-Pacific Union badge (Item 2004/6/575) - Box Shared, Piece Pan-pacific union badge series 6/item 575 (MS 2004)

A.F.W.V. correspondence with international women's organisations, 1923 - 1959 (File 1) - Box 18

Correspondence is primarily to Bessie Rischbieth. Correspondents include Florence Underwood, E.M. Turner, Norah March, Princess Alexandrine Cantacuzene, Dr Noel, Alison Neilans, Marie-Louise Berg, Belle Sherwin, Elizabeth Hawes, Louise Stanley, Margery Corbett Ashby, Alice Parsons, Clara Novello Davies, Prime Minister John Curtin, Mary Wingman, Dr A.W. Henny, Dorothy Woodman, M.S. Niblock, Daisy Bates, Katherine Bompas, Elizabeth Gainsworthy, Sylvia Moore, Joseph Green, Sir Keith Officer, Norah McCarthy. Comprises items 1-60.

A.F.W.V. correspondence with international women's organisations, 1924 - 1930 (File 2) - Box 18

Correspondence is primarily between Bessie Rischbieth and leaders of the British Commonwealth League and the International Women Suffrage Alliance. Correspondents include Rosa manus, Carrie Chapman-Catt, Margery Corbett Ashby, Mrs. John Jones, M. Chave Collison, Ada Bromham, Julia Rapke, Daisy Solomon, E.M. Duncan, Ruby Rich, Irene Parker Crane. Items 76 and 111 missing. Comprises items 61-117.

A.F.W.V. correspondence with British Commonwealth League, 1931 - 1949 (File 3) - Box 18

Correspondence is primarily between Bessie Rischbieth and leaders of the British Commonwealth League and the International Women Suffrage Alliance. Correspondents include Linda Littlejohn, Ruby Rich, M.Chave Collison, Daisy Solomon, M. Jeremiah Cook, Mrs. John Jones, Mrs. Carlisle McDonnell, Dorothy Innes, Ethel Osbourne, Mrs Jamieson Williams, Isabel Johnston, and H.M. Toddhunter. Items 145-147 missing. Comprises items 118-191.

Correspondence, notes and cuttings on the British Commonwealth League, including the 1928 lecture tour of Maude Royden to Australia, 1927 - 1929 (File 4) - Box 18

Comprises items 192-202.

Articles and reports relating to conferences of the British Commonwealth League, 1926 - 1954 (File 5) - Box 18

Item 207 missing. Comprises items 203-230.

Correspondence and conference reports relating to the British Commonwealth League, 1927 - 1951 (File 6) - Box 18

Comprises items 231-281.

Correspondence and reports relating to the British Commonwealth League, 1926 - 1954 (File 7) - Box 18

Item 308 missing. Comprises items 282-317.

Notes, reports and cuttings related to the British Commonwealth League, 1925 - 1952 (File 8) - Box 18

Comprises items 318-360.

Box of medals, pins and ribbons (Item 2004/8/172) - Folio-Box 47

I.W.S.A. 9th Congress, Rome, 1923 (Item 2004/8/195-244) - Folio-Box 45

Photographs and notes on the 1923 Rome Congress, which was opened by Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini, before Italian women had achieved suffrage.

Album: International Alliance of Women Golden Jubilee Congress 1955 (Item 2004/8/711) - Folio-Box 45