Guide to the Papers of Daniela Torsh
MS 9147 et al
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Collection Summary
- Title
- Papers of Daniela Torsh
- Date Range
- c. 1967-2021
- Collection Number
- MS 9147 et al
- Extent
- 3.93 metres (18 boxes + 1 carton + 1 medium folio box + 2 small folio boxes + 1 folder)
- Physical Facet
- MS 9147 (8 ms boxes + 1 carton + 2 small folio boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 9147 comprises: 1. Cuttings files, 1970-1975, relating to the education of women and other women's issues. 2. Files relating to the Enquiry into social change and the education of women containing cuttings, correspondence, interviews, drafts, reports, speeches, minutes, notes, legislation and other papers, 1974-1975. 3. Other files, 1970-1982, on women and film and other topics. 4. Various journals, reports and publications such as Scarlet woman, Womanspeak, Sydney Women's Liberation newsletter, Women in the ABC: report of Task force on equal opportunity for women, July 1977, Sexism in education, and, the Women and Labor Conference newsletter (8 boxes, 1 carton, 2 fol. boxes).
The MS Acc11.141 instalment comprises conference papers, newspaper cuttings, realia, sound tapes, correspondence, journals and newsletters (including Refractory Girl) and documentary treatments amongst other material. Papers deal with the political and social activities and profile of Daniela Torsh (3 boxes, 1 fol. box).
The MS Acc13.011 instalment comprises papers covering a wide range of Torsh's research and career, including PhD research material; notes and articles relating to Hungarian film director Istvan Szabo; correspondence; copies of various published articles and journals, by Torsh and others; research notes for articles;notes and drafts relating to the publication Refractory girl; notes and reports relating to various Australian film organisations and events; ephemeral relating to women's rights (3 boxes).
The MS Acc14.127 comprises papers relating to women in education, sexism in schools and women's issues. It consists of papers, clippings, minutes, reports, magazines and transcripts of interviews with primary school aged children for a report on 'Girls, School and Society'. Additionally, there is a paste up of 'A Women's Education Catalogue', and correspondence relating to the appointment of Elizabeth Reid as Prime Minister Whitlam's Womens Adviser (4 boxes).
The MS Acc24.028 comprises a material relating to the National Union of Australian University Students (NUAUS) Archive Project 2017-2020, Torsh was involved with (1 folder).
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn170905).
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn170905).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Daniela Torsh, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated to the Library by Ms Torsh in 1987.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid contains descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Biographical / Historical
Daniela Torsch is a feminist author, educator, public servant, journalist and filmaker. She is also known as Dany Humphries (as journalist for the Australian) and Daniela Antoinette Torsh. Daniela Antoinette Torsh attended the University of Sydney graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree. She was active in women's issues at university where she was elected to the Women's Union on the platform of a combined male and female union. She worked as a journalist with The Australian and developed her interest in education. As an independent filmmaker in the 1970s, she produced "St Theresa", a discussion film about women in prison. Torsh became prominent in women's education policy and acted as consultant for the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Subsequently she was executive officer with the Steering Committee for the Enquiry into social change and the education of women. Torsh compiled A bibliography of social change and the education of women (with Robyn Dryen and Martha Kay, 1974), and was editor of Good morning boys and girls: a women's education catalogue (1976).
Item Descriptions
Class MS 9147. Original consignment
This consignment comprises 1. Cuttings files, 1970-1975, relating to the education of women and other women's issues. 2. Files relating to the Enquiry into social change and the education of women containing cuttings, correspondence, interviews, drafts, reports, speeches, minutes, notes, legislation and other papers, 1974-1975. 3. Other files, 1970-1982, on women and film and other topics. 4. Various journals, reports and publications such as Scarlet woman, Womanspeak, Sydney Women's Liberation newsletter, Women in the ABC: report of Task force on equal opportunity for women, July 1977, Sexism in education, and, the Women and Labor Conference newsletter.
Contained in 8 boxes, 1 carton, 2 fol. boxes.
Series [unnumbered]. Cutting files, 1970-75
Cuttings assembled for the enquiry into social change and the education of women from the Sydney Morning Herald, West Australian, Courier Mail, Canberra Times, Financial Review, National Times and other Australian newspapers.
Series [unnumbered]. Social change and the education of women, 1974-75
Coded sequence of files relating to the Schools Commission Study Group on of the Committee on Social Change and the Education of Women.
Bibliography: 'Social change and the education of women' editing copy and papers (SCEW 49) (File 30) - Box 2 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- Schools Commission- Report of Committee on social change and the education of women (SCEW 50) (File 31) - Box 2 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- minutes and papers (SCEW 53) (File 32) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- reports (SCEW 57) (File 33) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study of subject choice and performance by sex- Queensland (SCEW 61) (File 34) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study of subject choice and performance by sex- South Australia (SCEW 62) (File 35) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study of subject choice and performance by sex- Tasmania (SCEW 63) (File 36) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study of subject choice and performance by sex- Victoria (SCEW 64) (File 37) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- suggestions for further research (SCEW 66) (File 38) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- vocational guidance study (SCEW 67) (File 39) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- Schools Commission- submissions to- innovations (1) (SCEW 68) (File 40) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- Schools Commission- submissions to- innovations (2) (SCEW 68) (File 41) - Box 3 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- Study of subject choice and performance by women (SCEW 72) (File 43) - Box 4 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- secondary education, discrimination against girls (SCEW 74) (File 45) - Box 4 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- sex education- Royal Commission on Human Relationships (SCEW 79) (File 49) - Box 4 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- status of women, Commission of Inquiry, Queensland (SCEW 88) (File 58) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- technical/further/recurrent education- TAFE Committee (SCEW 95) (File 63) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- technical/further/recurrent education- Diamond Valley Learning Exchange (SCEW 96) (File 64) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- technical/further/recurrent education- access for women (SCEW 97) (File 65) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education, Colleges of Advanced Education- access of women (SCEW 98) (File 66) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education, Colleges of Advanced Education- women students (SCEW 99) (File 67) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education, Colleges of Advanced Education- women's studies (SCEW 100) (File 68) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education- teachers' colleges- women's studies (SCEW 103) (File 70) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education generally- access of women (SCEW 105) (File 72) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education- universities- access of women (SCEW 106) (File 73) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Correspondence- tertiary education- universities- women students (SCEW 107) (File 74) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- payments and accounts (SCEW 119) (File 75) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship Study (SCEW 135) (File 77) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- report and working notes on country girls and women (SCEW 138) (File 78) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- Report- working notes on Aboriginal girls and women (SCEW 140) (File 79) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Schools Commission- Study Group on Women- innovations- grant- loan of films, film strips (SCEW 143) (File 80) - Box 5 (MS 9147)
Class Acc11.141. Consignment added 2011
This consignment comprises conference papers, newspaper cuttings, realia, sound tapes, correspondence, journals and newsletters (including Refractory Girl) and documentary treatments amongst other material. Papers deal with the political and social activities and profile of Daniela Torsh.
Contained in 3 boxes, 1 fol. box.
Class Acc13.011. Consignment added 2013
This consignment comprises papers covering a wide range of Torsh's research and career, including PhD research material; notes and articles relating to Hungarian film director Istvan Szabo; correspondence; copies of various published articles and journals, by Torsh and others; research notes for articles;notes and drafts relating to the publication Refractory girl; notes and reports relating to various Australian film organisations and events; ephemeral relating to women's rights.
Contained in 3 boxes.
Class MS Acc14.127. Consignment received 2014, 1973-1977 - Box 1-4 (MS Acc14.127)
0.6 metres,This consignment comprises papers relating to women in education, sexism in schools and women's issues. It consists of papers, clippings, minutes, reports, magazines and transcripts of interviews with primary school aged children for a report on 'Girls, School and Society'. Additionally, there is a paste up of 'A Women's Education Catalogue', and correspondence relating to the appointment of Elizabeth Reid as Prime Minister Whitlam's Womens Adviser.
Separated Materials
2 x CD-r's and 1 x audio cassette removed to obsolete carrier housing [EG]
Class MS Acc24.028. Consignment received 2024, 2017 - 2021
.03 metres,This consignment comprises a file regarding the National Union of Australian University Students (NUAUS) and Australian Union of Students (AUS) Archive Project 2017-2020. Papers include correspondence with the Library's Director General, minutes to committee meetings, notes on conversations with National Library of Australia's staff and an exercise book with handwritten notes.