Guide to the Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia

Class MS 4953. Original Consignment - Box 1-126 (MS 4953)

Contents list for the Original Consignment

NOTE: the contents list for MS 4953 Boxes 1-126 is available in print form; please consult Library staff.

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 17 November 1994

This instalment relates to the Australian Quaker Peace Committee (AQPC). Subjects covered include Indo-China, pacifism, the Vietnam War, the National Service Act 1951-66, the 1990 Gulf War and disarmament. The records have been listed in the order received by file title, and cover the period 1966-91.

Note: For boxes 127-174 see additions 27 March 1996 - 21 April 1999.

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 27 March 1996

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 11 September 1997

This instalment includes correspondence, minutes, records of Yearly Meetings, Australian Council of Churches material, reports, submissions, newsletters, newspapers cuttings, journals and other printed material, including publications of the Religious Society of Friends. Subjects covered include peace, human rights, AIDS, youth concerns, the 1988 Bicentenary, land rights and Aboriginal affairs. The records have been listed in the order received by file title, and cover the period 1959-95.

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 22 February 1999

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 21 April 1999

This instalment relates to the Asia West Pacific Section of the Friends World Committee for Consultation. The records represent the international work, not the Australian work, of the Friends. They include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, arrangements for Yearly Meetings, press releases, newsletters, financial records, journal articles, newspaper clippings and photographs. The records have been listed in the order received by file title, and cover the period 1964-97.

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 28 May 1999

This instalment of records is from the archives of Richard G. Meredith, and relates to the Asia West Pacific Section of the Friends World Committee for Consultation. They cover the period 1973-85.

Note: For boxes 175-186 see addition of 17 November 1994

Class MS 4953. Consignment received 24 March 2000

This instalment of records is from the archives of Richard G. Meredith, and relates to the Asia West Pacific Section of the Friends World Committee for Consultation.

They cover the period 1965-90

Class MS Acc05.087. Consignment received 2005 (1) - Box 1-14 (MS Acc05.087)

Comprises correspondence, minutes, financial and administrative records, and files relating to peak Australian religious bodies, international organisations, regional and yearly meetings, committees, Backhouse Lectures Quaker Service Australia, Australian Friends Fellowship, Australian Friends Book Service and peace and social justice issues (14 cartons).

Class MS Acc05.201. Consignment received 2005 (2) - Box 1-2 (MS Acc05.201)

Comprises correspondence, minutes, reports and other papers relating to yearly meetings, the Peace Committee, Indigenous Concerns Committee, Committee on Legislation, Backhouse Lecture Committee, and other subjects (2 cartons).

Class MS Acc06.102. Consignment received 2006 - Box 1 (MS Acc06.102)

Comprises correspondence, 1986-1989, between Bronwen and Richard Meredith, and other members of the Society, concerning debate about homosexuality and AIDS (1 packet).

Class MS Acc08.039. Consignment received 2008 - Box 1-38 (MS Acc08.039)

Comprises records of the Yearly Meeting Office of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. The records include correspondence, minutes, financial and administrative records, publications and files relating to Australian religious bodies, international organisations, regional and yearly meetings, committees, Backhouse Lectures Quaker Service Australia, Australian Friends Fellowship, Australian Friends Book Service and peace and social justice issues (38 boxes).

Class MS Acc11.136. Consignment received 2011 - Box 1-29 (MS Acc11.136)

Ccomprises records relating to the administrative activities of the Society and include, of particular interest, the records of regional and annual meetings and gatherings (minutes and reports) as well as papers and correspondence regarding specific issues of interest. It also contains some of the material used in the Biographical indexes of Quakers in Australia (29 boxes).

Class MS Acc14.023. Consignment received 2014 - Box 1-3 (MS Acc14.023)

Comprises records relating to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia, including Friends World Committee for Consultation and Asia West Pacific Section files (3 boxes).