Guide to the Papers of Shirley Kral
MS 5262, MS Acc16.176; MS Acc20.020; .MS Acc23.098
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Kral, Shirley
- Title
- Papers of Shirley Kral
- Date Range
- 1953-2022
- Collection Number
- MS 5262, MS Acc16.176; MS Acc20.020; .MS Acc23.098
- Extent
- 2.64 metres (17 ms boxes + 1 packet + 2 folders)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 5652 includes clippings, correspondence, notes, reports, leaflets relating to womens issues. There are seminar papers for the Abortion Seminar held at ANU 1971, newspaper clippings relating to abortion law reform, newsletters and information sheets of the Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) and various cuttings, leaflets and some correspondence relating to women's issues. Later additions to the collection include publications, clippings, reports, notes, submissions, texts of speeches relating to Women and Politics Conference -1975, women's studies women's liberation movements, United Nations Decade for Women Conference, 1979, abortion, Women's Electoral Lobby and careers for girls. Material on pro and anti abortion, genital mutilation, academic feminism, Aboriginal education, womens health, and sexism within language. There are also papers and minutes of meetings of the ACT women's organisation Women's Abode (1987-1992). (7 boxes)
MS Acc16.176 comprises daily diaries from 1953, 1957-2015; a large quantity of correspondence with Robin Doughty; and photographs, printed material and other papers relating to Kral's life, activities and interests, including her involvement with the Women's Electoral Lobby and the ANU Centre for Continuing Education. (10 boxes)
MS Acc20.020 comprises handmade daily diaries from 2016 to 2018 with typescript entries, associated notes, printed material and ephemera relating to Kral's relationships and health, various activities and events and reflections on feminism and ornithology. (1 packet)
MS Acc23.098 comprises four handbound diaries with entries including details of appointments and social engagements. Also includes various ephemera collected during the years. (2 folders)
Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Shirley Kral, National Library of Australia, [class/file number]'.
Collection Retrieval Advice
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Item Descriptions
Class MS 5262. Consignments received from 1976 to 2003
Papers from an ANU seminar entitled Abortion-Repeal or Reform: A Seminar on Implications of Change in the Law; clippings; medical questions by Frank Fenner;Survey Evidence; Possible Responses; Study Groups, 1971 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
Newspaper clippings on abortion; telegram from Ian Sinclair Deputy Leader Aust Country Party re his opposition to abortion; draft criminal code for the Australian Territories, 1971-1973 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
Papers relating to the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL); newsletters; write-in on the medical practice clarification bill; fundraising; national conference information 1973; ACT conference 1974, 1972-1974 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
Women's issues - papers relating to APS Maternity leave, the status of women, equal wages; clippings; Canberra Women's Liberation newsletters; transcript of talk on contraception, feminism; notes from Urban Biology Group; childcare for working women; divorce law reform association papers, 1972-1974 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
Alternative Lifestyles Seminar ANU 1975; list of seminar participants and programme, 1975 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
Women and politics conference - Second background paper; World Conference of the International Women's Year Mexico City - statement by Australian delegate Elizabeth Reid, 1975 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 5262)
United Nations Decade for Women draft Australian Plan of Action; clippings relating to women's affairs, 1976-1980 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 5262)
Papers relating to WEL and careers for girls, particularly in banking; Women's Handbook 1974;booklet on sex, 1972-1975 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 5262)
Abortion Counselling papers - pregnancy support service of ACT; notes for a training course in Family Planning in ACT, 1978-79 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 5262)
Abortion Counselling papers -talk given to ANU students 1977; correspondence; pamphlets; abortion counselling skills workshop (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 5262)
Abortion Counselling papers - information for counsellors; 1077 submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly on the need for abortion facilities in the ACT; questionnaire to Canberra/Queanbeyan doctors re family planning ; speech from International Women's Day Rally 1976, 1975-6 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 5262)
Clippings on contraception, racism, abortion;WEL sexual offences law reform group; National Conference on Rape Law Reform, 1980-84 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Reading list for Women in Contemporary Society;WEL newsletter; Women and Labour Conference Bulletin 1981; ANU magazine Woroni wimmin's issue, 1980 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
WEL newsletters and articles; correspondence; Married women in Academia paper;WEL patient-doctor relationship survey; Pacific Women's Resource Centre newsletter 1977, 1974-80 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Women in Science Discussion Group; ANU Women's History Group; Women's Emergency Group, 1985 (File 19) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
ABC National Advisory Council meeting November 1984; papers, clippings and articles on women's affairs; WEL newsletter; papers relating to the call for women to join the Australian Women's Broadcasting Co-operative (File 20) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Articles on women; Skills development for women course 1984; Women's Woroni Vol 36 (undated); clippings on women's affairs;Sex Discrimination Act Bill introduced 1984 (File 21) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Newspaper clippings on women's affairs; feminist education coalition; Occupational Health seminar, 1980 (File 22) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Newspaper clippings 1981; seminar on Equal Opportunity for Women and Girls; language and sexism article; films on women and work; discussion paper on Women in the Victorian Teachers Union; paper on Aboriginal identity by Kathleen Mills, 1981 (File 23) - Box 3 (MS 5262)
Women and Labour Conference; articles and clippings on women; National W 1981, a publication of the Australian Union of Students; Women and Labour Conference 1977 and 1978, 1980-81 (File 24) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
Notes and transcripts form talks given at the Women and Labour Conference 1978; articles and clippings on women's affairs including Women Against Rape March on Anzac Day 1982, 1978-1982 (File 25) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
Articles, pamphlets relating to women's issues' ANU Women's History Group weekend forum; academic papers on motherhood and fertility; the menstrual cycle, 1982 (File 26) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
Clippings and articles relating to women; tables of women in the workforce; ANU Women's History Group newsletter 1983; paper 'Occupation - Secretary: an historical perspective (File 27) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
New Scientist articles relating to women and the gender divide; WEL newsletters; Girls' Own Sydney Feminist Newspaper 1981, 1981-82 (File 28) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
Free Canberra circular from 1984 with an advertisement for garage featuring topless women; attached to this is a printed public apology; articles; office of the status of women newssheet; Women's composer series programme ANU School of Music 1982, 1982-84 (File 29) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
WEL newsletters 1983;abstracts of papers Social Justice for Women; Proposal for a study of the nature and extent of sex bias in Australia 1983; press release-government to ratify UN Convention on the elimination of discrimination against women; Senate Sex Discrimination Bill 1983, 1983 (File 30) - Box 4 (MS 5262)
Leichardt Women's Community Health Centre Survival Kit; handwritten notes for ANU Women's History Group on Marriage in History; articles on women's issues; Canberra College of Advanced Education (CCAE) curriculum for Women's Studies 1983 (File 31) - Box 5 (MS 5262)
Articles and clippings relating to women's issues; script for the play 'Standard Operating Procedure' (File 32) - Box 5 (MS 5262)
Papers relating to women - Housing for Women; Gender seminars; Family Planning minutes 1985; Women in Science discussion group; WEL newsletters, 1985-86 (File 33) - Box 5 (MS 5262)
Hecate- A women's interdisciplinary journal 1981; Submission by the ABC to the working group on women, sport, media 1984, 1981-4 (File 34) - Box 5 (MS 5262)
Papers, correspondence relating to ANU Women's History Group, WEL, Women in Tertiary Institutions, Association of Women Employees at the ANU; forum on the portrayal of women in advertising; clippings and articles on women's issues, 1984-88 (File 36) - Box 5 (MS 5262)
Correspondence; papers of ANU Women's History Groups; address by Agnes Kryger on Growing Women to the Nurserymen's Association 1987; Women's Studies ANU; women in education in Tonga; WEL, 1987 (File 37) - Box 6 (MS 5262)
Centre for Continuing Education ANU Review of women's participation in the Local Extension Program; National Women's Tax Summit, 1985 (File 38) - Box 6 (MS 5262)
Incest Survey 1980; Housing Book; other publications form the office of the status of women; women's sexual health resources; Breast Cancer Surgery Working Paper; Family Planning Annual Report; articles and clippings, 1980-1991 (File 39) - Box 6 (MS 5262)
Women's groups and forum newsletters; Women, Ageing and Image paper by Rhonda Galbally 1989; National Youth Council girl's guide; ABC TV Sexism in Language report, 1982-89 (File 40) - Box 6 (MS 5262)
Papers relating to the National Foundation for Australian Women; Abortion Counselling Service Annual Report 1981; Standing Committee on Education and Health Report on Pregnancy Termination, 1977-91 (File 41) - Box 6 (MS 5262)
Abortion Counselling Service in the ACT - plans for clinic; Pro Life newsletters; articles on abortion in the ACT, 1976 (File 42) - Box 7 (MS 5262)
Class MS Acc16.176. Consignment received 2016
Diary of Shirley Kral (nee Wrigley) 1953, 1953 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc16.176)
Emigration to Australia
Diaries of Shirley Kral 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960, 1957-1960 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc16.176)
Married in 1957. SK had 2 children, Inge and Adam
Diaries of Shirley Kral 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965, 1962-1965 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc16.176)
separated 1962, divorced 1963
Diary of Shirley Kral 1973, 1973 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS Acc16.176)
Counsellors Training Course, and work with the Abortion Counselling Survey
Diary of Shirley Kral 1980, 1980 (File 18) - Box 4 (MS Acc16.176)
Co-ordinator Local Adult Education Program, Centre for Continuing Education, ANU
Diary of Shirley Kral 1985, 1985 (File 23) - Box 4 (MS Acc16.176)
Extension Officer, Centre for Continuing Education, ANU
3 x photographs of SK; Extracts from diaries of SK 1957-1965; RMIT Design Archives Journal 2013 (File 54) - Box 8 (MS Acc16.176)
RMIT magazine includes article on George Kral, SK's former spouse and graphic/interior designer
Papers relating to a patient-doctor survey carried out by the WEL group; 46 responses to this survey, 1974 (File 58) - Box 9 (MS Acc16.176)
CV's and Statement of Background of CK; Survey of Housebound Radio Listeners; SK job applications from 1965-1986; National Extension Centre Annual Report, 1965-86 (File 59) - Box 9 (MS Acc16.176)
4 x photographs of the first CCE Jazz Club School of Music Jazz Workshop, 1991 (File 60) - Box 9 (MS Acc16.176)
Photographs of Don Burrows, Don Johnson, Gery Scott, David Jones, Julian Lee, Craig Scott, George Golla
Correspondence, reports, papers relating to conferences and symposium; press releases; ANU courses being offered, 1985-86 (File 61) - Box 9 (MS Acc16.176)
Class MS Acc20.020. Consignment received 2020
This consignment comprises handmade daily diaries from 2016 to 2018 with typescript entries, associated notes, printed material and ephemera relating to Kral's relationships and health, various activities and events and reflections on feminism and ornithology.