Girls' Secondary Schools' Club, Sydney - records, 1927-1994

MLMSS 7061/Boxes 1-3, 6-8, 11-14
MLMSS 7061/Boxes 4X-5X, 9X-10X
SAFE/MLMSS 7061/11 (Safe 3/239)

fonds

1927-1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

10501

2.91 metres of textual material (10 boxes, 4 outsize boxes) includes photographs - manuscript, printed, typescript

The Girls' Secondary Schools' Club was formed in Sydney in 1927 to provide a city meeting place and other services for members of the ex-student unions of, initially, ten independent girls' schools. In February 1928 the club was registered under the name of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club and incorporated as a limited liability company. Membership in 1928 exceeded 400 and reached 1800 after the Second World War. The club rooms were located in Castlereagh Street until 1930 when the Club moved to rooms in the Gowings building in Market Street, Sydney, where it remained until 1994. A number of groups were formed within the Club, such as the Dramatic Circle, the Art Circle, the Debating Circle, the Literary Circle, the Music Circle, and during the Second World War, the War Work Circle. The Social Committee arranged functions and outings for members. In 1977 the Club published, Fifty years in retrospect: A history of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club Sydney 1927-1977 by Edith Gent. Due to falling membership and increasing costs the Club closed in 1994.

SERIES 1: MINUTE BOOKS, 1927-1994
1927-1994; Minutes books (11) of the Board of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/1-3 and MLMSS 7061/4X-5X)
1929-1969; Minute books (6) of the Social Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/6)
1930-1966; Minute books (4) of the House Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/6)
1970-1974; Minute book (1) of the Management Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/7)
1993-1994; Minute book (1) of the Executive Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/7)
1964-1982; Minute books (4) of the Travellers Circle (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/7)
1946-1947; Minute book (1) of the Social Service Circle (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/7)
1940-1946; Minute book (1) of the War Work Fund (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/7)

SERIES 2: FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1927-1983
1983; Valuation of furniture, furnishings and effects of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club as at 30 May 1983 (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/8)
1971-1993; Auditors' reports and balance sheets of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/8)
1927-1935; Cash books (2) of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/9X)
1928-1960; Journal (1) recording monthly cash summaries (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/9X)
1951-1986; Lease agreements, being signed lease agreements between the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club and Gowing Bros. Limited concerning the rental of premises at 45 Market Street Sydney (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/9X)
1931; Insurance policy, being an employers' indemnity policy for the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/9X)

SERIES 3: CORRESPONDENCE, 1929-1994
1929-1931; Secretary's correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/10X)
1933-1994; Correspondence, being mainly ts. and ms. letters received, including a letter of thanks from Sir Winston Churchill, 1954, for an 80th birthday gift sent to him by members of the Club, previously framed and located in the Club, [copy at MLMSS 7061/11; original held at SAFE/MLMSS 7061/11 (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)
1971-1990; Correspondence concerning music scholarships awarded by the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)
1970-ca.1992; Christmas cards received, being mainly signed Christmas cards received from Governors of New South Wales (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)

SERIES 4: PAPERS, 1928-1994
1928; Certificate of Incorporation of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)
1947; 1967; Memorandum and Articles of Association (3) of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club, 1947 and By-laws of the Club, 1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)
1956-1972; Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Girls' Secondary Schools Club, being printed leaflets (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11)
1928-1993; Reports to the Annual General Meeting, being ms. and ts. reports presented to the annual meeting of members of the Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/11-12)
1969-1994; Notice to members, being ts. and printed notices and letters sent to members (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/12)
1944-1981; 'Syllabus', being calendar of events sent to members (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/12)
1994; Papers concerning voluntary liquidation of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1992-1994; Attendance records of the Board of Directors (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1948; 'Resume of Club's History', being ts. and printed leaflet outlining history of Club up until 1948 (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1948; Schoolgirl Short Story Competition, being prize winning entries (2) in short story competition run by the Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1983-1991; Records of the Embroidery Group (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1990-1992; Papers concerning donations to the Sir David Martin Foundation (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/13)
1927-1927; Address book of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1983-1994; Visitors Book of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1928-1994; Membership records of Miss Dorcas Bibbing, including letter acknowledging receipt of fees and subscription, 1928; membership cards, 1928-1994; invitations, 1948-1967; receipts, 1928 (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1990-1992; Miscellaneous papers (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1931-1993; Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)

SERIES 6: PICTORIAL MATERIAL
Date unknown; Black and white photographic portraits of Presidents of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club, including Mrs R.J. Hooton (1927-1928); Mrs J.H. Hammond (1928-1932); Mrs F.H. Jackson (1932-1933); Mrs G.S. Warburton (1933-1935); Miss Frances Gillespie (1935-1961; unidentified studio portrait of woman and child (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)

SERIES 7: PRINTED MATERIAL, 1948-1994
1948; Girls' Secondary Schools' Club Sydney: Record of War Work, ed. Ina K. Tait, being printed booklet (2) recording the activities of the War Work Committee (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1977; Fifty years in retrospect: A history of the Girls' Secondary Schools' Club Sydney 1927-1977, compiled by Edith Gent, 3 copies (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)
1994; Girls' Secondary Schools' Club Sydney: Diary of events, compiled Patricia Grayson, being printed booklet (Call No.: MLMSS 7061/14)