National Council of Women of New South Wales further records, ca. 1891-2002

MLMSS 8219/Boxes 1-11
MLMSS 8219/Box 12X

fonds

ca. 1891-2002

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Cartographic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

411735

2.87 metres of textual material (11 boxes and 1 outsize box)

The National Council of Women of NSW was founded at a public meeting held at the Sydney Town Hall on the 26 June 1896. It was formed by the affiliation of various women's organisations in order to promote equality and justice for women and children. The Council has helped to shape public opinion and influence legislation and has had a major role in many important reforms concerning the status of women and social welfare. Standing Committees carry out research and advise the Council on many issues including education, health, the environment, mass media, international relations, migration, laws and the status of women; the Council makes submissions to governments and other authorities and is in turn consulted by them. Membership of the NCW of NSW consists of delegates appointed by the affiliated organisations and individual associate members, from which an Executive Committee is elected. Each Australian state has its own National Council of Women affiliated with the National Council of Women of Australia which is affiliated with the International Council of Women.

Reference:
National Council of Women of NSW Inc. - further records, 1926-1927, 1937-1990, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

BOX 1 Records of Centenary Year, 1996
Large size sample of two centenary postage stamps, mounted on cardboard

Folder 1
Australia Day luncheon; 1896-1996 Chronology, January-May 1996

Folder 2
Exhibition at New South Wales Parliament House; re-enactment of first meeting held 26 June 1896; Centenary Dinner, April-June 1996

Folder 3
Civic reception at Sydney Town Hall; Centenary stamp launch; Foundation Day luncheon; Annual General Meeting; A woman's walk through the history of Sydney University, June-September 1996

Folder 4
Thanksgiving service at St. James; papers relating to the first meeting; minutes of Centenary Committee, May 1993-December 1996

Folder 5
Centenary year publicity and marketing material; papers, correspondence etc., 1994-1996

BOX 2 Captain Cook Bi-centennial celebrations, 1970
Folder 1
Souvenir programme of the Pageant of Endeavour, Sydney Town Hall, 22-29 April, 1970

Folder 2
National Council of Women of New South Wales publication, 'Endeavour: Women's Organisations in New South Wales 1896-1978', 1981

Folder 3
Photographs of segments in the Pageant of Endeavour, Captain Cook Bi-Centenary celebrations, 1970

BOX 3
Published books, Untamed by time / Ruth Marchant James: 1987; Women, world war and permanent peace / May Wright Sewall: 1915; Life and labour in Shanghai / Eleanor M. Hinder, 1944; The splendid vision / N.E.S. Griffiths: 1993; India: torture, rape & deaths in custody / Amnesty International, 1992; A book on South Australia: women in the first hundred years, 1936; Women in Australian parliaments and local governments past and present / A. Viola Smith, 1975; Official history of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic War Fund of New South Wales / C. O. Badham Jackson: 1947; Book of dedications, 1990; The pre-school child and society / John Bostock and Edna Hill, 1946; A woman in a man's world / Helen Moyes, 1971

Folder 1
N.C.W. News, No. 189, May 2002

BOX 4
Published books, Centenary gift book / Frances Fraser and Nettie Palmer (eds): 1934; The vision unfolding: Deaconess Institution 1891-1991; Nothing new under the sun: a history of the Toronto Council of Women, ca. 1978; High living: a study of family life in flats / Anne Stevenson, Elaine Martin, and Judith O'Neill, 1967

Folders 1-4
Papers, brochures, newsletters, publications, photographs, etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995

BOX 5
Papers, brochures, newsletters, publications, photographs, conference papers, newspapers and cuttings, business cards, etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995

BOX 6
1 cassette (unlabeled) from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
Not to be issued - master tape only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History

Papers, brochures, newsletters, maps, publications, invitations, photographs, negatives, conference papers, newspapers etc. relating to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995

BOX 7
Published books, International Council of Women combined third and fourth annual report of the seventh quinquennial period / compiled by Anna Backer: 1922/1924; The International Congress of Women '99: women in professions / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women '99: women in industrial life / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women '99: women in social life / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; International Council of Women quarterly review, October-December 1961, no. 7; Transactions of the National Council of Women of the United States ... / Rachel Foster Avery (ed.), 1891; Art and handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition / Maud Howe Elliott (ed.), 1893; Memorial of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

BOX 8
Published books, Report of the First Post War Conference ... Philadelphia: Power and responsibilities of freedom, 1947; International Council of Women report of the triennial council meeting, 1963; Report of the 18th triennial meeting of the International Council of Women, 1966; Report of the centennial celebrations and 25th plenary conference of the International Council of Women, 1988; Report of the 26th plenary conference of the International Council of Women, 1991; International Council of Women bulletin, March 1952, October 1957; President's memorandum regarding the Council meeting of the International Council of Women, 28 September-9 October 1936, 11-21 July, 1938; International Council of Women combined first and second annual report of the seventh quinquennial period, 1920-1922; The International Congress of Women '99: report of council transactions / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; The International Congress of Women '99: women in education / Ishbel Aberdeen (ed.), 1899; International Council of Women quinquennial meeting, 1914

BOX 9
Book 1
National Council of Women of New South Wales minutes of executive meetings, July 1985-July 1998

Folder 1
National Council of Women of New South Wales biennial reports, 1966/1968-1976/1978; National Council of Women of New South Wales annual reports, 1978/1979-1995

Folder 2
N.C.W. News, May 1960-October 1973

BOX 10
Folder 1
N.C.W. News, January 1974-November 1984

Folder 2
N.C.W. News, February 1985-November 1993

BOX 11
Executive minutes, August 1988-July 1996


BOX 12X
Enlarged copies of photographs
1. The NWTUL biennial conference, New York, June 1915. Secretary-Treasurer Miles Franklin
2. [Frances Willard?], ca. 1874-1898

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