Collection 2: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. NSW Branch, 1960-1995, 2004

MLMSS 9015

sub-fonds

1960-1995, 2004

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Clippings

440088

5.45 metres of textual material (32 boxes)

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. NSW Branch records, 1960-1995, 2004. The collection comprises correspondence; notes; minutes and agendas; newsletters; periodicals; conference papers; financial statements; ledgers; cash books; bulletins and newscuttings. Material concerns nuclear disarmament, conscription, the Vietnam War, the Australian Pacific Women’s Peace Conference, Sydney, 28-30 June 1985; the Gulf War, 1991; Women’s Enterprise Support and Development Network (WESDN); women’s rights and peace.

BOX 1
WILPF records including correspondence, notes, newsletters, bulletins etc., concerning
Electoral reform, 1983; Free the Media campaign, 1986; women in tertiary education, 1987; Iranian prisoners, 1989; nuclear disarmament, 1983-1986; Junior Media Peace Prize (JUMPP), 1979-1981
Financial statements including section and branch accounts, 1984-1985, 1990-1994
WILPF Australian Section Executive Committee minutes, 1986-1988 [incomplete]

BOX 2
WILPF records including financial statements and correspondence, 1981-1993
WILPF Australian Section cash book, 1984-1987
WILPF Australian Section cash book, 1988-1992
WILPF Asutralian Section ledger, 1984-1990
Deposit book 1990-1992
Treasurer’s correspondence with branches, 1986-1988

BOX 3
WILPF records including minutes and papers of Biennial Section Meetings 1982, 1984
Photocopies of conference papers, discussion papers, international circulars, bulletins etc, 1985-1989

BOX 4
WILPF records including correspondence, notes, newsletters etc., concerning the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 1992
Pax et libertas subscriptions, 1989-1994
WILPF publications, 1992
Peace and Freedom audio cassette subscriptions, 1992
Donations for Quiet Dissenter: The Life and Thought of Eleanor Moore by Malcolm Saunders, 1994 Refugee Council of Australia, 1994

BOXES 5-6
WILPF Australian Section Executive Committee, correspondence and minutes, August 1989 to February 1990; May 1991 to December 1991
South Australian Branch correspondence etc., 1994
Correspondence with branches, 1989
Material relating to Vivienne Abraham, Honorary Secretary WILPF, including correspondence, notes etc., 1985-1990
Correspondence concerning publications, 1987
Phyllis Coard Grenada prisoner appeal, 1989
WILPF policy issues, 1984

BOX 7
Material relating to Vivienne Abraham, Honorary Secretary WILPF, including Children of Prisoners Support Group minutes, newsletters etc., 1988-1993; South Sydney Community Aid Cooperative (SSCAD) annual reports, minutes, rules etc., 1975-1993; Women’s Enterprise Support and Development Network (WESDN), including correspondence, minutes, rules etc., 1987-1989

BOX 8
WILPF Australian Section Executive Committee minutes, January 1988 to October 1989
Printed papers relating to international women’s conferences, 1990-1993
WILPF international newsletters and leaflets, 1990-1993
WILPF NSW Branch correspondence, minutes [incomplete], notes etc., 1992-1995
WILPF Resource Centre publication lists, 1992

BOX 9
WILPF NSW Branch correspondence and minutes, 1995
Women’s Policy Congress, Vanuatu, including correspondence and reports, 1991
World Conference on Women information kit, 1995
WILPF international media proposal, 1993

BOX 10
Australian Pacific Women’s Peace Conference, Sydney, 28-30 June 1985, including registration cards, contact lists, conference program, photocopies of conference papers, 1985

BOX 11
Expanding file containing correspondence concerning the Australian Pacific Women’s Peace Conference, Sydney, 28-30 June 1985

BOX 12
Australian Pacific Women’s Peace Conference, Sydney, 28-30 June 1985, including correspondence, notes, applications for funding, financial statements, 1985

BOX 13
WILPF Twenty-Third International Congress, July 1986, including photocopies of conference papers; reports to the WILPF International Executive Committee, 1988
WILPF Australian Section correspondence, 1980-1981
Records relating to the International Vice President, WILPF, including correspondence, reports, notes etc., 1994
United Nations Decade for Women, including reports, conference papers, leaflets, etc., 1983-1985

BOX 14
'Women in the anti-Vietnam war, anti-conscription movement in Sydney, 1964-1972', Fiona Wilson, University of New South Wales, School of History, Honours Thesis 1985
Membership lists relating to government organisations and peace movement members, ca. 1988
Bulletins, booklets and newsletters concerning world peace, disarmament etc., 1978-1992
Leaflets, newsletters, flyers and notes concerning uranium mining, ca. 1983
Correspondence, reports, newsletters etc., concerning the Gulf War, 1991
Correspondence, reports, newsletters etc., concerning East Timor, 1990-1991

BOX 15
Leaflets and newsletters including Another Mother for Peace, Australia, 1971-1973; Mothers and Others for Peace, 1973-1979; The Peacemaker, 1964- 1971 [incomplete]

BOX 16
Office of the Status of Women and material concerning women’s rights, including correspondence, newsletters, reports, 1981-1992
Miscellaneous newsletters, booklets, bulletins etc., concerning international peace movements, ca. 1981-1993
IPI [International Press Institute] Reports, 1993
WILPF Australian Section minutes and notes, 1984, 1986, 1988 [incomplete]

BOX 17
Peace and Freedom: Journal of The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom [Australian Section], 1974-1980 [incomplete]; and Pax et libertas: Quarterly Bulletin of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1976-1977 [incomplete]
Second World Women’s Indigenous Conference, Adelaide, including notes, correspondence, 1990
WILPF bulletins and newsletters, including Victorian Branch newsletters, 1967-1972
WILPF seminar on disarmament, including correspondence, notes, leaflets, 1973
Draft Plan of Action from the Asian and Pacific Symposium of Non-governmental Organizations on Women in Development, including notes, 1993
WILPF International Executive Committee, including minutes, notes, correspondence and reports, 1983-1985

BOX 18
WILPF financial statements, 1983-1989
WILPF Section Meeting minutes, 1984
WILPF 24th International Conference, Sydney, 15-22 July 1989, including income and expenditure statements for audit, 1991
Correspondence and notes concerning the Junior Media Peace Prize (JUMPP), organized by WILPF and the United Nations Association of Australia, 1987
Inga Thorsson visit to Australia, including correspondence, notes, newscuttings, 1984
WILPF correspondence with Geneva concerning finances, 1983
WILPF international, including correspondence, newsletters, 1984-1985


BOX 19
WILPF 24th International Conference, Sydney, 15-22 July 1989, including international section reports, resolutions, conference papers
WILFP general correspondence, 1983; 1986-1989
Victorian Women’s Trust including memoranda, photocopies of articles and financial statements, 1986-1987
Women’s Enterprise Support and Development Network (WESDN), including correspondence, newscuttings, 1988
Pax et libertas branch subscriptions, 1988-1990

BOX 20
Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament newsletter, 1985-1989
Reports and newsletters concerning disarmament and apartheid, 1982-1990
Conflict Resolution Network newsletter and training materials, ca. 1988
Peace News: International Year of Peace 1986 newsletters

BOX 21
WILPF Australian Section minutes and reports to meetings, including branch reports, 1982-1984
International Executive Committee correspondence, 1992
WILPF Australian Section policy issues, including correspondence, notes, bulletins, 1982-1983
WILPF Australian Section correspondence with WILPF Geneva, 1989
WILPF Australian Section annual branch reports, 1984

BOX 22
WILPF Australian Section Executive Meeting minutes [incomplete] and correspondence with branches, 1982-1987
WILPF Tasmanian branch minutes and correspondence, 1992-1993

BOX 23
WILPF International Executive Committee correspondence, 1982-1989
WILPF branch correspondence, 1982-1989
WILPF financial records including quarterly and annual financial statements, 1967-1968, 1975-1980, 1983; travel fund ledger, 1971-1975; general accounts ledger, 1975-1978;
WILPF financial records concerning the Pacific Women’s Peace Conference, June 1985, including cash books, bank statements, receipts, etc., 1985-1986
2 carbon books containing copies of WILPF Honorary Secretary’s correspondence, 1982-1984
WILPF Australian Section bank deposit books 1985-1986, cash receipt books, 1984-1988

BOX 24
Expanding file containing records of the Honorary Treasurer, WILPF Australian Section, including correspondence, notes, financial statements, ledgers, bank deposit books etc., ca. 1981-1985

BOX 25
WILPF policy issues, 1975-1992; folders arranged alphabetically; A-E. Material includes newsletters, bulletins, correspondence, notes, newscuttings, leaflets and journals. Folders labelled: the Australian Conservation Foundation; Australian Coalition for Disarmament and Peace; Africa; Belau; Community Aid Abroad; China; Conflict Resolution Network; Development; Senator Irina Dunn; East Timor; Environment; Evatt Foundation

BOX 26
WILPF policy issues, 1975-1992; folders arranged alphabetically; F-U. Material includes newsletters, bulletins, correspondence, notes, newscuttings, leaflets and journals. Folders labelled: Great Peace Journey; Greenpeace; Gulf War Inquiry, Sydney 1991; The Third Opinion; Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific; One World; Network of Overseas Students; Pacific Campaign to Disarm the Seas; Pacific Women’s Resource; Palestine; UNESCO

BOX 27
Printed material including copies of Pax et libertas, 1962-1993 [incomplete]; Pax et libertas annual, 1975, 1976, 1977

BOX 28
WILPF Australian Section, international memoranda received 1982-1985
WILPF International Executive Committee minutes and reports, 1991-1992
Printed material including copies of WILPF International News, 1988 and 1992-1993 [incomplete]; WILPF Backgrounder, 1988-1992 [incomplete]
WILPF Australian Section Executive minutes, 1984-1986 [incomplete]

BOX 29
WILPF Australian Section Executive and Working Committee (South Australia) minutes and supporting papers, 1994-1995

BOX 30
WILPF NSW Branch records relating to the International Year of Peace 1986, including correspondence, minutes and agendas etc., 1985-1986

BOX 31
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 24th International Conference, Sydney, 15-22 July 1989, including transcripts of speeches, photocopies of papers, section reports, workshop papers, draft revised constitution, 1989

BOX 32
NSW Branch correspondence, 1975-1978
Records relating to Margaret Holmes, President, WILPF Australian Section, including correspondence notes and newscuttings concerning the Gulf War, 1991; peace tax fund, 1987-1993; Churchmen’s Conference, 1964; Christians and peace, 1962-1969; conscription 1964-1970; Women Speak out on Bougainville forum papers
A Brief History of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, no date
WILPF NSW Bulletin, August 2003, October 2003, January 2004

SOUND RECORDINGS
30 sound cassettes collected by Vivienne Abraham, Honorary Secretary WILPF, concerning peace, human rights and Aboriginal land rights, including interviews, conference presentations etc., 1960-1991. Call No. MLOH 716
Sound recordings not to be issued – master tape only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History.

1. Eslanda Robeson radio interview with Tom Jacobs, 10 November 1960
2. Daniel Ellsberg: The Morals of Torture, WRC conference, 6 August 1973
3. John Coombs, 1977
4. John Combs report, ICM to WA, 1977
5. Kevin Gilbert, 1977
6. Broadband, Arakun [?]’, 16 May 1978
7. Broadband, Arakun [?]’, 16 May 1978
8. DUB male speaker [?], ca. 1978
9. Richard Resch speaking on Amnesty International at Radio 6NR, 30 June 1978
10. NSW Aboriginal Lands Council Meeting held at Manly 29-30 September 1979, tape 1
11. NSW Aboriginal Lands Council Meeting held at Manly 29-30 September 1979, tape 2
12. NSW Aboriginal Lands Council Meeting held at Manly 29-30 September 1979, tape 3
13. Kevin Gilbert interview, Dave Allen Show, 11 June 1985
14. News Drop[?] 16 April 1988
15. Daniel Sheehan [?], 1987
16. ‘David P Sheehan, The Christic Institute, Contragate’, L.A., January 1987
17. Kenneth Rivett interview with Susan Gibson, 2SER, 13 September 1989
18. G, T & C [?], January 1989
19. ‘Aboriginal Land Rights meeting, Tasmanian Environment Centre, including Henry Reynolds, Professor, History Department, James Cook University; Greg Lehman, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council in answer to a question; Greg Lehman gives a paper at the same meeting’, 9 May 1990
20. Lis Williams interviews Greg Lehman, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council, in Hobart, 14 February 1991
21. ‘Ready for War’, no date
22. NZ delegation to Saigon [?], no date
23. Jenny Bostock, no date
24. ‘Dr Coombs re Treaty’, no date
25. ‘The Dissident Movement and the Defence of Human Rights in the Soviet Union’ by Dr Peter Reddaway, no date
26. Arne Tate interviewd by Peter Hornby, no date
27. Asbestos, no date
28. Interview Geoff Mullins [?], no date
29. Eileen Egan, no date
30. Israel Lebanon invasion, no date

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