Pearl Gibbs - Papers, 1937-1983, and photographs, ca.1915 - 1981; together with copies of records of...
Pearl Gibbs - Papers, 1937-1983, and photographs, ca.1915 - 1981; together with copies of records of the Aborigines Welfare Board, 1941, 1953-1960
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca.1915 - 1983
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6922
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
8 Boxes - 1.3 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Clippings
Ephemera
Textual Records - (printed)
Photographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 3 record series; you may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : Newscuttings re Aboriginal issues, 1937 - c.1954).
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Papers, 1937-1983, mainly concerning aboriginal issues (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/1-4)
2. Photographs, ca.1915-1981 (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/5-7)
3. Aborigines Welfare Board records, 1941, 1953-1960 (Call No.: MLMSS 6922/7-8)
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pearl Gibbs - Papers, 1937-1983, and photographs, ca.1915 - 1981; together with copies of records of the Aborigines Welfare Board, 1941, 1953-1960
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a5968001
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Madeline McGrady in 1995
Administrative / Biographical history
Pearl Gibbs, a pioneer for Aboriginal rights who was born at Botany Bay, NSW in 1901, began her political career in the late 1920s assisting Aboriginal domestic workers indentured by the Aborigines Protection Board. She became a prominent organiser and public speaker in the Aboriginal campaign for citizenship and equal rights, which culminated in...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6922
Record Identifier
9NaAydWY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAydWY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
403488
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