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Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NamE5WY

Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

About this item

Full title

Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

Author / Creator

Date

1865-2000

Call Numbers

MLMSS 10086

Record Identifier

9NamE5WY

Reference Code

9591503

Language

  • German
  • English
Physical Description

Contents

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder), includes photographs

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : Manuscripts - in copyright

Approval for reproduction required : No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder

Out of copyright : Photographs - Created before 1955

Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Physical Access Conditions

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Scope and Contents

Contents

A collection comprised of personal papers and photographs from key moments in the life of Bertha McNamara (1853-1931) and research documents.
01. School report of Mathilde Kalkstein, 1865, with translation.
02. Confirmation certificate awarded to Mathilde Kalkstein, 1867, with translation.
03. Letter from Bertha McNamara to the Elberfeld...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

Description source

Photographs have been identified by donor.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Wilma McKeown, February 2018

Collection history

By descent through donor's father

Administrative / Biographical history

Mathilde Emilie Bertha McNamara (nee Kalkstein) was born on 28 September 1853 at Posen, Prussia (Poland). She migrated with her family to Victoria in 1896. After the death of her first husband Peter Hermann Bredt, she became a political activist and published one of Australia's first pamphlets on socialism.
On 9 July 1892 she married William M...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 10086

Record Identifier

9NamE5WY

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NamE5WY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

9591503

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