Betty Archdale papers, ca. 1890-1991, compiled by, and with the research papers and sound recordings...
Betty Archdale papers, ca. 1890-1991, compiled by, and with the research papers and sound recordings of, Diedre MacPherson, ca. 1990-2000
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1890-2000
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9091/Boxes 1-19 , MLMSS 9091/Boxes 20X-24X , MLOH 487
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
4.55 metres of textual material (19 boxes and 5 outsize boxes). Many files include photographs.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Diedre MacPherson arranged this collection into files which she titled
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : This collection has multiple copyright owners
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to MLMSS 9091/Boxes 1-19
Issue Copy
Helen 'Betty' Elizabeth Archdale [1907-2000] - Papers relating to her mother, Mrs. Helen Archdale (Russell) [1876-1949], including a microfilm copy (frames 101-360) of her autobiographical mss. work, 'An Interfering Woman', in 16 Chapters (Chapter 2 is missing). The microfilm copy CY 4624 includes 2 letters (total of 44pp.), from Adela Pankhurst Walsh, 1945, at frames 26-69.
Publication, 'Votes for Women', Vol. 1, nos. 1-29, Oct. 1907 - 24 Sept. 1908. London, The Reformer's Press.
Microfilm : Refer to Contents for location numbers
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Papers of Betty Archdale (BA), her brother Alexander (AA), her mother Helen (HA) and father Theodore Montgomery (TMA) filed with research papers of Deirdre MacPherson (DM).
BOX 1
1. Diaries of TMA, 1895-1903, 1913-1917
2. 'Chapter 1 "Theodore", including letter sent by British War Office to Helen Archdale from British War Office re...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Betty Archdale papers, ca. 1890-1991, compiled by, and with the research papers and sound recordings of, Diedre MacPherson, ca. 1990-2000
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Description source
Information uppgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2013-2014
Contextual Information
Source
Betty Archdale papers presented by Deirdre MacPherson, 2002
Diedre McPherson research papers, oral history tapes and transcriptions purchased from Diedre McPherson, 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
Helen Elizabeth (Betty) Archdale was born on August 21, 1907 in London to mother Helen (nee Russel), a feminist and journalist, and father Theodore Montgomery, a British army officer.
She attended Dunhurst Junior School and went on to St Leonard's secondary school in St Andrews, Scotland where she served as head prefect and captain of the c...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9091/Boxes 1-19 , MLMSS 9091/Boxes 20X-24X , MLOH 487
Record Identifier
Yr8RJyDn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RJyDn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447417
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