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Annual reports, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1966-1994;  Minute books, 1975-1993, with associated papers including correspondence, invitations, copies of St Patrick's Day greetings from the president of Ireland, newscuttings;  Membership lists, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1966-1969, 1977-1980, 1982, 1988, 1994 (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 1)
Address books, 1979-1995 (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 2)
Typescript copies of some of the talks delivered to the society, 1956-1995 : 'The Easter Martyrs of 1916';  Fr James O'Connell 'Irish music';  B.J. McGrath 'Irish  envoys in Australia';  Mary M. Hegarty 'Ireland of today', 'The Irish in NSW 1788-1818', 'Michael Dwyer the rebel';  Joan Ward 'The Islands of Ireland ';  Peter Gray 'Remember Emmet';  Francis X. O'Donoghue 'Bi-lingualism in Ireland past and present - an historical survey of the fortunes of the Irish language';  Prof. Patrick O'Farrell ' Dreaming of distant revolution : A.T. Dryer and the Irish National Association, Sydney, 1915-16';  Tony Baine 'Daniel  O'Connell - the great Dan';  Prof. Oliver MacDonagh's St Patrick's Day address;   Brian Donovan 'Two pioneer brothers';  Tracy Newlands 'The learned class in early celtic Ireland';  John Sheridan 'John Field, 1782-1837, the man and his music';  Gregory Long 'The adventures of Cernunnos';   Mary Dynan 'Songs and stories of Ireland in a County Antrim childhood';  Philip  Lee 'Peregrini Christi', 'Irish ghost stories';  Peter Gray '40 years of the Aisling Society' (St Patrick's Day dinner);  Justice R.P. Meagher 'Irish literature' (Inaugural Joan Ward Memorial Address) (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 2)
Copies of various papers delivered to other societies or otherwise published, 1949-1988 : Mary M. Hegarty 'Rome on the eve of holy year', 'Kerry and the sky over it', 'Eccles Street and San Clemente', 'Dublin's fair city', 'We saw Paris on christmas day', 'Charles Dickens', 'Kevin Izod O'Doherty', 'John Boyle O,Reilly', 'The immigrants of the "Erin-Go-Bragh"', 'The church of St Anne's, West Enfield';  Fr Nicholas McNally 'Irish saga';  Philip J. Lee ' What it is to be Irish';  Fr Michael O'Sullivan '1798 Irish Memorial, Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, NSW' [30 page booklet printed in 1988]   (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 2)
Records of Secretary : Aisling Society brochures, 1955, 1979, 1987;  attendance book, 25 May 1981 - 29 Jan. 1990;  postage and telephone expenses, Feb. 1978 - June 1982;  account books (secretarial), June 1982 - June 1994 (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 3)
Records of Treasurer : cheque books, 1967-1993;  cash receipt books, 1981-1994;   bank deposit books, 1984-1992;  treasurer's account books, 1970-1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 6653/BOX 3)

The Aisling Society of Sydney - records, 1955-1995 together with associated papers, 1949-1995

Babette Smith papers, 1986-2004, concerning her involvement with the Australian Republican Movement, her employment as Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Bar Association, and her books: A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal (1988, 1992), A Cargo of Women: The Novel (1991), Mothers and Sons (1995), and Coming Up For Air: The History of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales (2003). Material includes correspondence, conference papers, transcripts of speeches, notes, policy statements, newscuttings, media releases, printed material, colour photographs and ephemera.

BOX 1
Papers concerning the Australian Republican Movement including conference papers, correspondence, notes, policy statements, newscuttings, media releases, printed material, colour photographs etc. Material relates to the Women’s Constitutional Convention, Parliament House, Canberra,29-30 Jan. 1998;  the proposed new preamble to the Australian Constitution, 1988-1989; National Convention of Republicans, Canberra, February 1999; Australian Republican Movement NSW Committee, 2000-2001

Papers concerning the Unity Party, including correspondence, notes, policy statements, newscuttings, media releases, 1997-1998

BOX 2
Papers concerning the Australian Republican Movement including correspondence, notes, policy statements, newscuttings, media releases, discussion papers, etc. Material relates to the Constitutional Convention, Old Parliament House, Canberra, February 1998; Constitutional Convention Election 1997: electoral information kit, 1997; Independent Scholars Association of Australia, NSW Chapter, 1999; the Yes Coalition, 1995-2001

BOX 3
Papers concerning Smith’s work as a writer, including correspondence and contracts with publishers, royalty statements, public lending rights payments, receipts for expenses, grant and fellowship applications, 1987-1994

Papers concerning ‘A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal’ (pub. 1988, 1992), including first drafts of three chapters sent to publishers to establish interest, ca. 1986; final manuscript sent to publishers, Aug. 1988

BOX 4
Papers concerning ‘A cargo of women: the novel’ (pub. 1991), including typescript draft with annotations (2) and final draft with annotations, n.d.

BOX 5
Papers concerning ‘A cargo of women: the novel’(pub. 1991), including typescript draft, discarded chapters and prologue, correspondence between Smith and Carl Harrison-Ford during the writing of the novel, photocopies of reviews and interviews with Smith, cover artwork, Aug. 1988-June 1991

BOX 6
Papers concerning ‘Mothers and Sons’ (pub. 1995) including deleted chapters; original material including approxmitely 150 questonnaires completed by mothers in response to appeals for input to Smith's research project, with follow up interviews and correspondence between Smithe and participants, ca. 1990-1992

BOX 7
Papers concerning ‘Mothers and Sons’ (pub. 1995) including typescript draft of introduction and chapters 1-3, with Penny Nelson’s comments, n.d.; working draft, Apr.- May, 1993;  first revision as sent to UK and ultimately rejected, 1994; final edited manuscript with annotations, returned by Allen & Unwin after publication, Apr. 1995

BOX 8
Papers concerning ‘Mothers and Sons’ (pub. 1995), including typescript questionnaire responses and files on fathers and discipline, teenage boys and girls, sons, n.d.

BOX 9
Papers concerning ‘Coming Up For Air: A History of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales’ (2003), including typescript drafts (2), ca. 2001; revised draft with annotations and extra epilogue, Oct. 2002

BOX 10
Papers and printed material concerning ‘Coming Up For Air: A History of the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales’ (2003), including correspondence with editor, Carl Harrison-Ford; newscuttings of book reviews; transcripts of speeches made by Smith; and an article on Asthma written by Smith for ‘The Sydney Papers’, vol. 15, no 3-4 , Winter/Spring 2003; 2002-2003

BOX 11 - RESTRICTED
Papers and printed material concerning Smith’s employment as Chief Executive of the NSW Bar Association from 1993-1997. Material includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, media releases, newscuttings etc., including:
Chief Exeutive role and salary, 1993-1997
Controversy relating to Geoffrey Proud’s painting, including numerous letters with members of the legal profession 1994-1998 
NSW Bar Association monthly newsletter ‘Stop Press’, Aug. 1993-Apr. 1997
Legal profession reforms, including debate about ‘Direct Client Access’ Bar rule and gender issues, black & white photograph of Smith and John Garnsey, QC, 1993-1994
Law Council meetings and negotiations with Council of Australian Governments over national legal profession, 1994
Promotional material relating to the Barrister’s Directory; letter from Michael Kirby AC CMG; 1993-1994
NSW Bar Association office, including Bar Council contact details, personnel details etc., n.d.

BOX 12 - RESTRICTED
Papers and printed material relating to NSW Bar Association, 1994-1999 including:
Appointment diaries, 1994-1997
‘Reinventing the Courts Forum’ speech (edited) by Bret Walker SC, 1 Nov. 1996
Folder of speeches and papers including Barker QC at Bar and Bench dinner; Anthony JH Morris QC on ‘The Doctrine of Separation of Powers Revisted’; Bill of Rights arguments; Chief Justice Brennan’s farewell; Murray Gleeson AC swearing-in as Chief Justice; ca. 1994-1998
Folder of speeches and papers including edited version of the speech at the swearing-in of JJ Spigelman QC as Chief Justice of NSW; The Civil Justice System: the Processes of Change by Justice Ronald Sackville; reform map on ethics; ca. 1990-1999

BOX 13 - RESTRICTED
Papers and printed material relating to NSW Bar Association, 1998-2004 including:
Note from Chief Justice Murray Gleeson and newscuttings concerning his appointment, 1998
Correspondence with Philip Selth, Executive Director NSW Bar Association, 2004
Letter from Michael Kirby AC CMG, 1999
Newscuttings concerning barristers, 1998-2004
Journals and newsletters including Stop Press, 1998-2001; Australian Lawyer, 1998; Bar News, 1993-2003
Photocopies of Smith’s legal column for The Australian Financial Review, Sept. 1997- Sept. 1999
‘Justinian’ with Smith’s ‘Under Analysis’ column and note from Richard Ackland, 1995

BOX 14 – RESTRICTED
Papers and printed material relating to NSW Bar Association, 1995-1997 including:
Transcripts of speeches by Smith to Chief Executive Women, 11 Mar. 1996; and to the New Zealand Bar Association Conference, Wellington, 21 Mar. 1997
Letters from Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, and transcript of his speech to American Bar Association, 1997
Letters from Sir Garfield Barwick and Sir Laurence Street, 1996
Republic debate, including transcripts of speeches and letters from Gareth Evans, 1996
Black & white photograph of Gay O’Connor, Smith and Jane Needham, July 1996
Memorandum to Bar Council re Director’s role, 1996
Sexual harassment and discrimination, 1996
‘Lady of the Law’ event at Hyde Park Barracks Museum 23 May 1995
Fee survey: senior counsel, and women barristers’ survey, n.d.

BOX 15 – RESTRICTED
Papers and printed material relating to NSW Bar Association, 1996-1997 including:
Chief Executive’s report, Oct. 1966
Smith’s departure from the Bar Association, including numerous letters from members of the legal profession, newscuttings, colour photograph of Smith, 1997
Bar Council elections; James Robins; 1997

SOUND RECORDINGS 
3 sound cassettes of interviews concerning the Triple A (Adolescent Asthma Action) Program and Asthma Foundation NSW.

Call No. MLOH 736

MLOH 736/1: 'Interview with Richard Seligmann and Mickie Hardie (nee Halliday)', n.d.
MLOH 736/2: Babette Smith’s interview with Clair Isbister, n.d.
MLOH 736/3: 'Interview with Malcolm Broun (brother of Mickie Hardie (nee Halliday) and first Honorary Treasurer of NSW Asthma Foundation', n.d.
 
Sound recordings not to be issued – master tape only. Housed separately from the collection at MLMSS 9189. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History.

Babette Smith papers, 1986-2004

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