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Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania / edited by Francis Newton Thorpe.

BOX 1
1948-1949;  Diaries (3): 8 Apr.-1 Aug. 1948, 2 Aug.-26 Nov. 1948, and 27 Nov. 1948-15 Feb. 1949, concerning study trip of American and British libraries 

5 Sep.-15 Dec. 1961;  Diary mainly concerning trip to IFLA International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, Paris, 9-18 Oct. 1961 

1963-1994;  Pocket appointments' diaries, being one for each year, except two for 1989, and excluding 1983 

BOX 2
1983-1988;  A4 and quarto appointments' diaries 

BOX 3 
ca. 1913, 1933-1989;  Correspondence, with enclosures including Future Projection for Women at Work, being her paper at the Victorian Employers' Federation Women at Work Conference, Melbourne, 21 July 1969, and copy of Public Aministration, vol. 5 no. 8, Dec. 1945, featuring her article, ' Employment of Women in the Civil Service'. Correspondents include Australian Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament, Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Division of New South Wales, Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign. New South Wales Committee, Ruby W. Board, Business and Professional Women's Club of Sydney, R. F. Doust, Mary Fairfax, Sir Vincent Fairfax, Eileen Furley, Irene Greenwood, Harold Casterton (Harry) Harper, Noel L. Lamidey, Andrea Lofthouse, Norman Mackenzie, National Council of Women of New South Wales, Ted Noffs, Fanny Reading, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth, Jessie Street, Nancy Bird Walton and Margaret Woodhouse 

1934-1990;  'Letters of Library Interest and Documents', being correspondence, with enclosures including her paper, Cataloguing and Classification of Special and Private Collections, delivered at the Library Association of Australia Conference, Melbourne, 27 Aug. 1975. Correspondents include Henry and Leo Berkelouw, Business and Professional Women's Club of Sydney, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Jim Cleary, Gerald Fischer, Harold Casterton (Harry) Harper, Eleanor M. Hinder, W. H. Ifould, Phyllis Mander-Jones, John Andrew Osborn, Barrett Reid, G. D. Richardson and the State Library of New South Wales 

1948-1949;  Letters received from her mother, Jane Arnot, Alison McPherson and a nephew. See also letters from Jean Arnot to family and friends, 1948-1949, 1961, at MLMSS 3147 ADD ON 2070/Box 15 

1959-1992;  Postcards received and drafts not sent 

1961-1975;  'Vice Regal & Official Christmas Cards' 

1964-1965;  Correspondence concerning her nomination for MBE and congratulatory letters received 

1965-1991;  References and testimonials for others 

BOX 4 
1916-1969;  Papers concerning her secondary education and employment with the Public Library of New South Wales 

1933-1994;  Papers mainly concerning friends, colleagues and interests, including letters received, newscuttings and obituaries. Correspondents and/or subjects include James Allison, Zoe Emma Bertles, Freda Milicent Bryant, Flo Cluff, Alison Crook, Sir Vincent Fairfax, Film Australia, L. F. Fitzhardinge, Muriel A. Heagney, Theodora Hobbs, Millie Hoy, Marie V. Hurley, W. H. Ifould, Jessie Street Women's Library, Beatrice Anne Stewart Instone, Bee Miles, Museum of Australian Childhood, Molly Newman, Wilma Radford, Barrett Reid, Edith Alice Sims, Jocelynne A. Scutt, H. L. White and Margaret Woodhouse 

1948-1949;  Papers concerning overseas study trip. Includes correspondence with the British Council and the Carnegie Corporation of New York;  professional itinerary and copies of her report, Visit to Libraries in Britain and America 1948-9;  theatre programs;  and menus from the ship, RMS Queen Elizabeth 

1959-1961;  Papers mainly concerning the International Federation of Library Associations' International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, Paris, 9-18 Oct. 1961 

1961-1962;  Papers concerning 'Committee on Cataloguing Paris Conference - LAA File' 

1961-1967;  Papers concerning Cataloguing Code Revision, including Australian working papers on 1961 IFLA Conference agenda items 

1962, 1972-1995;  Papers concerning the Nita B. Kibble Literary Award and the Nita May Dobbie Award 

BOX 5
1962-1965, 1981-1993;  Papers concerning her entries submitted to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, being the Reverend John McGarvie (1795-1853), W. H. Ifould (1877-1969), Nita Bernice Kibble (1879-1962) and Margaret MacPherson (1875-1956) 

1968;  Papers concerning her retirement from the Public Library of New South Wales on 19 Apr. 1968, including testimonial under seal issued by the Library Trustees;  letter received from G. D. Richardson, Principal Librarian, 26 Apr. 1968;  farewell cards, invitations and tributes from outside the Library;  letter received from Mollie Thomson, co-host of the afternoon tea party held in Jean Arnot's honour;  and papers concerning universal party organised by Wilma Radford at the University of NSW, 27 Apr. 1968, with letters of appreciation received 

1968-1971;  Papers concerning her indexing the reprint volumes of The Sydney Gazette 1810-1811 for the Library of NSW, including correspondence with Frank Dunn, Dixson Librarian 

1968-1992;  Papers mainly concerning her oral history interview by Anne Robertson for the State Library of New South Wales' sesquicentenary and the Library's acquisition of her papers. Includes her notebook compiled for the interview with details of her career and campaign for equal pay.  

1969-1991;  Papers concerning her cataloguing of the Library of Camden Park, Menangle, N.S.W., including correspondence with the owners, Quentin and Antonia Macarthur Stanham, 1969-1971 )

1980-1992;  Papers mainly concerning the State Library of New South Wales and its Library Society and the Australian Library and Information Association, including correspondence, newscuttings and invitations 

1987;  Papers concerning the Library Association of Australia's 50th anniversary celebrations, Canberra, 2-4 Sep. 1987, including her talk on her first visit to Canberra for the launching of the Australian Institute of Librarians, 1937 

BOX 6
1993-1995;  Papers concerning luncheons in honour of her 90th birthday, celebrated chiefly at Parliament House, Sydney, 19 Apr. 1993. Includes presentation album with letters received from, among others, Alison Crook, State Librarian;  Jean M. Elliston, President, National Council of Women of N.S.W. Inc.;  Premier John Fahey;  Warren Horton, Director-General, National Library of Australia;  Prime Minister Paul Keating;  Kaye Loder, Convenor, National Women's Consultative Committee;  Di Manning, President, Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women;  and G. D. Richardson;  with a copy of Congratulations Miss Arnot (State Library of NSW Press, 1993), being augmented reprint of her 1946 ABC broadcast, Should Both Sexes Receive Equal Pay for Equal Work ? 

1994;  Papers concerning Jocelynne A. Scutt's book, Taking a Stand - Women in Politics and Society (Artemus Publishing Pty Ltd, 1994), including letters received from Jocelynne A. Scutt, 15 May 1994, concerning her essay on Jean Arnot in the book 
 
ITEM 7X
1950-1951, 1964-1965, 1979;  Certificates concerning her appointment to MBE, 1965;  her election to Fellow of the Library Association of Australia, 1964;  her Honorary Membership of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1979;  and copy of her report, Library Facilities in New South Wales Government Institutions, 1950, with note, 1951 
 
BOX 8
1976-1994;  File concerning British Empire Association, including circular leters received and printed material 

1948-1989;  Files (2) concerning the Business and Professional Women's Club of Sydney, including correspondence, membership lists, constitution and by-laws, material concerning the 40th anniversary of the Club, 1979;  and the Club's study tour of Papua-New Guinea, 15-29 July 1968

1985-1995;  File concerning the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women Inc. Division of New South Wales, including correspondence, news bulletins, and constitution and by-laws 

BOX 9
1982-1995;  File concerning the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women Inc., including correspondence and copies of Federation News 

1933-1937;  File of Kooroora Literary and Debating Society magazine, being five volumes: 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37 

1980-1994;  File concerning the National Council of Women Inc., including correspondence, circular letters received, material concerning Margaret Windeyer and report of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, 1892  

BOX 10
1990-1995;  File concerning National Council of Women of New South Wales Inc., being printed material 

1978-1995;  File concerning Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association, including circular letters received, reports and proceedings of the Association's 9th (Canberra, 1961), 13th (Seoul, 1975) and 15th (Saratoga Springs and New York, 1981) international conferences 

1955-1985;  File concerning the Royal Australian Historical Society, including letters received from John Bennett, 1985, and D. I. McDonald, 1983;  talks;  copy of obituary of Harold Casterton (Harry) Harper by Hazel King;  and printed material 

1967-1995;  File concerning the Royal Australian Historical Society and its Library and Library Committee, including correspondence, newscuttings and printed material

BOX 11
1960-1965;  File concerning the Women's club, including correspondence, circular letters recived and annual reports 
 
BOX 12
ca. 1937-1991;  Literary papers, being mainly notes and drafts of talks and speeches, with related correspondence and newscuttings. Topics and themes: Travel, ca. 1949-1972, date unknown;  National Council of Women, 1963-1966, date unknown;  Public Service, ca. 1942-1945;  Internationalism, 1966-1967;  Old Sydney, 1979-1991;  Bibliotherapy - Libraries, ca. 1937-1971, including New Anglo-American Code for Australian Libraries, 1967;  Dedications in Books, 1946, 1988, date unknown;  Local History, 1970-1978 

BOX 13
1937-1990;  Literary papers continued. Topics and themes: Status of Women in the Christian Church, 1968-1980;  Women in Australia - Norman Mackenzie - Status of Women etc., 1945-1975, 1990;  Australia Day & Victoria League Coronation day, 1957-1984;  'Articles, etc & Speeches ... Not Library', 1937-1975, 1989, including 'Equal Pay for Equal Work', 1937, Conference on Unemployment, 1961, Ruby Board, with prisoners' Christmas cards, 1949, and pamphlet on the opening of Berrima Training Centre, 1949;  Reminiscences of a Cataloguer, 1981;  The Australian Subscription Library and the Royal Australian Historical Society Library, 197--1982, date unknown;  Early Australian Newspapers, Sydney Gazette, Hobart Town Gazette, 1989, date unknown;  'Speeches Miscellaneous' concerning, among other topics, Christmas, retirement, missionary work, the Big Sister Movement, Sydney Harbour, Captain Cook Bi-Centenary, BPW Club of Sydney study tour of Papua-New Guinea, 1968, and Soroptismy 

BOX 14
1926-1989, date unknown;  Newscuttings concerning librarians and libraries, including obituary of Edith Alice Sims 

1934-1994;  Newscuttings mainly concerning Jean Arnot, being four folders: no. 1, 1934-1953, with letter received from Lorelei booker;  no. 2, 1953-1961;  no. 3, 1961-1967;  no. 4, 1968-1994 

1952-1995;  Newscuttings on a range of topics, with letters received from Irina Dunn, 1990;  Irene Greenwood, 1978, 1990;  W. Boyd Rayward, 1992;  and the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre, Longreach, Qld, 1990-1991 

1968-1994;  Newscuttings mainly concerning librarians and libraries, with letters received from, among others, Alison Crook and Wilma radford;  list of Kooroora Club members, 1968-1969;  invitations;  and copy of speech, 'Australia's Cultural Heritage', by Sir David Smith to the A.C.T. Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society, 5 June 1992  

1988-1990;  Newscuttings concerning the property, Belltrees, at Scone, N.S.W., owned by the Michael and Judy White 

BOX 15 
192--197-;  Miscellaneous papers, including letters received from Jean Arnot to family and friends, 9 Apr. 1948-7 Feb. 1949, and to her sisters, Gillian and Mary Arnot, and Alison McPherson, 6 Sep.-7 Dec. 1961;  photocopied specimens of handwriting of Library staff who have contributed to entries in the card catalogues, 192--193-;  passports (2), 1948 and 1961-1966, with enclosed identity card, 1942,;  travel documents for Paris trip, 1961, and New Zealand trip, 1973;  and unused postcards, 194--197- 
 
1938-1990;  Printed material, including order of proceedings of memorial ceremony for Emeritus Professor John Ward, AO, Patricia Ward, AM, Jennifer Ward and Moira Jennings at the Great Hall, University of Sydney, 21 June 1990, and of evening of tribute to Patricia Bruce Ward, AM, BA, DipED, FLAA, held at the State Library of NSW, 28 June 1990;  and travel maps, 1938-198-, date unknown, including New South Wales Tourist Bureau regional maps, 1938 

AUTHOR ENTRIES:
Arnot, Jane
Australian Congress for International Co-operation and Disarmament
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Division of New South Wales
Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign
Australian Library and Information Association
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre
Berkelouw (Firm)
Bertles, Zoe Emma, 1881-1975
Board, Ruby W., 1880-1963
Booker, Lorelei
British Council
Business and Professional Women's Club of Sydney
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Cleary, Jim
Crook, Alison, 1947-
Dunn, Frank
Fahey, John, 1945-
Fairfax, Mary
Fairfax, Vincent, Sir, 1909-1993
Film Australia
Fischer, G. L. (Gerald Lyn)
Fitzhardinge, L. F. (Laurence Frederic), 1908-1993
Greenwood, Irene, 1899-1992
Harper, Harold Casterton (Harry), 1906-1988
Hinder, Eleanor M., 1893-1963
Hobbs, Theodora
Horton, Warren, 1938-
Hurley, Marie V., 1910-1993
Ifould, W. H. (William Herbert), 1877-1969
International Federation of Library Associations.
Jessie Street Women's Library.
Keating, Paul, 1944-
Kooroora Club
Lamidey, Noel W. (Noel Wray)
Loder, K. (Kaye)
Lofthouse, Andrea, 1943-
McDonald, D. I. (Donald Ian)
Mackenzie, Norman
McPherson, Alison
Mander-Jones, Phyllis, 1896-1984
Metcalfe, John, 1901-1982
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Association (New South Wales)
Mutch, T. D., 1885-1958
National Council of Women of New South Wales
National Library of Australia
New South Wales Government Tourist Bureau
Noffs, Ted, 1926-
Osborn, Andrew D. (Andrew Dellbridge), 1902-1997
Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association
Reading, Fanny, 1884-1974
Reid, Barrett, 1926-1995
Richardson, G. D. (Gordon Dalyell), 1917-
Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel, 1875-1967
Robertson, Anne, 1937-
Royal Australian Historical Society
Scutt, Jocelynne A., 1947-
State Library of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales. Library Society
Street, Jessie, 1889-1970
Thomson, Mollie, 1923-1980
Walton, Nancy Bird, 1915-
White, Harold Leslie, Sir, 1905-1992
Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales
Women's Club (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Woodhouse, Margaret

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