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A. Novels, 1961-1987
B. Radio scripts, 1937-1986
C. Articles, 1955-1973
D. Reviews, 1971-1989
E. Short stories and Poems, 1933-1949
F. Talks,1967-1992
G. Autobiography, 193--1983
H. Biography, 1866-1991
I. Travel, 195--1996
J. Other, ca. 1962-1969, 1990-1993
 
Note: Corrected typescript/s and corrected carbon typescript/s contain the author's MS. corrections and, in many instances, MS. additions. Detailed descriptions of the above sub-series are set out below:
 
A. Novels, 1961-1987
 
i. The River and the Brook (1962)
The Winds of Spring by 'Louise Anderson', being corrected typescript (first version);  corrected typescript, being another version;  revised corrected carbon typescript;  corrected page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/16)
 
ii. Serpents in Paradise (1967)
Rough draft fragments and notes;  corrected typescript/carbon typescript copy used by printers with 'cuts and rejects';  final carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/17)
 
iii.The Voice beyond the Trees (1985)
'Bits of very early draft';  The Phoenix, being first corrected carbon typescript;  The Phoenix, being corrected carbon typescript of 'Earlier version  of Voice Beyond the Trees';  The Phoenix, being '3rd copy (carbon)';  The Phoenix, being corrected carbon typescript of 'Earlier version' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/18)
The Phoenix, being typescript;  The Voice beyond the Trees, being 'Discarded pages & drafts of early versions';  The Voice beyond the Trees, being carbon typescript;  The Voice beyond the Trees, being corrected carbon typescript (final version ?) of 'Working copy'  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/19)
Corrected galley proofs and unmarked page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/20)
 
iv. Home is the Sailor (1987)
'Very early rough drafts & cuts from Home is the Sailor & earlier versions';  'Cuts & bits of drafts from Home is the Sailor'' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/21)
'Two very rough drafts & cuts from Up in the Mountains - early version of Home  is the Sailor';  'Original version formerly called Up in the Mountains', being typescript/carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/22)
'3rd carbon/Very rough copy', being corrected typescript;  corrected carbon typescript;  corrected carbon typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/23)
Corrected carbon typescript and incomplete photocopy of corrected carbon typescript;  'Incomplete copies of 2nd last & final versions' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/24)
Corrected galley and page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/25)
 
B. Radio scripts, 1937-1986
 
1937-1938;  Scripts mainly for Australian Broadcasting Commission, including the serials, Sons of Devon, The Rebel's Revenge, At the Doctors, Royal Leopard, and The Emperor's Agents;  radio plays including Drake's Drum and A Good Woman:  A Drama of 1900;  and submissions for the series Simple Stories (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/26)
1937-1941;  Scripts including the serial Richard Blake (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1945-1947;  'Old radio serials etc / & talks - A.B.C. / B.B.C. / Film Notes / Notes', being radio scripts for Australian Broadcating Commission and British Broadcasting Corporation, including film reviews and letters received (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1953-1961;  'A.B.C. / Broadcasts /  T.V. / 1957', being scripts mainly for A.B.C. Women's Session with related correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
1938-1986;  Correspondence with Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/27)
 
C. Articles, 1955-1973
 
1955-1959;  Drafts and working papers concerning article on the Gilbert Islands for The Geographical Magazine, 1959, including correspondence with H. E. Maude (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1959-1967;  Drafts and working papers concerning unpublished article on the Sydney Opera House for the American journal Architectural Record (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1964, Date unknown;  Working papers, including research material for article on Australian wines for Squire Magazine (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
1972-1973;  Papers concerning series of articles on yoga for the magazine Woman's World (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/28)
 
D. Reviews, 1971-1989
 
1971-1989;  Reviews, with related correspondence mainly with Margaret Jones, Literary Editor, Sydney Morning Herald (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
1971-1981;  Scrapbook of newscuttings of her book reviews in the Sydney Morning Herald, with related correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
1982-1986;  Book reviews for The Age (Melb.), with related correspondence with Stuart Sayers, Literary Editor (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
E. Short stories and Poems, 1933-1949
 
Scrapbook of stories and serialisations, and poems, being newscuttings and typescript  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
F. Talks,1967-1992
 
1967-1992;  Talks at Mosman Library, 28 June 1990, about growing up in Mosman and her worldwide travels, including corrected typescript of talk, and at the Sydney Writers' Festival, 1992, including corrected typescript of talk;  correspondence concerning talks, 1967-1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/29)
 
G. Autobiography, 193--1983
 
i. A Kingdom by the Sea (1969)
Rough drafts and working papers;  rough draft with working papers including National Council of Women of New South Wales Biennial Report 1966-1968;  'Rejected drafts of Kingdom by the Sea / Notes / Notes on Louise Mack some used in Kingdom by the Sea for Imprint paperback edition', including letters received, 1968, from Nancy Keesing, Stuart Lee and Douglas Stewart (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/30)
 
ii. The Swift Foot of Time: An Australian in England, 1938-45 (1983)
Incomplete MS. draft in notebook;  early rough drafts and fragments, with letters received from Ruth Stirling, Organiser of Women's Sessions, A.B.C., Sydney, 17 Dec. 1959, with enclosed talk on London's Quality Inn quick-service  restaurants;  two folders of rough early drafts of Friendly Natives;  working papers, 193--1980, concerning Friendly Natives  (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/31)
Friendly Natives: An English Memoir, being an early draft;  working papers, 1970-1978;  Friendly Natives: Encounters with the English, being corrected carbon typescript, with working papers including notes, printed material and article, 'Away from the Blitz' by Nancy Creagh (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/32)
The Swift Foot of Time, being MS./typescript/carbon typescript of rough draft;   corrected typescript/carbon typescript;  corrected photocopy of galley proofs, 24 Jan. 1983;  corrected photocopy of page proofs, 18 Mar. 1983 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/33)
Song about Nothing - An Innocent Abroad by Nancy Creagh, being incomplete rough drafts of MS., typescript, carbon typescript, with copy of letter from Nancy Creagh to Miss Molony, The Refrectory, Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon, 20 Feb. 1944 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
'All in Together'[Song about Nothing], being corrected typescript/carbon typescript with pencil drawings of household utensils and furniture, a chapter: 'Men are hard to get in war time', and poems by Nancy creagh: The Yokel, The Yacht, Melancholy, The Leaf, and The Herons (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
'Very early drafts of Sorry about Nothing - Eventually The Swift Foot of Time', being corrected carbon typescript;  A Song about Nothing by Ellen Maher [pseud.], being corrected carbon typescript;  A Song about Nothing by ancy Phelan, being corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/34)
 
H. Biography, 1866-1993
 
i. Charles Mackerras: A Musician's Musician (1987)
 
See also 40 cassette tapes, including recordings of performances and interviews with Sir Charles Mackerras located at MLOH 279/1-40, for access to which consult the Curator of Oral History.
 
1941, 1947-1974;  Letters mainly from Charles Mackerras, and his wife Judy, to his parents Catherine and Alan Mackerras, 1947-1974, and some letters to his brothers Neil  and Alaastair, with letters from Evelyn B. Grant to Catherine Mackerras, 1947,  and letter from A. C. B. Webb to Catherine Mackerras, 16 Aug. 1941 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1971-1976;  Letters from Charles Mackerras to his wife Judy (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1947-1956, Date unknown;  Papers of Judy Mackerras, including programmes of concert performances by Charles Mackerras and letters to her mother, Mrs F. B. Wilkins (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1947;  Letters from Judy Mackerras to her mother, Mrs F. B. Wilkins (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1983-1984;  Papers of Charles Mackerras concerning the unpublished biography of him by Charles Buttrose (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1987;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Charles and Judy Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1987;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Victor Gollancz Ltd and Judy Mackerras concerning the biography Phelan's biography (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1984-1985;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Charles and Judy Mackerras, and Hilary Rubinstein (A. P. Watt Ltd) (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1972-1978, 1985-1986;  Correspondence of Nancy Phelan mainly with Judy Mackerras, 1985-1986;  papers concerning industrial dispute between English National Opera and the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees, 1974;  and newscuttings,  1972-1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/35)
1961-1986;  'Charles Mackerras / Old Press', being working papers and papers of Charles Mackerras, including newscuttings/reviews of his concert performances (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/36)
1965-1986;  'Charles / Miscellaneous publicity 1971/72 etc.', being working papers and papers of Charles Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/36)
1928-1986;  Working papers, including notebook, typed extracts of Charles Mackerras' letters, and papers of Charles Mackerras, including photocopies of his correspondence, newscuttings and photoprints (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1946-1986;  Working papers, with the papers of Charles Mackerras, including MS. autobiographical note (2pp.), ca. 1946, and transcript of interview with him by Hazel De Berg, 19 May 1971 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1951-1981;  'Early cuttings to the end of 1950s', being mainly newscuttings and printed material concerning Charles Mackerras (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/37)
1959-1986;  Newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6437/37)
'Rough drafts & transcripts - Notes, extracts etc', including 1948 concert programme, and corrected typescript transcriptions of Nancy Phelan's conversations with Charles Mackerras;  'Rough drafts' and working papers (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/38)
'Rough draft' and 'Early drafts & 3rd draft' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/39)
ca. 1987;  Corrected and edited typescript;  corrected galley and page proofs;  'Reader's Marked Set', being corrected page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/40)
 
ii. The Romantic Lives of Louise Mack (1991)
 
1903-1921;  Correspondence between Gertrude Mack and Captain Rupert Hale (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
1904-1921;  Mack family correspondence, with diary of Gertrude Mack, date unknown (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
ca. 1911-ca. 1924;  Correspondence between Gertrude Mack and her family and friends (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
Date unknown;  Notebooks of Louise Mack (?) and fragments of photoprint and unidentified letter (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/41)
1985-1990;  Research correspondence with, among others, Australian Dictionary of Biography, British Institute of Florence, Clare Foster (University of Queensland Press), Lilith Norman, Philippa Poole, Sydney Girls High School Archives, Uniting Church in Australia. Church Records & Historical Society, Kerry White and Eleanor Witcombe (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/42)
ca. 1890-1989;  Research material concerning Louise Mack, being mainly photocopied documents, newscuttings and printed material, including articles by Louise Mack, and MS. notes and extracts from the diaries of A. G. Stephens and Ethel Turner;  and photocopied typescript extracts from the letters of Herbert and Ethel Curlewis abbout John Creed sent by Philippa Poole;  with colour photoprints of the Parsonage, 41 High Street, Morpeth, 198- (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/42)
Date unknown;  'NP's notes & comments on Louise's books', being MS.;  notebooks I-IV of research material (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
1901-1988;  Papers concerning entry and article on Louise Mack for Australian Dictionary of Biography and The Australian Literary Supplement (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
1866-ca. 1922;  Copies of original photoprints, with photocopied documents for the book (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
Date unknown;  'Scraps of discarded drafts' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/43)
Date unknown;  'Very rough drafts cuts etc';  'Very chaotic early drafts' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/44)
Date unknown;  'Last draft before clean copy', being mainly corrected typescript;  corrected carbon typescript with MS. additions;  incomplete edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/45)
ca. 1991;  '4th copy (incomplete) uncorrected. Partly edited but papers missing - also changes made to MS later', being two edited versions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/46)
ca. 1991;  '1st set of proofs corrected but scrapped because of wrong typesetting [and] Second Proof (Final)', being corrected page proofs (two versions), with correspondence, 1990, with Barbara Ker Wilson, and fragments of corrected and edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/46)
 
I. Travel, 195--1996
 
i. Atoll Holiday (1958)
Notebook;  incomplete 'rough early drafts';  carbon typescript with MS. corrections, with notes and suggestions for selected illustrations (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/47)
 
ii. Welcome the Wayfarer: A Traveller in Modern Turkey (1965)
Working papers, including draft fragments, photonegatives and photoprints;  Tea  with the Turks, being corrected typescript;  Tea with the Turks, being corrected typescript/carbon typescript with miscellaneous enclosures;  Welcome the Wayfarer, being final corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/48)
 
iii.Pillow of Grass (1969)
Rough drafts, corrected carbon typescript and working papers, including silver gelatin photoprints and photonegatives (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/49)
'Cuts from Pillow of Grass, notes, references, drafts';  corrected typescript with MS. additions and list of corrections (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/50)
 
iv.Some Come Early, Some Come Late (1970)
1968-1969, Date unknown;  Research correspondence and notes;  working papers, including notes and correspondence;  working papers, being mainly notebooks and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/51)
1968-1970;  'Cuts and rejects from book';  drafts including corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/52)
 
iv. The Chilean Way (1973)
The Monkey Puzzle Tree, being draft MS./typescript/carbon typescript;  The Monkey Puzzle Tree, being second (?) draft, with two silver gelatin photoprints;  'The Monkey Puzzle Tree before revision and retitling', being carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/53)
1968-1973;  'Illustrations: Chile', being silver gelatin and colour photoprints, layout illustrations and correspondence with Caroline Hobhouse, Macmillan & co., London, 1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
1968-1972;  Working papers, including 'cuts & rejects from earlier drafts', notebooks (2),  letters received, newscuttings and printed material (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
ca. 1973;  Corrected carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/54)
 
v. Morocco is a Lion (1982)
Working papers, including notes and references, draft fragments, silver gelatin photoprints and line drawings;  'Working copy with cuts & corrections', being corrected typescript/carbon typescript;  'Cuts & dupes not used in the final version' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/55)
Incomplete rough draft fragments;  corrected typescript/carbon typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/56)
Third draft, being correctedtypescript/carbon typescript;  'Final draft...used by printer', being corrected and edited typescript/carbon typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/57)
1981;  Corrected photocopy of first galley proofs, June 1981;  corrected photocopy of page proofs, 1981 (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/58)
 
vi. Pieces of Heaven: In the South Seas (1996)
'Samoa. Rough drafts & scraps' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/59)
Working papers, including corrected typescript of Samoan Affairs: Scenes and Stories of the Pacific Iaslands, 1955, by Cyril McKay (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/60)
'Rough drafts & scraps' (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/61)
Corrected typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/62)
'Rough drafts, notes & scraps';  'Pacific / Early version / To be cut and rehashed', being photocopied typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/63)
1994-1996;  Photocopied corrected typescript with additional MS. corrections;  editorial correspondence with Judy Macdonald (University of Queensland Press);  incomplete corrected page proofs, with edited typescripts of index, glossary and sources (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/64)
 
J. Other, ca. 1962-1969, 1990-1993
 
i. Essence of Yoga (1963)
Corrected cabon typescript draft, edited typescript and corrected galley proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
ii. Yoga over Forty (1965)
Edited typescript (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
iii.The Art of Russian Cooking (1969)
'Carbon roughs of Russian Cookbook' and corrected typescript with MS. additions (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/65)
 
iv. Mosman Impressions (1993)
1990-1992;  Drafts and working papers, including research material and papers concerning Who's Who in Mosman Project;  correspondence mainly with Mosman Library and Council of the Municipality of Mosman, and rough draft (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/66)
1993, Date unknown ;  Printed material and corrected photocopies of galley and page proofs (Call No.: MLMSS 6427/67)

Author/Artist entries:
Age (Melbourne, Vic.)
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Dictionary of Biography
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Institute of Florence
Buttrose, Charles, 1909-
De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984
Hobhouse, Caroline
Jones, Margaret, 1923-
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993
Ker Wilson, Barbara, 1929-
Lee, Stuart
Mack, Gertrude
Mack, Louise, 1870-1935
McKay, Cyril Gilbert Reeves, 1900-
Mackerras, Charles, Sir, 1925-
Mackerras, Judy
Macmillan & Co.
Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans), 1906-
Mosman Library
Mosman (N.S.W. : Municipality). Council
Nicolaieff, Nina
Norman, Lilith, 1927-
Poole, Philippa
Rubinstein, Hilary, 1926-
Sayers, Stuart
Stewart, Douglas, 1913-1985
Stirling, Ruth
Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Morning Herald
Turner, Ethel, 1870-1958
Uniting Church in Australia. Church Records & Historical Society
University of Queensland. Press
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Volin, Michael, 1911-
White, Kerry
Witcombe, Eleanor, 1923-

Nancy Phelan - literary manuscripts, with working papers including correspondence, 1866-1996

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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