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Foxspell [sound recording] / Gillian Rubinstein ; narrated by Humphrey Bower.

The collection includes personal and family history papers and papers relating to roles, both paid and voluntary, within local, State and Federal governments and for various Australian and international organisations, with a focus on social welfare matters, particularly women’s and children’s issues.

BOX 1
Personal papers relating to L’Orange’s family, her own history and the beginning of her career: 
Copies of family documents, family trees, newscuttings, Chapter 3 of a family history manuscript titled ‘The Greek Banana Benders’, no author, four issues of the Brunswick Valley Historical Society Newsletter, 2001-2002, and a computer disc titled ‘Alien Invasion of Mullum’, 2002
Copies of documents relating to L’Orange’s birth, marriage and divorce, photographs taken at Mullumbimby and Darwin, ‘Centenary: 1886-1986 Mullumbimby Public School’, ‘Nor’ Easter’ magazine of Mullumbimby Intermediate High School October 1988, Robyn Gray ‘Fifty-niners and the town we left behind’, 1999, with newscutting regarding reunion, 1999
Folder of photographs and papers relating to attendance at Armidale Teachers’ College, 1960-1961
Papers relating to teaching career, including copies of teaching certificates, inspection reports, newscutting, statement of service, 1962-1984
Papers relating to membership of Kingsgrove Methodist Church, including letters of support for her Council candidature, 1963-1968
Papers relating to Strathfield Municipal Council including letters of congratulation on election, minutes of meetings, agenda papers and papers regarding the Municipal Social Worker position, folder of Strathfield history and information, invitations, submission to the NSW Local Government Boundaries Commission, newscuttings, campaign material, folder relating to Frank Zions, Mayor of Strathfield, letters of thanks and references, 1968-1983 

BOX 2
Papers relating to the Local Government Association of NSW and Local Government conferences, including correspondence, conference and seminar papers, newscuttings, 1972-1977
Two folders relating to position of Child Care Co-ordinator, Marrickville Municipal Council, 1977-1978
Papers relating to the Women’s Electoral Lobby including election leaflets, newscuttings, newsletter, 1972-1975, and to the Women and Politics Conference in 1975, including programme and conference papers  
Four appointment diaries, 1974-1976

BOX 3
Twelve appointment diaries, 1977-1989

BOX 4
International Year of the Child (IYC) 1979:
Application for position of Executive Director of IYC National Committee of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), correspondence, invitations and awards, 1978-1980
Application and supporting references for position of Director, Women’s Co-ordination Unit, 1979
Press release and newscuttings, 1978
Printed material, including IYC National Planning Progress Report, 1979; NSW Parliamentary Report on IYC, 1979; Final Report of IYC National Committee of NGOs, 1989; UNICEF Years of the Child, undated; UNICEF Committee newsletter, 1978; National Committee of NGOs bulletins, 1978-1979
IYC poster, stickers and badge 
Diaries (3), 1978-1980; desk calendar, 1979; appointment pad, 1980; pages from appointment diary, undated  

BOXES 5-6
Papers relating to the Women’s Co-ordination Unit including briefings, reports, statements, work programme, photographs, invitations and cards, newscuttings, publicity material for campaigns, 1980-1988
Discussion document on work of NSW Public Service Board, 1985
Papers relating to the UN End of the Decade for Women Conference in Nairobi, 1985 
Bound reports including those from NSW Task Force on Domestic Violence, NSW Child Sexual Assault Task Force, NSW Task Force on Women in Prison, NSW Domestic Violence Committee, Violence against Women and Children Law Reform Task Force, 1981-1987
Community attitudes to issues of importance to women survey, 1987-1988
‘A Decade of Change: Women in NSW 1976-1986’ published by WCU 

BOXES 7-10
Congratulatory letters, with copies of replies, on L’Orange’s appointment as First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Status of Women, 1988. Correspondents include Barbara Wertheim, Virginia Dowd, Deidre Mason, Jill Sutton, Mary Murnane, Andrew Hull, Percy Allen and Peter Shergold
Papers relating to the Office of the Status of Women including draft submissions and statements to ministers, briefing papers, correspondence, work plans, press releases, newscuttings, 1988-1993
Conference papers, invitations and photographs from Commission on the Status of Women conferences in Vienna, 1991-1992
Memo books (21) containing brief notes of discussions and reminder notes, 1989-1992  

BOX 11
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC):
Correspondence and other papers relating to appointment as General Manager in 1993, Chief Executive Officer in 1996 and departure in 1998 
NOHSC reports and conference papers, 1995-1999 
Printed material including NOHSC annual reports (4), 1993-1997, Worksafe Australia Operational Plan Overviews, 1993-1998 and Worksafe News, Feb 1999

BOX 12
Papers relating to the Barrie Unsworth election campaign, 1987
Correspondence and other documents relating to Randwick Council and the Gordons Bay Bushcare Program, 1999-2000
World Health Organisation International Meetings on Women and Health held in Awaji, Japan, 2000 and Canberra 2001, conference papers and photographs 
War Widows’ Guild of Australia correspondence including letter of resignation from Board of Directors, newscutting, annual reports, leaflets, four issues of Guild Digest, 2001-2002
University of New England Council letters relating to re-appointment in 1998 and resignation in 2002
Documents relating to appointment as Justice of the Peace, 1969, to management courses attended, 1981-2000, and to awards received, including the Order of Australia in 1994
Various curricula vitae, biographical information and employment applications, 1978-ca. 2000

BOX 13
Appointment diaries (5), 1994-1995, 1997-1999
Audio cassettes:
Louis Harmanis talking about Haritos and Harmanis family history, undated
Year if the Child, undated
National Press Club address by Her Excellency Mervat Tallawy, Chairperson, UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 25 Jun 1992 
Radio interviews with L’Orange on topics including International Women’s Day, penalties for rape and sexual assault, pedophiles, Sexual Assault Taskforce, ca. 1987
2 audio cassettes, contents not identified, undated

VIDEO TAPES
7 video tapes relating to Australian Labor Party advertisements, the Office of the Status of Women, the International Year of the Child and one entitled ‘Tape of Helen at work’ are housed separately from the records at MLMSS 8968. For enquiries about this material please contact the Manuscripts Section

Helen L'Orange papers, 1900-2002

SERIES 1: Papers of Marie Armstrong
BOX 1
Diaries, 1949, 1985 (India, Nepal, Thailand), 1997.
Appointment Diaries, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1968-94, 1996, 1997.
Two Address Books.

BOX 2
Letters of sympathy and other papers concerning the death of John Armstrong, 1984.
Correspondence with Dept. of Veteran Affairs re John Armstrong, 1985-87.
Various programs and newscuttings, 1959-92.
Travel documents, 1984, 1986.
ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) files, 1954-65. Secret reports on Marie Armstrong, other New Theatre members and the Communist Party. Includes photographs.

BOX 3
New Theatre history sources & notes on talks given by Marie Armstrong, 1980s-90s.
New Theatre publications, 1948-84.
Minutes of Annual General Meetings, 1971, 1982-84.
Material from shows performed for other organisations, 1960s-70s.
New Theatre, Australia – various documents including copies of ‘Spotlight’ & programs, 1950s-93.
New Theatre 65th Birthday at Newtown, 1997.
New Theatre programs for workshops & major productions.
New Theatre administrator/s requirements discussions. 1991. 
Miriam Hampson functions – her OAM, commemoration etc., 1983, 1994.
‘A Study of New Theatre’ by B.M. Price, 1989.
Overseas trip to India, Nepal & Thailand, 1985.

BOX 4
Newscuttings, 1950s, 60s, 80s.
Newscuttings, programs, cards, 1990s.
Skteches, Parodies, Poems (2 folders).
Various playscripts.
Third International Women Playwrights Conference, Adelaide, 1994.
Tranbi Course on Aboriginal understanding, 1994.

BOX 5 
Acting Class Files:  (Notes on various classes attended and tutored and notes on New Theatre Acting School Administration) 
Training Notes and New Theatre Training School for Actors, 1975-83.
Study Tour USA, UK & USSR 1979. Includes correspondence , class notes & programs of performances attended (3 folders).
Class notes from Stella Adler Classes, Los Angeles, 1979.

BOX 6
Acting Class Files: 
Class Notes from Bryan Syron Acting Classes. – used in N.T. classes etc.
Notes on class tutored by John Styon at the University of Sydney, 1983.
Notes on class tutored by David Beer on Shakespeare.
Kevin Jackson workshop, 1991.
Script Breakdowns of classes attended on ‘The Children’s Hour’, ‘Don’s Party’ and
‘Slaughter of St Theresa’s Day’.
Very old training  source material.
Murree Hutchison Directors/Actors Guide.
New Theatre class notes.

BOX  7
Play Scripts:
‘Had We But World Enough’ by Oriel Gray. Directed by John Armstrong, 1950.
‘Out of Commission’ by Mona Brand. Directed by John Armstrong, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1955
‘Black Diamonds’ by Frank Hardy. Directed by John Armstrong, 1958.
‘The Night of the Ding Dong’ by Ralph Peterson. Directed by John Armstrong, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1959
‘Sandhog’ by Earl Robinsobn & Waldo Salt. Directed by John Armstrong, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1962
‘A Raisin in the Sun’ by Lorraine Hansberry. Directed by John Armstrong, 1962.
‘The Marriage’ by Nikolai Gogol. Directed by John Armstrong, 1963.
‘You’ve Never had it So Good’. N.T. Revue. Directed by John Armstrong, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1965.
‘Mother Courage’ by Bertolt Brecht. Directed by Edmund Allison, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1966.

BOX 8X
Play Scripts:
‘The Sign in Sidney Brusteins’s Window’ by Lorraine Hansberry. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1966 (2 folders).
‘America Hurrah’ by jean-Claude Van Itallie. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1968.
‘The Death of Bessie Smith’ by Edward Albee. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1971.
‘What’s New’ by N.T. writers. Co-Directed by Marie Armstrong & in cast, 1973.
‘The Ghost of John Davies’ by Mona Brand. Directed by Marie Armstrong & in cast, 1976 (2 folders).
‘The Awful Truth Show’ by Co-Operative of feminist writers. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1978 (2 folders).
 
BOX 9
Play Scripts
‘Yobbo Nowt’ by John McGrath. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1981 (2 folders).
‘First Class Women’  by Nick Enright. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1982 (2 folders).
‘Fifty Not Out’ by N.T. writers. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1982.
‘The New in Concert’ by N.T. writers. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1983.
‘Waiting for the Parade’. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1984.
‘Oh How We Danced’, 1985.

BOX 10
Play Scripts:
‘Neighbourhood’. Major Show that was aborted, 1985.
‘Tales from Hollywood’. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1986.
‘Absolutely Well’ by Gar Jones. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1987-88 (2 folders).

BOX 11 
Play Scripts:
‘The Death of Philip Robertson by John Tomlinson. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1988 (2 folders).
‘Reedy River’ by Dick Diamond. Marie Armstrong assistant director, 1988.
‘The Life of Gallileo’ by Bertolt Brecht. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1989.

BOX 12
Play Scripts:
‘Older Women’s Network’.  Marie Armstrong in cast, 1990.
‘Queen Christina’. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1990.
‘The Hired Man’ by Melvyn Bragg. Directed by Marie Armstrong, 1991 (2 folders).
‘The Chapel Perilous’ by Dorothy Hewitt. Choreographed by Marie Armstrong, 199?
‘Everything Old is new Again’. N.T. 60th Anniversary Show. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1992.
‘Riders to the Sea’ by J.M. Synge. Workshop. Marie Armstrong in cast, 199?
‘Portrait of an Artist. Directed by John Rado. Marie Armstrong in cast, 1994 (2 folders).

BOX 13
Play Scripts:
‘One Word We’ by Morrie Mulheran. Directed by Frank Barnes, 1995.
‘Merry Christmas Pauline Hanson’, 1996.
‘Don Juan Comes Back from the War’. Directed by Kevin Jackson, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1996 (2 folders).
‘The Torrents’ by Oriel Gray. Rehearsed reading directed by Marie Armstrong, 1998.
‘Lots More Funny Business’. Various writers. Directed by G. Falson, Marie Armstrong in cast, 1999.
‘Life is a Funny Business’. Various writers. Directed by G. Falson, Marie Armstrong in cast, 2000.

BOX 14
Photographs:
John Armstrong - portraits, productions etc.. 
Marie Armstrong - portraits, productions etc 
Theatrical performances: 'The Ghost of John Davies', 1977; 'Caucasian Chalk Circle', 1977; 'Waiting for the Parade', 1984; 'Oh How We Danced', 1985; 'Tales from Hollywood', 1986; 'Death of Philip Robertson, 1988; 'Life of Gallileo', 1989; 'Queen Christina', 1990; 'The Hired Man', 1991. 
New Theatre Conference, Adelaide. Performance of 'Reedy River' & 'Under the Coolabah Tree'.  

BOX 15
Photographs:
Marie Armstrong’s mother Beatrice (Babs) Nicholls/Tancred/Stonehouse, 1930s-98
(contents list included)
Family and descendants of Marie Armstrong’s mother (contents list included).

BOX 16
Photographs:
Growing up, 1930s-50s; development of performance skills, 1930s-90s; various workplaces and staffs, 1960s-93; friends 1930s-90s (contents list included).
Family and Friends.
Neighbours at Fore Street, Canterbury, 1940s-99 (contents list included).

BOX 17
Photographs:
John and Marie Armstrong, 1949-1984. Includes: wedding and honeymoon; portraits; holidays; friends and acquaintances; nursing home (contents lists included).
Friends mainly through the New Theatre 1950s-99 (contents list included).

BOX 18
Photographs:
New Theatre productions, 1973-1999 (contents list included).
New Theatre productions, other co-operative productions & film shoots, 1946-72 (contents list included).
‘Absolutely Well’. Co-operative production, 1980s.
Older Women’s Network performance, 1990s.

BOX 19
Photographs:
Drama Study Tour USA, London, Moscow, 1979 (contents list included).
Miscellaneous Events, 1990-98 (contents list included).
Marie Armstrong and Philip de Carle, 1970s-80s, 1998 (contents list included)

BOX 20
Photographs:
Holidays, 1947-88 (contents list included)
Tour of China ( China Friendship Tour), 1982.
Tour of India, Nepal & Thailand (with Fay Lindsay), 1985.

BOX 21
Photographs:
Annual Christmas Diners at Fore Street, Canterbury, 1980s-96.
Annual Christmas Dinners at Ashfield and Katoomba, and some birthdays, 1982-98.
Annual Christmas Dinners of New Theatre Management Committees held at various restaurants, 1982-97.
New Theatre participation in: May Days; picnics, think tanks, 1980 & 1997;committee members at Newtown premises; back stage at Wharfies Hall; Brisbane National Conference.
Various parties and friends, 1960s-90s.
Friends, 1970s-90s.

MLOH 726  RESTRICTED
Sound Recordings (Not to be issued - master tapes only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History).
Audio cassettes:
1. Interview with George Sklar, Hollywood, 1979.
2. Morgan Gregory interview with Marie Armstrong on Women in Theatre, International Women’s Day, 1989.
3. Michael Carlton interview with Gill Falson on New Theatre, 2BL, 1997.
4. Jack Lang tape for use in N.T. production.
5. & 6. Barbara Finch. Spoken letters to Marie Armstrong, 1995 .
7-12. Marie Armstrong.

POSTERS
The Hired Man, New Theatre, 28 Sept.-16 Nov., 1991. (Call no. POSTERS 2491)
Portrait of an Artist,  New Theatre, 15 Oct.-17.Dec., 1994 (Call no. POSTERS 2490)
Lots More Funny Business, 11-26 Feb., 1999  (Call no. POSTERS 2489)

VIDEOS
'Absolutely Weill'.
New Theatre Christmas Show, 1992 (2)
Miriam Hampson Memorial.
'Here Comes Kisch!' & 'Waiting for the Parade'.
China Tour, 1984.
Marie Armstrong - TAB - Introduction to Flight.
'Promised Land'.
New Theatre 60th Anniversary Conference, 1992.
'The Hired man', New Theatre, 1991.
Stella Adler.
'Cody', 1994; Diamonds/Minding Girl.
Cody. 27.2.95. The Tip Off.
Forbidden Newtown.
'The Ghost of John Davies'.
Marie Armstrong Show tape.
Spokeswomen.
'Come in Spinner' (2)

SERIES 2: Papers of John Armstrong
BOX 22
Appointment Diaries, 1960-61, 1964-65, 1967-73, 1975-76, 1979-81
Bank Pass Books, 1960s-1980s.
Communist Party membership card, 1966-67.

BOX 23
Various certificates including Birth and Marriage Certificates of John Armstrong and his parents, 1901, 1923, 1924, 1951.
School Reports from Punchbowl Primary School, 1935; ‘The Canterbury Tales’- Year Books from Canterbury Boys High School, 1936-38, Intermediate Certificate, 1938; and Dept. of Education Infant Reader, undated.
Copies of documents re service in the RAAF during World War II, 1943-46
Correspondence. Includes letters written while on service with the RAAF), 1943-45 and letters, 1961-72.	
Young Elizabethans Tour, 1960 program, newscuttings, photographs,  and scripts for ‘Richard II’ and ‘Twelfth Night’; Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown program for ‘Julius Caesar’, 1959.
Taxation Office papers, 1960s-1981.
Photographs: Family and Childhood, 1930s-40s; Family, friends & New Theatre friends 1940s-50s; World War II Air Force service in Queensland & New Guinea, 1940s. 
Three photograph albums & a photograph wallet: Family and Air Force.

Marie Armstrong papers, ca. 1890-1999, with papers of John Armstrong, 1901-1981

Sub-series 1: Angus & Robertson book reviews in bound volumes, 1894-1970

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Helen L'Orange papers, 1900-2002

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