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Front row: Paul Brunton, Curator of Manuscripts (left) Alan Ventress, Mitchell Librarian (right)
2nd row: Margy Burn, Director Australian Research Collections & Collection Services (4th from left)

Mitchell Library staff, 2 July 1998 / by Kylie Bishop, photographer, State Library of New South Wales, Image Library

BOX 1:
 
Book of Honour, 1996, compiled by Elaine Odgers Norling, concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 26 April 1996

Includes program, newscutting from Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Apr. 1996, and 150 colour photoprints and duplicates
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being distinguished guest speaker, Dagmar Schmidmaier (State Librarian);  co-convenors Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Mrs Gordon Samuels (wife of the Governor and Patron of the NCW);  Hon. Faye Lo Po, MP AM, Parliamentray Hostess (Minister for Women and Minister for Fair Trading);  Clare Cusick (President, NCW (NSW));  Professor Beryl Nashar OBE (Past International President, IFBPW);  and Margy Burn (State Library of NSW)
Photographs of honoured women: May Dwyer, Merle Deer AM, Edith Gilmour, Dorothy Hampton, Winifred Harrison, Doris May, Amy Messenger, Bessie Mitchell, Molly Newman OAM, Alice Oxley, Ruby Saulwick, Gwen Smith, Ivy Vandervord, Ursula Ware, Ethel Watson and Ann Wemyss
Photographs of other attendees, including Marlene Arditto, Joan Bielski, Martha Sear, Rosemary Block (State Library of NSW), Nancy Brazier, Pat Dixon Hughes, Jean Garling, Philippa Hall, Maryanne Larkin, Joan Pilone, Wilma Radford, Ruth Ross, Carlie Spence, Rosalind Strong and Anne Summers  
 
Book of Honour, 1997, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 7 April 1997

Includes program and 65 colour photoprints, with photonegatives:
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being distinguished guest speaker, Hon. Justice Deirdre O'Connor (President, Commonwealth Industrial Relations Commission);  co-convenors, Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Mrs Gordon Samuels (wife of the Governor and Patron of the NCW);  Hon. Faye Lo Po, MP AM, Parliamentary Hostess (Minister for Women and Minister for Fair Trading);  Clare Cusick (President, NCW (NSW));  Ella Keenan (National President, BPW Australia);  Pauline Griffin (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University);  Peg Blake and Marlene Arditto
Photographs of honoured women: Merle Deer AM, Doreen Donovan, Eva Fulton, Jean Garling, Edith Gilmour, Dorothy Hampton, Winifred Harrison, Miriam McKelvie, Joy Maxwell, Doris May, Molly Newman OAM, Ivy Vandervord and Ursula Ware 
One honoured woman, Alice Oxley, did not attend the luncheon
Photographs of inaugural Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Jennifer Durran 
 
BOX 2:
 
Book of Honour, 1998, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 27 March 1998

Includes program and 82 colour photoprints
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being distinguished guest speaker, Dr Shirley Fitzgerald (City of Sydney Historian);  co-convenors, Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Hon. Jan Burnswoods MLC, Parliamentary Hostess;  Dagmar Schmidmaier (State Librarian);  Pauline Griffin AM (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University);  Peg Blake;  Marlene Arditto and Joan Pilone
Photographs of honoured women: Carol Adamson, Evelyn Blackwell, Barbara Byrne, Merle Deer AM, Doreen Donovan, May Dwyer, Edith Gilmour, Lorna Gilmour, Dorothy Hampton, Winifred Harrison, Doris May, Doris Murray, Molly Newman OAM, Marjory Nix-James, Alice Oxley, Elsie Phillis, Jean Sticpewich, Ursula Ware and Ethel Watson
Undated photograph of Jean Arnot and unidentified woman at the former's residence [?]
Photograph of Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Sue Scott
 
Book of Honour, 2001, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 11 May 2001

Includes program and 129 colour photoprints and duplicates
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being distinguished guest speaker, Shirley Sinclair;  co-convenors, Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Hon. Faye Lo Po, MP AM, Parliamentary Hostess (Minister for Women);  Lyn Williams (President, BPW (NSW));  Dagmar Schmidmaier (State Librarian);  Peg Blake, Peg McEntee, Marlene Arditto and Felicity Barr (Deputy Commissioner, Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Photographs of honoured women, with accompanying biographical entries: Carol Adamson, Dr Isobel (Ida) Bennett AO, Gladys Cox, Merle Deer AM, Dorothy Dufffy, May Dwyer, Edith Gilmour, Lorna Gilmour, Esme Sabina Harman, l Holland, Dr Claudia Leach, Doris May, Rita Mitchell, Clarice Morris, Alice Oxley, Rose Peach, Hazel May Pickford, Laurel Reeves, Elva Taylor, Elma Maud Thomas, Marie Walker, Bon Walter and Daphne Wight
Photographs of Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Frances Manning
 
BOX 3:
 
Book of Honour, 2002, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 12 April 2002

Includes program and 204 colour photoprints and duplicates
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being guest of honour, Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE;  distinguished guest speaker, Dr Jan Roberts;  co-convenors, Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Hon. Meredith Burgmann MLC (on behalf of Hon. Faye Lo Po);  Marion Smith (President, NCW (NSW));  Judith Van Unen (National President, AFBPW);  Marlene Arditto and Marjorie James OAM 
Photographs of honoured women, with accompanying biographical entries: Carol Adamson, Rose Argent, Doris Beckham, Gladys Cox, Dr Isobel (Ida) Bennett, Dulcie Elizabeth Bevis, Merle Deer AM, Lorna Gilmour, Lily Crook, Ellen 'Nellie' Ellis, Moira Ferguson, Esmae Sabina Harman, Mary St John Henry, Peg Hobson, Frances Inns, Nance Irvine OAM, Doris May, Elsie Lawrie, Joyce Lowenthal, Vera Ruth McMillan, Rita Mitchell MBE, Edna Palmer, Alice Oxley, Rose Peach, Merle Puddicombe, Elaine Pedon, Laurel Reeves, Norma Rhodes, Genevieve Robinson, Nell Seddon, Kate Stonehold, Sylvia Trainor, Bon Walter and Daphne Wight
Biographical entries were also provided for two honoured women who were absentees: Edith Gilmour and Mollie Newman OAM, and for Marion Armstrong, Dorothy Dufty, May Dwyer and Elma Maud Thomas
No photograph was enclosed of the Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Emma Dowling
 
Book of Honour, 2004, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 30 April 2004

Includes program, letters received from attendees and 117 colour photoprints
Photographs of distinguished guests and organisers, being guest of honour, Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC;  distinguished guest speaker, Susannah Fullerton;  co-convenors, Val Buswell OAM and Joan Elliston AM;  Hon. Alison Megarrity, Parliamentary Host;  Leonie Christopherson (President, NCW (NSW));  Nola Barkl;  Elizabeth Ellis (Mitchell Librarian, State Library of NSW);  and Alan Ventress (Associate Director, State Records of NSW)
Photographs of honoured women, with accompanying biographical entries: Margaret Ackhurst, Dorothy Ashton, Mona Birrell, Violet Butler, Edna Challener, Min Clifford, Vera Daer, Ruby Ellen Davies, Marcia Egan, Jean Florence Fleeman, Marjorie Ethel Flower, Mavis Jean Heywood, Mollie Honeyman, Edna May Hughes, Agnes Wilson Jeffries, Sister Patricia Keating, Patricia Loane, Sister Paul McCrone, Beth Meehan, Beatrice Ann Orr, Alice Oxley, Gwendoline Agnes Palazzi, Edna Palmer, Elsie Amy Phillis, Gwyneth Porter, Ruth Theodora Prior, Merle Puddicombe, Laurel Reeves, Anne Rothe, Betty Shwabsky, Ann Spellacy, Ada Walsh, Bon Walter, Daphne Wight and Ellie Wood 
Photographs of other attendees, including Margaret Plummer, who led the singing of the National Anthem 
Photographs of Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Karen Williams
 
BOX 4: 
 
Book of Honour, 2006, with additional inserts, 1994, 2003, compiled by Lorna Kyzelis, concerning the Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon, Parliament House, Sydney, 28 April 2006

Includes program and 115 colour photoprints
Photographs of distinguished guests and other attendees are accompanied by captions, and in most cases those of the women honoured are accompanied by biographical entries. The album begins with photographs of the late Jean Arnot MBE FLAA and Val Buswell OAM. Distinguished guests and organisers include distinguished guest of honour, Felicity Barr (Chair of the Ministerial  Advisory Committee on Ageing and Chair of the Board of War Widows' Guild NSW);   distinguished guest speaker, Dr Shirley Fitzgerald (City of Sydney Historian);  convenor, Joan Elliston AM;  Dr Meredith Burgmann MLC, Parliamentary Hostess;  Beverley Pavey (President, NCW (NSW));  Marilyn Forsythe (President, AFBPW (NSW));  Marlene Arditto;  Nola Barkl;  Jerelynn Brown (Acting Assistant State Librarian and Mitchell Librarian);  and Alan Ventress (Associate Director, State Records NSW)
Photographs of honoured women: Elsie Bryson, Mary Allen, Clara Applebaum, Doris Beckenham, nee Woodcock, Frances Burton, Violet Butler, Hilda Marjorie Clark, Margaret Hazel Connell, Joyce Crich, Betty Cuneo, nee Pye, Christina Henry, Vera Daer, Dorothy De Low, Marcia Egan, Florence May English, Vonnie Flower, Mona Doris Green, Esme Wraith Griffiths, Jessie Grover, Anne Haines, Lola Harding-Irmer, Mavis Eileen Harrigan, Bertie Cecil Lloyd, Marjorie Maul, Peggy Miller, Edna Norton-Baker OAM, Odette Palmer, Dorothy Ransom, Violet Robbins, Margret Reynolds, Iris Sharp, Claire Mary Simmons, Betty Swinburne, Patsy Weaver (no biographical entry), Olwen Thom, Val Trevivian, Bon Walter, Daphne Wight and Silvia Winifred Woods. Three ladies who were unable to attend, Alice Oxley, Thora Thomas (accepted on her behalf by Carmel Keys) and Jean Lewis Mullin, nee Malor, have biographical entries.
Photographs of Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship winner, Elizabeth Beales (Barossa Council Public Library, Nurioopta, SA)

Collection 01: Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon Books of Honour, 1996-1998, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006, being albums compiled by Elaine Odgers Norling and Lorna Kyzelis for the National Council of Women (NSW) Inc. and BPW Australia, formerly the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women Inc.

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