01882ctc a2200313 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001200066035001600078035001200094035001200106043001200118045001700130100003100147245003700178260001500215300001100230500004400241506004300285510007000328520063300398545034601031600004101377650004601418650003601464656003001500656002001530984001801550106991820091015151136.0091015m19161980at 1 neng d1 a9760298 9nla06005141 91988895 a1069918 au-at---2 bd1916bd19801 aBraddon, Violet,dd. 1980.10aPapers,f1916-1980h[manuscript]1 c1916-1980. a75 cm. aManuscript reference no. : NLA MS 6943. aAvailable for reference. Not for loan.4 aGuide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ;cE30. aA collection of 25 scrapbooks containing letters, invitations, photographs, newspaper cuttings and other papers documenting Lady Braddon's social activities, public campaigns, political interests and travels. There are also loose letters, travel diaries, publications and cuttings. The correspondence is mostly with public figures including Sir Robert Menzies, Malcolm Fraser, Sir James Killen, John Carrick, Andrew Peacock, Ian Sinclair, Tony Eggleton, Eric Willis, James McClelland, Lord Mountbatten, Edward Heath and Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. One scrapbook contains a letter and manuscript of Ethel Turner. aViolet Wheelihan (1899-1980) who married the Sydney businessman Sir Henry Braddon, was a traveller, supporter of charities, and inveterate campaigner and letter-writer on numerous national and local issues. She was closely associated with the Liberal Party and the Festival of Light and conducted a long crussade against the N.S.W. land tax.10aBraddon, Violet,dd. 1980xArchives. 0aPolitical activistszAustraliaxArchives. 0aLobbyistszAustraliaxArchives. 7aPolitical activists2lcsh 7aLobbyists2lcsh a3554cMS 6943