(103 ms boxes + 45 archives boxes + 2 small folio boxes + 5 medium folio boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 30 map folios + 1 ms carton + 1 folder)
Abstract Or Scope
MS 7073 comprises manuscripts, research notes, typescript drafts, galley proofs, draft notes and correspondence concerning writing and publication of Summers' book Damned whores and God's police, and her autobiography Ducks on the pond. Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Melanie Beresford, Ann Curthoys and staff of Penguin Books. The collection includes a cuttings book containing press cuttings about Summers and Damned whores and God's police; files of research notes; cuttings; and, correspondence on a wide range of topics including women and poverty, single parents, family, Caroline Chisholm, child care, Aboriginal Australians, rape reform proposals, suicide, women unionists, education, prostitution, racism, Womens' Electoral Lobby, Adela Pankhurst Walsh, women and the media. The collection also includes material relating to the journal Refractory girl and the publication of Her story: Australian women in print 1788-1975. There are papers and material relating to Gamble for power; papers relating to the "free Sandra Willson" campaign and Ms and Sassy magazines; transcripts and video tapes relating to the ABC TV program "Anne Summers in conversation with six Aussie men" (1994); and, various papers relating to women's issues (66 boxes, 7 fol. boxes).The Acc07.177 instalment includes a wide range of correspondence; files on various publishers and projects; and, material relating to The end of equality, Ms and Sassy magazines, Good weekend and Greenpeace International (19 boxes).
Logs, letter-books, correspondence and other papers concerning voyages of HMS Beagle, HMS Acheron and HMS Havannah. They refer to surveys of Northern Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Correspondents include E.J. Eyre, P.P. King and J.S. Roe.
The collection is largely concerned with three generations of the Delprat/Teppema family, documenting their lives in the Netherlands, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay. It is distinguished by the remarkably complete and well-ordered nature of the family's correspondence, particularly between Tania Teppema/Hemblys-Scales and her parents. There are also letters of Daniel Delprat (1816-1840) and his son F.A.T. Delprat (1820-1933); letters and papers of Guillaume Delprat and his wife Henriette (1894-1937); material relating to the musical career and travels of Carmen Delprat (1904-1956); personal and diplomatic papers of Peter Teppema (1912-1960), photograph albums, diaries, invitations, press cuttings and several extraordinary items of realia, notably a nineteenth century tortoiseshell-bound Dutch bible; a ceremonial Japanese lacquered bowl presented by the Emperor of Japan and a lacquered box containing Japanese insignia and ribbon. The collection also contains material on Sir Douglas and Lady Mawson and photographs and other items relating to Broken Hill and the Newcastle Steelworks.
Acland Papers 1841-92 including letters of W. Acland written from the Australian Naval Station 1883-85 and correspondence with the entomologist Rev. William Cotton 1841-46.
The collection comprises papers of the late Mrs Patricia St Leon (nee Burke), who was one of the nine original flight attendants employed by Qantas Empire Airways in 1947 and includes photographs, correspondence, documents and published material relating to both her personal life and career with Qantas.
The papers in MS 9152 include correspondence (mostly with G.A. Bishop), research material, notes, cuttings, ephemera, printed material and other papers relating to the Federal Pacifist Council, conscientious objectors, War Resisters International, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pacifist Movement of Victoria, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Peace Pledge Union, Religious Society of Friends, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Peacemaker and other pacifist and peace movements.
Correspondence 1858-1945 Subjects include: New Zealand lizards; mud fish from Hokitika, New Zealand; lizards and butterflies from New Hebrides; sponges from the Philippines; butterflies and insects from New Guinea; appointment of taxidermist for Public Library, Museum and National Gallery of Victoria; and sale of Gilbert Raynor's collection of Australian lepidoptera.
This finding aid lists programs and ephemera which document 1936-1940 Australasian tours of the Ballets Russes, primarily based on material in the National Library of Australia's Performing Arts Programs and Ephemera (PROMPT) collection.