Papers: Material relating to the Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1961-1981) including scrapbook, minutes, correspondence, annual reports and newsclippings; Papers on the International Bible Contest (1964-5; 1969); Australia/Israel Society for Cultural Exchange (1973, 1982); Typescripts and articles by Ruby Rich, and A Part of Tomorrow (play); Personal correspondence with Jewish musicians (including Hephzibah and Yehudi Menuhin); Photos: family, from about 1879 - 1984, Torch of Learning Award, United Nations Peace Prize, 1976.

Contents include minutes [1929-1968], annual reports, financial records, newscuttings and miscellaneous papers, correspondence and subject files on topics such as the Child Welfare Act and divorce laws.

Detailed list available in repository.

Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings, notes etc dealing with women's achievements and rights, music scores, photographs, pamphlets, songsheets; minutes of the Equal Pay Conference, 1958; items about Vida Goldstein, British women police, Eleanor Mary Hinder, Henrietta Szold, and general women's matters; postage stamps and a curriculum vitae.

Correspondence, manuscript, minutes, speeches, broacasts, cuttings, publications, mainly relating to Ruby Rich's involvement in numerous women's, Jewish, cultural and international organisations. They include the Australian Federation of Women Voters, International Alliance of Women, Women's International Zionist Organisation, United Nations Commission on Status of Women, Racial Hygiene Centre, Family Planning Association of New South Wales, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Judge Rainbow Memorial Appeal Fund, United Nations Association of Australia, Commonwealth Countries' League, Australia-Israel Society for Cultural Exchange and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Correspondents include her sister Vera Wild and Bessie Rischbieth, Edith Hedger, Julia Rapke, Constance Davey and Maurice Schalit.

National Library of Australia, 'Papers of Ruby Rich (1888-1988)', 1999, http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/7493.html. [ Details... ]

Created by Julia Rapke
Manuscript drafts of biographical papers on the following: Anderson, Mary (11 p.); Brennan, Jennie (7 p.); Couchman, Dame Elizabeth May Ramsay (13 p.); Deakin's daughters, Brookes and Ivy Deakin; Rivett, Stella (Deakin) Lady; White, Vera (Deakin) Lady (14 p.); Goldstein, Vida (21 p.); Holman, May (16 p.); James, Britomarte (23 p.); Lyons, Dame Enid (17 p.); Rich, Ruby (19 p.); Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (36 p.); Sweet, Georgina (22 p.); Waterworth, Edith (16 p.); Woinarski, Gertrude Zichy- (10 p.); Young, Jeanne (10 p.).

Correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings and copies of the Federation's official journals The Dawn and Equality. Main correspondents included in the collection are first Federation president, Bessie Rischbieth, early president and overseas representative Ruby Rich, and other presidents Irene Greenwood, Estelle Collmann, Dorothy Adams and Lorelei Booker

Descriptive list available in repository (25 p.).

Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings, notes etc dealing with women's achievements and rights, music scores, photographs, pamphlets, songsheets; minutes of the Equal Pay Conference, 1958; items about Vida Goldstein, British women police, Eleanor Mary Hinder, Henrietta Szold, and general women's matters; postage stamps and a curriculum vitae.

Interview date: 4 June 1975. Interviewer, Hazel de Berg.
4 cassettes (ca. 210 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. + transcript (70 leaves).
Mrs Rich details her family background, childhood and education ; speaks of her travels to Europe and America to further her musical studies ; staying in Davos, Switzerland during World War I ; her involvement with the Feminist Club in Sydney in the early 1920's ; the background of the Feminist Club and its achievements ; her involvement with the Family Planning Association in 1933 ; Mrs Rich speaks of her many involvements with various associations and organisations.
Subject (Personal) Rich, Ruby, 1888-1988 Interviews.
Subject (Corporate) Feminist Club (Sydney)
Subject (Topical) Feminists Australia Interviews.
Occupation Feminists. lcsh
Personal Name (Added) De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984.
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Interview date: 11 May 1976. Interviewer, Hazel de Berg.
3 cassettes (ca. 141 mins) : 1 7/8 ips. + transcript (47 leaves).
Rich speaks of the beginnings of the Racial Hygiene Assocation (1926) ; she explains the objectives of the organisation ; the attitude of Government and society towards birth control ; she speaks of Viola Smith and her accomplishments as a lawyer ; her background and work at the United Nations.

Interview date: 4 August 1975. Interviewer, Hazel de Berg.
2 cassettes (ca. 72 mins) : 1 7/8 ips. + transcript (24 leaves).
Rich speaks of the International Women's Year (1975) ; her work for and the significant features of Women's Year ; Jessie Street.