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The Women's College, University of Sydney

Title
The Women's College, University of Sydney
Repository
The Women's College, University of Sydney
Date Range
1891
Description

The collection focuses on the history of The Women's College, its staff and students including their biographical details and careers.

Major Holdings•
•Women's College Council and sub-committees: Minutes 1891- (2m); finance records (2m); architectural plans & specifications for College buildings 1892- (10m).
•Women's College: Calendar 1893-1989 & Journal 1992- (annual report) (1m); Administration records 1892- (25m); Student record cards & Roll books 1892-1939 (8m).
•Students' Club & sub-committees: Magazine 1914- (1m); Minutes 1917- (5m).
•College and Students: photographic collection 1892- (8m).
•The Ladies' Committee of the Women's College Fund: Minutes, correspondence & miscellaneous printed material 1887-1895 (1m).
•Individuals: personal correspondence of Louisa Macdonald to Eleanor Grove 1892-1898; manuscript and correspondence of Christopher Brennan and John Le Gay Brereton concerning A Mask (1913).

Quantity
70 m
Access
2 weeks' advance notice of visit desirable with information about topic and purpose of research. 30 year rule applies to original records but may be waived in special circumstances by written application to the College Council.
Finding Aid

•Annable, Rosemary, (compiler) Women's College Archives Shelf List, 1991.

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Site-wide information and acknowledgements

National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

http://www.womenaustralia.info/archives/AWH002331.htm

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