On the cover this month
Mrs Street is greeted by a storm of applause on her arrival at a dinner given in her honour by the United Associations of Women
From the Jessie Street Papers (1889-1970)
Manuscript Collection, MS 2683/11/11
Jessie
Street founded the United Associations of Women in 1929 and held the
office of president from its inception until 1942. As a feminist
campaigner, political activist, and a persistent representative on
behalf of the underprivileged in Australia and abroad, Jessie Street
made a valuable and enduring contribution to the development of human
rights in the 20th century. Her papers in the National Library’s
Manuscript Collection (MS 2683) provide evidence of an extraordinary
life (see article p.3).
August 2005 Volume XV Number 11
THE LEGACY OF JESSIE STREET
Lenore Coltheart researches the papers of the indefatigable Jessie Street and reveals an exceptional woman of diverse activity and influence
JOHN BUCKLAND AND HIS TRAINS
Bob Parker recalls the life and work of railway enthusiast John Buckland through his examination of the photographs, papers and books that form the Buckland Collection
IMMIGRATION MINISTERS IN MANUSCRIPTS
In the second instalment on Australia’s Immigration Ministers, Barry York looks at the Manuscript Collection
'THE MIRACLE AT BIRDSVILLE'
Judith McKay salutes the end of an era for one of Australia’s remotest' communities
PHOTOGRAPHY SPEAKS: IMAGES OF TELLING TALES
Curator Kate Rhodes introduces the forthcoming touring exhibition, Good Looking: Narrative Photograph Past and Present, from the National Gallery of Victoria
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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