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Title
Letters by Louis Macdonald, 1892-1898
Creator
Louisa Macdonald, 1858-1949
Call number
MAV/FM4/3106
Status: unavailable
Level of description
fonds
Date

1892-1898
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
932428
Physical Description
1 microfilm reel of textual material - negative
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Louisa Macdonald, 1859-1949, came to Australia in 1892 as first Principal at the Women's College, University of Sydney, a position she held until 1919.
Scope and Content
The letters, written to friends in England from Strathmore, Glebe Point, Wallabadah station and the Women's College refer to happenings during the foundation years of the College and also contain comment on Sydney society of the period. Part of a letter to Miss Macdonald, 1 January 1895, by an unknown writer, is at the end of the reel
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-473 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Keyword subjects:
Women -- Australia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Women -- Education (Higher) -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
Women's colleges -- Australia -- Sydney
Name
Women's College (University of Sydney)
Subject
Women--Australia--Social life and customs--20th century.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1891-1901.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1901-1945.

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