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Papers of Miss Mary Windeyer, Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library, 1932-1952

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Unique IDAS-1185DateBetween 2nd November 1932 and 11th April 1952Date qualifiercircaFormatVarious - See Descriptive NoteDescriptionThese papers relate to the Children’s Library at the Surry Hills Free Kindergarten. The City of Sydney Council Minutes show that approval was given to the City of Sydney Council to ‘take over the library’ from the Kindergarten Union of NSW on 28 March 1949 (Minutes of Council CRS7 3474/48. City of Sydney Archives). The library was to be known as The Sarah Elliott Children’s Library Denham Street.

The material includes:
• Minute book for the Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Committee (1932-1936). We understand this belonged to Mrs Ruby M Windeyer who was the Vice-President/President of the Committee.
• Children’s Library - Roll of members 1940-1948.
• Children’s Library - List of members 1947-1949.
• Correspondence to and from Miss Mary B Windeyer between 1940 and early 1950s, including handwritten letters from Crown Street Public School and typed correspondence from the Minister of Education, and Sydney Council relating to the transfer of the Children’s Library to the Council in 1949.
• A detailed report covering the background of the Children’s Library, and operating instructions, including a Dewey Decimal document.
• Typed Annual Reports (foolscap) and financial statements for the Children’s Library.
• 5 unnamed photographs of a suburban property.
• Leather suitcase with the initials R.M.W.

The items were donated to the SDN Archives in a leather suitcase, with the initials RMW (Ruby M Windeyer, Mary Windeyer’s mother). These papers were owned by Miss Mary B Windeyer. Miss Mary Windeyer was the niece of Margaret Windeyer, the Surry Hills Free Kindergarten librarian. Mary’s involvement in the Children’s Library began c.1929, having been a volunteer at the Kindergarten prior to this. Her mother, Ruby M Windeyer was the Vice-President and later, the President of the Surry Hills Free Kindergarten.

The collection was donated to the City of Sydney Archives by the SDN Archives, SDN Children's Services on 14 October 2015, Michelle Goodman was the donating Archivist. The donor, Ann Mitchell, can be contacted by Michelle Goodman at the SDN Children's Services Archives.

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library (known as the Sarah Elliot Children's Library after 1949). Papers of Miss Mary WindeyerLanguageEnglish (eng)

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Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - The Public Library of New South Wales - Abridged

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - Roll of Members

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - List of Members

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Agenda Book 1932-1936

Children's Library at Surry Hills Free Kindergarten - 5 unnamed photographs of a suburban property-

Children's Library at Surry Hills Free Kindergarten - Annual Reports 1945-1949

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - Carlton Free Kindergarten Annual Report 1935-1936

Children's Library at Surry Hills Free Kindergarten - Financial Statements

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - Reports and Background Notes

Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library - Correspondence

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CSA114372

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID1185System of arrangementVarious - See Descriptive Note

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Papers of Miss Mary Windeyer, Surry Hills Free Kindergarten Children's Library, 1932-1952