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6 academic hoods
1 scarf with Mary Andrews College logo
2 blue cotton Canterbury caps
1 blue wool beret
1 blue cotton detachable collar
1 white cotton detachable collar
4 white blouses
Light blue skirt and jacket
2 dark blue jackets
5 dark blue skirts
Dark blue cotton dress with belt
3 black wool academic gowns - 1 belonging to Margaret Rodgers
3 white cotton surplices
Academic gown, 2 academic hoods, clergy robe and two stoles - belonging to Narelle Jarrett. Donated by Leonie de Groen in 2022 after Narelle's death. The academic hoods are most likely for Narelle's degrees of ThL. (ACT, 1969) and BD (London, 1970).

"Containing news of The Deaconess House, St Paul's Road Newtown, Children's Home Marrickville, Home of Peace for the Dying, Petersham, The Associates and the Junior Associates" - front cover.
Includes annual reports and details of financial donations.
Issues 1894-1897 are photocopies of issues which belonged to Rev Mervyn Archdall.

The Committee was established by Synod resolution 10/1968 at the meetings in October 1968. The role of the Committee was " to Confer with the Council of the Deaconess Institution with regard to the implementations as set out in the Archbishop's Commission Report 1964 and report to Standing Committee before the next session of Synod." The Committee was chaired by Justice Athol Richardson. Members included the Head Deaconess and 9 other lay and Clerical members. It appears that the Committee first met on 24 February 1969. Key considerations were whether Deaconess House should be governed by an ordinance of Synod and whether it could benefit from a closer relationship with Moore Theological College. An information pack of 17 items was provided for members The committee met several times during 1969 and suggested an expansion of the House Management Committee to include members elected by Synod and the Archbishop. There was no agreement between the Committee and Council and it was recommended that the discussions do not proceed.
It appears that this is Mary Andrews' copy of the Committee meetings and that the official records would be held by the Diocese of Sydney.
Also a file that appears to be working papers for the same Committee. Contains many papers concerning Deaconess House and Women's Ministry including the role and curriculum of Deaconess House and statistical material concerning graduates.

List of questions sent to Deaconesses, asking about their activities and finances. Also includes letters sent in reply to the questions.

Terms of Reference, lists of recipients, correspondence and reports relating to the Supporting Women of Excellence and Leadership scholarship scheme, funded by ADM.

'Creating a garden in the city' presentation 2016

Scrapbooks with news clippings relating to deaconesses. Also includes pamphlets, photographs and orders of service.

Permanent Loan agreement form, box listing.

The letters concern Deaconess appointments, arrangements for admissions/ordinations, chaplaincy arrangements and other diocesan matters that need to be made known to deaconesses. Also three booklets including the appointments of the Head Deaconess

Women Now journal - issues 2-5, 1992.
The ministry of Deaconesses - Deaconess Cecilia Robinson (Methuen & Co., 1898)
Stages of Revelation and Faith - Rev Mervyn Archdall (Thynne, 1911)
Book of devotions for use in meetings of Church of England Deaconess Work (Sydney, D.S. Ford, 1918)
The order of Deaconesses: past and present - Ethel Panton and Dorothy Batho (London: SCM Press, 1937)
The devotions of a Deaconess (privately printed, 1953)
The call and the commission : a review of the historical background of the ministry of bishops, priests and deacons in the Anglican communion - Weston, William (Dee Why, N.S.W.: William Weston, 1979)
God's Patience - Dorothy Harris (Australia: the author, 1990)
The vision unfolding: Deaconess Institution 1891-1991 (Sydney: Deaconess Institution, 1991)
Women's ministry: a centenary celebration and a vision for the future (1991)
Caught for life: a story of the Anglican Deaconess Order in Australia - Nora Tress (NSW, the author, 1993)
Going it alone: Mary Andrews missionary to China 1938-1951 (Sydney: Aquila Press, 1995)
Anglicans celebrate 150 years: The Sydney Diocese fulfilling the mission of the Church (Sydney: Diocese of Sydney, 1997)