Newsletters and Prayer Letters
Typescript newsletter with updates on Deaconess House, the Homes of Peace, the prayer fellowship, and a devotional message from the Head Deaconess. Also includes mailing list from 1976.
Home of Peace for the Dying (Petersham, NSW)
Personal records of individual Deaconesses
Scrapbooks with news clippings relating to deaconesses. Also includes pamphlets, photographs and orders of service.
Nominations for honours and awards
Correspondence and reports relating to the nomination of people associated with ADM for honours and awards.
Nomination of Deaconess Joan Hartley for an award within the Order of Australia - 2005
Nomination of Mr Adrian Scarra (councilor and director of the Anglican Deaconess Institution) for an award within the Order of Australia - 2006-2007
Partners in Ministry - research project proposal
Proposal for a research project titled "Partners in Ministry: a way forward for the leadership of Christian women in Sydney and beyond" created by Capitol Research on behalf of the ADSIL Board. Includes project outline, report on the context of female leadership, and the context of ministry training.
Supporting Women of Excellence and Leadership scholarship scheme
Terms of Reference, lists of recipients, correspondence and reports relating to the Supporting Women of Excellence and Leadership scholarship scheme, funded by ADM.
Papers relating to the Church of England migration scheme
The Church of England Migration Council brought out young women from the United Kingdom, and placed them under the care of Deaconess House. The young women were then placed in domestic service jobs in households. Deaconess Ruby Short took out a licence for the scheme under the Industrial Arbitration Act on 9th October 1939. Includes lists of 'girl domestics' with arrival dates, ship name and name of employer or caretaker. Also includes lists of Australians requesting domestics, and which type.