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The series consists of letters received by Mary Andrews in her official capacity as Principal of Deaconess House. Some of the letters are addressed to 'Head Deaconess' an office that Mary Andrews held concurrently with the office of Principal and beyond her retirement. Selection of the letters in this series has been made on an individual basis based on the subject of the letter. Letters include matters to do with candidates, their placements, monetary donations. The letters are placed in bundles according to decade. The is no precise sorting within the bundles. The papers have not been placed into acid free folders. No item listing has been made. Series numbers only are written on the folders. More detailed work needs to be performed at a later date.

Events, correspondents by name, IVF programs, and topics of interest to the General Secretary.
Agricultural Christian Fellowship 1961
Agricultural Christian Fellowship 1964-1968
Agricultural colleges 1966
American Scientific Affiliation correspondence 1959-1960
Andersen, Professor F.I. 1961-3
Articles and conference papers 1960s
Asian Student Intercessor 1965-1966
Australian Council of Churches 1967
Australian Nurses’ Christian Movement correspondence 1961
Australian School of Pacific Administration Christian Fellowship 1958-1964
Becroft, Colin K. (Scripture Union) correspondence 1960
Beeck, Merlin & Clive correspondence 1959-1960
Bible study
Bible study discussion guides – prepared by Clive Beeck in 1962
Boyd, Robert – correspondence re. visit 1966-1967
Brisbane visit 1969
Campus Crusade for Christ 1968
CENEF board 1962-1971
Cole, Alan – 1966 visit
Connole, P. 1963-1965
Country town missions 1960-1961
Dental 1950
Diploma of Religious Education – Old Testament exam papers
Diploma of Religious Education – Psychology in R.E.
Diploma of Religious Education 1956-1963
Dobbie, Lt-Gen Sir William and Lady Dobbie – Australian tour 1946 (includes photographs)
Dr A. Murray Clarke - correspondence 1966-1967
Emu Book Agencies Board 1963-1969
Emu Book Agencies Ltd. 1960-1968
Ephemera
Essay competition 1968-1970
Evangelical associations (not IVF) correspondence 1958-1961
Evangelical Library 1961
Evangelical Library correspondence 1958-1960
Evolution 1944-1959
Foord, Dudley – correspondence 1966-67
Freshers 1965
Garner, Rev. G. 1962-1963
Godden, Rosalind 1961-1964
Guinness, H.W. 1968-1969
Handbooks 1960s-70s
Harvey Trinder Insurance Brokers 1948-1971
Inspiration 1955-1957 (Includes correspondence with & articles by T.C. Hammond and J.I. Packer)
IVF Publications Advisory Committee 1964-8
John Stott mission 1958
Macmillan, Malcolm 1961-1963
Malcolm, W. – General Secretary IVF NZ 1962-1963
McIntyre, L. 1961-1963
Media Skills conference 1971
Missionary secretary 1947-1961
Missionary Secretary 1961-63
Moody, John 1959-1963
My pledge - replies 1959-1964
Mystery Miler – short story by Paul White
Newcastle 1961-62
Newport House – plans and specifications – Paul White 1950
Overseas tour 1950 – Paul White
Pharmacy Students Christian Fellowship 1961-1962
Phua Seng Min correspondence 1966
Prayer Secretary 1949-1958, 1959-61
Public Relations Advisory Committee 1963
Publicity 1950-59
Remington Typewriters 1969-1971
Rev. Stan Skillicorn 1965-1968
Smith, Sir Arthur – visit 1954
Social Workers’ Christian Fellowship 1960
Society of Christian Mission 1964-8
Summer Institutes of Linguistics 1965-6
Summer Reading School 1938-51
Teague, Baden (IVF travelling graduate) 1966-1968
Townsville 1961
Travelling scholarship 1948-1961
Treasurer 1950-58
Tyndale Fellowship 1959-1967
Tyndale Fellowship of Australia 1953-1958
University missions 1956-1961
Visit of C.S. Woods 1960-1962
Volkswagen/car insurance 1964-1971
Week of Witness Armidale 1961
Williams, Rev. Basil – Travelling Secretary 1944-1946

Correspondence sent and received in P.T. Nicholson's capacity as Secretary of the Moore College Committee. Includes discussion of the construction of the college's dining hall, and other maintenance work on college properties. Also includes documents relating to bequests.

Correspondence and related documents for properties owned by the Bible Society, including their lease and sale.
Leichhardt property – 1958-1970
Bendigo property – 1965-1972
Victoria property – R.B. Amery estate – 1966-1967
Victoria property – Edward Roy estate – 1967
Ballarat property – 1967-1972
Victoria – property – 1968-1969
Chatswood property – 1969-1974
2 O’Brien St Newcombe Vic – 1969-1973
Property – correspondence – 1970-1972
Geelong property – 1971
Property officer – Commonwealth Council – 1971-1975
Karratha land – 1971
Property – Deakin ACT – 1971
Residence – Belair St Hobart – 1971-1972
Property – Barragoon St Hobart – 1972-1975

The series relates to Canon Stewart's position as Honorary Commissioner for the Moore Theological College Centenary Fund Appeal (1954), and Moore Theological College Committee Treasurer, 1961-1975.

Mary had a strong sense of her role in history. Following her return from China her roles as Principal of Deaconess House and as Head Deaconess saw her taking a unique position in women’s ministry, she was tireless at taking every opportunity to address church groups of various kinds on her twin loves as missionary work in China and women’s ministry; she kept copious diaries.[See Series 2, 1932-1996] She played a major role in many organisations developed to foster women’s ministry and she was a figure in some secular organisations This sense of being chosen led to her prepare an autobiography. The manuscript was offered to Anzea Publications but on 1 March 1975 the Manager advised that no-one was available to edit the manuscript for publication. It is unknown whether she offered it to other publishers.
The original order of the manuscripts in this series is unclear. There is one major sequence of 88 pages but many drafts particularly of her period in China. The major section was originally in a folder with several other sections. The page numbering was not helpful in determining the order so this material has been treated as one item. Other sequences were identified separately and each sequence has been considered separate item.
It is possible that she prepared more than one draft. And also likely the the various drafts on her period in China were used as source material by Margaret Yarwood Lamb whose partial biography 'Going it Alone: Mary Andrews - missionary to China 1938 to 1951' published by Aquila Press in 1995 is confined to Mary’s formative years and missionary service.
This series also includes material that appears to have been collected for the purposes of a biography - letters, reports, short histories. This material includes letters to family members and circulars for the mission field; her license to serve as a female Deacon in Shaohsing-Chekiang, March 1948; news clippings.

Christian missions, Religious education, Historical theology, Christian ethics, Christian worship, NT, Gospels and epistles of John, OT, Early church history, Doctrine