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From the collection of Stawell Historical Society Inc

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Archive, Red Cross Records, 1939 - 2004

Physical description

2 Archive Boxes:
Archive Box 18 contains:
BAG 1
1 Red Cross First Aid Group. Black Folder 1954 - 1968 Exams
1 Grey Cover July 1944 to April 1945 (Minutes). Group to Disband & Join Red Cross and become Stawell Red Cross Emergency Company.
1 Red Cover - Red Cross Service Company Annual & General Meeting Minutes July 1970 to 1 September 1989.
March & September 1978 Meetings abandoned due to insufficient persons attending.
21 September 1989 Meeting called to finalise all Accounts & distribute equipment.

BAG 2
1 Plastic Sleeve: Contains 1 X Loose sheets of Miscellaneous Information.
1 Green cover Shell Exercise book - Miscellaneous Information.
1 The Great Blood Bank Evolution with Blood Donor Book Mark.
1 X3 Exercise Books: Monthly List of Donors.
1 Green Cover Shell Exercise Book Aug 1960 - Feb 1968
1 Green Cover Shell Excerise Book April 1968 - July 1979
1 Angle Striped Cover Student Excercise Book Spet - 1979 - March 1982.

BAG 3
Blood Bank: Blood Donors & Voluntary Staff at "Blood Takes" 1962 - 1989
1. Blue and White Dimond COver Exercise book: Sept. 1964 - June 1968
1. Blue and White Check with Green Border Embassy Exercise Book: July 1968 - June 1973.
1. Blue Dimond Cover Exercise Book. Aug 1973 - Mar. 1983
1. Red Bound Bound Blue Book. Aug 1with Blood Bank Sticker: April 1983 - June 1989.
BAG 4
1 X Bank Statements

BAG 5
1. Plastic Bag: 2 Junior Red Cross First Aid Booklets.
1. Grey Cover, Red bound Disaster Times Register & Catering Register.
1. Gordon Exercise Book. Brown Cover Bool Disaster Times & Catering Registers 1984--1988 ( 2 Entries)
BAG 6
1. Plastic Sleeve: Assorted Newspaper cuttings, Photos, cerftifcates
3 X Plastic Scapbooks 1961 Mid 1990's
BAG 7
1 Plastic Sleeve: Red Cross Recollections Cassette Tape Made By Mrs Rene Hall, Mrs AliceBurton, Mrs Mill Walker, Mrs Jean Hughes; recorded by Elizabeth and2 hand written recollections my Mrs Jean Hughes and Mrs Ivy Newman.
1 Blue Cover Invicta Reservoir Esercise book: Distributing Book: List of Materials and wool supplied to members & What They Made for solders. 1939 - 9/06/1943.
1: Australian Red Cross Knitting Book.
1. Australian Red Cross Victorian Division Pyjamas etc.
1. Small Book Tennis Tournament 1939 with Photocopy of 2 Newspaper Cuttings.

BAG 8
1 Plastic Sleeve: 6 News Sheets.
1. Branch Management Book 1940
1. Unit Information Handbook 1985
1 Treasurer's Handbook 1997
1 Office Bearer's Handbook.' 1999
*1 . Stawell Unit Award & Commendation in green folder 1985.
1. Roll of Article from Stawell Times 1,9,1999'
1 Cardboard around wrap for Pewter Wien Goblet sold as a Fundraiser
1. Pewter Bell donated for meeting by Annie N=Neil, and engraved as the Annie Neil Bell
1. Blue Covered book: Study of Red Cross Services ( Stawell Branch) 1939 - 1945 By Christina Joy.

* Calico Cloth with Australian Red Cross

These were attached to Garments owned by Red Cross.

e.g. Short Gowns used at Blood Bank Had one on the Pocket.

Archive Bos 19
BAG 1
1 Mottled Black over Red bound. Mon Oct 2 1939 Public Meeting called to form branch in Stawell.
Committee meeting to Aug 1946 Page 281.
Pages282 - 283 Minutes of Special Meeting: Feb 1942
June 1940
Aug. 1940
2. Public Meeting called to reform the Red Cross Emergency Service 29/07/1942 to 20/03/1970

BAG 2
1: The Original Subscription Book 1939-1940
2: Annual Roll Call Books 1941
1: Gordon Exercise book - Memberships 1941/42
1942/43
2: Membership Rolls: 1944/45 - 1950/51
Membership Rolls 1952/52 - 1959/1960.
1: Red bound Mottled Grey Cover Book - Memberships 1942 - 1968
Sundry Entries
1: Blue Cover Roll Call 1975 - 2002
1: Striped Cover Roll Call 1991 - 2005
1: Membership Subscriptions 2002 - 2004
1 Yellow Cover Office Bearers and Committee Members

BAG 3
1 Treasurer's Cash Book 1939 - 1943
1 Receipts & Expenditure 1939 - 1943
1 Red Cover Receipts and Expenditure 1965/66 - 1983
1 Red Bound Receipts and Expenditure 1989 1993
1 Green Cover Receipts & Expenditure 1994 -2003
1 Red and Black Cover Receipts & Expenditire 1995 - 2004
1 White Cash Book 2004

BAG 4

1 Red & Grey Marble cover Red Cross Committe Meeting May 1947 - Oct 1955
2 Special Meeting Minutes:
Feb 1951
Nov 1951
1 Brown Bound Minute Book Red Cross Committe Meeting Nov 1955 - Feb 1963
Special Meeting November 1960
1 Red Bound Account Book Used as Minutes March 1963 - Sept 1970.

BAG 5
1 Red Bound Black book: Annual Meeting Book 1942- 1989
1 Red Mottled Cover Book Annual Meeting Book 1990 - 2004

BAG 6
1 Red Cover Book: Oct 1970 - June 1978
1 Red Mottled Cover Book: July 1978 - Nov 1987
1 Red Mottled Cover Book July 1996 - May 2004

Tray Cloth with Red Cross
Identification Tag Stitched on.
(Donated by Graeme McDonough Aug 2010)