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Conference Committee 1957-62 and Conference Committee 1962-68 [Minutes], Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of meetings include reports from the Superintendent of the Women’s Welfare Department. From 1959 these list ‘cases’ and give details about the situations of particular girls and babies admitted that year. Throughout minutes names are included in different ways. Pseudonyms (Christian name) are used, occasionally with real name of child handwritten next to pseudonym…

Minutes, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of the Women’s Committee, Babies Home Auxiliary, and Babies Home Aid. Each deals with aspects of the running of the homes. Babies Home Auxiliary includes copies of Matron’s reports. Names of children not mentioned. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held…

Girls Home [Minutes], Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings include attached Matron’s monthly reports with information of admissions, discharges and babies born. Rest of minutes concern general administration of home. Quantity: 1 notebook. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at the Uniting Communities. Access Conditions All…

Minutes of the board of management, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings include attached Matron’s monthly reports (from 1951 onwards) which record number of children in the home, give information about admissions and discharges including reasons for admissions, record adoptions, health and other issues. No names are mentioned. Minutes also provide background on the day-to-day running of the home including maintenance, alterations and…

Girls Home [Minutes], Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings include attached Matron’s monthly reports with information of admissions, discharges and babies born. Rest of minutes concern general administration of home. Quantity: 1 notebook. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at the Uniting Communities. Access Conditions All…

Annual Reports to the District Convention, Lutheran Church South Australia District, Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home

These reports contain yearly updates on the home providing information about numbers of children admitted, staff changes and building developments. No names of children are mentioned. Access Conditions Most records at the Lutheran Archives are available for inspection. Some records have closed or restricted access. Some private records that are less than 30 years old…

Babies Home Minutes, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Minutes of monthly meetings including summaries of Matron’s monthly reports with numbers of admissions and discharges. Minutes also provide information about day-to-day running of home. Quantity: 1 notebook. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at Uniting Communities Access Conditions All personal…

Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home [Administrative File]

Department for Community Welfare administrative file titled Lutheran Children’s Emergency Home (GRS 4164/4. File no 14/13/2). General administrative file with reports, licensing agreements and correspondence between the Department and the home management committee. The file contains one news clipping regarding the opening of the home. No children’s names or information appear in this file. Access…

Beth McMenamie Records, Vaughan House

Photographic slides and prints and a scrapbook documenting the activities of Vaughan House while it was under the direction of Superintendent Beth McMenamie. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library….

Aboriginal liaison files – South Australia Youth Training Centre (SAYTC)

Liaison files for young Aboriginal offenders remanded at SAYTC. Includes court mandates, assessment panel reports, liaison court instructions, admission reports, reports on social, family and personal background, medical information and psychiatric reports. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very…