Wilma McKeown collection of Bertha McNamara papers, 1865-2000.

Copyright status: Manuscripts - in copyright Approval for reproduction required: No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder Out of copyright: Photographs - Created before 1955 Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

A collection comprised of personal papers and photographs from key moments in the life of Bertha McNamara (1853-1931) and research documents. 01. School report of Mathilde Kalkstein, 1865, with translation. 02. Confirmation certificate awarded to Mathilde Kalkstein, 1867, with translation. 03. Letter from Bertha McNamara to the Elberfeldt police in Germany enquiring after her deceased first husband’s inheritance, 1903, with translation. 04. Baptism document of Emilie Mathilde Berta, in German, 18 May 1869. 05. Research documents, provided to Wilma McKeown by the Unions NSW secretary, relating to Bertha McNamara's legacy. These documents mostly concern Bertha’s legacy as a political activist in Sydney, and correspondence organising a bronze memorial in her honour at the Sydney Trades Hall in Goulburn street. 06. Photographic portrait of family inscribed on reverse 'Karl von Kalkstein'. 07. Photographic portrait inscribed on reverse 'Mathilde Emilie Bertha Bredt' / Anson, Hobart. 08. Photographic portrait inscribed on reverse 'Grandma Bredt' / Anson, Hobart. 09. Copy of a photograph of four women and a child identified as: Grandma Vi Brett, Violet David (nee Brett), Bertha Lawson, Mathilde Emilie Bertha Bredt (McNamara) and Wilma G. Brett David, taken at Heidelberg, Victoria, 1930.