This collection is an accumulation of items donated to the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society by various families, businesses, community groups and individuals. It includes the Wagga Wagga Public School, Wagga Wagga High School, Wagga Businesses, NSW Railways, NSW Police Department (Wagga Wagga Division and Narrandera and Griffith Division), David Copland and Co., CSU Regional Archives, Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, Lake Albert Common Trustees, Harding Family Collection, Janet V Buckeridge Collection, Telecommunications, Wagga Wagga Grammer School, Wagga Wagga School of Arts, Brendan and Iris Leahy Collection, Wagga Wagga City Council, Vincent Family, John Paynter, and miscellaneous photographs.
Wagga Wagga and District Historical SocietyPhotographic negatives taken for "The Daily Advertiser" newspaper (1964-2001);
Bound volumes of "The Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter" newspaper (Oct 1868 - Mar 1875);
Bound volumes of "The Wagga Wagga Advertiser" newspaper (Mar 1875 - Jan 1911);
Bound volumes of "The Daily Advertiser" newspaper (Jan 1911 - Dec 2015);
Bound volumes of "The Riverina Rural Weekly" newspaper (1976 - 1979); and
Bound volumes of "The Southern Rural" newspaper (1980 - 1987).
Bound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (2014-2015) and "The Southern Cross" newspaper (2014-2015).
Australian Community MediaMinute books and newsletters
Probus South Pacific Ltd.Bound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (1983 - 2014).
The Riverina LeaderBound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (2003) and bound volumes of "The Southern Cross" newspaper (2016-2014).
Photographs on CD-ROM for newspapers of The Riverina Group (including The Daily Advertiser, The Southern Cross, The Area News, The Irrigator, The Rural News, and The Leader).
Misc. pages on CD-ROM from The Daily Advertiser.
Branch correspondence, minutes, reports and cash book (and short history of Branch); Riverina Group minutes, reports and publications (inc. history of Group; CWA of NSW publications (inc. Directories and history) and financial reports.
Country Women's Association of NSWPublications and submissions compiled by Go Green Services (eg. Statements of Significance); publications relating to Wiradjuri people and places; publications and notes relating to environemental and heritage issues.
Dick Green of Go Green ServicesSubject files, RSL property files and constitutions, photographs, newspaper clippings, research papers for RSL books, and ephemera.
William Harold FifeMinute books, treasurers' books, balance sheets, scrapbooks, correspondence, Branch history.
Country Women's Association of NSWResearch files from work on the history of the Chinese in the Riverina ("Tracking the Dragon").
Dr Barry McGowan, historianMargaret Read's scrapbooks and folders of newspaper clippings, invitations, programmes and photographs relating (mostly) to the Wagga Wagga Art Society.
Margaret ReadBound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (2008-2009).
The Riverina LeaderMinutes, correspondence, financial records, account books, receipt books, cheque book butts.
Country Women's Association of NSWNewspaper cuttings books, minute books, cash payments and receipts book, members index and annual fees book and miscellaneous papers.
Wagga Wagga Tennis AssociationMiscellaneous committee minutes, financial papers, records relating to the establishment of a Ladies Annex, various building plans and specifications, Articles of Association (1961), photographs, ephemera.
The Riverine ClubBound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (2004-2005).
The Riverina LeaderCommittee minutes, financial records, Members' Registers, Suggestion book, Building Plans, and Annual Reports.
The Riverine ClubDiaries, bank statements and balances, classing and mating reports, correspondence, subject files, photographs, publications, parish maps, plans, sheep sale posters and topographical map.
Clarence James DaleyMinute books, correspondence, subject files, conference papers, membership records, Federation papers and policy, newsletters, publications, photographs.
Soroptimists International Inc.Minutes, attendance, correspondence, financial records, by-laws and rules, newsletters, press clippings, photographs, and badges.
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital AuxiliaryBound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (1979 -2000).
The Riverina LeaderDiaries, filing indexes, Wal Fife's office files, Joe Schipp's Office files.
Joe Schipp, politicianMinute books, financial members books, attendance books, photographs, address book, birthday books, diaries, petty cash book, receipts and payments books, correspondence, publication, conference papers, Younger Set records etc.
Country Women's Association of NSWCorrespondence, subject files, memoranda, Higher Education material, research data, Faculty publications, submitted papers, VHS tape.
Associate Professor Alan NicholElectoral Office files from Griffith and Wagga Wagga.
Noel Hicks, politicianMinute books, cash books, correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, meeting agendas, treasurer's files, audio tapes, conference reports, discussion papers and reports.
Business and Professional Women's ClubMinutes, correspondence, and subject files from the Union Board, the Student Welfare Council, and Sport Council; working files for various publications, CSU committes, and Rivcoll services and clubs; files relating to the Albury and Goulburn Campuses.
(Stu/Uni Box nos. 516 - 525, 1129 - 1171, 1392 - 1410, 1469 - 1481, 1849 - 1862, 2054 - 2055)
Rivcoll Student Representative CouncilMinute books, correspondence, cash books and subject files.
Soroptimists International Inc.Subject files and agendas.
Rivcoll Student Representative CouncilCourse and subject files created by Connie Willis, a lecturer in consumer affairs.
Connie Adams, academic"The Pride of South Wagga" Official Bulletin of the South Wagga Lions Club (1970-1987), treasurer's papers, 14th District Convention records, 1990 and 1997 Convention reports.
Lions Clubs AustraliaXerox copies of minutes of Board of Trustees, correspondence, and transfer files.
Wagga Wagga City Art GallerySubject files, minute books and ephemera.
NSW Ex-POW Association, Wagga Wagga BranchPapers relating to the Riverina Community Library Service Committee; Wagga Wagga City Library; the Management Review Committee; library surveys; library staff; Friends of the Library; Consumer Information for Disabled / Information on Disability - Equipment, Access, Services (I.D.E.A.S.); publications on libraries; Wagga Neighbourhood Centre; International Year of Peace Committee; Riverina Community for Nuclear Disarmament; Wagga Homebirth Support Group; Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre; Rawlings Park. (Photos of Duncan Marshall, aerial photos, Lake Albert Common and Rawlings Park Reserve).
Duncan Marshall, librarianSubject files.
David Gilbey, academicResearch notes and photographs re Wagga Experiment Farm and Wagga Agricultural College book "From Farmboys to PhDs".
June Sutherland of Wagga WaggaSubject files, branch minutes, reports, correspondence and memos.
National Tertiary Education UnionBound volumes of "The Riverina Leader" newspaper (1980-1995).
The Riverina LeaderMinute book, minutes and reports, Apex Club Association Convention minutes and papers, District Convention minutes, Zone and District minutes and reports, Apex District club files, circulars, District Governors' reports, correspondence and publications.
Association of Apex Clubs of AustraliaWorking files, manuals and books of clippings.
National Tertiary Education UnionCorrespondence and subject files, publications and flags.
Rotaract Club of Wagga WaggaMinute books, publication "100 Years of Golf 1895-1995", correspondence, cash book and profit and loss statements.
Also, minute book (1938-1949).
VAD Unit papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, record books, annual reports, minutes (incomplete), correspondence, examination papers and results, membership lists and ephemera.
Australian Red Cross SocietySubject and correspondence files.
Margie Schmid Leys, academicCorrespondence and subject files, minutes and publications.
Australian Society of Soil Science, Riverina BranchMinute book, correspondence from headquarters, and general correspondence.
Soroptimists International Inc.District 970 Committee minutes, accounts, charter histories for Zones 1-3 and 5, correspondence, audit reports, District Board meeting minutes, membership file, proposals and address book, district directories, slides, photographs and ephemera.
Rotaract Club of Wagga WaggaPhotographs, scrap book, badges, reports, memorabilia, list of ex-students, publications and manuscript of "Quick Brown Foxes".
Wagga Wagga Commercial CollegePresident and secretary's reports, correspondence, annual reports, receipts, publications, minutes of meetings, membership books, photographs, newspaper cuttings, balance sheets, minute books, treasurer's analysis book and journal.
Australian Red Cross Society