Summary
Alternative Name(s): Leaflet
Membership card for the Melbourne branch of the Young Women's Christian Association. The card was owned by Karina Nartiss and was used 1950-1959. Born in Latvia in 1925, Karina married Alozijs Nartiss in 1946, their daughter Liga was born in 1947. They migrated to Australia in 1949 after spending time in a displaced persons camp in Ludwigsburg in West Germany from 1948-49. In Australia Karina, who had trained as a dancer, worked as a photographic model and was featured on the last paper 10 Pound note, issued in 1956.
Physical Description
The membership card is a rectangular yellow card folded in two. All sides of the card have print on them. The Y.W.C.A. logo is printed on the front in blue. Personal details have been handwritten.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Home & Community
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Performing Arts Museum, 13 Aug 1991
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Place & Date Made
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Organisation Named
Melbourne, Young Women's Christian Association, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1950-1959
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Person Named
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Place & Date Used
Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1950-1959
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Inscriptions
The front page reads Y.W.C.A./ Aim/ To take our share in furthering all/ that strengthens Christian character,/ sound knowledge, and health of body/ and mind./ To encourage understanding and/ friendship between the peoples of the/ world. The names of Mrs. Karina Nariss and of the secretary Meysie R. Law are handwritten inside. Yearly membership renewals are handwritten and are stamped by the Y.W.C.A. Melbourne. The back page summarises the Purpose of the Y.W.C.A. This is written in both English and German.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
15.1 cm (Length), 10.2 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
15.1 mm (Length), 10.2 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Latvian Communities, Latvian Immigration, Settlement, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945