Material relating to Francis Needham Bell.

Some of the social events that Francis Needham Bell participated in. Includes: Longreach, Isisford, Yalleroi, Barcaldine and desert amateur picnic race club statements, programs and reports, 1930 to 1943. -- Race Book of Colil Basil Peter Bell, 1904. -- 31 Dance cards of Francis Needham Bell, 1932 to 1946.

Dance card details: Wednesday, 18 July 1934 Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 20 July 1934, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 9 November 1934, Longreach First Annual Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 18 July 1935, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 8 November 1935, Longreach Second Annual Diggers' Ball, crest of Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia on cover. -- Friday, 1 May 1936, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club Annual Ball. -- Friday, 3 July 1936, Bachelors' Ball, 1936, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Wednesday, 22 July 1936, Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball. -- Thursday, 23 July 1936, Caledonian Association Longreach Annual Ball. -- Friday, 24 July 1936 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 13 November 1936, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 29 April 1937, Bachelors' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, list of Barcaldine Bachelors on last page. -- Friday, 30 April 1937, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Annual Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine,tangled. -- Thursday, 22 July 1937, Caledonian Association, Longreach, Annual Ball, no pencil. --Friday, 23 July 1937 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 23 July 1937, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 20 August 1937, Matrons' & Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine. -- Friday, 12 November 1937, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 21 July 1938, Caledonian Association, Longreach, Twenty-first Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 11 November 1938, Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall, Longreach, no pencil. -- 1939, Matrons' Ball. -- Friday, 21 July 1939, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Thursday, 18 April 1940, Barcaldine and District Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Friday, 19 April 1940, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Share Hall, Barcaldine. -- Friday, 24 May 1940 Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball. -- Friday, 12 July 1940, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Wednesday, 23 April 1941, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, - -- Friday, 18 July 1941, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, -- Friday, 17 May 1946, Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball. -- Tuesday, 22 July 1958, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball, undated.

Invitation (poster) and dance card for a dance held in the Engineering Drawing Office, 26 July 1930. Dance card includes names penciled in on the engagements page and on the back, including Dot [Dorothy] Hill and Gordon Berg.

Original University of Queensland degree certificate awarded to Walde Gerard Fisher for a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours in the School of Classics, 10 May 1916; and ten original dance card program cards relating to dances Walde Fisher attended between June 1913 and October 1914. Most include handwritten recordings of dance partners by Walde Fisher, and some have coloured pencils attached with coloured cotton yarn.

The dance cards are all small booklets made of lightweight card with the schedule of dances printed on inside the booklet on the left-hand side. On the right-hand side of the booklet there is a space to write, with the pencil provided, the name of dance partner for each dance. Occasionally the dance cards are a double-sided card rather than a booklet. There are four spare pencils with yarn, three cards with no pencil attached and one incomplete card.

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Small dance card, cover only, with green pencil attached to card with light green coloured yarn. The cover has a drawing of a man sitting beneath a gum tree.

Juvenile Ball dance card for 17 October 1914. This dance card is made of lightweight card folded in the centre to make a booklet. It has split on the fold. The cover of the dance card has 'Juvenile Ball in aid of Red Cross Fund by Miss St. Ledger's Pupils. Centennial Hall, Saturday, October 17, 1914'. Inside on the left-hand side the 'Programme' with a list of 12 dances, accompanying music with the supper break after dance number 7. The right-hand side has 'Programme' with space to write the name of dance partners for each dance.

Women's College dance card for 3 July 1914 with a small white pencil attached to the card with white coloured pencil cream coloured yarn (15 cm). This dance card is made of lightweight card folded in the centre to make a booklet, with decorative edges. It has split on the fold. The cover of the dance card has 'Women's College. Dances. St. Mary's Hall, July 3rd, 1914'. Across of the top of the inside of the card is 'Programme'. Inside on the left-hand side is a list of 16 'Dances', accompanying music with the supper break after dance number 7. The right-hand side has 'Engagements' with space to write the name of dance partners for each dance.

This is an unused St. John's College dance card for 25 June 1914. The blue pencil with an attached light blue coloured yarn (25 cm) is not attached to the dance card. This dance card is made of lightweight card folded in the centre to make a booklet, with decorative edges. The cover of the dance card has 'Programme. St. John's College. Brisbane, 25th June, 1914' and the crest of St. John's College on the front. Inside on the left-hand side is the 'Dances' listing 15 dances, accompanying music with the supper break after dance number 7. The right-hand side has 'Engagements' with space to write the name of dance partners for each dance.

St. John's College dance card for 25 June 1914, with a pink coloured yarn (26 cm) attached. The pencil is missing. This dance card is made of lightweight card folded in the centre to make a booklet, with decorative edges. The cover of the dance card has 'Programme. St. John's College. Brisbane, 25th June, 1914' and the crest of St. John's College on the front. Inside on the left-hand side is the 'Dances' listing 15 dances, accompanying music with the supper break after dance number 7. The right-hand side has 'Engagements' with space to write the name of dance partners for each dance.

University of Queensland Student Union dance card for 10 June 1914, with small pink pencil attached to card with pink coloured yarn (27.5 cm). This dance card is made of lightweight card folded in the centre to make a booklet. The cover of the dance card has 'U.Q.S.U. 10th June 1914' and the University of Queensland crest at the top. Inside on the left-hand side is the 'Programme' listing 20 dances, the time of the dance, and accompanying music with the supper break after dance number 8. The first dance began at 9 pm and the last at 1.18 am. The right-hand side has 'Engagements' with space to write the name of dance partners for each dance. Along the bottom of the inside is 'Trams .... 1.30 A.M.'