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J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes - papers, 1929-1993

J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes - papers, 1929-1993

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7kde49

J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes - papers, 1929-1993

About this item

Full title

J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes - papers, 1929-1993

Date

1929 - 1993

Call Numbers

MLMSS 6381

Record Identifier

Yj7kde49

Reference Code

152477
Physical Description

Contents

7 boxes - 1.19 Meters

Textual Records

Textual Records - (typescript)

Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)

Clippings

Clippings - (photocopy)

Textual Records - (printed)

Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)

Photographs - 4 silver gelatin photoprints

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Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

1950; 'NSW Branch vs Communist Party Dissolution Act 1950', being papers concerning the legal case brought by the N.S.W. Branch of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia and Hughes against the Communist Party Dissolution Act 1950 (Call No.: MLMSS 6381/1)
1952; Papers of the Federated Clerks Union of Australia Conference, Newcastle, N.S.W., M...

Alternative Titles

Full title

J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes - papers, 1929-1993

Notes

General note

This collection was transferred from the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, to the State Library of New South Wales in 1997. Records of the Communist Party of Australia's Central Disputes Committee (CDC) (or Control Commission) which had previously formed part of the Hughes Collection have been repatriated to the Party's series of CDC records...

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes in 1997

Administrative / Biographical history

J. R. (John Rodwell) Hughes was born in Sydney in 1910. He began his career in the Labor movement by joining the Australian Labor Party in 1927 and quickly advanced through the trade union ranks. He was Assistant Secretary, 1933-1941, then Secretary, 1942-1952, of the N.S.W. Branch of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia. Between 1937-1941 he w...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 6381

Record Identifier

Yj7kde49

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7kde49

Other Identifiers

Reference code

152477

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