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Socialist comment / Socialist Parties of Australia and New Zealand.

Socialist comment and review / Socialist Party of Australia and the Socialist Party of New Zealand.

The collection comprises papers of the Wood and Whitfeld families, in particular concerning Professor George Arnold Wood and his wife Eleanor Madeline Wood (née Whitfeld) 

BOX 1
Envelope containing typescript carbon copy of lecture by R.M. Crawford entitled ‘George Arnold Wood’, 1946
Envelope labelled ‘Mrs Danvers Power – A Socialist Farm’ containing material relating to farming communities at Richmond, NSW, 1943-1945
Envelope containing British newscuttings of reviews of G.A. Wood’s books ‘Voyage of the Endeavour’ and ‘The Discovery of Australia’, 1922
Envelope containing typescript carbon copy of an account by Sgt A.E. Matthews, 3rd Battalion, AIF, entitled ‘The Campaign on the Somme in the Winter of 1916-17’, with book of cartoons entitled ‘The Bystander’s Fragments from France’
Envelope containing obituaries of and tributes to G.A. Wood, 1928
Papers mainly relating to the deposit of G.A. Wood’s papers in the University of Sydney Archives, 1899-1983, with an envelope containing family trees of the Wood and Whitfeld families, undated
Envelope containing newscuttings mainly relating to World War II, 1940s
Envelope containing reviews, letters and comments relating to R.M. Crawford’s book ‘A Bit of a Rebel: the Life and Work of George Arnold Wood’, 1973-1976
Album entitled ‘Whitfeld Scrapbook’ containing photographs of English and German locations, including Henry Whitfeld’s house at Ashford, Kent, undated

BOX 2  
Notebook possibly kept by Edwin Whitfeld, ca. 1880s
Books (4) of newscuttings, 1895-1929
Various printed books belonging to E.M. (Whitfeld) Wood

BOXES 3-4
Various printed books belonging to E.M. (Whitfield) Wood, C.A. Whitfeld, G.S. Wood, G.A. Wood and others

BOX 5X
E.M. Whitfeld’s diaries: birthday book used as diary, 1888-1898; pocket diaries, 1934, 1938; notebook
Black & white photographs (2): group of women including E.M. (Whitfeld) Wood; unidentified man
Bundles of postcards (2), ca. 1900s
University of Sydney medals (5) of E.M. Whitfeld, 1889-1895
Book ‘Wayside Thoughts from Tennyson’; envelope of Stratford-upon-Avon photographs; cross-stitch sampler; book cover
2 books of cartoons by John Leech: ‘Pictures of life and character from the collection of Mr Punch’, published 1857 and 1858

Wood family and Whitfeld family further papers, ca. 1857-1976

This collection documents Daphne Gollan's personal life and academic career as a historian, as well as her activism as a libertarian socialist and feminist in Canberra and Sydney. Her papers include diaries, correspondence, research and subject files, printed material and photographs.

This collection is described by the following box listing, being an edited version of one compiled by Susan Magarey, with assistance from Kerrie Round.

BOX 1 
Red folder of official and personal identification documents, 1949-1997, including passports; Russian visas and identification cards; MA Honours degree (ANU, 1969); curriculum vitae; and copy of DG’s ASIO file sent by Bob (Robin) Gollan, 1994

Red folder: ‘Writings About Daphne’, 1981-2001, no date, including obituaries

Blue folder: ‘Thelma [aka ‘Bogie’, DG’s sister]’, 192- - 1981, including letters received from Thelma ‘Bogie’ Morris, 1955-1981, and DG’s school certificates and reports

Green folder: ‘Charles [DG’s brother], 1944-1987, being correspondence with, and including photograph of, Charles Morris

Purple folder: ‘Father [‘Pate’]’, no date, being correspondence with her father

Yellow folder: ‘Letters to Daphne Morris’, 1934-1940, no date, being letters received

Yellow folder: ‘DG Education 1’, 1935-1940, 1963, including school exercise books and university essays, and Russian language tutorial notes, 1963

Yellow folder: ‘DG Education 2’, 1929-ca. 1963, including school exercise books and notebooks regarding Russian Literature and Capitalism, including ‘Marx House Fortnight School 1946’, and ANU exam paper for Russian II, 1955 

BOX 2 
Yellow folder: ‘DG’s Education 3’, inc. notebooks in English and Russian, and bound copy of DG’s MA thesis (ANU, 1967): ‘Bolshevik Party Organisation in Russia 1907-1912’ 

Yellow folder: ‘DG’s Education 4’, 1925-1971, including school certificates and reports, and ANU exam papers for Russian Society and Thought III, 1967, 1971

Purple folder: ‘Klim [DG’s son]’, 1951-1981, no date, being mainly letters received from her son, Klim Gollan

Yellow folder: ‘Kathy [DG’s daughter]’, being letters received from her daughter, Kathy Gollan, 1962-1996, with correspondence beween DG and Bob Gollan, 1945, 1951-1952

Yellow folder: ‘Grandchildren’, 1989-1997, including green folder: ‘Sophy Gollan’ containing typescript interview with DG on the Depression, conducted by Sofya Gollan, and letters received from Sofya, 1996-1997

Blue folder: Correspondence, 1936-ca. 1996, with, among others, D.W.A. (Don) Baker, Betty Booth; Fiona & George Burn; Crossin & Co. (Solicitors); Lloyd Churchward, 1965; Ann Curthoys; Amirah Inglis; Bruce Kent; Susan Magarey, Jack [Stephens ?] and Edgar [Waters ?]

BOX 3
Red folder: Note by Susan Magarey, 2002, indicating that the contents relating to Bob Gollan were removed and sent to him

Purple folder: Letters received from Bob Gollan, 1940-1970, 1993

Folder including envelope labelled ‘Australian National University’, 1945, 1962-1963, being correspondence of DG and Bob Gollan, including letter received by DG from Klim Gollan, 196-, and Amirah Inglis, with photographs

Folder regarding Bob Gollan’s service in the Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1943

Folder of correspondence, 1942-1945, mainly between Bob Gollan and DG

Purple folder,mainly of correspondence between DG and Bob Gollan, 1940-1944

Folder of letters received from Bob Gollan, 1941-1945, 1948

Pale green folder inscribed ‘More letters’, 1945, 1951, 1963, 1967, being correspondence between DG and Bob Gollan

BOX 4
Manilla folder inscribed ‘More of Bob’s letters’, 1938-1943

Green folder, 1944, 1951-1952, 1974, no date including correspondence between DG and Bob Gollan, and Bob Gollan and Klim Gollan, and notebook of Bob Gollan ?

Yellow folder: Letters received by Bob Gollan from DG, 1938-1943, 1962

Blue folder: Correspondence between DG and Bob Gollan, 1939-1945 

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Youth’, 1935-1942, including papers regarding National Youth Parliament [President, Robin Gollan, BA]

BOX 5
Papers regarding campaign against the building of telecommunications tower on Black Mountain, ACT, 1973-1974

Papers mainly regarding DG’s government rental housing at Northbourne Flats, Braddon, ACT, 1971-1982

Political newsletters and related printed material regarding ACT, 1964-1991

BOX 6
Correspondence, 1964-1977, mainly between DG and Nick Origlass, with printed material

Correspondence, 1967-1974, mainly between DG and Nick Origlass, with photograph of Nick Origlass and newscuttings

Green folder: Miscellaneous material regarding Nick Origlass, 1977-1996, including his obituary from The Glebe & Inner City News, 22 May 1996; and letter received from Hall Greenland, no date

Letters received by Nick Origlass from DG, with note/letter from Joan Origlass ?, 1964-1977

BOX 7
Papers mainly regarding Mittagong, N.S.W., 1947-1987, including papers of Robert Douglas Casson and others

Correspondence with Jacques [Mayer], 1949-1951, 1962, no date

Correspondence, 1967-1979, with, among others, Don Baker, Manning Clark, Geoffrey Fairbairn, Bob Gollan, Kathy Gollan, Klim Gollan, Fiona Handley, Susan Magarey (Eade), Thelma ‘Bogie’ Morris, Kath Olive, Alec Robertson, Jack [Stephens ?], and Joe & Lisa ?

Yellow folder: ‘Ironworkers Publications’, being mainly Socialist newsletters, including issues of Workers’ News: Organ of the Revolutionary Workers’ Party of Australia, 1944-1945, and Socialist (Labor Socialist Group), 1942-1945; and chapters 8 & 9 of ‘A History of the Amalgamated Engineering Union’ by Tom Sheridan, being a preliminary draft with related processed typescript material

BOX 8
Research notebook regarding Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia (FIA), 196-

Manila folders of research notes regarding FIA, no date

Papers regarding the Fourth International, 1944-1989, being mainly printed, typescript and processed typescript material

BOX 9
Papers regarding Study Leave in England and Europe, 1976-1977, researching history of the Bolshevik Party and Russian trade unions up to 1921, including photographs, and correspondence, 1975-1977, with, among others, Shirley Bradley, Lloyd Churchward, Kathy Gollan, Susan Magarey (Eade), Roger Marwick, John Merritt, Charles Morris, Thelma ‘Bogie’ Morris, Nick Origlass, D.W. (Don) Rawson and Marian Sawer; with letters received by Nick Origlass, 1976-1977, mainly from Mary Fleming, Daphne Gollan, Joan Origlass and Alan Roberts 

Blue folder: ‘Bruce Kent’, 1970-1989, being letters received from Bruce Kent and copies of his ANU seminar paper, ‘Bureaucracy in Nazi Germany’, 1972

Red folder: ‘Alec Robertson’, 1973-1974, no date, being telegram received, 1973, and undated note, from Alec Robertson, and his obituary from Tribune, 26 Mar.-1 Apr. 1974

Yellow folder: ‘Geoffrey Fairbairn’, 1975-1980, being letters received from Geoffrey Fairbairn

Blue folder: ‘Jacques’, 1972-1976, being correspondence with Jacques [Mayer]

Purple folder: ‘Manning Clark’, being letters received from Manning Clark, 1962-76; catalogue of Noel Counihan exhibition, Chapman Gallery, opened by Clark, 28 Feb. 1982; and newscuttings, 1990-1996

BOX 10
Papers mainly regarding study trip to USSR, 1962-1963:

Manilla envelope: Correspondence, being mainly letters received, with, among others, Betty Booth, Bob Gollan, Kathy Gollan, Klim Gollan, Amirah Inglis and Ian Turner; with letters received by Bob Gollan, 1962-1963, from DG and Helen Palmer

Green folder: Correspondence with, among others, Geoff Curthoys, and research notes, 196- - 198-

Diary, 1962-Jan. 1963, including entries by Kathy Gollan, Jan. 1962; notebook; address book of Bob Gollan ?; diary of ‘Congress events’, 12 Nov.-11 Dec. [1950 ?]; and copy of Teachers for Unity: World Conference of Teachers, Vienna, July 21-26, 1953 (1953); and copy of Teachers for Unity: World Conference of Teachers, Vienna, July 21-26, 1953 (1953)

Loose travel material

BOX 11 
Blue folder of diaries (6), 1949, 1965, 1976-1977, 1981, 1985

Purple folder: ‘Teaching’, 1965-1983, being papers regarding teaching in the History Department, School of General Studies, ANU, with Communist Party of Australia membership card, 1975-1976

Purple folder: ‘Teaching and Seminars’ regarding history courses and seminars at the ANU, 1964-1986

Purple folder: ‘Employment at ANU’, 1972-1983, regarding DG’s employment at the ANU, including DG’s comments on students’ Honours essays 

Folder of minutes of Staff Meetings in the History Dept., SGS, ANU, 1969-1973

Manilla folder: ‘Professional Correspondence’, 1969-1983, with, among others, Manning Clark, Susan Magarey, Suzanne Mourot (Deputy Mitchell Librarian), Carmel Shute, C.G. Plowman (Academic Registrar, ANU) and Lisa ?

BOX 12
Orange folder: ‘Lecture Notes’, 1980-1983, and material regarding Soviet Studies at ANU, 1962, 1980

Manilla envelope inscribed ‘Bleah’ [Blundering Leaps into the Enrichment of Australian History], 1978, no date, being papers regarding discussion group that met in opposition to the Australian Bicentennial Histroy Project

Yellow folder: ‘Student Politics’, 1974, including statements of concern by students following the student rising of 1974 at the ANU

Red folder: ‘Requests For Material To Publish’, 1967, 1978-1981

Green folder: ‘Labour History, Business – Labour Archives’, 1980-1981

Green folder: ‘Miscellaneous Clippings: Mainstream Press’, 1970-1987

Yellow folder: ‘Miscellaneous Correspondence’, ca. 1965-1986, including letter directed to Susan Magarey, 1 Sept. 1978 ?; photonegatives (2); and order of service for State Memorial Service for the Hon. Mr Justice Lionel Keith Murphy, Sydney Town hall, 27 Oct. 1986

Manilla folder, 1978-1979, no date, including papers regarding trip to China, 1978 (including diary); notes by Susan Magarey regarding lecture, ‘Observation of China since the Gang of Four’, by Ian Wilson, 15 Sept. 1978; and drafts of DG’s chapter published in Visiting China (1979), edited by John Reid, with copy of the book

BOX 13
Manilla folder regarding 1984 Federal election and DG’s involvement as a Greens candidate

Manilla folder regarding 1987 Federal election and DG’s involvement as a Greens candidate

Green folder: ‘Miscellaneous papers and Feminism and Feminist Conferences’, ca. 1970-1988, no date

Red folder: Further papers regarding Feminism and Feminist Conferences, 1979-1985, no date, including minutes of meetings of Red Fems, 1979-1980

Manilla folder: Further papers mainly regarding Feminism and Feminist Conferences, 1970-198-

Manilla folder: Photocopied feminism articles, 1968-1986

Loose material, 1970-1975, regarding Women’s Electoral Lobby, including ACT newsletter, Canberra Women’s Liberation Group and Sydney Women’s Liberation Group

BOX 14
Loose material regarding Women, Theory and Practice, 1970-1988, no date

Blue folder: ‘Own Writings’, 1964-1985, being mainly articles, reviews and seminar papers by DG, including photocopy of ‘The Memoirs of “Cleopatra Sweetfigure” ‘ from Women, Class and History (1980) edited by Elizabeth Windschuttle

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Writings’, 1978-1982, including further writings by DG: ‘The Duly and Hansford Strike 1943: Find the Strikers’, and address to History Forum, Melbourne, 14 May 1989

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Articles etc’, being plays by DG, 196-

Manilla folder of book reviews by DG, no date

Manilla folder containing DG’s launching address for Australian Feminist Studies, no. 6

Manilla folder: ‘Miscellaneous’, 1975-1978, no date, including incomplete draft of novel ?

Draft of untitled novel, ca. 1990, being photocopied typescript, with reader’s comments

Manilla folder: ‘Short Stories’, no date

BOX 15 
Folder inscribed ‘1980’s early’, 1977-1988, including correspondence, with, among others, Fiona Burn, Ann Curthoys, Eric Fry, Dianne [Hamer],Ken Inglis, Rupert Lockwood, Susan Magarey, John Merritt, Julia Ryan, Natalie [Staples] and Jack [Stephens ?]; printed material, including invitations, programmes and newscuttings; and photographs, including colour photograph of DG used in her obituary in Australian Feminist Studies, vol. 15 no. 31, 2000

Manilla folder inscribed ‘late 80’s’, 1957, 1978- 1989, including correpondence with, among others, Shirley Bradley, Klim Gollan, Drusilla Modjeska, Susan Magarey, Kath Olive, Carmel Shute and Jack [Stephens ?]

Red folder: ‘Sundry Political Pamphlets’, 1960-1995

Manilla folder inscribed ‘90’s’, 1987-1992, including correspondence with, among others, Drew Cottle, Margaret Grafton, Klim Gollan, Stephen Hall, Amirah Inglis and Susan Magarey

Red folder: ‘Miscellaneous Political Pamphlets’, 1967-1982

Red folder: ‘Miscellaneous Notes’, 1949-1998, including listings by Nick Origlass of issues of The Militant;  and lettercard received, 1962,  by Origlass from Guido [Baracchi ?]

Blue folder: ‘Photocopied Articles and Offprints; Russian History’ (in English and Russian), 1962-

BOX 16
Blue folder: ‘Historiography and Russian History’, 195-, being mainly photocopied articles and off-prints

Green folder: ‘Sundry Political Papers & Pamphlets’, 1945-1955, including The Housewives’ Guide: Official Organ of the New Housewives’ Association, Dec. 1947; ‘Religious Apostolate and Political Action’, The Examiner, 18 & 25 June 1955; and printed material from Socialist Workers Party (NY), 1947

Green folder: ‘Various Historiographical & Political Papers’, 1942-1995, including papers from the Conference for Left Action, Sydney, 1969

Green folder: ‘Miscellaneous Correpondence’, 1962-198-, with, among others, Amirah Inglis, Susan Magarey, Drusilla Modjeska and Jack Stephens

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Russian History Early period to beginning of C19 and superseded survey lectures’, 194-, 196-,  including issues (2) of Fourth International: A Journal of Marxist Theory and International Notes (Syd.), 194-

Orange folder, 1955-1963, mainly of theatre programs and gallery catalogues and notebook of DG’s writing in Russian

BOX 17
Manilla folders (2) regarding French feminism, 197-including notes and photocopies

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Philosophy’, being re French feminism

Manilla folder re the Rainbow Alliance

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Just Society’, 1976, including papers regarding program of seminars at Bradford University, Sept. 1976

Purple folder inscribed ‘Anarchism’, 196-, including notes, articles, conference papers, and printed material, including issues of Federation of Australian Anarchists Bulletin, 1974-75, and Red & Black: An Anarchist Journal (Syd.), 1972-73

BOX 18
Blue folder of miscellaneous material, 194- - 1999, including copy of DG’s letter to The Canberra Times, 1990, regarding working in the ANU Library during the Petrov years, and letter received from Sofya, 7 Aug. 1996; obituaries of DG, 1999; and Flux, being processed typescript magazine, provenance unknown

Manilla folder, 196- - 197-, including printed material regarding Vietnam War Moratorium and nuclear bases in Australia

Envelope of correspondence, 1969-1977, being mainly letters received, with, among others, Crossin & Co. (Solicitors), Geoff Curthoys, Manning Clark, Susan Magarey, Kath Olive, with letter from Bob Gollan to Kathy Gollan, 21 Nov. 1974

Blue folder: Letters received by Bob Gollan, 1935, 1942-1943, 1958, no date,  from, among others, Alan Barcan, 1958

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Ric’s letter’, 1990-1992, including letter received from Ric [Throssell]; DG’s letters to The Canberra Times, 1990, and to Mark ? (Four Corners – ABC-TV), 24 Apr. 1992, regarding her inclusion in a program 

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Peace’, 194- - ca. 1990, being mainly printed material

Manilla folder inscribed ‘Greens’, 1984-1991

Envelope of photographs of DG and her family and friends, ca. 1918-199-, including Nick Origlass and Susan Magarey

Listings of printed material from the Daphne Gollan Papers transferred by the State Library of New South Wales to the Noel Butlin Archives Centre (N154) and the Jessie Street National Women’s Library

Daphne Gollan papers, ca. 1918-2002, with the papers of Bob Gollan and Nick Origlass

BOX 01
Papers regarding submissions to the Queensland Commission into the Status of Women, 1973-1974, including submission from the Women’s Collective, Communist Party of Australia (CPA)

‘Sydney [District] Women’s Collective 1980s’, 1971-1985, including agenda and notices of meetings; letter from Margaret Reid, 1983, compiler of the enclosed copy of A Guide to the Papers of Kath Thomas, Nov. 1983; and speech delivered by Stevens at Marie Gollan’s funeral, 20 Feb. 1985
 
‘Gwen George & Other C.P.A. Women’, ca. 1950-ca. 1982, including notes, leaflets and pamphlets on topics such as equal pay and women and work; copy of ‘Old Places Revisited’ by Audrey Blake; and notes regarding interview with Gwen George

‘Women & Social Liberation’, ca. 1970-ca. 1983, including ‘Sexual Politics’, a discussion paper from the Sydney District and other CPA branches relating to sexual and domestic violence; and working diary of CPA National Women’s Organiser, 1982-1983

‘CPA Women’s Collective’, 1970-1984, including papers regarding the Melbourne Collective, 1973-1984: copy of CPA Lecture Series on Women’s Liberation and Socialism; The Future of the Family; Women, Exploitation and Unionism; and Community and Counter-Culture; with papers regarding the Sydney Women’s Collective

‘Minto Conference 1971’, being papers regarding a Communist Discussion Weekend: ‘Women – Social Liberation – Revolution’, Minto, NSW, 15-16 may 1971, including correspondence and subscriptions

‘Shit Work in the Revolutionary Party’, 1972, including notes on women’s role and staffing in the CPA building, Dixson Street, Sydney

Papers in folder: ‘Sydney District Conference, C.P.A., 20th Congress’, 1957-1965, including issues of The Voice; Bulletin of the Petersham-Leichhardt Branch of the CPA, 1957-1961, and papers regarding West Sydney Section Conference, 1962-1965

‘CPA – Nat.[ional] Women’s Conference 1976’

BOX 02
‘Socialist-Feminist Groups’, 1974-1981, including papers presented at National Women’s Conference on Feminism and Socialism, University of Melbourne, 5-6 Oct. 1974

‘Soc. Fem. Group 1981’, 1981-1983, including papers regarding Socialist Feminist Discussion Group

‘Socialist-Feminist Conference 1987’, 1986-1987, being mainly printed material regarding conference at University of NSW, 4-6 Sept. 1987

‘Frigga Haug’, ca. 1985, including notes on Frigga Haug’s paper on the new women’s movement in West Germany

‘Facts & Figures’, 1971-1984, including notes, newscuttings and statistical information

‘T.U. [Trade Union] Women’s Committee – Post 1940’, 1967, being issue of The Seamen’s Journal, Dec. 1967, featuring special supplement: ’25 Years of the S.U.A. Women’s Organisation’, and notes

‘U.A.W. History’, 1980-1981, being signed photocopied typescript of ‘The Union of Australian Women: 1950-1980’ by Jody Ellis. Thesis submitted as part of the Final Honours Examination in the Department of History, La Trobe University, 1980

‘Coming-Out Programs’, 1978-1980, including notes for Coming Out Show (ABC Radio program) and script for ‘Women and Communism’, no. 18, recorded 4 May 1979

‘Ageing Article for Jocelynne Scutt’, 1992, being drafts of article for Scutt’s book, Glorious Age: Growing Older Gloriously (1993)

‘Tenants Regional’, 1990-1992, being mainly minutes of meetings of Sydney & Central Coast Region Public Tenants Council Incorporated

‘I.W.D. – History’, being research/index cards and two related letters received, 1985, including one from Eva Bacon

‘IWD History Book’, 1984-1986, being papers regarding the book A History of International Women’s Day in Words and Images (1985), including copy of the book, draft chapters and letters received from Nell Johns, 1984; Eva Bacon, 1984; and Vera Deacon, 1984

‘IWD History’, 1984-1986, being papers regarding launching of the book, including letters received from Eva Bacon, 1984-1985, and with editorial and research notes and draft chapter

‘IWD Photos’, 1972-1984, being photographs reproduced in the book

BOX 03
‘Joyce Stevens, July 1980’, being autobiographical account

‘References 1920-1939’, 198-, being research notes on feminist activities in the CPA, with letter received from Win Walsham, 1981

‘References 1939-1945’, including the pamphlet Work Among Men (1943)

‘Notes Post ‘45’

‘Historic Photos’, being mainly photoprints and photonegatives, with letter received from Annette Hamilton, 1984

‘Library Records – Notes – Women Functionaries During WWII’, including incomplete transcript of interview with Cath Olive, 1981

‘Unfinished L. Aarons Interview’, no date, being transcript of interview with Laurie Aarons

‘Gloria Garton’, being edited and final transcript of interview with Gloria Garton, 28 Feb. 1984

‘Jean Devanny’, ca. 1985, being photocopy of edited account by Jean Devanny, received from Carole Ferrier

‘Obituaries’, 1912- , including funeral orations and tributes by Stevens for, among others, Win Walsham (ex-Win Keesing, 1908-1990); Marie Gollan, 20 Feb. 1985; Nancy Atkins (formerly Anne Stevens Mackie, 1910-1986); Esther Aarons (formerly Esther Proctor, 1908-1990); Alex Walter Elphinston (1913-1994); order of service for and newscutting  regarding Brian McGahen (1952-1990); and front cover of the pamphlet The Ghosts (1912) by R. G. Ingersoll

‘Pat. E. Win. O’, being notes regarding Win Olive (b. 1918) and Pat Elphinston

‘Judy Gillett Interview’, being edited transcript of interview, Adelaide, May 1980

‘Jess Grant’, being edited transcripts of interview with Jess Grant (1897-1980), conducted by Laurie Aarons, June 1980

‘Marie Gollan, 1975, 1984, 1986, being notes, newscuttings and edited transcript of interview with Marie Gollan (1904-1985), conducted  by Vicki Wootten, 1975, and Joyce Stevens, 1984

‘Noreen Hewett’, no date, being notes of interview with Noreen Hewett

‘Alice Hughes’, being transcript of part of undated interview with Alice Hughes

‘Edna Ryan’, being edited transcript of interview with Edna Ryan, conducted by Joyce Stevens, 1983, with notes by Ryan

‘Phyllis Johnson’, being edited transcript of interview with Phyllis Johnson, conducted by Margot Oliver, 10 Nov. 1980, and Joyce Stevens, Jan. 1984, with newscuttings, personal papers and letter received from Johnson, 14 June 1989

‘Ina Jones’, being transcript of interview with Ina Jones, 9 Apr. 1980

‘Grace Scanlon, Annie Graham’, being edited transcripts of interview with Annie Graham by Jan Read (Mabel), 1975, and with Grace Scanlon, 1975

‘Topsy Small’, being edited transcript of interview with Topsy Small, 1984

‘Bessie Ridley’, being edited transcript of interview with Bessie Ridley by Ross Edwards, a copy obtained from Trade Union Research Centre, Newcastle, NSW

‘Louise West’, being transcripts of interview with Louise West (1913-1983) by Kate Campbell, Feb. 1982 and by Joyce Stevens, Sept. 1983

‘Eva bacon’, being log of interview with Eva Bacon by Laurie Aarons, 1980, with notes regarding Gladys O’Shane

‘Esther Aarons’, being notes of interview with Esther Aarons by Joyce Stevens, 8 Apr. 1981

‘Joyce Batterham’, being edited transcript of interview with Joyce Batterham (1916- ) by Margo Moore, 21 Feb. 1983, and copy of interview by Margot Oliver, Feb. 1980

‘Flo Davis’, being transcripts of interview with Flo Davis (1902- ) by Margot Oliver, 1979 and by Joyce Stevens, 1983

BOX 04
‘L.C.B. to 1942’, including research material on and the scrapbook of Lucie Barnes, 193-

‘L.C.B. – After 40’s – Women’s Charter & United Associations’, 1946-1977, including research material on Lucie Barnes; letter received from Enid [Maher ?], 1980; and typescript regarding Barnes by Vera Deacon, Oct. 1984

‘L.C.B. Draft – Second Draft’, including draft of work-in-progress, ‘Without Fear or Favour’; newscuttings, 1955, 1966; letters received by Lucie Barnes from Jessie Street, 1952-1953, 1959; Vista Glaser, 1963-1964; and Mary Lawson 1938

‘L.C.B. Script’, including edited draft of ‘Without Fear or Favour’, with comments by Sue [Wills ?]

‘Women in CPA – Various’, 1953-ca. 1985, including notes, newsletters, notices, circulars, reports and minutes of meetings regarding CPA Women’s Collectives; World Congress of Women Documents, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953; newscutting regarding Beatrix Campbell and her mother, Catherina Barnes, from Sunday Times, no date; letters received from, among others, Pat Vort-Ronald, 1973 and Lyn [ ? ], 1975; and CPA Christmas card, 1972

‘The First Ten Years – First Attempt at ‘History’ + Others + Draft Intro’, 1978-1999, including financial records regarding the book Healing Women: A History of Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre (1995); and correspondence with Women & Labour Conference Trust Fund

‘1st 10 Yrs Agmt [Agreement] with Library’, 1999, being folder of papers regarding purchase of the First Ten Years Collection by the State Library of NSW

‘1938 – Rail Road’, being incomplete issue of Rail Road: Official Organ of the ARU, 1 Feb. 1938

BOX 05
‘China Visit – 1986’, 1984-1986, including two photographs of Stevens

‘China Vist 1986’, including National Committee report on visit by delegation to China, compiled by Stevens and Julius Roe, 12 July 1986, and notebooks

‘J. S. Articles’, 1970-1992, including published and unpublished articles, conference and discussion papers, speeches and talks by Stevens, and letters received from Audrey Edwards (National Union of Students Women’s Officer), 1992

‘Personal Papers’, 1941-1992, including correspondence with, among others, Beatrix Campbell, no date; CPA membership cards, 1990-1991; and invitations, including from Central Committee of Communist Party of Soviet Union
to Comrade J. Stevens for reception on occasion of 100th anniversary of Lenin,
22 April 1970 

‘Commune’, 1972-1973, being papers regarding living in a commune at 23 Findlay Avenue, Roseville, NSW, including members’ payments and household expenditure

Photographs, 1949-1956, 1970-1976, of participants of the seminar, ‘The Equality of Women in the USSR’, Moscow, 1956; Sydney May Day, 1971; Joyce Stevens, 1970; Trade Union Women’s Conference, 1976; International Women’s Day, Sydney, 1975; group comprising Joyce Stevens, Dave Davies and Richard Walsham with Stefan Andrei, Nicolae Ceausescu and Petre Danica, 1975; deputation to the Prime Minister of Australia, 6 June 1949, featuring Lucie Barnes , Jessie Street, Lucy Woodcock and Muriel Tribe

BOX 06
‘Women & Sport’, 1988-2005, including notes and newscuttings, mainly on other topics; newspaper obituary of Clare Burton (1942-1998); and notes on the Barnes family

‘I.W.D. Leaflets’, ca. 1970-1981, including leaflets and newsletters

‘Philos. Dept. S.U. – 1979’, 1979-1980, being papers regarding her employment as secretary in the Department of General Philosophy, University of Sydney

‘J. S. Interviewed by Margaret Penson’, ca. 1975-ca. 1990, including edited transcript of interview with Stevens by Margaret Penson and copy of student’s assignment on Stevens by Carol Warton

‘Taking the Revolution Home – Reviews & Sales Records’, 1984-1990, including research material for and reviews of the book Taking the Revolution Home : Work among Women in the Communist Party of Australia 1920-1945 (ca. 1987), and sales details from the publisher Sybilla Co-operative Press and Publications; and talk on cards by Stevens to Writers in the Park, May 1990

Scrapbook of Lucie Barnes, with additions and enclosures by Joyce Stevens, 1938-ca. 1983, including research material on Barnes and letters received by her from Henrietta [Greville ?], 1953, 1955, and Vista Glaser, 1962, 1964; and processed typescript of One of Our Patients; A one act play by Mona Brand

‘Documents on Family’, 1996-2005, including photocopy of Way Down below. A Long Short Story by J. T. Wilson

Issues of Australian Women’s Digest, 1945-1947

‘E Pay [Equal Pay] – J. S. Article 1984 & WEACTION’, 1984-2004, including newscutting of article, ‘Closing the Wage: ACTU Working Women’s Centre manual shows the way’, Tribune, 14 May 1984, p. 10; ‘Women and Politics’, paper by Stevens presented to the one-day commemorative conference; ‘Edna Ryan, Women’s Activism and the Australian Labour Movement. A Celebration’, University of Sydney, 2 Aug. 1997; and issue of WEACTION (Women’s Employment Action Centre), no. 12, Oct. 1986

Appointment diary, 1972- , and notebook, with enclosures, including diary of trip to Queensland and Central Australia

BOX 07
‘J. S. Misc.’, 1972-2005, including correspondence and material on various women’s documentary projects

‘Miscellaneous – Women’, ca. 1988-2002, including mainly printed material and issues of Womenspace: The Newsletter of the Department for Women (NSW)

Two comb-bound, photocopied computer typescripts of ‘History of Youth Movements associated with Communist Party of Australia’ by Barry Blears, with annotations and corrections by Stevens

Printed material, including copies of Eureka (1954), edited by Clive Turnbull and Geoffrey Serle; The Socialist Left in Australia 1949-1959 (1960) by Alan Barcan; The Hiroshima Panels : Australian Tour 1958 (1958)

Photographs, 1962-199- , of social gathering/lunch, 199- , featuring Joyce Stevens, Julie McCrossin, Pam Ledden, Margo Moore, Aileen Beaver, Mary Oakenfel, Joy Ross, Pat Elphinston, Gloria Garton, Jill Mathews, Pat Benson. Mary O’Sullivan, Chris Currey, David McKnight, Martha Ansara, Wendy Bacon, Adam Farrar, Jane Inglis and Jim Endersby; Margot Oliver and Pat Healy at CPA women weekends at Minto, NSW, 1971 and 1976; and of crowds at the Domain, Sydney, Dec. 1975

Photograph of attendees at World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953, including representatives from the Union of Australian Women

Series 01: Joyce Stevens personal papers, 1912-2005

Len Fox papers, 1852-2001

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Socialist comment / Socialist Parties of Australia and New Zealand.

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Socialist comment and review / Socialist Party of Australia and the Socialist Party of New Zealand.

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Wood family and Whitfeld family further papers, ca. 1857-1976

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Daphne Gollan papers, ca. 1918-2002, with the papers of Bob Gollan and Nick Origlass

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Wood family and Whitfeld family further papers, ca. 1857-1976

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