Sydney May Day Committee - records, 1957-1986, together with the records of the Trade Union Socialist Activities' Association, 1970-1975

MLMSS 7056

fonds

1957 - 1986

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs, Posters

413103

6 boxes - 1.02 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed)
Ephemera
Photographs
Posters

The Sydney May Day Committee organises the annual May Day march in Sydney, a tradition of the labour movement in N.S.W. since the 1890s. The Trade Union Socialist Activities' Association (T.U.S.A.A.) was formed at a meeting in the Sydney Trades Hall on 12 October 1970. It was an organisation made up of individual trade union members, and not one to which trade unions could become affiliated. T.U.S.A.A. was active in promoting cultural exchanges with Socialist countries, including visits by Australian delegations to the annual May Day celebrations in Moscow and arranging for Australian trade unionists to study in Bulgaria. Ray Clark was Secretary of the Sydney May Day Committee and of T.U.S.A.A., and chiefly compiled the records listed below.

I. SYDNEY MAY DAY COMMITTEE

1958-1964; Minute book, 12 Dec. 1958-25 Mar. 1964 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/1)
1957-1960; '1957-1960 May Day', including correspondence and publicity material (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/2)
1960-1967; 'May Day Posters Leaflets', including pamphlets (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/3)
1960-1961; 'May Day Correspondence 1961', including correspondence with, among others, Jack Horner, Honorary Secretary, Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship; Victorian May Day Committee; and Mary Gilmore (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/4)
1961-1962; 'Correspondence - May Day Committee - 1962' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/5)
1961-1962; 'Circulars - May Day Committee - 1962 & Publicity 1962 -' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/6)
1962-1963; 'May Day - 1963 - Correspondence'. Correspondents include Rod Shaw (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/1/7)
1964; 'May Day 1964' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/1)
1964-1965; 'May Day Publicity 1965', including leaflets and posters (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/2)
1965; 'Correspondence - May Day - 1965' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/3)
1966; 'Publicity - 1966' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/4)
1966; 'May Day - 1966', including correspondence with, among others, Eureka Youth League of Australia. National Council (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/5)
1967; 'General Correspondence - Circulars - 1967' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/6)
1966-1967; 'Publicity - 1967' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/7)
1967; 'May Day 1967', including correspondence with, among others, Judah Waten (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/2/7)
1968; '1968', being mainly accounts and receipts (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/1)
1969; 'May Day 1969' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/2)
1970; '1970', being mainly accounts and receipts (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/3)
1971; 'May Day - 1971' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/4)
1972; '1972 May Day Concert' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/5)
1972; 'Constitution & Special Meeting Minutes 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/6)
1971-1972; 'May Day 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/7)
1972; 'May Day Correspondence for Meeting on Tuesday 14th [March]' concerning delegates to May Day Committee, with other correspondence with, among others, Communist Party of Australia. National Committee, Co-operative for Aborigines Limited, Trade Union Socialist Activities' Association, and Australian Campaign to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/8)
1971-1975; '1973 May Day', including financial statements and correspondence with, among others, Brian P. McGahen, Honorary Secretary, Sydney University Communist Club; Women's Liberation Working Women's Group; and Workers' Central Union of Cuba (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/9)
1973; 'Art Competition 1972', including poster (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/10)
1973; 'May Day - 1973' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/3/11)
1973-1974; 'May Day 1973-74 Correspondence' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/1)
1973-1974; 'May Day 1974', including correspondence concerning the visit to Australia of Chilean pro-democracy activist, Beatriz Allende, daughter of former Chilean President Salvador Allende, with, among others, Jack Mundey (Communist Party of Australia. Sydney District Committee), Union of Australian Women. N.S.W. Branch, Lionel Murphy and Arthur Gietzelt, and other correspondence with Co-operative for Aborigines Limited (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/2)
1974; 'Chilean Tour' concerning the visit to Australia of Chilean activists, Aida Insunza and Luis Munoz (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/3)
1974, 1976; 'May Day - 1975' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/4)
1976-1977; 'May Day 1977 Circulars' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/5)
1977-1978; 'May Day 1977 / 1978' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/6)
1977-1978; 'May Day 1978', including correspondence with, among others, Co-operative for Aborigines Limited and Sutherland District Trades Union Club Ltd (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/7)
1979-1980; 'Statement of Income and Expenditure' and 'Statement of Assets and Liabilities', 31 Dec. 1979 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/8)
1980; 'May Day 1980', including correspondence with Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia. Sydney Branch (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/9)
1980; 'May Day 1980' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/10)
1973?; 'May Day Constitiution' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/11)
1967-1970; 'Old May Day Accounts' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/12)
196-; 'Advice to May Day Marshalls' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/13)
Date unknown; 'May Day in Australia + History of May Day' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/14)
1962; 'Early Australian May Days - (Len Fox)', being reprinted article by Len Fox (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/15)
1971-1986; Miscellaneous papers (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/16)
1967, 1974; Presentation copy of Russian book on monuments to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad (1967) to delegation of Australian women at Volgograd, U.S.S.R, 21 May 1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/4/17)

II.TRADE UNION SOCIALIST ACTIVITIES' ASSOCIATION

1973; Minutes of meeting, 7 May 1973 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/1)
1972; 'Miscellaneous 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/2)
1970; 'Aborigine Del[egation]', including correspondence of the Reverend W. A. Clint, General Secretary, Co-operative for Aborigines Limited concerning proposal of Aboriginal delegation visiting U.S.S.R. (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/3)
1972-1974; 'Applications for Visas - S.U.', being correspondence mainly concerning invitation from All Unions Central Council of the Trade Unions of the U.S.S.R. for three Australian trade union representatives to attend May Day celebrations in Moscow (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/4)
1971-1972; 'Bulgarian T.U. School [Scholarship]', being correspondence with, among others, N. Mihov, Georgi Dimitrov Centre for Research and Education at the Central Council of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of Bulgaria (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/5)
1972; 'Bulgarian T.U. Scholarship. 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/6)
1973; 'Bulgarian Scholarship - 1973', including report, 'The Role of Trade Unions in a Socialist Society' by Ray Clarke, Secretary, T.U.S.A.A. (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/7)
1970-1974; 'Bulgarian 1974' mainly concerning Bulgarian trade union scholarship, with T.U.S.A.A. Statement of Objectives (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/8)
1971; 'Bulgarians', being mainly correspondence with Consulate General of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Sydney (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/9)
1971-1974; 'Cables - In & Out' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/10)
1971-1972; 'General Correspondence' mainly concerning trade union delegations to Australia, Bulgaria and U.S.S.R. (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/11)
1971; 'TUSAA Corr. General', being correspondence concerning article in Isvestia, 4 Jan. 1971, about the trial of hijackers in Leningrad (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/12)
1971-1972; 'TUSAA Current' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/5/13)
1971; 'Czech. T.U. & WFTC [World Federation of Trade Unions]' concerning Australian trade unionists studying in Czechoslovakia (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/1)
1970; 'G.D.R. T.U.', being correspondence with Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/2)
1971-1972; 'Hungarian Consulate Etc.', being mainly correspondence with Consulate General of the Hungarian People's Republic (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/3)
1971; 'Individual Invites Etc' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/4)
1971; 'International Contacts - For M.D. Etc' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/5)
1971; 'International Dept AUCCTU', being correspondence with All Unions Central Council of the Trade Unions of the U.S.S.R. (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/6)
1971; 'May Day Del[egation] - Correspondence', being correspondence mainly with Australian trade unions concerning invitation to attend May Day celebrations in Moscow (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/7)
1971-1972; 'May Day Committee Del[egation] 71-72', being correspondence concerning Australian delegation's visit to Moscow for May Day, and also to Bulgaria,Hungary and Poland (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/8)
1971-1972; 'May Day Delegations' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/9)
1975; 'May Day - Delegations', being correspondence concerning visits between Australia and U.S.S.R., including visit to Australia of two Soviet women in Aug. 1975. (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/10)
1970-1971; 'TUSAA - Objectives' and progress report, 1971 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/11)
1970; 'Polish. Con. & T.U.', being copy of letter from Ray Clarke, Secretary, T.U.S.A.A., to E. Milczak, Consul-General, Consulate General of the Polish People's Republic, 23 Dec. 1970 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/12)
197-; 'All Receipts and A/c', with photoprints of Australian women's delegation in Moscow (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/13)
1970-1972; 'Receipts & A/cs' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/14)
1971; 'SDTUC - Delegation' concerning visit to Soviet Union by delegation from Sutherland District Trade Union Club (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/15)
1970-1971; 'Secretary's Reports' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/16)
Date unknown; 'Soviet Visa Application' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/17)
1972; 'Soviet Women's Delegation 1972' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/18)
1971-1972; 'Soviet Youth - 1971-72' mainly concerning arrangements for Australian delegates attending World Meeting of Working Youth, Moscow, Nov. 1972 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/19)
1971-1972; 'Terry Hickman May Day', including letters received from Terry Hickman, Joint Secretary, Centre of Young Unionists, Sydney, and circular letters and printed material from World Federation of Democratic Youth (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/20)
1971; 'Trade Union Delegations in Aust.' (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/21)
1971; 'WFTU', being letter received from Mahendra Sen, Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, 10 May 1971 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/22)
1971; 'Women Del[egation]' mainly concerning visit of Australian women's delegation to Soviet Union (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/23)
1973-1974; 'Youth Material' mainly concerning overseas visits by Australian delegations with correspondence with, among others, All Unions Central Council of the Trade Unions of the U.S.S.R., and letter received from South African Congress of Trade Unions, 17 Mar. 1974 (Call No.: MLMSS 7056/6/24)

Author/Artist entries:
Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship
All Unions Central Council of the Trade Unions of the U.S.S.R.
Australian Campaign to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners
Clarke, Ray
Clint, W. A.
Communist Party of Australia. National Committee
Communist Party of Australia. Sydney District Committee
Confederation of Free German Trade Unions
Co-operative for Aborigines Ltd
Eureka Youth League (Australia). National Council
Fox, Len, 1905-
Georgi Dimitrov Centre for Research and Education
Gietzelt, Arthur, 1920-
Gilmore, Mary, Dame, 1865-1962
Hickman, Terry
Horner, J. C.
McGahen, Brian, 1952-1990
Mundey, Jack, 1932-
Murphy, Lionel, 1922-1986
Shaw, Roderick, 1915-1992
South African Congress of Trade Unions
Sutherland District Trade Union Club
Trade Union Socialist Activities' Association
Union of Australian Women. New South Wales Branch
Victorian May Day Committee
Waten, Judah, 1911-1985
Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia. Sydney Branch.
Women's Liberation Working Women's Group
Workers' Central Union of Cuba
World Federation of Democratic Youth
World Federation of Trade Unions

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