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

MLMSS 8042

fonds

ca. 1918 - 2002

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

423719

3.06 metres of textual material (18 boxes)

Daphne Eileen Gollan, nee Morris, (1918-1999), feminist and historian, was born in England and came to Sydney with her parents in 1922. She was educated at Sydney Girls’ High School and Sydney University, where as an evening student she graduated in Arts in 1941. She worked as a library assistant in the Mitchell Library, 1937-1944, before joining the Research Department of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association, 1945-1947. She had joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1938. In 1941 she married labour historian Robin (Bob) Gollan, who was appointed to the new Australian National University (ANU) in 1952. After settling in Canberra, Gollan became a cataloguer at the ANU Library, 1954-1959, then archives assistant at the university, 1958-1960. She was appointed tutor in the History Department at ANU, 1966-1969. Her MA thesis of 1967, ‘Bolshevik Party Organisation in Russia, 1907-1912’, had drawn on research conducted as an exchange student to Moscow State University. She was appointed lecturer in History in 1970. Her research interests included 19th and 20th century Russian history, Australian labour history and the history of women. Gollan was actively engaged with Libertarian Socialism and Feminism throughout the 1970s and 1980s. She campaigned as a candidate for the Greens in the Federal elections of 1984 and 1987.

References:
Library correspondence file
Compiled from the collection

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

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies to material in which Daphne Gollan owns copyright

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 are located in BOX 18