Series 01-20: Communist Party of Australia records, 1920-1987

MLMSS 5021/Boxes 1-86, 88-94, 101-115, 121-148, 150-153
MLMSS 5021/vols. 87X, 154X-158X
MLMSS 5021/Items 95X-100X, 116X-120X, 149X, 159X
VT 57-VT 58

series

1920-1987

Textual Records, Moving Images, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

825945

25.11 metres of textual material (140 boxes, 19 outsize boxes and volumes) - manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, processed typescript, clippings, photocopies, printed material, photographs
2 videotape reels

Series 01: National Congress 1945-1984 (Boxes 1-11)
Series 02: National Committee and National Executive 196- -1985. Minutes of meetings, correspondence (Boxes 12-17)
Series 03: National Committee 1945-1948, 1963-1986 Correspondence, letters/circulars, International Relations correspondence (Boxes 18-36)
Series 04: Sydney District Committee 1966-1985. Conference papers, decisions / minutes of meetings, correspondence, letters/circulars, Parramatta office, SAC Financial records (Boxes 37-49)
Series 05-06: Subject files and folders 1946-1985 (Boxes 50-72; 73-81)
Series 07: ‘Historical materials’ folders and volumes, 191- -1968. Include literary manuscripts by Rupert Lockwood (Boxes 82-89)
Series 08: Publications’ records, 1968-1985 (Boxes 90-92)
Series 09: Radio broadcasts, 1953-1966, being mainly ‘Voice of the Countryside’ (Boxes 93-94)
Series 10: Electoral campaigns, 1948-1984. Pastebooks, files (Boxes 95X, 96X, 97X, 98X, 99X, 100X, 101, 102)
Series 11: Court cases, 1945-1954 (Boxes 103-105)
Series 12: Party education, 1977-1983 (Box 106)
Series 13: Conference for Left Action, 1968-1969 (Box 107)
Series 14: CPA internal disputes, investigations and appeals, 1969-1980 (Box 108)
Series 15: Free Angela Davis campaign, 1970-1971 (Boxes 109-110)
Series 16: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society 1974-1977 (Box 111)
Series 17: Eureka Youth League of Australia – N.S.W. State Council & Young Socialist League of Australia, 1950-1968, 1980 (Boxes 112-114)
Series 18: Young Communist Movement, 1967-1983 (Box 114)
Series 19: Australian National and N.S.W. festival committees for the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, 1965-1973 (Boxes 114-115)
Series 20: Printed material, 191- -1987. Pastebooks, Off-set files, CPA Branch periodicals, Publications, Monographs, ‘Historical Pamphlets’, Tribune newspaper broadsides, Miscellaneous, Newspapers (Boxes 116X, 117X, 118X, 119X, 120X, 121-153, 154X, 155X, 156X, 158X, 158X, 159X)

Videorecordings at VT 57-VT 58, People at a funeral, possibly for Lance Sharkey, interior and exterior camera 1, exterior camera 2.

Arrangement varies. The collection is arranged by series. Subject files are arranged alphabetically. ¶¶Outsize items and volumes at 87X, 95X-100X, 116X-120X, 149X, 154X-159X, include Tribune broadsides, leaflets, pamphlets, publications and newspapers (including The Communist (Gt. Br.), 1921-1922 (vol. 87X); Workers Weekly, 3 July 1936 - 22 Dec. 1936 (vol. 154X), 1 Jan. 1937 - 29 June 1937, (vol. 155X), 2 July 1937 - 24 Dec. 1937 (vol. 156X), 4 Jan. 1938 - 24 June 1938 (vol. 157X), 1 July 1938 - 20 Dec. 1938 (vol. 158X); Progress, 26 Sept. 1944 - 28 Apr. 1945 (Item 159X).

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