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Scrapbooks 1924-1949 [manuscript]
Bib ID 2839840
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author
Marks, Walter Moffitt
 
Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description 1924-1949. 
15 cm. 
Summary

The collection comprises three scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, letters, War Loans campaign papers, manuscript notes, and photographs, and covers the years 1924-1926, 1929-1930, and 1944-1949. It covers Marks' parliamentary career, his activities and speeches for the War Loans campaign, his trips to America, Britain and Europe, and includes letters (1944-1946) Marks received from J. B. Chifley, John Beasle, and F. M. Forde.

Biography/History

Walter Marks, a solicitor by profession, held the federal seat of Wentworth for the Nationalist Party from 1919 to 1939. He was Parliamentary Undersecretary for External Affairs from 1921 to 1923 and voted against the Bruce Government's Maritime Industries Bill in 1929, thus precipitating the government's defeat at subsequent general elections. Later, during the last years of the Second World War, Marks was an active voluntary speaker for Chifley's War Loans campaign.

Notes

Manuscript reference: NLA MS 3676.

Cited In

Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C773

Subjects Marks, Walter Moffitt - Archives.  |  Marks, Walter Moffitt - Correspondence.  |  Chifley, J. B. - (Joseph Benedict), - 1885-1951 - Correspondence.  |  Beasley, J. A. - (John Albert), - 1895-1949 - Correspondence.  |  Forde, Francis Michael, - 1890-1983 - Correspondence.  |  Politicians - Australia - Archives.
Occupation Federal politicians

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