Catalogue Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn720146
APA Citation
Industrial Workers of the World. 1897 Correspondence 1897-1919 [manuscript]
MLA Citation
Industrial Workers of the World. Correspondence 1897-1919 [manuscript] 1897
Australian Citation
Industrial Workers of the World. 1897, Correspondence 1897-1919 [manuscript]
Correspondence 1897-1919 [manuscript]
| Bib ID | 720146 |
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| Format |
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| Author |
Industrial Workers of the World
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| Access Conditions | Available for reference. Not for loan |
| Description |
1897-1919
1 cm., (1 folder) |
| Summary |
The correspondence consists of reports from unions and other labor organisations to J. F. Neill, A. J. Edwards, H. J. Hawkins, and George Waite of the I.W.W. Club, Sydney. There is also some general non-I.W.W. correspondence, including letters to/from Frank Anstey, F. G. Tudor, Tom Mann, W. M. Hughes, Robert Hogg, Henry Dobson, Tom Baker, Harry Cook, Josiah Thomas, J. Sinclair, J. W. Bilson, J. C. Watson, W. G. Higgs, Ben Willett, Charles M. Barlow, Tom Tunnecliffe, F. J. Riley, John Barnes, H. Scott Bennett, J. R. Wilson, and E. J. Holloway. A further set of correspondence written to R. S. Ross and the Victorian Socialist Party, includes letters from C. J. Cough, Maurice Blackburn, W. Maloney, James Mathews, John Mullan, Frank Brennan, "Jack" Curtin, Charles Gray, Cecilia John, Vida Goldstein, and Albert Blakey. The organisations represented in the correspondence include the Sydney Labor Council, the Russian Association, Qld., the Trades Hall Council, Melb., the Women's Political Association of Victoria, the Australian Peace Alliance, the Socialist Federation of Australia, the International Socialist Club, and several anti-conscription groups |
| Biography/History | The I.W.W. was a socialist industrial group formed in Chicago in 1905 which aimed to unite all workers into one industrial union, abolishing craft lines, wages and the employer |
| Notes |
Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 3516 |
| Cited In |
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia C559 |
| Subjects |
Industrial Workers of the World - Archives
| Labor unions - Australia - Correspondence
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| Details | Collect From | |
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| MS 3516 | Manual Request only from Manuscript Reading Room, 2nd Floor |
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