| Bib ID |
1398562 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
Ryan, Edna, 1904-1997
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| Access Conditions |
Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use from the interviewee's family. Audio closed |
| Description |
1991-1994.
16 sound tape reels.
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| Summary |
Ryan talks about her family background; political discussions at home; general domestic situation; bubonic plague in 1900 and growing up in Pyrmont, N.S.W. She then describes her introduction to the I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World); anti-conscription campaign; impact of WWI and the Russian Revolution. Ryan also describes her Bohemian days; 1st jobs; Australian Socialist Party; timber workers' strike of 1929 and her involvement with the Communist Party.
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| Notes |
Recorded on Aug. 20-23, 1991, Feb.16 and Mar. 16, 1994 in Canberra.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Corrected transcript (typescript, 200 leaves) for the 1991 interview. An uncorrected transcript (typescript, 32 leaves) is available for the 1994 interviews. |
| Subjects |
Ryan, Edna, - 1904-1997 - Interviews.
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| Other Authors |
Dowse, Sara, 1938-
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