Papers of Adam Ogston, approximately 1905-1982
- Bib ID:
- 7505017
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Ogston, Adam, 1905-1982
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between approximately 1905 and 1982]
- 0.45 m (1 medium folio box)
- Summary:
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MS 10387 comprises letters written by Adam Ogston to his mother in 1928 while looking for work "on the track” in Queensland; material from Ogston's time in the Communist Party of Australia, letters when he travelled to China and Russia in 1958; photographs; material from his time in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War; certificates; pamphlets, journals and newspaper cuttings documenting Ogston's membership of the Communist Party of Australia from 1931 until the 1960’s. The content of the letters are published on Helen Ogston's blog “The Makings of a Rebel - Adam Ogston on the track in 1928 Queensland, Australia.”
- Biography/History:
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Adam Ogston was on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia, publisher of the Communist Review, editor of the Tribune, tutor of the Marxism courses and host and radio broadcaster on Voice of the People, and stood for parliament.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS 10387.
- Subject:
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- Ogston, Adam, 1905-1982 -- Archives
- Ogston, Adam, 1905-1982 -- Correspondence
- Communist Party of Australia -- Officials and employees -- Archives
- Communists -- Australia -- Archives
- Communism -- Australia
- Political activists -- Australia -- Archives
- Editors -- Australia -- Archives
- Radio broadcasters -- Australia -- Archives
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Time Coverage:
- 1905-1982
- Terms of Use:
- Copying of rights holder’s copyright material permitted for research purposes
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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