Jack Hughes interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2204493
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hughes, Jack (Morris John Rodwell), 1910-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986 Jan. 21
- 15 sound tape reels (ca. 457 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Hughes, former Secretary of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia, speaks about his family background; childhood; employment as a clerk; early political activities with the Labor Party; activities in the Clerks Union; ALP Socialisation Committee; ALP relations with the New Guard and the Communist Party; Jack Lang; Trade Union Secretaries Association; relations between Labor Party and the NSW Branch of the ALP; dismissal of Lang as parliamentary leader; opposition to World War 2; expulsion from ALP; formation to the State Labor Party; joining the Communist Party; arbitration cases; ALP Industrial Groups; Federal Conferences of the Clerks Union; industrial issues.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 31 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Hughes, Jack (Morris John Rodwell), 1910- -- Interviews
- Lang, J. T. (John Thomas), 1876-1975
- Australian Labor Party. New South Wales Branch -- History
- Federated Clerks' Union of Australia -- History
- State Labor Party (N.S.W.)
- Labor leaders -- New South Wales -- Interviews
- Labor unions -- Clerks -- Australia -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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