MS 4846
National Library of Australia
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Created: 1986
Collection Summary
- Creator
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Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
- Title
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Records of the Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
- Date Range
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1924, 1943-1955, 1997
- Collection Number
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MS 4846
- Extent
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9.02 metres (47 archive boxes + 1 ms carton + 1 A3 Carton)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 4846 consists largely of the State Secretary's files of correspondence with the A.L.P. Branches in Victoria, the Federal Executive, state and federal parliamentarians, trade unions leaders, publishers, and the public. Included is the personal file of correspondence kept by the A.L.P.'s General Secretary, P.J. Kennelly. The remainder comprises circulars, committee agenda and papers; records of the Victorian Central Executive including roneoed copies of minutes, nomination forms, balance sheets and membership lists, and printed items. Also (1943-1954) Branch records removed when the Party split in 1955. The contents, in the same categories as those listed above, complement this material.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn562715) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch, National Library of Australia, MS 4846, [box number and series and/or folder number]'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original consignment, Boxes 1-23. Further papers added in November 1976 (Boxes 24-47), 1996 (Box 47) and 1997 (Box 47).
Biographical / Historical
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is the oldest political party in Australia. Its origins go back to the 1890s when separate parties, sponsored by the trade union movement, formed in the Australian colonies. When the former Australian colonies federated in 1901 the ALP became a federal party. In Victoria there were no strong and coherent labour party until after federation when the Victorian Branch of the ALP was formed.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 4846. Consignment received 1975, 1948 - 1997
MS 4846 comprises largely of the State Secretary's files of correspondence with the A.L.P. Branches in Victoria, the Federal Executive, state and federal parliamentarians, trade unions leaders, publishers, and the public. Included is the personal file of correspondence kept by the A.L.P.'s General Secretary, P.J. Kennelly. The remainder comprises circulars, committee agenda and papers; records of the Victorian Central Executive including roneoed copies of minutes, nomination forms, balance sheets and membership lists, and printed items. Also (1943-1954) Branch records removed when the Party split in 1955. The contents, in the same categories as those listed above, complement this material.
Branches A-B, C, D-F, 1948 (File) - Box 1
Branches G-L, N-O, 1948 (File) - Box 2
Branches P-S, T-Z, 1948 (File) - Box 3
Branches G-M, H-L, 1949 (File) - Box 4
Branches M-N, O-R , S-T, 1949 (File) - Box 5
Branches A-B, M-O, P-S, 1950 (File) - Box 6
Branches T-Z, 1950 (File) - Box 7
Branches A-B, P-S, 1951 (File) - Box 8
C-F, G-I, 1952 (File) - Box 9
M-O, T-Z, 1952 (File) - Box 10
(a) Circulars - Executive, Branch, Union, Parliamentary various, 1948 (File) - Box 11
(b) Circulars: Various, Branch, Union, Parliamentary, 1949 (File) - Box 11
(c) Circulars: Central Executive and various circulars, 1950 (File) - Box 11
(a) S.E.C. Metropolitan, Country, Municipal Campaign Committee, 1949 (File) - Box 12
(b) T.H.C., W.O.C., A.C.T.U., Y.L.A., 3KZ, Labour Call Industrial Printing Coy., Labour Trust, Organising Secretary, Country Organiser, Miscellaneous Industrial Groups, 1948 (File) - Box 12
(a) S.E.C. Metropolitan, S.E.C. Country, Municipal and State Campaign Committee, 1950 (File) - Box 13
(b) Municipal Council Caucus, State Members, State Departments and Ministers, Interstate Executive, Interstate General, 1950 (File) - Box 13
(a) State Members, Department, Interstate Executive, Interstate General, 1949 (File) - Box 14
(b) Interstate Executive, General, Municipal Council Caucus, State Members and Departments, Ministers, 1952 (File) - Box 14
(a) Circulars, Sub Committees Minutes, Executive Correspondence, 1948 (File) - Box 15
(b) Circulars, Sub Committees, Business sheets Executive Members, Executive Circulars, 1949 (File) - Box 15
Circulars, 1951 (File) - Box 16
(a) Branch Offices Telegrams, 1950 (File) - Box 17
(b) Federal Members, Federal Departments, Federal Campaign Committee, Federal Executive, Foreign, 1950 (File) - Box 17
(c) Federal Members, Federal Departments, Federal Campaign Committee, Federal Executive, Foreign, 1951 (File) - Box 17
(a) Federal Departments, Members, Federal Executive, Federal Campaign Committees, Foreign, 1948 (File) - Box 18
(b) Nominations, Branch Balance Sheets, Branch Rolls, 1949 (File) - Box 18
(a) Unions, 1948 (File) - Box 19
(b) Unions A-L, 1952 (File) - Box 19
(a) Y.L.A. Country Organ, Industrial Groups, Assistant Secretary A.C.T.U., Labor Trust Society Industrial Print and Publicity, W.O.C. T.N.C. Miscellaneous, 1950 (File) - Box 20
(b) Labor Calls, Y.L.A., T.H.C., Industrial Printing, 3KZ W.O.C. Labor Trust, A.C.T.U., Country Organiser, Organising Secretary, Industrial Groups, 1949 (File) - Box 20
(c) P.J. Kennelly's Personal File, Branch Lists, Nominations, Balance Sheet, 1948 (File) - Box 20
(a) General Correspondence A-K, 1950 (File) - Box 21
(b) General Correspondence F-M, 1951 (File) - Box 21
(a) General Correspondence Mc-Z, 1951 (File) - Box 22
(a) General Correspondence N-Z, 1948 (File) - Box 23
(b) General Correspondence N-Z, 1949 (File) - Box 23
Branches A-B, 1949 (File) - Box 24
Branches C-D, 1949 (File) - Box 24
Branches E-G, 1949 (File) - Box 25
Branches U-Z, 1949 (File) - Box 25
Branches C-F, 1951 (File) - Box 25
Branches G-L, 1951 (File) - Box 26
Branches M-O, 1951 (File) - Box 26
Branches A-B, 1952 (File) - Box 26
Branches P-S, 1952 (File) - Box 27
Branches A-B, 1953 (File) - Box 27
Branches C-D, 1953 (File) - Box 28
Branches E-J, 1953 (File) - Box 28
Branches K-M, 1953 (File) - Box 28
Branches N-S1, 1953 (File) - Box 29
Branches Sm-Z, 1953 (File) - Box 29
Branches A-B, 1954 (File) - Box 30
Branches C-D, 1954 (File) - Box 30
Branches E-J, 1954 (File) - Box 31
Branches K-M, 1954 (File) - Box 31
Branches N-R, 1954 (File) - Box 32
Branches S-Z, 1954 (File) - Box 32
General Correspondence A-F, 1949 (File) - Box 33
General Correspondence A-E, 1952 (File) - Box 33
General Correspondence F-M, 1952 (File) - Box 33
General Correspondence M-Z, 1952 (File) - Box 34
General Correspondence A-K, 1953 (File) - Box 34
General Correspondence L-Z, 1953 (File) - Box 35
General Correspondence A-K, 1954 (File) - Box 35
General Correspondence L-Z, 1954 (File) - Box 36
Unions, 1949 (File) - Box 36
Unions A-L, 1951 (File) - Box 37
Unions M-Z, 1951 (File) - Box 37
Unions M-Z, 1952 (File) - Box 37
Unions A-L, 1953 (File) - Box 38
Unions M-Z, 1953 (File) - Box 38
Unions A-L, 1954 (File) - Box 38
Unions M-Z, 1954 (File) - Box 39
Circulars, 1952 (File) - Box 39
Circulars, 1953 (File) - Box 40
Circulars, 1954 (File) - Box 40
State Ministers A-L, 1953 (File) - Box 41
State Ministers P-Z, 1953 (File) - Box 41
State Members (File) - Box 41
State Ministers, State Members, 1954 (File) - Box 41
State Ministers, State Members (File) - Box 42
State Parliamentary Party, S.E.C.'s, 1953 (File) - Box 42
Country and Metropolitan, Municipal (File) - Box 42
Campaign Committees (File) - Box 42
Nominations - Unions, 1950 (File) - Box 42
Nominations endorsed and approved, 1951 (File) - Box 42
Nominations, 1952 (File) - Box 43
Nominations, 1954 (File) - Box 43
Federal departments, Members, executive, foreign, 1949 (File) - Box 43
Federal campaign committees, 1949 (File) - Box 44
P.J. Kennelly's personal file (File) - Box 44
Federal departments, members, executive, campaign committee, foreign, 1952 (File) - Box 44
Interstate executive, interstate general, municipal caucus, federal members, federal departments, federal campaign committee, federal executive, foreign, nominations, 1953 (File) - Box 44
Interstate executive, interstate general, municipal, caucus, federal members, federal departments, federal campaign committee, federal executive, foreign, 1954 (File) - Box 45
Branch memberships, balance sheets, telegrams, 1952 (File) - Box 45
Branch balance sheets, membership lists, telegrams, 1953 (File) - Box 45
Branch balance sheets, membership lists, 1954 (File) - Box 45
Balance sheets, nominations, telegrams, 1955 (File) - Box 46
A.C.T.U., Asst.Secty., Country organizer, industrial groups, Industrial Printing Co., Labor Trust Soc., T.H.C. W.O.C., Y.L.A., University Labor Club, Miscellaneous, 1952 (File) - Box 46
A.C.T.U., T.H.C., Y.L.A., W.O.C., Asst. Secty., Country Organizer, industrial groups, I.P.P.C., Labor Trust, miscellaneous, S.E.C. metropolitan and country, municipal campaign committee, 1953 (File) - Box 46
Labor correspondence, 1953, 1954 (File) - Box 47
Western Australia and Tasmania, 1943 (File) - Box 47
Miscellaneous, 1943 - 1949 (File) - Box 47
Declaration of Trust re sale of land to Carlton Branch, 24/6/24 (File) - Box 47
Rules of the Australian Labor Trust Society Ltd, May 1926 (File) - Box 47
Papers relating to Victorian Branch State Conference (Books 1-3), 17 May 1997 (File) - Box 47
Class MS Acc GB 1974/2609. Consignment received, 1947 - 1954 - Box (1) MS Acc GB 1974/2609, Box (2) MS Acc GB 1974/2609
This consignment comprises further records relating to the A.L.P. Branches in Victoria.