Guide to the Records of the Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch

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MS 4846

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 1986

Collection Summary

Creator
Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
Title
Records of the Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
Date Range
1924, 1943-1955, 1997
Collection Number
MS 4846
Extent
9.02 metres (47 archive boxes + 1 ms carton + 1 A3 Carton)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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.


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