Guide to the Papers of J. H. and D. M. Catts, 1894-1960

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 658
Creator:
J. H. and D. M. Catts
Extent:
0.9 metres and (5 archive boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of J. H. and D. M. Catts, National Library of Australia, MS 658, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

James Howard Catts (1877-1951) took his first public office when he became General Secretary, United Progress Association of N.S.W. in 1900. In 1903 he became the General Secretary of the Railway and Tramway Association and he was for many years actively concerned in Union affairs. In 1906 he was returned to Federal Parliament as the Labor member for Cook, N.S.W. which seat he retained till expelled from the A.L.P. in 1922. With Dorothy M. Catts, he subsequently established the Associated Business Services, Pty. Ltd., The Australian Home Budget and Home Budget Pattern Industries. His other main interests, till his death in 1951 were civic affairs and astronomy.

Reference: Dorothy M. Catts - James Howard Catts M.H.R. with a foreword by the Rt. Hon. W.M. Hughes ... Syd., Ure Smith, 1953-1954.

Dorothy Marguerite Catts, who died in 1961, was a partner in her husband's business activities. The author of eight historical novels, she was an office bearer of the Society of Women Writers of New South Wales and the Fellowship of Australian Writers. She was a close friend of Dame Mary Gilmore. Her two most important works are her biography of her husband, and King O'Malley: man and statesman. (Syd., Publicity Press, 1957.)

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

This collection was presented to the Library in December, 1960 by Dorothy M. Catts. Manuscript and other parliamentary important items are housed in 7 boxes and 2 bundles, MS 658. Printed material, which includes a bound set of the Railway and Tramway Review, 1903-1910, and serials and pamphlets relating to the Labor Party, has been interfiled with the Library's Australian collection, marked with the initials J.H.C.

Indexed terms

Names:
J. H. and D. M. Catts

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn723344) 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], Papers of J. H. and D. M. Catts, National Library of Australia, MS 658, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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