Guide to the Records of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, 1906-1999

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 6852
Creator:
Federal Parliamentary Labor Party
Extent:
16.49 metres and (73 ms boxes + 3 archive boxes + 14 cartons + 1 phase box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, National Library of Australia, MS 6852, [class/series/file/box number number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Permission required for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection broadly comprises Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Caucus minutes, 1906-1998; Caucus correspondence files, including general correspondence, correspondence with ALP branches and correspondence with the ALP National Secretariat; Caucus committee files, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, submissions and reports; conference files; and other papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party in 1982. Additions were made to the collection in December 1991 (boxes 14-18), March 1996 (boxes 19-39), August 1997 (boxes 40-60) and December 1999 (boxes 61-93). Caucus minutes, 1906-1971, which were received with a consignment of ALP Federal Secretariat Records (MS 4985), were transferred to MS 6852 in 1983.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2592136).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, National Library of Australia, MS 6852, [class/series/file/box number number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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