Guide to the Papers of Andrew Reeves, 1857-1999

Summary

Collection number:

MS 8076, MS Acc04.305

Creator:

Andrew Reeves

Extent:

9.78 metres and (57 boxes, 10 folio packets, 4 cartons)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Andrew Reeves, National Library of Australia, MS 8076 [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Papers collected by Andrew Reeves, primarily relating to the trade union movement, the Australian Labor Party, the Communist Party of Australia and left wing political issues. There are also papers relating to student political activities on the University of Melbourne, Monash and La Trobe University campuses; the anti-Vietnam War movement; the Socialist Party of Australia; the League of Nations International Labour Conference; the Association of Architects, Surveyors, Engineers and Draughtsmen of Australia and the co-operative movement. Papers of Phillip Bain collected by Andrew Reeves are also contained in the papers.

The papers include broadsheets, pamphlets, handbills, press cuttings, original trade union records, reports, correspondence, letterbooks, minutes, ledgers, conference papers, speeches, articles, publications, banners, photographs, posters and other papers.

Biographical Note:

Andrew Paul Reeves was born on 10 April 1952 in Kew, Victoria. He was educated at Camberwell High School (Melbourne) and the University of Melbourne (1970-73) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), majoring in history. In 1974-75 Reeves attended La Trobe University where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1976. During this time he assembled a large collection of pamphlets and broadsheets.

In 1976-83 Reeves worked as an archivist at the University of Melbourne Archives. During his employment with the Archives he was principally responsible for the development of the trade union and labour movement collection. He was also involved with curating exhibitions on the eight hours day and curated 'Peace -Progress-Amity: trade union banners and labor celebration', a joint exhibition with the State Library of Victoria and University of Melbourne Archives.

After leaving the Archives in 1983, Reeves wrote a commissioned history of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, 1856-1966. He later worked at the National Museum of Australia (1984-86), as Director and Deputy Director of the Division of Human Studies at the Museum of Victoria (1986-92) and as Director of the Western Australian Museum (1993-97).

Reeves was a member of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and the Welsh Labour History Society.

Provenance:

The collection was partly purchased and partly donated to the Library by Andrew Reeves under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. The collection was received in nine instalments between 1987 and 2001.

Arrangement:

Series 1-6 were grouped by Reeves in his listing of the 1987 consignments. Other series were added by Library staff for subsequent consignments.

Material in the early consignments (1987) was mostly arranged by Reeve in subject files. Later consignments were comprised mainly of loose paper and were arranged by Library staff.

Related

Separated Material:

Publications were separated from the collection at the time of processing and integrated into the Library's book and serial stacks. Films and videos from the collection were sent to Screensound Australia and AIATSIS.

Indexed terms

Names:

Andrew Reeves

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2120042).

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 Andrew Reeves, National Library of Australia, MS 8076 [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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