Waterside Workers Federation, 1882-1993 (bulk 1940-1985)

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

Lockwood became associate editor of the Waterside Workers Federation's (WWF's) journal, Maritime worker, in 1952 and remained in that position or as editor until 1985. The WWF amalgamated with the Seamen's Union of Australia in 1993 and is now the Maritime Union of Australia. This series includes: material relating to Lockwood's editorship of Maritime worker and his retirement from the position; drafts, proofs and notes created by Lockwood whilst writing a centenary publication, The miraculous union (1985), and the history of the Melbourne Branch of the WWF, published as Ship to shore (1990); research material; Federation election ephemera; photographs; and WWF correspondence and files. See Series 1, Correspondence, File 22, Box 4, for WWF correspondence relating to the embargo on loading scrap iron onto SS Dalfram bound for Japan in 1938. For photographs collected by Lockwood to use in Maritime worker, see Series 11, Photographs. See also Series 6, War on the waterfront, which touches on WWF subjects and includes WWF material, although this book was not written under the auspices of the Federation. Due to Lockwood's habit of filing a range of records together, WWF-related material can be found throughout the collection. For the same reason, unrelated papers are present in this series.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Rupert Lockwood were received in eleven instalments between 1997 and 2011 from Lockwood's daughter, Penny Lockwood.

Subjects:

Politics and government
Mass media
Society and culture

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