Notebooks, 1875-1925

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

This series of 41 notebooks covers aspects of Glynn's life and career from 1875 to 1925. They include notes from books, journals, and newspapers. There are notes on the following subjects: literature, religion, Ireland, politics, law, finance, taxation, war, peace, defence, industrial matters, insurance, conciliation and arbitration, tariffs, Land Tax assessment, trade marks, banking and currency, elections (State and Commonwealth), proportional representation, the Constitution, the Federal Conventions, Commonwealth Parliament, State and Federal rights, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill, land nationalization, Murray Waters question, quarantine, water conservation, navigation, oil, Imperialism, White Australia, the Immigration Restriction Act, League of Nations, mandatory systems, Australia and the territories, the Magna Charta Association, the English Speaking Union, British elections and Edmund Burke.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Glynn papers were received between 1958 and 1973 from Mrs J. O'Collins, Father G. O'Collins and Mrs J.S. Peters of Melbourne and Mr Aiden McMahon Glynn of Ireland. The marriage proposal from Glynn to Abigal Dynon was presented by Professor Maev O'Collins and Moira Peters in 1996.

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