Socialist Labor Party of Australia (S.L.P.), 1914-31

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Component identifier:
Series 17
Content Summary:

The Socialist Labor Party was founded in Sydney in 1907 as 'a political party on the principles of the international working class movement as enunciated in the platform of the Australian Socialist League'. It had close links with Daniel De Leon's party in the United States and in 1907 it sponsored the first International Workers of the World (IWW) club in Australia. It remained a small and doctrinaire organisation, although its membership increased during World War I. Despite the formation of the Communist Party of Australia in 1920, the S.L.P., under the leadership of E.E. Judd, survived as a distinct party for many years.

This small series consists of letters, minutes, newspaper cuttings, leaflets and issues of newspapers. The correspondents include C.J. Tuck, E.E. Judd, H.P. Warren, Chris Wood and J. McDonald.

The material was given to O'Farrell by J. McDonald in 1959, but O'Farrell never used it.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Library purchased the original instalment of papers from O'Farrell in June 1980. O'Farrell donated subsequent consignments to the Library in August 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 and in 2000. Other papers were purchased from O'Farrell in 1998 and 1999. Material acquired in May 1984 and in February 1998 pertaining to Dr Albert Dryer has been transferred to the papers of Albert Dryer (MS 6610).Further material was added to the O'Farrell Papers in 2006.
Subjects:
Academic
History

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2618940).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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