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The collection comprises a large quantity of correspondence, consisting of letters from his family, academic and literary associates, friends, publishers, numerous organizations and reflects his wide interests. Copies of many of his own letters are included. There are drafts and background material relating to his own books: Cinderella dressed in yella; Sydney burning; In union is strength: a history of trade unions in Australia; The Australian dream; The depression of the 1930s; Peter Lalor; Industrial labour and politics: the labour movement in Australia, 1900-1921.