Papers of John and Roma Gilchrist. 1927-1984.

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Papers of John and Roma Gilchrist. 1927-1984.

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The collection contains some personal papers, but mostly reflects the Gilchrist's involvement with various radical organisations. The papers at ACC 3532A documenting their friendship with Katharine Susannah Prichard which began in the 1930s includes diaries (incomplete) for 1964 and 1969, envelopes from various countries, films (including film from Katharine Susannah Prichard's funeral) taken by John Gilchrist, letters from Prichard, manuscripts, publications, recordings and reminiscenses about Prichard by John Gilchrist. ACC 3801A deals mainly with Roma Gilchrist's involvement with the Women's Movement, 1940-1982. ACC 3255A & 5894A include certificates; conference papers; correspondence (much with the Union of Australian Women, 1962-1982); press cuttings of reviews of plays by the Workers' Art Guild (1954-1981); diaries of holidays in Europe, South East Asia, Japan and the USSR; files on the Humanist Society (1966-1968), disarmament, the Workers Art Guild, the Union of Australian Women and other subjects; histories; lists of the members of the Union of Australian Women and the Modern Women's Club; memoir of organisations and people they worked with; newsletters; notes and notebooks; photographs; plays (some written by the Gilchrists); poetry of John Gilchrist; programs; publications on communism, socialism and the working classes; reports; scrapbooks; songs; specifications; and other writings.

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Libraries Australia

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Libraries Australia

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Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1884-1969

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Writer and member of the Communist Party of Australia, 1919-1969. Wife of Hugo Throssell, V.C. Born in Levuka, Fiji, the daughter of Thomas Henry Prichard. Died in Greenmount, Western Australia. Her novels include "The Pioneers" (1915), "Windlestraws" (1916), "Black Opal" (1921), "Working bullocks" (1926), "Coonardoo" (1928), "Haxby's circus" (1929), "Intimate strangers" (1939), "The Roaring nineties" (1946), "Golden miles" (1948) and "Winged seeds" (1950). From the description of Pa...

Roma, Catherine, 1909-1983

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Humanist Society of W.A.

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Gilchrist, John Alfred, 1910-1983.

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From the 1940s John Gilchrist and his wife Roma became active in movements for peace, women's rights, communism and socialism. They both wrote short stories and plays. From the description of Papers of John and Roma Gilchrist. 1927-1984. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221869168 ...

Modern Women's Club.

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Workers Art Guild.

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Union of Australian Women

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The Union of Australian Women is a national organisation that was formed in 1950. Its aim is to work for the status and wellbeing of women across the world. It has been involved in a wide variety of campaigns that concern women. The UAW networks with other women's community and union groups on such issues. From the description of Records [manuscript]. 1930s-1998. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223248052 ...