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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Wilfred (Bill) McAra and Diana Wilsie papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-89/25
Scope and Contents This collection was embargoed for 20 years until 1998. While still under embargo the five boxes of material received by the library were repackaged into archival boxes in 1989 and accessioned as MSS & Archives 89/25, however the collection remained unlisted until 2009.At the time of donation McAra provided the following description of the sealed material:2 boxes wooden…contain(ing) materials previously held by H. Roth. Plus some additional reports,...
Dates: 1965 - 1977

Wilfred (Bill) McAra papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-94/4
Scope and Contents The papers in this collection cover McAra’s years of study and research into Marxist-Leninist ideology and the problems of the working class. They document his membership of the Communist Party of New Zealand and expulsion from the Party; his activities as a pamphleteer; and aspects of his personal and family life. From the early 1960s the papers and records of Diana Miriam Wilsie, are inextricably mixed with those of McAra. The papers were received by the Library in twenty four...
Dates: 1929 - 1988

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China -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Collective settlements -- New Zealand -- Waikato 1
Communism -- New Zealand 1
Communism -- New Zealand -- History -- Sources 1
Communism -- Songs and music 1