E.S.P.A.L. Society
Organization
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Communist Party of New Zealand records.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-9
Scope and Contents
The papers which make up the core of this collection were donated to The University of Auckland by Wilfred (Bill) McAra a prominent member of Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ) on behalf of the ESPAL Society. The papers document the activities of the CPNZ from the 1920s until the early 1970s at both the national and local level. The collection includes papers relating to National and District Conferences, general and local body election campaigns, Communist Party study courses, the...
Dates:
1924 - 1972
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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- Subject: Communism -- New Zealand X
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- Communism -- New Zealand 2
- Building trades -- New Zealand 1
- China -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Civil rights -- New Zealand 1
- Collective settlements -- New Zealand -- Waikato 1
- Communism -- New Zealand -- History -- Sources 1
- Communism -- Songs and music 1
- Communists -- New Zealand 1
- Corporations -- New Zealand 1
- Grey Lynn (Auckland, N.Z.) -- History 1
- Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- New Zealand 1
- Local elections -- New Zealand -- Auckland 1
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- Economic conditions 1
- New Zealand -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North) 1
- New Zealand -- Politics and government 1
- Presidents -- Soviet Union 1
- Socialism -- Songs and music 1
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985- 1
- Waihi (N.Z.) -- History 1
- Waihi strike, 1912 1
- Whangamata (N.Z.) 1
- Women and communism -- New Zealand 1 + ∧ less
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