Roth, Bert
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1917 - 1994
biographical statement
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Communist Party of New Zealand bulletins and leaflets.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-Archives-Vault 35
Scope and Contents
This collection was donated by Bert Roth (socialist, historian, and former Deputy University Librarian at the University of Auckland) in 1990. Box 1 contains internal documents of the Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ), dating from 1957 to 1979, collected by Roth. These papers document fierce ideological debates within the party concerning its relationships with the Soviet Union and China, and internal disputes, including the expulsions of Wilfred (Bill) McAra and Diana Wislie...
Dates:
1955 - 1983
Doug Crosado interview with members of the Communist Party of New Zealand
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-184
Scope and Contents
Interview with Ella Ayo, George Jackson and Bruce Skiltern on the history of the Communist Party. Tape 1. Early years in the life of the Communist Party. Tape 2. CP identities in the 1930s. YCL "Industrial Worker". Tape 3. Mainly illegal CP publications in Wellington and Auckland. Tape 4. 1932 riots; CP conference; Soviet-German non-aggression pact. Tape 5. F.P. Walsh and compulsory unionism; 1943 election; Maori; Peter Fraser. Tape 6. P. Fraser; CPNZ and Maori; W. McAra; CPNZ split and...
Dates:
1976 - 1976
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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- Corporations -- New Zealand 1
- Grey Lynn (Auckland, N.Z.) -- History 1
- Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- New Zealand 1
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- Economic conditions 1
- New Zealand -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North) 1
- New Zealand -- Politics and government -- 1972- 1
- Political parties -- New Zealand 1
- Presidents -- Soviet Union 1
- Socialism -- Songs and music 1
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985- 1
- Waihi (N.Z.) -- History 1
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