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14x processed film negatives
1x contact sheet

Notebook containing handwritten notes structuring Lisa Milner's research and thesis paper on Freda Brown.

Folder containing publications by or associated with the Waterside Workers Federation, including publication material relating to member activities such as the film unit.

Folder containing research on the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit, including copies of interviews crew members Norma Disher, Jock Leavy and Keith Gow, histories of Waterside Workers’ Federation, chronology of the establishment of the film unit, copies of lists of films and the collecting institutes they were held in, copies of correspondence between Waterside Workers’ Federation promoting the film unit, scripts, reviews, and film programs.

Copies of biographical information on Freda’s early and family life, copies of husband Bill Brown & Freda’s collaborative and individual creative output including poems and articles, a copy of Freda’s Lenin award acceptance speech, copies of personal correspondence between Freda to Bill & daughter Lee Rhiannon 1969-1988. Also includes biographical information about Freda's father, Ben Lewis, and redacted NSW police reports relating to his 1918 arrest.

Original requests by Lisa Milner to access Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's documents relating to Waterside Workers’ Federation via the Australian Archives. Research requests include information on the Waterside Workers’ Federation and their affiliated publications, relationships with other unions including the Communist Part of Australia, mentions in Parliamentary Hansard reporting, and newspaper clippings.

Interviews about the Waterside Workers’ Federation Film Unit conducted between 1995-1998