Deposit N56 - R J Morris (Australian Foremen Stevedores Association) papers

Identity area

Reference code

AU NBAC N56

Title

R J Morris (Australian Foremen Stevedores Association) papers

Date(s)

  • 1922 - 1978 (Creation)

Level of description

Deposit

Extent and medium

1 m

Context area

Name of creator

(? - 1978)

Biographical history

Richard Joseph Morris was born in England. In World War I he served in the Royal Navy. After the war Morris migrated to Australia and became a Foreman Stevedore on the Sydney waterfront. An active member of the Australian Foreman Stevedores Association, ... »

Name of creator

(1914 - 1991)

Biographical history

The Association was founded in 1914 as the Sydney Foremen Stevedores' Association and registered under the New South Wales Trade Union Act of 1881 and the Industrial Arbitration Act of 1912 on 9 July 1915. The union was registered federally under the ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Personal and work diaries, correspondence, notes, invitations, press cuttings re the Australian Foremen Stevedores Association and the Catholic Action Movement, printed material and photographs.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Researchers must sign an access agreement

Finding aids

Item list

Allied materials area

Related units of description

N48, Australian Foremen Stevedores Association
S706, The Australian Foreman Stevedores Association Review, 1962 - 1977 with gaps (formerly N56/49)

Description control area

Dates of creation revision deletion

Entered from deposit description on 30 September 2011