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N59 Australian Journalists' Association, New South Wales Branch deposit 1 Download list THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ARCHIVES OF BUSINESS AND LABOUR DEPOSIT N59 : THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH Inclusive Dates: 1907 - 1982 Quantity: 56.3 linear metres. Note: The Australian Journalists1 Association was formed in Melbourne on December 10, 1910 and registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act on 23 May 1911. The New South Wales Branch (then District) of the Union was formed on August 25 1911, having taken over the assets and liabilities of the NSW Institute of Journalists formed earlier in November 1907 as a statewide association of press reporters. In 1913 the AJA NSW District was registered under the Trades Union Act of NSW, later adopting the title of NSW Journalists Union for the purposes of state arbitration. On May 11 1913 The Writers' and Artists1 Union amalgamated with the NSW District. An Authors' Section of the NSW District was established in August 1921 to protect the interests of Australian Authors and in particular to act against the importation into· Australia of syndicated literary material. The Section lapsed in 1926 and was reconstructed in 1935 as the Authors' and Artists' Section. The AJA NSW District Ethics Committee was formed on 7 July 1942 to prepare and administer a Code of Ethics which was adopted in August 1942. The Code bound all members of the NSW District to standards of professional conduct and the Ethics Committee continued its operations through the 1960's and 1970's as the Judiciary Committee. Note (cont): The AJA NSW Benevolent Fund was established by the NSW Institute of Journalists, handed over to the AJA NSW District in 1911 and later received substantial support from J.F. Archibald, founding editor of The Bulletin. The fund operates to provide financial assistance to journalists and their families affected by unemployment, sickness, incapacity or death. Since its establishment the AJA New South Wales Branch has sought to obtain award coverage of its members employed in newspapers, government departments, law courts and other organisations. In 1979 its members included journalists (including those employed in broadcasting and television) authors, shorthand writers, Hansard reporters, public relations officers, photographers and press artists. The Australian Journalists Association is a federal union governed by a Federal Council meeting annually and consisting of an elected executive and two delegates (branch secretary and branch president) from each branch. Until 1968 Federal Executive Officers were elected by Federal Council after nominations by branch committees. Federal Executive Officers after 1969 were elected by a ballot of AJA membership. The AJA Federal office was located in Melbourne from 1911-1932 and moved to Sydney in 1933. AJA Branch Committee members and Branch Officers are elected by Branch membership and serve annual terms with the exception of the Branch secretary who since 1943 has served triennial terms. The NSW Branch office of Secretary has been a paid position since 1915. A list of NSW Branch Secretaries and presidents from 1911-1983 is located in the AJA history file . Description: The deposit consists of minutes of the NSW Institute of Journalists, AJA NSW Branch committee and sub committees, Federal Executive and Branches (duplicates only), correspondence, arbitration case files, transcripts and research material, financial material, membership records, photographs, serials and printed material. * * * * * Abbreviations ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission ACP Australian Consolidated Press Ltd ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions AJC Australian Jockey Club AJA Australian Journalists Association APTUJ Australian Printing Trades Employees Union NRMA National Roads and Motorists Association NSWJU New South Wales Journalists Union OTC Overseas Telecommunication Commission PIEUA Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia PKIU Printing and Kindred Industries Union UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation VDT Visual Display Terminal * * * l. DEPOSIT N59 SERIES LIST Series Description Date Range Location AJA NSW BRANCH Minutes NSJ.I Institute of Journalists Conunittee Minutes 1 vol 1907-1911 N59/1 NSW Branch Conunittee Minutes 40 vols (some indexed) 1911-1959 N59/2-41 NSJ.I Branch General Meeting Minutes 3 vols 1911-1956 N59/42-43 Authors and Artists Section Minutes 3 vols 1921-1955 N59/44-46 Benevolent Fund Trustees Minutes 4 vols 1920-1948 N59/53-56 Ethics Conunittee Minutes 1 vol 1942-1954 N59/50 Jeff James Conunittee Minutes 1 vol 1953 N59/51 Jeff James Conunittee (Finance Sub-conunittee) Minutes. 1 vol 1953 N59/52 Publicity Officers Minutes 1 vol 1961 N59/49 Public Service Section Minutes 1 vol 1949-1951 N59/48 Radio and Television Section Minutes 1 vol 1956-1957 N59/47 Federal Executive Minutes - Duplicate minutes received by the AJA NSW Branch. 29 files (some indexed) 1958-1979 N59/57-85 Federal Council Proceedings 43 files 1921-1981 N59/86-128 Federal Council and Executive Papers and State Branch Minutes. Working papers for Federal Council and Executive meetings and duplicate minutes of state branches received by the AJA NSW Branch. 28 files 1972-1981 N59/1570-1597 2. DEPOSIT N59/ SERIES LIST Series Description Date Range Location AJA NSW BRANCH cont. Correspondence and Office Files Letterbooks Press copy letterbooks containing copies of the Secretary's outward correspondence 2 vols 1913-1918 N59/156-157 Correspondence files Correspondence arranged alphabetically in three sections by the archivist as follows: 1)Subject bundles grouped into chronological files consisting of inward and outward correspondence with members, non-members, sub-branches and other organisations 2)Correspondence with AJA Branches and Federal Executive and 3) Miscellaneous files (mostly created under an earlier secretary) including Authors and Artists' Section and Ethics and Judiciary Committee Correspondence. 410 files (1930-)1941-1982 N59/1166-1569 Industrial files (Springback Binders) Case files relating to arbitration proceedings, disputes and claims by members, including files on AJA office administration. The binders include some arbitration transcripts and were created by AJA industrial officers working on individual cases under the Secretaryship of H.G. Coleman (1953-74) 193 files 1941-1970's(-1981) N59/158-348 Industrial Files Case files containing correspondence, evidence, logs of claims, awards and industrial agreements relating to negotiations with employers of journalists, public relations and reporting staff concerning working conditions and award coverage. Also includes files on AJA history and administration and case files on individual claims of members. Arranged alphabetically by subject. 892 files (1902-)1950's-1983 N59/350-1164; N59/1751-1825 Federal Executive Circulars 28 files (removed from binders-indexed) 1956-1979 N59/129-155(a) Arbitration Material Miscellaneous Arbitration Material Transcripts of proceedings, exhibits and research material for award cases (See also industrial files). 60 items 1916-1977(-1981) N59/1598-1664 Financial Records NSW Institute of Journalists Ledger 1 vol (indexed) 1907-1910 N59/1665 3. DEPOST N59/ SERIES LIST Series Description Date Range Location AJA NSW BR.-\J\lCH cant. Financial Records cont. Ledger Sheets 1 bundle 1946-1970 N59/1666 Journals 2 vols 1947-1968 N59/l667-1668 Cash Books 5 vols 1923-1966 N59/l669-l673 Balance Sheets 2 files 1959-1979 N59/l749-l750 ~lembership Contribution Cards 46 bundles - o. ·t ;;;;; ~ _ or--£.;_--£(~ • 1922-1975 N59/l674-l719 Membership Contribution Books 6 vols (indexed) 1945-1975 N59/l720-l725 Wages Books AJA office staff wages 21 vols 1951-1979 N59/l728-l748 Pettv Cash Books 2 vols 1956-1967 N59/l726-l727 Annual Returns NSW Journalist Union l file 1944-1966 N59/2144 Membership Records Membership Application forms l val (indexed) 1911-1914 N59/l832 Membership Register and Address Book l val (indexed) 1917 N59/l831 Membership Cards 26 bundles 1921-1979 N59/l833-1858 Membership Rolls Computer generated membership lists alphabetical by surname of member 2 binders 1975-1982 N59/1881-l882 New South Wales Journalists' Union ~lembership Cards 22 bundles 1943-1973 N59/1859-1880 Gradings Summaries Summaries of lists of graded staff received from country and metropolitan employers 4 vols 1960-1980 N59/1826-182~J 4. DEPOSIT N59/ SERIES LIST Series Description Date Range Location AJA NSW BRANCH cont. Membership Records cont. Branch Committee Attendance Book 1 vol 1953-1980 N59/l830 Photographs. 88 items, 2 bundles, photographs 1911-1970' s N59/l890-1979 and illustrations. Press Cuttings. 6 vols 1943-1980 N59/1883-1888 Other. Sound Recording 1 reel n.d. N59/1889 Printed Material. Rule Books 17 vols 1945-1979 N59/1980-1987 AJA Annual Reports Federal Executive and State Branch annual reports. 78 items 1948-1982 N59/l988-1997 AJA Serials Including AJA Journal, Bulletins and Strike Newspapers 59 items 1913-1980 N59/1998-2003 AJA Pamphlets and Monographs 10 items 1934-1980 N59/2004-2013 Serials 35 titles 1944-1981 N59/2014-2048 Books, Pamphlets and Monographs General material, government publications legislation, government publications awards covering journalists and Common wealth and State government publications - general. 95 items 1937-1982 N59/2049-2143 5. SHELF LIST N59/1-31 Location no. Description Date Range NSW Institute of Journalists Committee Minutes N59/1 1 vol including