Radicalism in America

The National Library has a strong collection of pamphlets, journals and other publications documenting many strands of American radicalism. They range from the Populist movement in the 1890s to the civil rights movement, the peace movement and the New Left in the 1960s. The holdings of some of the radical journals extend to the 1990s.

Cameron Collection

Clyde Robert Cameron (1913–2008) was born at Murray Bridge, South Australia, and educated at Loos Primary School and Gawler High School. From 1928 to 1936 he was a roustabout on sheep stations and then graduated to the position of shearer. He soon became active in the Australian Workers Union and was an organiser from 1938 to 1941 and state secretary from 1941 to 1949. At the 1949 federal election he won the seat of Hindmarsh for the Australian Labor Party and held it until his retirement in 1980.

British Radical Pamphlets

In the second half of the nineteenth century the Radicals formed a powerful political group in Britain, closely linked with the Liberal Party and the Nonconformist churches. They opposed armaments, involvement in foreign wars and imperial expansion, and stood for free trade, the extension of the franchise, the curtailment of the power of the House of Lords and the disestablishment of the Church of England.

Beyer Collection

Henry Otley Beyer (1883–1966) was born in Edgewood, Iowa, and was a graduate of Denver University, where he studied chemistry. In 1905 he arrived in the Philippines and, while working as a teacher, studied the Ifugaos of the Banaue Valley of northern Luzon. In 1908–09 he carried out research in Asia, North Africa and Europe and undertook graduate studies in anthropology at Harvard University. In 1909 he returned to the Philippines and was appointed ethnologist in the Bureau of Science. He carried out fieldwork among the Ifugaos, Igorots, Apayaos, Kalingas and other peoples.

Baracchi Collection

Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi (1887–1975) was the son of Pietro Baracchi (1851–1926), who had emigrated from Italy in 1876 and was the government astronomer of Victoria from 1895 to 1915. Born in Melbourne, Baracchi was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. His mother, who came from a family of wealthy butchers, died in 1908 and he lived off his inheritance for the rest of his life.

Dutch Pamphlet Collections

Acquisition

In 1966 the National Library purchased two collections of Dutch pamphlets from the antiquarian bookseller Martinus Nijhoff of The Hague.

Description

The larger of the two collections consists of 953 pamphlets published in the Netherlands between 1567 and 1852. The great majority of the works are in Dutch, but there are a small number of works in English, French, German and Latin.

Deakin Collection

Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) was born in Melbourne and educated at Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar, but achieved more success as a journalist, writing reviews and articles for the Age and editing the Leader. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1879, promptly resigned because of doubts about the poll, but regained the seat of West Bourke in 1880. From 1883 to 1890 he held office in coalition governments.

Duncan-Hughes Collection

John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962) was the son of Sir John Duncan, a wealthy pastoralist. He was born at ‘Hughes Park’ near Watervale, South Australia. When he was young, his name was changed to Duncan-Hughes, in memory of his great-uncle, Sir Walter Hughes. He was educated at St Peter’s College in Adelaide, Cheltenham College in England and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1907 and the South Australian Bar in 1908. He served in the Royal Field Artillery in France and Belgium in 1915-18 and was awarded the Military Cross.

Deane Collection

Percival Edgar Deane (1890–1946) was born in Melbourne and educated at University High School. In the few years after he left school, he became a Methodist lay preacher, learned shorthand, sold typewriters, was employed as a clerk at the University of Melbourne, worked with trade and business magazines, and founded the Australian Golfer. In 1914 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt. He was invalided back to Australia and in November 1916 became private secretary to the Prime Minister, W.M. Hughes.

Hall Collection

Hessel Duncan Hall (1891–1976) was born at Glen Innes, New South Wales, and educated at Sydney Boys High School and the University of Sydney. He was a school teacher before proceeding to Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained a B.Litt. in 1920. He tutored under Oxford University’s extension program. He returned to Australia in 1920, worked for the University of Sydney’s Department of Tutorial Classes, and was the Sydney correspondent for the Manchester Guardian.