Edna Ryan interviewed by Sara Dowse [sound recording]

Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
Reference ORAL TRC 2742
Date Range 20-Aug-91 - 16-Mar-94
Description
16 sound tape reels. Ryan talks about her family background; political discussions at home; general domestic situation; bubonic plague in 1900 and growing up in Pyrmont, N.S.W. She then describes her introduction to the I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World); anti-conscription campaign; impact of WWI and the Russian Revolution. Ryan also describes her Bohemian days; 1st jobs; Australian Socialist Party; timber workers’ strike of 1929 and her involvement with the Communist Party.
Access Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use from the interviewee's family. Audio closed
Finding Aid Corrected transcript (typescript, 200 leaves) for the 1991 interview. An uncorrected transcript (typescript, 32 leaves) is available for the 1994 interviews.

Download content