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Holman family papers.
Archival | 1893-1965.
Available at 3rd Floor Rare Materials (ACC 1744A/15 George VI Coronation medal, 12 May 1937 with ribbon and bar.) plus 5+ more

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3rd Floor Rare Materials ACC 1744A/15 George VI Coronation medal, 12 May 1937 with ribbon and bar. FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY ASK SLWA STAFF
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3rd Floor Rare Materials ACC 1744A/15 George VI Coronation medal, 12 May 1937 with ribbon and bar. FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY ASK SLWA STAFF
4th Floor Stack ACC 1744A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2028A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2279A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 3387A Donated August 1985 FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 6799A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
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3rd Floor Rare Materials ACC 1744A/15 George VI Coronation medal, 12 May 1937 with ribbon and bar. FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY ASK SLWA STAFF
4th Floor Stack ACC 1744A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2028A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2279A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 3387A Donated August 1985 FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 6799A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
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3rd Floor Rare Materials ACC 1744A/15 George VI Coronation medal, 12 May 1937 with ribbon and bar. FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY ASK SLWA STAFF
4th Floor Stack ACC 1744A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2028A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 2279A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 3387A Donated August 1985 FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
4th Floor Stack ACC 6799A FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY REQUEST RETRIEVAL
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Description
55 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloguer.
Access advisory
Available for reference; not for loan.
Cite As
State Library of Western Australia, MN 405, Holman family papers, ACC 1744A, 2028A, 2279A, 3387A, 6799A, 8209A, 10464A.
Rights advisory
Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Acquisition source
Donation; 1965,1968; ACC 1744A.
Donation; 197108; ACC 2028A.
Donation; 197308; ACC 2279A.
Donation; 198508; ACC3387A.
Donation; 20061120; ACC 6799A.
Associated with
Associated with photographs in the Pictorial Collection, State Library of Western Australia (Holman Family collection of photographs, 4553B)
Associated with material in the Ephemera Collection, State Library of Western Australia (Collection of material relating to the Labor Women's Central Executive, PR 6333)
Biography/history
W.A. Labor politician. Assistant Secretary of the Timber Workers' Union 1918-1925. In 1930, Australian delegate at 11th Assembly of the League of Nations. Secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party. MLA for Forrest 1925-1939. She made history in 1925 when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Labor Parliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death on the eve of the 1939 elections.
Finding Aids
Detailed listing available (MN 405)
Summary
Includes correspondence from Geneva,1930; letters of condolence; miscellaneous family letters; newspaper cuttings relating to Holman family, John Barkell Holman (May's father), May Holman; profiles; invitations, programmes, and souvenirs; items of her father; speeches (of J.B. Holman on Industrial Arbitration Act 1924, of May Holman on Timber Industry Regulation 1926, of Ted Holman on requirements of Forrest electorate 1939); certificate presented to mark her service in the office of Assistant General Secretary of the Australian Timber Workers' Union, 1918-1925; photographs.
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Related item
Souvenir 1933, to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the first State Labor Women's Conference (23rd October, 1912)
Souvenir 1935, to celebrate the completion of Miss May Holman's tenth consecutive year of service as a member of the Parliament of Western Australia.
Souvenir 1937, to celebrate the twenty-fifth and silver anniversary of the first State Labor Women's Conference (Oct. 23, 1912) and the tenth anniversary of the W.A. Labor Women's Central Executive.
Holman Family collection of photographs 4553B
Collection of material relating to the Labor Women's Central Executive PR6333.
OCLC/Vendor #
000012697436
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