The inaugural T.J. Ryan Memorial lecture sponsored by the University of Queensland A.L.P. Club and delivered by Hon. E.G. Whitlam, 28 April 1978.
E.G. Whitlam's script, a shortened version of the printed booklet.

2 volumes of newspaper cuttings, mostly from the Courier-Mail, about Queensland Premier T.J. Ryan pasted onto pages. One volume contains cuttings dated 1915 - 1916, the other dated 1917. Some handwritten notes and annotations on inside covers of one volume.

Transcript of a tape recording of George Rymer and Ernie Sampson discussing the 1917 Queensland Railway Strike, and other Q.R.U., A.R.U., and A.L.P. matters. John R. Craig, T.J. Ryan and E.G. Theodore are mentioned. Accompanied by one page of biographical details about Ernie Sampson and George Rymer, dated 1973 and signed D.J. Murphy.