Therese Collie interviews Marie Crisp. Marie Crisp worked in the metal trades during the second World War, joined the Vehicle Builders Union, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union and Queensland Council of Unions, and was a member of the Communist Party of Australia and the Union of Australian Women. She was a lifelong campaigner for the rights of women workers and Aboriginal people.

Marie talks of her early life growing up in Murwillumbah (New South Wales) and central Queensland; working at Monto hospital and being a member of the Australian Workers' Union; moving to Brisbane during the second World War and working at Ford; Amalgamated Electrical Union and Metal Trades Union; joining the the Miscellaneous Workers' Union; being a member of the Communist Party and Union of Australian Women; the rights of women workers and Aboriginal people.

Therese Collie interviews Loma Thompson, born in 1922 in Lismore, Victoria.

Loma talks of her early life in Camberdown and Colac, and her parents; leaving school at 14 or 15 years old; training to be a nurse at Geelong and joining the Student Nurses' Association, and later the Professional Division of the Hospital Employees' Union; moving to North Queensland in 1948; meeting her husband Fred Thompson at a Communist Party meeting; joining the Communist Party in 1944 and why she joined; working for the Legion of Ex-Servicemen; Union of Australian Women (UAW); Freds work and his involvement with the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), Loma being a founding member of the AEU Women's Committee; 1964/65 dispute at Mt Isa Mines and the work that the Women's Committee did; returning to the workforce at the age of 49 and the changes in the workforce for women since she last time she worked; her involvement with Kindergarten Headstart; child care; some issues faced by women today; activities, politically or otherwise, she is involved in now, and her family being involved in arts activities as a political tool of communication.

Therese Collie interviews Joyce Murphy and Ivy Willey (née Morgan) on the history of Ipswich and West Moreton Miners' Women's Auxiliary of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union (QCEU) and their involvement with the Auxiliary and QCEU.

Therese Collie interviews Jeannie O'Connor born in 1920 in Nambour.

Therese Collie interviews Jean Bowden, an active member of the Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association (ATPOA). In this interview, Bowden talks about her early life growing up on the Maroochy River where her father was a sugarcane grower; her school years; her first job at the Gympie telephone exchange and being encouraged by her father to join the union; boarding at the Convent in Gympie; working at the Nambour and Yeronga telephone exchanges; joining ATPOA; her involvement in the campaign to have the Bill that barred the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service; Joyce Williams (Secretary of ATPOA); and her involvement with ATPOA.

Typed transcript of an interview with Jack Sherington and Norma Chalmers about their history as peace activists from the 1950s to the 1980s

Four sound cassettes, typescript transcript (159 l.; photocopy), with introductory note by Chester Eagle. Contents: Jack and Pat Johnston speak of the writings of their brother, George; the Johnston family; the characters in George Johnston's books; early recollections of George; the Depression Years; World War II; and characters in his books as compared to those in his real life. Recorded on July 29 and August 20, 1980.

Audiocassette tape of interview (01 hr., 25 min., 57 sec.) : analog, 2 track.) with American-born Queensland architect (Alexander) Ian Ferrier (1928-2000) on 30 May 1999. Present at the interview: Ian Ferrier, Mercier Ferrier, Fiona Gardiner and Alice Hampson. Ian Ferrier talks about his life and career. Accompanied by notes (2 pages) and photocopy of sketchbook (43 pages).

Therese Collie interviews Francis Bishop, born in Brisbane in 1918.

Francis talks of her early life growing up in Brisbane in a Liberal family; joining the Communist Party and Union of Australian Women, and her involvement with both organisations; her husband Frank, who was the Communist Party Secretary of the Townsville area; Labor Day marches in Brisbane; her opinion on the changes in political activity over the years and lack of interest in unions and the Labor Party; women's issues and work for women's rights; Flo Milburn and Betty Clason.

Therese Collie interviews Elena Timms (née Raccanello) born in 1941 in Stanthorpe.

Elena talks about her parents, who were Italian migrants; her experiences of growing up in Stanthorpe as a child of migrants; her and her fathers involvement in the peace and anti-war movements; working in an aluminium tube factory in Port Kembla in 1963 and school cleaner and trade unions; Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia and Trades and Labor Council; women labor union members.