Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1920s]-[ca.1995] (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
34 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dr Tom Poole was a member of the History Department, University of Queensland, for 27 years until his retirement in 2001. He specialised in Soviet and Russian history.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Eric Fried was a member of the Russian Department, University of Queensland, before embarking on a business career in Russia.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers of Thomas Poole and Eric Fried, [1920s]-[ca.1995]
Collection alternatively titled as: Thomas Poole and Eric Fried Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers primarily concern Russian-Australian relations, 1803-1946, and cover initial Russian contacts with Australian colonists in the nineteeenth century, consular/diplomatic relations, involvement of Russian political radicals in Queensland politics before and after World War 1, formation of the Communist Party of Australia, and Russian immigration to Australia. Includes copies of official documents from Russian, Finnish, British and Australian archives; journal articles, early Russian-language newspapers, memoirs, travel accounts, private correspondence, drafts of published works, photographs. Documents are in Russian and English.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Papers grouped in subject folders.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except for Box 8, Folder 11, which is restricted. Application for access to restricted material can be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Govor, E and Windle K (2023) 'The dreamer and the destroyer : two unconventional Tolstoians and their impact in Australia' in Tolstoi : art and influence, Brill.
Windle K (2023) ‘Ekho Avstralii : Australia's First Russian Newspaper and Its Revolutionary Reverberations’, The Slavonic and East European review (1928), 101(1):64–90, doi:10.1353/see.2023.a897285.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Communist Party of Australia (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.