Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1970-1986. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
245 posters.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ron Leeks has been active in many political and social causes, particularly the Campaign Against Nuclear Power and the House of Freedom Christian Community. He began working for the Rockhampton Family Emergency Accommodation Program as a Housing Referral Worker in the late 1980s.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Political posters, 1970-1986
Collection alternatively titled as: Ron Leeks Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of 245 political posters. Themes and causes represented include: world peace, anti-uranium mining, Aboriginal land rights/sacred sites, protection of the environment, disarmament (including many 'Hiroshima Day' posters), Greenpeace, FOE (Friends of the Earth), MAUM (Movement Against Uranium Mining), and the alignment of women's groups and churches with these causes. Also present are posters calling for attention to youth and disabled housing, Timorese refugees, prisoners of conscience, and women's rights.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
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
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Leeks, Ron (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, SJB, 18-Nov-2022
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.