Communism: highlights from the Monash University music collections 16 March - 27 May 2005

Communism: highlights from the Monash University music collections 16 March - 27 May 2005

The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 16 March - 27 May 2005 Opening address given by Dr. Peter Lentini, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts. Over 150 items are on display, covering all aspects of Communism from the USSR, Britain, America, China, Indonesia, and Australia. Also featured is material on student activism and Vietnam, as well as anti-Communist publications from the 1930s to the 50s. The exhibition draws upon the wealth of pamphlet material held in the Monash Rare Book Collection. It even features an anti-Communist comic, from our extensive comics collection, and a Communist children’s annual from the Lindsay Shaw Collection of rare children’s books.

English

100p.

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