Fonds GB 0096 MS 1114 - Clinton, Alan Michael

c50 boxes

GB 0096 MS 1114 circa 1918-1990 Fonds c50 boxes Clinton , Alan Michael , 1943-2005 , historian and socialist

Born Dublin, June 1943; came to England with his family when he was 11; studied at Xaverian College, Manchester, and read history at Merton College, Oxford, where he became actively involved with politics as a member of the Labour Party and also joined several socialist and Trotskyite groupings. Clinton gained his PhD at Chelsea College, University of London, researching trades council activity (under Ralph Miliband) and industrial relations were to remain his main intellectual interest, publishing the book The Trade Union Rank And File: Trades Councils in Britain 1900-1940 in 1977. In the 1980s, Clinton wrote books on printed ephemera, libraries, unions, housing and safety at work. His large work, Post Office Workers: A Trade Union And Social History was published in 1984. During the 1970s, Clinton was instrumental in setting up the Workers' Socialist League and devoted much time to its campaigning and publications. In 1982, he was elected to Islington council and almost immediately became chief whip; in 1986, he became deputy leader to Margaret Hodge, and leader himself, 1994-1997. As well as politics, Clinton also taught widely, holding temporary posts at Leeds University, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Imperial College, South Bank Polytechnic, the Institute of Housing, the Irish Studies Centre and North London Polytechnic. In 1988, he took more permanent employment as a history lecturer at Bristol Polytechnic (subsequently the University of the West of England). Clinton's last work Jean Moulin, 1899-1943: The French Resistance And The Republic was published in 2001. He died in January 2005.

Gifted to Senate House Library by Owen Clinton and Alison Appleby in April 2005.

The collection comprises correspondence, research notes, publications and drafts compiled by Alan Clinton during research for his book Printed Ephemera: Collection, Organisation, Access published by Clive Bingley in 1981 (1976-1980); Correspondence, organisational documents, ephemera, handwritten notes and other material regarding Clinton's involvement with the Oxford University Labour Club and other groupings, including the Socialist Labour League, his time serving on Islington Council, various publications and articles (1964-1990), Trotskyist and other left-wing pamphlets and journals, 1960s-1980s, including Workers Press and Newsline.

Divided into pamphlets (MS1114/1/1/1-), serials (MS1114/1/2/1-) and subject files. Subject files divided into ephemera project (MS1114/2/1-), other academic projects MS1114/3/1-), political activism (MS1114/4/1-), personal (MS1114/5/1-).

Open for research although at least a working day's notice should be given. Access to some files might be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

English

A pdf catalogue is attached to the online description

Alan Clinton's papers are also held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (ref. MSS.539). These mainly comprise archives of Trotskyist organisations such as the Workers' Socialist League, circa 1970s-1980s.

Compiled by Stefan Dickers on behalf of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2005. Updated by Richard Temple, May 2006. Clinton , Alan Michael , 1943-2005 , historian and socialist Collectivism Educational administrative structure Educational associations Educational organizations Information processing Islington Council Oxford University Labour Club Political doctrines Socialism Socialist Labour League Student organizations

Gifted to Senate House Library by Owen Clinton and Alison Appleby in April 2005.

The collection comprises correspondence, research notes, publications and drafts compiled by Alan Clinton during research for his book Printed Ephemera: Collection, Organisation, Access published by Clive Bingley in 1981 (1976-1980); Correspondence, organisational documents, ephemera, handwritten notes and other material regarding Clinton's involvement with the Oxford University Labour Club and other groupings, including the Socialist Labour League, his time serving on Islington Council, various publications and articles (1964-1990), Trotskyist and other left-wing pamphlets and journals, 1960s-1980s, including Workers Press and Newsline.

Divided into pamphlets (MS1114/1/1/1-), serials (MS1114/1/2/1-) and subject files. Subject files divided into ephemera project (MS1114/2/1-), other academic projects MS1114/3/1-), political activism (MS1114/4/1-), personal (MS1114/5/1-).

Open for research although at least a working day's notice should be given. Access to some files might be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

• English

• Latin

English

A pdf catalogue is attached to the online description

Originals can be found in the Foreign Office (Ref: FO) and Colonial Office (Ref: CO) records at the Public Record Office.

Alan Clinton's papers are also held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (ref. MSS.539). These mainly comprise archives of Trotskyist organisations such as the Workers' Socialist League, circa 1970s-1980s.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English