Área de identidad
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Fecha(s)
- 1910-1989 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 box
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Historia biográfica
Papers of Freedom Press, an anarchist periodical started in 1886 by a group of friends around Peter Kropotkin after their separation from the English Anarchist Circle and The Anarchist edited by Henry Seymour; in addition to Freedom, the group eventually set up the Freedom Press, the main publisher of anarchist literature in England; first editors of Freedom were Charlotte M. Wilson 1886-1895, Alfred Marsh 1895-1912 and Thomas H. Keell 1912-1932; among the contributors to the periodical were George Bernard Shaw, Max Nettlau and Kropotkin; a rival Freedom was published by opponents of Th. Keell, including John Turner and Oscar Swede 1930-1936; ceased publication in favour of Spain and the World 1936-1938, edited by Vernon Richards, and changed its name to Revolt in 1939; this was continued as War Commentary, renamed Freedom in 1945, the publication of which continues still today.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
GB 0372 FREEDOM PRESS 1910-1989 Fonds 1 box Freedom Press , bookshop and publishers
Papers of Freedom Press, an anarchist periodical started in 1886 by a group of friends around Peter Kropotkin after their separation from the English Anarchist Circle and The Anarchist edited by Henry Seymour; in addition to Freedom, the group eventually set up the Freedom Press, the main publisher of anarchist literature in England; first editors of Freedom were Charlotte M. Wilson 1886-1895, Alfred Marsh 1895-1912 and Thomas H. Keell 1912-1932; among the contributors to the periodical were George Bernard Shaw, Max Nettlau and Kropotkin; a rival Freedom was published by opponents of Th. Keell, including John Turner and Oscar Swede 1930-1936; ceased publication in favour of Spain and the World 1936-1938, edited by Vernon Richards, and changed its name to Revolt in 1939; this was continued as War Commentary, renamed Freedom in 1945, the publication of which continues still today.
Deposited with the Freedom Press Library
Miscellaneous handbills, newsletters, typescripts and other ephermera, concerning international movements, personalities and campaigns connected with anarchism, socialism, the peace movement and the history of anarchism, collected by bookshop and publishers Freedom Press (1910 - 1989).
No further arrangement required.
OPEN
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
English, French
Handlist available.
The Bishopsgate Library also holds the Freedom Press Library containing books and pamphlets on the history of anarchism.
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
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.
6 July 2006 Anarchism Collectivism Freedom Press Pacifism Political doctrines Socialism
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Deposited with the Freedom Press Library
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Alcance y contenido
Miscellaneous handbills, newsletters, typescripts and other ephermera, concerning international movements, personalities and campaigns connected with anarchism, socialism, the peace movement and the history of anarchism, collected by bookshop and publishers Freedom Press (1910 - 1989).
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
No further arrangement required.
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Condiciones de acceso
OPEN
Condiciones
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English, French
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
The Bishopsgate Library also holds the Freedom Press Library containing books and pamphlets on the history of anarchism.
Instrumentos de descripción
Handlist available.
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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.
Estado de elaboración
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Idioma(s)
- inglés