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GB 106 5WSC · Fonds · 1973

Printed papers relating to The Women and Socialism Conference 1973, and the Leeds Conference on The Family 1973, from a left-wing Women's Liberation Movement perspective. Includes papers from International Feminist Collective and Gay Liberation. Collator unknown.

Women and Socialism Conferences
GB 0099 KCLMA Wintringham · 1891-1982

Papers of Tom Wintringham and his second wife Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham (née Bowler), 1891-1982. Papers of Tom Wintringham relating to the Home Guard include correspondence, articles, radio broadcasts, press cuttings, photograph, report, lecture transcripts and training exercises. Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party including correspondence, photographs, minutes, publications, papers on Common Wealth Party policy, formation, resignations, libel charges, election campaigns and conferences. Other papers relating to Tom Wintringham including papers from his time at Balliol College, Oxford, 1918-1920; Wintringham's visit to Moscow, 1920; various inventions by Wintringham, 1929-1949; the Communist Party, 1933-1944; British economic crisis, 1947, and obituaries and biographical articles. Wintringham's correspondence includes his school days, First World War, prison, Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence; Kitty's correspondence includes Spanish Civil War, the Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence. Photographs notably cover the Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party, Tom and Kitty Wintringham, their children, friends and family. Writings by Wintringham include draft and published articles (chiefly for the Picture Post, the Tribune, the Daily Herald and the Daily Mirror), drafts of published and unpublished books, scripts, reviews, notes, short stories and essays. Draft articles by Kitty. Poems by Wintringham and others on topics including World War One and the Spanish Civil War, 1910-1950 and printed material, 1923-1950.

Wintringham , Thomas Henry , 1898-1945 , socialist writer and military commentator
GB 0366 TY · Collection · 1918-1955

Papers of Richard Henry Tawney, 1918-1955, comprising material relating to the University Grants Committee; correspondence, including with Shena Dorothy Simon (Education Officer, Workers Educational Association), Harold Charles Shearman (Hon Secretary, Council for Educational Advance), Harry Nutt (General Secretary, WEA) and ministers of education; manuscript notes on subjects relating to educational fees; collected publications and printed material from organisations, including the Fabian Society, the Ministry of Education and the Labour Party; and press cuttings.

Tawney , Richard Henry , 1880-1962 , historian
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0471 · 1929-1931

General and Executive Committee minute book of the South Paddington Divisional Labour Party.

South Paddington Divisional Labour Party
GB 2665 SPGB · 1894-2003

Records of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) comprising:

minutes of the Executive Committee, 1904-1998; (53 vols, 3 files)

minutes of committees for Ballots, 1942-1952; Editorial, 1942-1953; Overseas Secretary, 1942-1950; Paid Officials, 1943-1944; Standing Orders, 1950-1952; Membership Cards, 1952-1953; Full Time Posts, 1949-1952; Violence, 1948; Backward Countries, 1952; Class Struggle, 1952; Propaganda, 1950-1955; Education, 1952-1953; Literature, 1945-1952; Propaganda Research, 1950-1951; Weekly News, 1950; Speakers test, 1945-1953; Summer School, 1952; Declaration of Principles, 1951-1952; Book Department, 1943-1952; Provincial Propaganda, 1943-1949; Publicity, 1947-1952; Socials, 1945-1952; Socialist Standard, 1945-1946; Trade Union Advisor, 1944-1946; miscellaneous committees, 1943-1946, and sub-committees 1952; (4 boxes)

papers relating to Annual Conferences of the Party, including Executive Committee Report to the Annual Conference, 1911-1995; reports of Annual Conferences, 1936-1995; and Conference agenda and papers, 1957-1995; (3 boxes)

papers relating to Delegate Meetings including Executive Committee reports to the Meetings, 1914-1995; reports of the Meetings, 1914-1995; and Meeting agenda and papers, 1957-1995; (3 boxes)

Party General Secretary's files including correspondence, 1941-1977; and case files, 1911-1985 (5 boxes, 7 files)

membership records including registers and forms, 1904-1950; lists, 1980s-1990s; (16 boxes, 1 bundle)

papers distributed to members including circulars, 1943-1995; discussion reports, 1955-1995; (1 box)

news cuttings relating to the Party compiled for distribution as a quarterly newsletter, 1998-2003; (1 box)

printed publications of the Education Committee, 1970-1995; (1 box)

material relating to General and Local elections, including leaflets, 1905-2003 and papers, 1945-2003; (5 boxes, 10 files)

records of SPGB branches and groups including: branch minute books of Bloomsbury / Camden, 1937-1978; Camberwell / South West London, 1947-1994; Marylebone, 1942-1951; Paddington, 1946-1954; Croydon, 1954-1955; Greenford / Ealing, 1967-1974; Hamilton, 1942-1945; South West London, 1944-1950; Hampstead, 1957-1960; Manchester, 1954-1957; Battersea, 1911-1939; Wood Green, 1910-1914; (33 vols); branch journals from branches including Dagenham and Romford, 1935-1936; Brighton Line, 1969-1972; Islington, 1979-1980; Dundee, 1988; Eccles, 1988-1991; Edinburgh, 1993; West London, 1990; group journal from Colchester; the Campaign for the Abolition of Money, 1993; and Socialist Comment, 1979-1980; (1 box)

papers, pamphlets, photos, journals, relating to companion parties including the World Socialist Party of the US 1930-1985; Socialist Party of Canada, 1914-2003; Socialist Party of New Zealand, 1934-1970; Socialist Party of Australia, 1934-1970; Socialist Party of Ireland, 1949-1993; Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten, 1966-2000; World Socialist Party of India, 1995-1998; also Africa, Sweden, Jamaica, Belgium; and the Workers Literature Bureau (J A Dawson, Australia), 1945-1948 (6 boxes); copies of minutes of companion parties, 1965-1995 (incomplete) (1 box);

papers relating to Libertarian Communism (a splinter group of the SPGB) including journals and miscellaneous correspondence, 1970-1980 (1 box);

papers relating to relations with other oranisations, 1903-1963 (1 box);

subject files relating to World Wars One and Two (1 box); 'Form C' - branch returns, 1956-1962 (1 box); Turkish Group, 1990 (1 file);

accounts, 1944-1958 (1 box);

unpublished manuscripts of Francis Hawkins [1950s] (2 boxes); Sydney Merry, (2 files); David Finlay, 1989-1990 (1 box);

'The principal contributions of the Socialist Party of Great Britain to the development of Marxian political and economic theory', David Anthony Perrin, 1993, PhD Thesis, University of Liverpool; The origins and meaning of the Political theory of Impossibilism, Stephen Coleman, 1984, PhD Thesis, University College London; The paper war conflict and democracy in the Socialist Party of Canada, 1960-1970, Ronald Elbert, Jun 2001, MA Thesis, University of Massachusetts;

notebook of unidentified author [1930s] containing notes for lectures and cuttings re socialism; record of Party Decisions, 1932-1958 (1 vol); minutes of the History and Economics Class, 1941-1943 (1 vol); Record of Motorcycle journeys, 1934-1936, by unidentified Party member (1 vol);

photographs relating to members, meetings, conferences, rallies and event, 1904-2003 (3 boxes and 10 framed prints);

posters advertising the Party, 1945, 1980s-1990s (1 bundle);

ephemera, 1950-2003 (1 box);

Publications including:
Yes Utopia - we have the technology, Ron Cook, 1997; The futility of Reformism, Samuel Leight; Social Democrat, 1897-1903 (14 vols); Justice, 1894-1902 (8 vols).

Socialist Party of Great Britain , 1904- The Socialist Party
Social Democratic Federation
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0522 · Collection · 1884-1889

Section 1: Letters from Herbert Burrows to members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) about the Staffordshire miners strike, on which he was reporting for 'Justice', correspondence concerning 'Justice' and the SDF by various authors, articles intended for 'Justice', either undated or dated 1884.
Section 2: Letters to 'Justice' and various members of the SDF, 1884-1889.
Section 3: Manuscripts of articles for 'Justice', mainly undated.
Section 4: 4/1 Fly sheet. Eight hours demonstration at Birmingham town Hall, Herbert Burrows, Chairman, on the back pencil notes on wages in the metal trades; 4/2 Walter Crane cartoon for May Day; Appendix (M859 R (SR) ARC2) William Morris letter to "Dear Comrade of the SDF, the Labour League and Justice", 19 Dec 1885.

Social Democratic Federation
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0296 · Collection · 1895

Diary of a winter spent in Berlin in 1895 which formed the basis of their joint publication German Social Democracy (Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1896), a study of the German Social Democratic Party.

Russell, Alys, 1867-1951, first wife of Bertrand Russell Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 1872-1970, 3rd Earl Russell, philosopher
ROWBOTHAM, Sheila (b 1943)
GB 106 7SHR · Fonds · 1969-1988

The archive consists of correspondence and draft for books, resource material, including Women's Liberation Movement papers, socialist periodicals and campaigning papers.

Rowbotham , Sheila , b 1943 , feminist historian
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0890 · Collection · 1923-1930

Photocopies of papers for the Peckham and Camberwell branches of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), including annual reports for Peckham 1928-1929 and 1929-1930, and the circular letters for both branches plus the South London Federation and the Camberwell Branch of the Communist Party. The file also contains a summary list and biographical notes on Riding and his mother Esther Riding.

Riding, John Robert, 1902-1983, local government Clerk and solicitor
GB 0096 MS1117 · [1884-2003]

Papers of Al Richardson and Jim Higgins, [1884-2003], comprising: Spartacists League / Workers Vanguard pamphlets and papers, 1964-2001; International Socialists minutes, circulars, discussion papers, 1960s-1970s; Workers Power bulletins, circa 1975-1992; Socialist Review minutes, 1952-6; Workers Socialist League papers, c. 1977-1983; Socialist Labour League minutes, circulars, pamphlets, 1960s; International Marxist Group papers, 1963-1967; Trotskyite journals and pamphlets from the United States, United Kingdom, Chile, India, Sri Lanka, France, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Italy,and other countries, 1930s-2003; Workers Fight, 1987-2003; Post Office Engineering Union minutes, journals, correspondence, 1960s-1970s; drafts of autobiography of Harry McShane and interviews with him, c1970s.

Richardson , Alec Stuart , 1941-2003 , socialist Higgins , James Robert , 1930-2002 , socialist
Red Pepper magazine
GB 0372 RED PEPPER · Fonds · 1992-2001

Photographs and artwork from Red Pepper magazine, 1992-2001.

Red Pepper magazine
GB 1556 WL 975 · Collection · 1989-1991

Papers of Julia Rahmer, 1989-1991, relate to activities of Neu Beginnen and the realities of life as a member and comprise copies of correspondence between Rahmer and various correspondents regarding documents related to Neu Beginnen, 1989-1991; a copy of Rahmer's account of life as a member of Neu Beginnen or ORG (as it was previously called) with an accompanying copy letter addressed to William Jones, 1991 and a copy of a list of members of Neu Beginnen.

Various
PRENDERGAST, Mollie: Memoirs
GB 106 7MOP · Fonds · 2000

The archive consists of an illustrated typescript autobiography of Mollie Prendergast spanning the greater part of the twentieth century. Includes accounts of her family history and background; her rural childhood and her time in service; the education and working lives of herself and of other family members; her life in London, including during the Blitz; her work as a civil servant; holidays and trips abroad; and her involvement with left wing political and social action.

Prendergast , Mollie , b 1907-fl 1977
Playne, Caroline Elizabeth
GB 0096 MS 1112 · Fonds · 1907-1924

Notes, press cuttings, pamphlets and journals compiled and collected by Caroline Elizabeth Playne for her research and publications, including material regarding the war effort in the First World War in Britain, France, Germany and other countries, pacifism, censorship and propaganda and the internment of aliens in Britain, along with publications of pacifist groups, such as the National Peace Council, the No-Conscription Fellowship and the Union of Democratic Control, socialist pamphlets and official publications, 1907-1924.

Playne , Caroline Elizabeth , 1857-1948 , historian
GB 0097 SR 1026 · [1916]

Typescript history of the Fabian Society up to 1915, written by Edward Reynolds Pease in [1916], with corrections by Sidney Webb and George Bernard Shaw.

Pease , Edward Reynolds , 1857-1955 , founder of the Fabian Society
Pare, William
GB 0096 MS 578 · 1819-1855

Scrapbook of material, printed and manuscript, by and relating to Robert Owen, collected and in part copied by William Pare, and annotated by him throughout, 1819-1855. The manuscript items include:
Copy by Pare of a receipt, 4 Aug 1819, for £500 from Robert Owen to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, annotated by Pare in 1872.
Copy of a letter from Pare to Owen, 1829.
Copy of letter from Owen to Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Bt, 1831, with a covering letter from H. Belstead to Pare of 1839.
Notes made from the Leeds Mercury, [1833-1834], written in ink over pencilled jottings (in Pare's hand?) on single leaf of an account book.
Account by Pare of a visit by Owen on 21 Mar 1834 to female convicts at Newgate prison about to be transported, written on a manuscript copy of Owen's address to them.
Holograph draft of Owen's address 'to the government and population of the United States of North America', 6 June 1837.
Two architectural plans of Harmony Hall, East Tytherley, Hampshire, 1839.
Letter from Dr. John Borthwick Gilchrist to Owen, 21 Mar 1839.
Holograph draft by Owen of the address of the Congress of the Association of All Classes of All Nations, and of the National Community Friendly Society to the General Convention of the Industrious Classes 'now sitting at Birmingham', 16 May 1839.
Holograph draft by Owen beginning 'The influence which may be obtained by society over the young mind', 1839.
Holograph draft by Owen of his address 'to intending emigrants and those who are dissatisfied with the present condition of society', 1839.
Single sheet headed 'Social Congress' and endorsed 'Journal', being an account of proceedings of the Congress of the Association of All Classes, 1839.
Incomplete holograph draft of address made by Owen on 'home colonization', at the Birmingham Congress [of the Association of All Classes], 25 May 1839.
Draft of Pare's address to Owen on his 68th birthday, 1839, with Owen's holograph reply.
Extract from The Chronicle, 18 Nov 1841.
Draft inscriptions, partly in Owen's hand, for the towers at Harmony Hall, 1841.
Memorial to Owen from the unemployed tradesmen of Glasgow, 15 Dec 1842.
Copy by Pare of a description of Owen in the Aberdeen Banner, 31 Dec 1842.
'Twelve question to be answered, according to promise, by Mr Owen in Mr Robertson's Hall this present evening', 30 Dec 1842.
Incomplete holograph draft by Owen on 'Causes remote and proximate of the present evils of society', [1843].
Letter of John Finch to Owen, 9 Mar 1843.
'Address [to Queen Victoria] of the members of branch 63 of the Rational Society and the inhabitants of Tower Hamlets in a public meeting assembled at their institution, Whitechapel, 10 Apr 1843, with covering letter by the Secretary, Thomas Marshall, to Owen, 15 Apr 1843.
Copy of the petition to Queen Victoria by the inhabitants of Halifax, 1843.
Bill made out to Owen for his stay at the Royal Hotel, Dundee, from 3-9 Jan, with his own annotations.
'Address to her most gracious Majesty, from a meeting called by public advertisement, in Sydney's Building, Bradford, 16 Feb 1843, signed by Owen who acted as chairman.
Address to Queen Victoria by the Congress of the Rational Society, 25 May 1843, signed by Owen as President of the Society.
Address of the participants of the first Concordium, held at Allcott House, Ham Common, Surrey, 28 Apr 1843, with 17 signatures.
Copy of two letters to The Times from Samuel Wilderspin, concerning infant schools, 6 Aug 1846.
Copies of letters by Owen to George William Frederick Howard, Viscount Morpeth (later 7th Earl of Carlisle), on progress in the United States, and to Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, on 'education and employment of the industrious classes', 1846.
Holograph draft of an address by Owen on 'The requisites for the permanent happiness of mankind', [1848].
Copy of a letter from Owen to [William] Cox, written from Paris and describing the revolution, June 1848.
Letter from William Offord to Owen, concerning members of Offord's family living with William Evans, 8 May 1855.
Incomplete holograph draft by Owen beginning 'The distress of the country has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished', [1848].
Draft [by Owen] entitled 'The convictions of Robert Owen, founder of the Rational System of Society, on the past, present and future state of the population of the world'.
Anecdote about the reaction of Thomas Say, Professor of Natural History, on reading Owen's works while in North America, [1851].
Silhouette sketch of Owen signed by Augustin Amant Constant Fidele Edouart, 1838.
Miscellaneous printed items include: sketches of Owen, prints of New Lanark, memorial card and order of Owen's funeral procession, printed programme of the 100th anniversary of his birth, 16 May 1871, and newspaper cuttings.

Pare , William , 1805-1873 , co-operator
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0618 · Collection · 1911-1914

Minute book of the National Union of Clerks, London Central Branch, 1 May 1911-30 Jun 1914.

National Union of Clerks , London Central Branch
GB 0074 A/NLT · Collection · 1926-1983

Records of the National Association of Labour Teachers, later the Socialist Educational Association. The records cover the period 1926-1983, although the minutes of the executive committee only continue until 1965. They include Executive Committee minutes; papers relating to annual conferences; constitution of the Association; membership lists; correspondence; files relating to campaigns; press reports; Association publications and newsletters.

National Association of Labour Teachers x Socialist Educational Association
MORRIS, May (1862-1938)
GB 106 7MMO · Fonds · 1960s-1980s

The collection compromises background material for a book on May Morris written by Elizabeth Masterman, titled May Morris: some notes for book collectors, published in 1984 by Book Collector, London. The archive consists of notes, filed alphabetically, covering personalities and subjects referred to in the book, correspondence, a copy of an illustrated catalogue of embroidery designs, a copy of William Morris material in the collection of H Buxton Forman, in possession of the Hammersmith Public Library, a hand list of documents and manuscripts of William Morris and papers and a manuscript text of a lecture about May Morris given by E Masterman at Royal College of Arlon in 1883. Includes details of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Morris , May , 1862-1938 , President of Women's Guild of Art
Morris (John) Papers
GB 0103 MORRIS · [1944-1977]

Correspondence and working papers, 1944-1977 and undated, of John Morris, including notes, proofs, manuscript and typescript drafts, comprising material on Roman sources and history, Christianity, Saxon, Celtic and Arthurian sources and history, including Nennius and Gildas; photographs of Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly a site at Mitcham, Surrey; typescript of Morris' Londinium: London in the Roman Empire; correspondence and papers relating to Past and Present including articles submitted to Morris for publication and related correspondence; academic correspondence with correspondents in the UK and abroad; papers and correspondence relating to Morris' visit to India, including academic matters and Indian politics and papers relating to Morris' political interests and activities, particularly the Institute for Workers' Control, including printed material.

Morris , John R , 1913-1977 , historian
GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 30 · 1915-1918

German socialist propaganda leaflet Die Feldpost, including articles relating to rising commodity and food prices in Germany and the necessity of German troops in the Balkans, Dec 1915; edition of German newspaper for German prisoners of war in France, Grüsse an die Heimat, May 1917; Central Powers propaganda leaflet, in English, calling for a cessation of hostilities, 1917; four Allied leaflets bearing photographs of HM Albert, King of Belgium and HM Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium, 1918.

Untitled
GB 0097 MCINTOSH · 1960-1991

Papers of Dr Mary McIntosh, 1960-1991, mainly relating to gay and feminist politics, notably scrapbooks and correspondence relating to a House UnAmerican Activities protest made by McIntosh and others whilst at the University of California, Berkeley, 1960; material relating to the National Deviancy Conference, 1968-[1975]; magazines and cuttings relating to the international homophile movement, [1965], including Arena Three; material relating to the Women's Liberation Movement, including papers collected at Women's Liberation and Soc-Fem conferences, 1971-1981, as well as papers, newsletters and booklets concerning the Women's Liberation Independence Campaign (WLIC), 1975-1979, the Fifth Demand Group (who campaigned for the financial and legal independence of married and cohabiting women), and Rights of Women (ROW), 1979-1980; material relating to McIntosh's work with the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), 1970-1973, including minutes and notes of meetings, newsletters, and copies of Come Together, Lunch and Gay News; papers collected from conferences with feminist input, 1976-1982, notably the Socialist Feminist Forum; magazines and pamphlets relating to feminism, gay and lesbian politics and socialism, [1970]-1981, including WIRE, Red Rag and Scarlet Woman; papers relating to the Prostitutes' Safe House Project, Camden, 1984; minutes, press cuttings and mailings of the Feminists Against Censorship (FAC), 1989-1991; left and anarchist pamphlets collected within the GLF and the WLM, [1970-1973], including material relating to the Angry Brigade.

McIntosh , Mary , b 1936 , sociologist
GB 0096 AL84 · Fonds · 1869

Letter from Karl Heinrich Marx of 7 Modena Villas, Maitland Park, Haverstock Hill, London to J M Ludlow, Esq, 10 Apr 1869. Controverting Ludlow's article in the Fortnightly Review: 'You say first that Lassalle propogated my principles in Germany and say then that I am propagating "Lassallian principles" in England. ... Lassalle has taken from my writings almost literally all his general theoretical developments ... I have nothing whatever to do with his practical applications.'

Autograph, with signature.

Marx , Karl Heinrich , 1818-1883 , revolutionary and thinker x Marx , Karl
GB 0372 LABOUR HISTORY MANUSCRIPTS/26 · Fonds · 2011

Ephemera, badges, flag and magazine collected at March for the Alternative, London 26th March 2011, including material from UNISON, Unite, Public and Commercial Services Union, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Trades Union Congress, Count Me Out, Green Party, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, UK Uncut, Marxism Festival, National Shop Stewards Network, Socialist Workers Party, Respect Party, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Resistance, Socialist Party, NASUWT and the National Union of Teachers.

Various.
GB 0097 LEVENBERG · Collection · 1939-1991

Papers of Dr Schneier Levenberg, 1939-1988, including material relating to Poale Zion, 1939-1985, such as Poale Zion Annual Conference papers, correspondence and papers of worldwide Zionist groups and conferences, documents relating to the Zionist movement during World War Two, and Labour Party Resolutions relating to Jewish settlement in Palestine; material relating to Socialist International, 1951-1981, comprising minutes, resolutions, conference papers, reports, and resolutions on the Middle East; papers relating to the Labour Party and Jewish issues, 1937-1982, including press cuttings, correspondence, and papers of the Middle East Sub-Committee; material collated by Levenberg for research and journalism, 1947-1970, on subjects including Poland, Zionist personalities, and British political parties; general papers, 1940-1988, including Yiddish newpapers, offprints, publications, UN resolutions relating to the Middle East, and correspondence.

Levenberg , Schneier , fl 1930-1991 , Dr , Zionist
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0196 · Collection · 1900-1918

Volume 1: Minutes, papers, correspondence and pamphlets of the Labour Representation Committee and of the Labour Party Executive Committee, including conference agenda's rules and ephemera; Volume II: Minutes of the executive committee of the Labour Party, covering Labour Party business, promoting the Labour Party and getting its members elected.

Labour Representation Committee
GB 1556 WL 1426 · Collection · 1941-1965

Papers compiled by Otto Kahn-Freund, 1941-1965, comprising newsletters, pamphlets and reports from organisations including the following: the Union of German Socialist Organisations in Great Britain; Jewish Socialist Labour Party; Socialist Vanguard Group; Union of Democratic Control; Arbeitswohlfahrt Gross-Britannien and the Palestine Labour Political Committee.

Freund , Otto , Kahn- , 1900-1979 , Knight , lawyer x Kahn-Freund
GB 1556 WL 548 · Collection · 1936-1943

Copies of original essays, memoranda and private papers, 1936-1943, covering such subjects as the Weimar Republic, the rise of National Socialism, German Communist and Socialist parties and trade unions, and the Jewish refugee problem. Also a fairly comprehensive collection of the 'Political Group Papers' (1941-1943) from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Committee on Reconstruction.

Israel , Wilfred , 1899-1943
GB 0372 LABOUR HISTORY MANUSCRIPTS/13 · Fonds · 1950

Photograph album containing 94 photographs of the International Union of Socialist Youth camp held at Skarpnack Aerodrome, Stockholm, Sweden in 1950, belonging to Richard Wallace Jones, including photographs of their arrival in Flushing, a German autobahn, the ferry at Nyborg, the British tents at the camp, various members of the Union of Socialist Youth, the Co-operative Head Office in Stockholm, various views of Stockholm, various views of Helsinborg, bomb damged Hamburg, various views of Amsterdam, and unidentitied photographs, with a letter to Wally, from Reg, regarding ordering additonal copies of some of the photographs in the album (27 August 1950).

Union of Socialist Youth
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0371 · Collection · 1922-1928

Press cuttings, printed material and typescript duplicated circulars sent to Welsh Independent Labour Party (ILP) branches by R Stanton, the ILP Welsh Divisional Secretary: Volume 1. Press cuttings and leaflets 1922-1924, includes some copies of the "ILP Chronicle"; Volume 2. Circulars, 1923; Volume 3. Circulars, 1924; Volume 4. Circulars, 1925, includes list of branches and their secretaries, and rough list of contents of the volume; Volume 5. Circulars, 1926; Volume 6. Circulars, 1927; Volume 7. Circulars, 1928.

Independent Labour Party , Welsh Divisional Council
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0103 · Collection · 1906-1908

Minute book of the Independent Labour Party Southwark branch.

Independent Labour Party , Southwark Branch
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0761 · Collection · 1922-1931

Papers of L A Plummer relating to the New Leader, comprising 1. Scrap book containing samples of stationary and circulars and cuttings, mainly advertisements in other journals, 1922-1927; 2. Promotional letters for New Leader, also The Miner and The Post. 1925-1930. 3. Report by L A Plummer on a visit to the USA to investigate the American newspaper advertising system for The Evening Standard. 1931.

New Leader Plummer , Sir , Leslie Arthur , 1901-1963 , Knight , MP
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0496 · Collection · 1908-1959

Papers of Independent Labour Party (ILP) Branch members: File 1. Papers of R W Rawlins, Secretary of the ILP London and Southern Counties Division 1930-1959. File 2. Press cuttings of the ILP and communism in Britain, probably collected by R W Rawlins 1908-1959. File 3. Papers of Ernst Spencer, ILP Rochester Branch. Includes papers on the Rochester Municipal Election 1908 and a letter to R E Dowse about Rochester ILP 1908-1959. File 4. Papers of R E Muirhead, Glasgow. Includes resolutions of the Scottish Provisional Conference and correspondence with Central Office regarding General Election results 1918-1924 with statistical annexes 1918-1926. File 5. Letter from Benjamin Sachs to Robert Edward Dwose regarding the ILP 1959.

Independent Labour Party
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0314 · Collection · 1904-1922

Minute books and correspondence files of the Independent Labour Party Watford Branch 1904-1910; of the City of London Branch 1908-1922; of the No 6 Divisional Council 1909-1921; correspondence only of the North London Federation; correspondence and papers relating to the ILP Head Office strike in 1920.

Bryan , Herbert , d 1950 , Independent Labour Party activist of London Independent Labour Party
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0497 · Collection · 1931-1951

Minutes of the Independent Labour Party Fifth Division (East Anglia including Norwich, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth and March).

Independent Labour Party , Fifth Division
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0400 · Collection · 1908-1921

Minute book of the Independent Labour Party East Ham Branch.

Independent Labour Party , East Ham Branch
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0650 · Collection · 1898-1901

Minute book of the Independent Labour Party Central Finsbury Branch, including membership list and rules, and minutes of the Management Committee.

Independent Labour Party , Central Finsbury Branch
Independent Labour Party
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0702 · Collection · c1908-1945

Papers of the Independent Labour Party comprising Files 1-13 - National Administrative Council minutes 1932-1937; Files 14 - Policy of the ILP, memos by John Paton and A Fenner Brockway. Report of the Sub-Committee on policy. Undated. Files 15-17 - Bradford (?) branch minutes, including executive, group and annual general meeting, meetings committee, propaganda committee, and social committee 1922-1945. File 18 - ILP conference photograph, Bradford, c 1908. File 19 - ILP Scottish Divisional conference agenda and resolutions, annotated by a member of the conference, 1918. File 20 - ILP Membership card with rules and constitution, belonging to Arthur Duncan of London and Edinburgh Central branches, 1926-1932.

Independent Labour Party
HUNOT, Peter (1914-1989)
GB 0372 HUNOT · Fonds · 1912-1981

Papers of social scientist and progressive activist, Peter Hunot, 1939-1971, including: minutes, agendas, administrative correspondence and reports of the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, 1942-1945; pamphlets, leaflets and broadsheets published by the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, and general pamphlets relating to conscientious objection, 1940-1971; photographs of ARP (Air Raid Precaution) and NFS (National Fire Service) staff, committee meetings, bomb damage and the ARP at work, 1939-1945; papers, reports, statements, minutes and correspondence from Hunot's involvement with the National ARP Co-ordinating Committee and the ARP and NFS Review, 1940-1944; pamphlets, periodicals and publications regarding civil defence and ARP duty in Britain and America, 1942-1945.

Hunot , Peter , 1914-1989 , social scientist and progressive activist
HALF MOON THEATRE COMPANY
GB 0505 HMT · 1972-1990

The collection consists of member lists and registers; correspondence, notes and publications relating to the building of the new theatre; financial papers relating to loans; financial papers concerning various productions; legal papers relating to the lease of land; applications to the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Greater London Council for funding, including annual reports and accounts; papers and publicity material relating to productions; scripts; programmes and posters for plays; material concerned with the Women's festival of June 1986; publications about fringe theatres and the East End of London; photographs of productions and cast; press cuttings.

Half Moon Theatre Company
Hackney Empire collection
GB 2381 HE · 1962-2009

Papers of the Hackney Empire collection, 1962-2009, comprising:

Material relating to the CAST theatre troupe, 1962-1985, including: papers concerning Roland Muldoon's theatre training, membership of the Unity Theatre, drama classes at the Working Men's College, London, and the foundation of CAST, 1962-1969; correspondence, financial records, publicity material, scripts, press cuttings, tour schedules, photographs and audio recordings regarding CAST productions, 1966-1985, film reels of CAST film 'Planet of the Mugs', [1972];

Material relating to CAST Presentations Ltd, CAST New Variety Ltd and New Variety Performers Agency, 1982-[mid 1990s], including: minutes of management meetings, 1982-1990; correspondence and other administrative material relating to the running of CAST New Variety, [1983]-1986; proposals seeking home venues for the CAST New Variety, 1980-1985; minutes, correspondence, reports and other material relating to Diorama Arts Ltd, 1984-1989; publicity material for comedians, musicians and other cabaret acts either for spots in CAST New Variety shows or representation by New Variety Performers Agency, 1983-[mid 1990s]; posters and flyers advertising CAST New Variety shows, [1983]-1986; financial records, 1980-1991;

Material relating to Hackney Empire Theatre and Hackney New Variety Ltd, 1986-2009, including: minutes of management meetings, 1988-2005 (very incomplete); correspondence, 1988-2004 (very incomplete); press cuttings, 1986-2007; posters and programmes for Hackney Empire productions, 1986-2009; photographs, video recordings and other material relating to New Act of the Year, 1991-[2000] (very incomplete).

Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre x CAST CAST New Variety Ltd New Variety Performers Agency Hackney Empire Theatre Hackney New Variety Ltd Hackney Empire Preservation Trust Friends of Hackney Empire
GRAY, Mary (1854-1941)
GB 2665 GRAY · 1854-1935

Personal papers of Mary Gray, nee Rogers, comprising:

birth certificate, 11 Jan 1854; marriage certificate, 16 Sep 1876; membership card of Social Democratic Federation, Mar 1890-1891; membership card for International Socialist and Trade Union Congress, 1896;

printed copy of resolutions including one relating to the action of Dr Blandford in certifying Edith Lanchester, (undated); agenda, and programme and rules of the SDF 12th Annual Conference, 1892; Programme and Rules of the Social Democratic Federation, 1892;

printed notices for a public meeting concerning votes for women, 1892; SDF London School Board Election, Nov 1894, West Lambeth Division; International Socialist Workers and Trade Union Congress London, SDF demonstration, 1896;

papers relating to Gray as a speaker including printed notice of SDF meeting of the Coventry Branch, advertising Gray on Socialism, the only hope of the worker' andThe economic position of women' [1896]; news cutting reporting Gray's speech at the SDF Ilkeston Branch, 1897;

invitations for various events including one from Emmeline Pankhurst, 1892; a Mayoral reception, Leicester, 1899; meeting with Louis Botha, and De Le Rey and Mr Schalk Burger of South Africa, 1902;

miscellaneous receipts, 1895, 1998; ticket to Women's suffrage public meeting, Piccadilly 1893; typescript poem `to my grand daughter Olive, on her first birthday', 1903; manuscript music for the alto part of the 'Song of the Lower Classes';

letters to Gray, 1891-1899 from family members, as well as Herbert Burrows, 1893, Charles Heneags, 1896, Eleanor Marx Aveling, 1896, 1898, Duncan Milligan, H Percy Thompson, 1897, and H C Phillips, 1899;

material relating to Socialist Sunday Schools including a letter from National Council of British Socialist Sunday Schools, 1935; three photographs, including the Brixton Socialist Sunday School, and unidentified scene and group of people; The Socialist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1910; manuscript report of Battersea Socialist Sunday School, Sydney Hall, Nov 1892; Cutting from The New Leader relating to Socialist Sunday Schools, 1932;

and photocopies of articles from journals, 1895 and related news papers.

GRAY , Mary , nee Rogers , 1854-1941
GB 0372 GASTER · Fonds · 1946-2007

Papers of Jack Gaster (1907-2007), including: quarter-inch tape reels featuring music recordings by Rufus John and speeches by George Lansbury, Ramsay MacDonald, Willie Gallacher, James Maxton, etc., n.d.; papers, press cuttings and notes relating to social issues in London and Gaster's service on the London County Council, 1946-1961; press cuttings and miscellaneous notes regarding China, Poland, Guiana, Communism and international affairs, 1953-1982; selection of Communist and peace badges, n.d.; metal paper stamp of the British Soviet Friendly Houses Limited, n.d.; festschrift for Jack Gaster on his 95th birthday and order for memorial service, 2002-2007.

Gaster, Jacob (Jack) (1907-2007) lawyer, civil rights campaigner and communist
Freedom Press Archive
GB 0372 FREEDOM PRESS · Fonds · 1910-1989

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).

Freedom Press , bookshop and publishers
Fernbach family documents
GB 1556 WL 1045 · Collection · [1869-1927]

Papers of Fernbach family, [1869-1927], comprise a manuscript entitled Chronicle of the Fernbach family, undated, and copies of Fernbach family documents including birth, marriage and death certificates, copies of photographs and obituaries.

Various
Fancy, Will (c 1933-2009)
GB 0096 MS1171 · Fonds · [1948-2001]

Subject files include NALGO Action Group, 1968-1982; Victory for Socialism, c1960; International Socialists / Socialist Workers Party Internal Bulletins, 1967-1982, and papers, circulars, 1963-1982; Chile Committee for Human Rights, 1973-1983; liberation struggles in the developing world, 1966-1986; National Union of Teachers rank and file movements, c 1971-1988; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) local groups, Youth CND groups, Committee of 100, 1958-1971; Exeter University student activism, 1948-1958; Student Labour Federation, 1950-1959; National Association of Labour Student Organisations, 1950-1956; Socialist Labour League bulletins, circulars, 1959-1960. Periodicals include Socialist Fight, 1960-1963; Workers Fight, 1969-1975; The Newsletter, 1958-1968; Young Guard, 1961-1966; Socialist Challenge, c1978-1981; Socialist Review, 1952-1959

Fancy , William , c 1933-2009 , socialist
Fabian Society: speakers
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0376 · Collection · 1890-1893

Handbills advertising socialist, radical, trade union and co-operative meetings, mainly addressed by Fabian Society speakers.

Fabian Society
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0098 · Collection · 1886

Special report of the proceedings of a three day conference held at the South Place Institute, to discuss the commercial system and the better utilization of national wealth for the benefit of the community.

Fabian Society
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0044 · Collection · 1886-1902

Parliamentary register, containing information about electoral constituencies, political issues, clubs, socialist organisations, press cuttings of local election results, election leaflets and reports on constituencies by members. Complied by H E Williams of the Fabian Society.

Fabian Society