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Political papers and correspondence regarding Reginald Prentice's de-selection by his Newham North East constituency, the 1976 Labour Party conference on Blackpool, his defection to the Conservative Party and general political activities.

Papers of Denis Nowell Pritt, comprising Political and Legal Papers, 1938-1971; Books, Addresses and Speeches, 1930s-1972; Photographs, 1960s; letter from Pritt and his wife to Rudolph M Lapp and his wife, 1946-1983, with three photographs, c1944-c1947.

Papers of PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction, c1985-c1994, comprise minutes, subject files and correspondence relating to PROGRESS' campaign against the Powell Bill and for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

Papers of John Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate, including correspondence, personal papers, family papers, including relating to his family history, photographs (some from the 1890s), press cuttings, and financial papers (including valuations of antiques, paintings, etc).

Papers of the Regional Studies Association, 1965-2003, including annual reports; annual General Meeting papers; conference documents, including lists of participants, papers and financial records; branch papers; Study Group papers; European Urban and Regional Research Network papers; membership records; newsletters; Regional Studies (journal).

Papers of Sir (Alfred) Chester Beatty and the Selection Trust, [1906-1980], comprising extensive information on mining for base metals, diamonds and oil, in countries including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Burma, Australia, South Africa, Angola, Tanzania, Northern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, French Guinea, Botswana, Hungary, Russia, Yugoslavia, the USSR and the North Sea; papers relating to the central administration and history of the Selection Trust, notably photographs, notebooks and printed materials; personal material concerning Sir (Alfred) Chester Beatty and his son, Alfred Chester Beatty.

Papers of Beatrice Serota, 1953-2002, relate to her work in London local government, as a Minister of State, member of the House of Lords and of a number of advisory bodies and committees, including the Advisory Council on the Penal System and the Commission on Local Administration. Includes correspondence, reports, publications, notes, speeches and other papers.

Photographs from George Bernard Shaw's house at Shaw's Corner, [1895-1950], including photographs of Shaw himself, and pictures taken by him of his household, his friends and family, and of places he visited. In addition there are pictures of Shaw by other photographers, theatrical photographs for plays including Major Barbara, and film stills for Caesar and Cleopatra (1946).

Papers of Sir Andrew Akiba Shonfield, [1940-1980], comprising working papers, manuscript notes and research material for Shonfield's work, including drafts and final masters of published books.

Papers of the Society of Labour Lawyers, mainly dating 1949-1979, including: Annual reports and accounts. Minutes of Annual General Meetings and Executive Committee meetings. Rules of the Society. Newsletters and circulars. Membership records. Papers regarding conferences and other Society events. Subject files on topics such as racial discrimination, illegitimacy, homosexuality and abortion. Subject files relating to reform of the justice system, such as: improving access to the law (provision of legal aid and advice); criminal procedure; and, ending capital punishment. The subject files include correspondence, memoranda, sub-committee papers and evidence to government inquiries and Royal Commissions. Correspondence with members of the Society, MPs and others, including Gerald Gardiner (Lord Chancellor, 1964-70) and Samuel Silkin (Attorney General, 1974-79). Correspondence of the Society's Honorary Secretaries, Jean Graham Hall and Conrad Ascher.

Two manuscript texts, with a preface in a different hand (probably Lovett) addressed 'to my working class brethren', comprising A Petition for Universal Suffrage, No Property Qualifications, Annual Parliaments, Equal Representation, Payment of Members, and Vote by Ballot. Addressed to the House of Commons, 'agreed to at a public meeting held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, 28 February 1837', and Letter from the Permanent and Central Committee of Montreal to the London Working Man's Association. Expressing solidarity with their fellows and desire to uphold principles of democracy in the old world and the new.

Diaries of George Bernard Shaw, 1885-1897, containing entries relating to his daily life in London during this period, mostly written in Pitman shorthand, with details of names, places, finances and petty expenses. The diaries provide and interesting insight into his personal life, various radical intellectual organisations in London, his professional journalistic work, and his attempts to create a successful writing career. Also included in the collection are five volumes of transcripts made by Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch, [1946-1950].

Account book of Robin Elliot, a farmer from Braidlie, Liddesdale, Scotland, 1765-1785.

Accounts of the annual income and expenditure of William Smart's Charity, Ipswich, 1610-1681.

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.

Manuscript of volumes 3 and 4 of The history of political literature from the earliest times, volumes 1 and 2 having been published by Richard Bentley (London) in 1855.

Part one of a mimeographed collection of documents entitled 'Friedensmoeglichkeiten, Sommer und Herbst: verhandlungen ueber die kriegsziele' ('Peace possibilities, Summer and Autumn 1917: negotiations over the war targets'), produced in 1918. The documents deal with Germany's possibilities for a negotiated end to World War One in 1917, with this particular section concerning discussions regarding war aims. This copy was number 7 and is marked 'Geheim', though the name of the recipient has been removed.

Lecture notes, both handwritten and typescript for Tawney's courses on economic history, 1485 - 1800; on English economic history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; on the seventeenth century given at Oxford (Ford) and Chicago; on seventeenth century English history; for Denmark and Sweden, October - November 1951; for London School of Economics, January - March 1952, and lectures for Bristol; drafts of chapters for a book on Cranfield; notes and talks on the French Revolution given at Longton, 1910 - 1913; for classes or lectures on nineteenth century economic history; on nineteenth century agriculture, given at LSE; for classes or lectures on nineteenth century economic history; on early nineteenth century reform movements and handloom weavers; public lectures given in Chicago, 1939; various lectures given in the USA, 1941 - 1942; on education; regarding reform of Oxford and Cambridge; papers and memoranda on education; papers and notes on the Labour Party and education; papers for a proposed biography of Sidney Webb; papers found interleaved in books from his library sold to the University of East Anglia; and papers deposited by Dr J.M.Winter on behalf of J.M.K.Vyvyan.

Further accessions have been added to this collection:

TAWNEY/ADD. 37 boxes of research notes, correspondence and other papers, 1890s-1960s.

TAWNEY/II. 102 boxes and 2 volumes: research notes and extracts from sources by Tawney and his research assistants; a few lecture notes; draft articles; correspondence from research assistants, academics and others. Much of the material is undated, but mostly 1910s-1960s.

TAWNEY/VYVYAN. 18 boxes of personal and family papers of R H Tawney and his wife, Jeannette, 1890s-1961, including: correspondence with family, friends, associates, W H Beveridge and Albert Mansbridge; education papers; commonplace book; and, photographs.

Papers of the Committee on One Parent Families (Finer Committee), 1966-1974, comprising Committee meeting minutes and background papers, 1969-1974; Committee papers, 1969-1973; documents circulated to the Committee members, 1969-1974; minutes and papers of the Research Sub-Committee, 1970-1972; evidence files, 1969-1974, containing evidence presented to the Finer Committee by Citizens Advice Bureaux, local authorities, charities and individuals; papers collated by the Committee relating to government responses to the needs of one parent families, 1969-1974, including Hansard correspondence, a DHSS study of deserted wives claiming benefits, and replies to a questionnaire sent to the governments of Norway, Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Sweden and the UK; subject files, 1966-1973, containing material gathered on specific topics, such as marriage, the National Children's Bureau, income and maintenance, social security provision in other European countries, cohabitation, and family law.

Political papers of Baron Fletcher, including correspondence, subject files and constituency files. Includes papers regarding the Home Office Advisory Committee on House to House Collections, 1938-1943; London County Council, 1945-50; the General Elections of 1945 and 1966; the 1952 budget; and correspondence regarding Fletcher's role as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means (House of Commons).

Material relating to the 1992 General Election, including addresses, leaflets, posters and other ephemera from throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, representing all political parties, including the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party, the Green Party, the Natural Law Party, and a range of parties from Northern Ireland.

Papers relating to Dianne Hayter's involvement with the Fabian Society, 1977-1998, including agendas and minutes of the Executive Committee, Research and Publications Committee, Conferences and Political Activities Committee and the Annual General Meeting, 1987-1993; correspondence concerning the Fabian financial crisis and SDP split, 1981-1982; agenda and minutes of the Executive Committee and related correspondence, 1986-1987; agendas and minutes of the Finances and General Purposes Committee, Research and Publications Committee, 1992-1998; correspondence concerning the "Fabian Appeal", 1992-1996; correspondence concerning appointment of the General Secretary, 1993; correspondence concerning the Fabian Archer Committee, 1992-1993; Dulwich discussion documents (papers provided as a basis for debate by members of the Dulwich Fabian Society), 1980s.

Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide, notably the records of the Albany Trust and the Homosexual Law Reform Society, later the Sexual Law Reform Society, 1950-1984; the papers of Rupert Beach, 1970-1972, mainly relating to the Gay Liberation Front; the records of Body Positive, 1985-2000, a support organisation for those diagnosed as HIV positive; the records of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality, 1940-1996; the papers of John Chesterman, 1970-1978, mainly relating to the Gay Liberation Front; the papers of Adam Christie, 1981-1998, concerning his work as an AIDS educator; the records of the Conservative Group for Homosexual Equality, later known as the Tory Campaign for Homosexual Equality (TORCHE), 1977-1993; the papers of Robert Crossman, [1970-1990], mainly comprising material relating to his work as a Labour politician; the papers of Anthony Edward Dyson, 1958, concerning the Wolfenden Report and the formation of the HLRS; records of (National) Friend, 1970-1995, a national counselling organisation for gays and bisexuals; the records of the Gay Activists Alliance, 1977-1980; the records of the Gay Christian Movement, later known as the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, 1969-1998; records of the Gay Community Organisation, 1978-1989; the records of the Gay Liberation Front, 1970-1979; the records of the Greater London Council's Gay Rights Working Party, 1976-1987; the papers of Antony Grey, 1958-1992, relating to his work in the HLRS and the Albany Trust; the records of the Joint Council for Gay Teenagers, 1970-1983; the records of the London Gay Campaign Group, 1980-1987; the papers of Christine Murray, 1972-1980, concerning women's involvement in gay activism; the records of the National Colleges of Education's Gay Rights Committee, 1971-1975; the records of the National Council for Civil Liberties, mainly relating to gay rights, 1962-1989; the papers of Robert Palmer, 1970-1983, concerning his work with CHE; the records of the Scottish Minorities Group, later known as, successively, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and Outright Scotland, 1970-1984; the papers of Peter Tatchell, [1970]-1999, relating to gay rights and politics; the papers of Simon Watney, [1970-1998], mainly concerning his work as an AIDS campaigner; the papers of Christopher Woods, 1983-1993, relating to gay issues. The Hall-Carpenter Archives also holds a large collection of gay, lesbian and bisexual journals, 1954-1999, collected from the UK and the rest of the world, particularly the USA; an extensive collection of ephemera, 1953-2000, relevant for the for study of gay, lesbian and bisexual history; and the administrative papers of the Archives, 1973-1994.

This collection contains Betacam cassettes of interviews and transcripts of interviews with leading political figures and members of the public from Margaret Thatcher's Premiership, 1979-1990. The subject matter ranges from issues of social history during the 1980s to ideological commentary on the nature of Thatcherism. The interviews also cover the impact of Thatcherism after Mrs Thatcher's departure from office.

Papers of the Tory Reform Group, 1970-2006, including correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial papers, membership records and files regarding events and seminars. Subjects covered include economics, the environment, social policy and Europe (including papers regarding the Single Currency/Euro). The collection also contains papers of PEST - Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism (TRG/1), Parliamentary Mainstream and Conservative Mainstream (TRG/3), and the Macleod Group of Conservative MPs (TRG/4).

Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.

Personal and professional correspondence, articles, manuscripts of books, research material, reviews of books, biographical material, Ada Wallas' diaries, and Graham Wallas' engagement diaries.

Papers of the journal Work, Employment and Society, a journal of the British Sociological Association, 1992-1994, comprising contributors' files.

Executive Committee minutes; annual reports; circular letters and international circular letters; papers, notes and correspondence on subjects including women's suffrage, India, Germany, and the early history of WILPF; printed material, including press cutting books; and additional members' correspondence, notes and papers concerning refugees and immigrants, and lobbying of the United Nations.

Papers relating to Conservative Councillor Nicholas Bennett's activities in Lewisham, 1977-1981, mainly concerning the problems of local residents.

This collection covers Bernal's involvement with the peace movement and contains notes on conferences, speeches, and resolutions from conferences of the World Peace Council and the British Peace Council, with press cuttings, pamphlets and correspondence relating to these organisations.

Papers of Sir William Henry Beveridge, Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, relating to the Commission, 1925-1926. Includes details of the structure of the industry, the nationalisation of mines, profitability, royalties, distribution and profits, transport, output and hours of work, wages, the Labour Co-Partnership Association, the cost of living and family allowances, recruitment, safety, welfare and housing; memoranda of evidence; a plan of the report and drafts of sections; press cuttings concerning the coal strike of 1926, compiled by Jules Menken; and general statistics used for research.

Central and Local Government reports and pamphlets collated by Sir William Henry Beveridge, 1886-1914, relating to the causes and incidence of unemployment and its possible cures, such as labour exchanges, benefits and relief, and including material created by the Charity Organisation Society, provincial Distress Committees (Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Burton-upon-Trent, Coventry, Dudley, East Ham, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth, Halifax, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sunderland, Warrington, West Ham, and Wolverhampton), various London boroughs (Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Lambeth, Lewisham, Paddington, Poplar, Marylebone, Saint Pancras, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Westminster, and Woolwich), the Central (Unemployed) Body for London, and the government of Great Britain. Includes reports and pamphlets on unemployment written by individual authors, for which there is an index.

Working papers of the Survey of 'Labour and Life of the People' and 'Life and Labour of the People in London' by Charles Booth 1886 - 1903 comprising the original survey notebooks and papers: interviews, questionnaires, statistics, reports and colour coded maps describing poverty.
The papers and the original survey notebooks reflect the three areas of investigation undertaken in the survey: poverty, industry and religious influences.
The poverty series interviewed School Board visitors about levels of poverty in households and streets. The survey also investigated trades of East London connected with poverty: tailoring; furniture and women's work.
The industry series comprises interviews of employers, trade union leaders and workers for each trade and industry and questionnaires concerning rates of wages, numbers employed, details of trade unions and domestic details (food, dress and circumstances etc) which were completed by employees and trade union officials. The following trades and industries are covered by the survey: building trade; wood workers; metal workers; precious metals, watches and instruments; sundry manufacturers printing and paper trades; textile trades; clothing trades; food and drink trades; dealers and clerks; transport and gardeners; labourers; public service and professional classes; domestic service. Case histories of the inmates of Bromley and Stepney workhouses during 1889 and people who received outdoor relief from the union were also transcribed.
The religious survey includes reports of visits to churches and over 1450 interviews with ministers of all denominations including Church of England, Methodist, Presbyterian, Jewish, Roman Catholic. Salvation Army officers and missionaries were also interviewed. The reports of the interviews contain printed material relating to the churches. Questionnaires were also completed as part of the survey. The investigation went beyond documenting religious influences and incorporates a description of the social and moral influences on Londoners' lives.
The Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899 are probably the most well known documents which survive from the survey. The Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899 are twelve sheets colour coded by social class and poverty from black [semi-vicious] to yellow [middle and upper class, well-to-do]. The maps cover an area of London from Hammersmith in the west, to Greenwich in the east, and from Hampstead in the north to Clapham in the south. The working and printed copies of the maps are contained within the archive.
The social investigators accompanied police around their beats in London in order to update the existing street-level information for the Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899. The reports of the walks are known as the 'police notebooks' and contain descriptions of London streets. All the notebooks have been digitised.
Other papers include an inventory undertaken in 1925 by Thomas Macaulay Booth, son of Charles Booth; additional manuscripts concerning the survey: circulars, statistics etc and booklets collected during the survey.

This collection contains correspondence, papers, notes for speeches, pamphlets, circulars and press cuttings relating to Bottomley's visits to Burma (for the Panglong Conference) Kenya, Ghana, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Ethiopia and Rhodesia. There are also articles and correspondence concerning the Rhodesian situation and race relations, photographs of official occasions, including press and official photographs of British Commonwealth occasions, many showing Arthur Bottomley, 1950s-1960s, and a diary of the Parliamentary Delegation to India in 1946.

Papers relating to the case Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt, 1996, and papers relating to Nazi gold, including the London Conference on Nazi Gold held at Lancaster House, 2-4 December 1997.

This collection consists of papers kept by Lord Chorley concerning his work at the Ministry of Labour during World War One, including weekly reports from the ministry and essays by Lord Chorley; minutes of meetings and discussion papers from the New Fabian Research Bureau; official papers which cover Lord Chorley's work as member of government and legal committees; papers relating to his membership of the National Co-operating Body for Education; and papers relating to his work in the Association of University Teachers, including material on the reconstruction of German universities.

This constitutes a selection of the correspondence and papers of Clayton, Morris and Co. The majority of the correspondence and documents in this collection are addressed to Sir Robert Clayton, John Morris, and Peter Clayton (nephew of Sir Robert), and date from the second half of the 17th century. In addition, there is some material from the first half of the 17th century addressed to Robert Abbott, and some from the 18th century addressed to Sir William Clayton (nephew of Sir Robert) and Sir Kenrick Clayton (son of Sir William). There are also a few letters of 19th century date addressed to Sir William. The entire correspondence of Clayton, Morris and Co. is grouped alphabetically by the name of the correspondent, and those sections acquired as part of this collection cover the letters B, parts of C, D, F, G, H, M, N, O, P, parts of S, T, W, Y, and Z. The collection also includes receipts, bills, bonds, promissory notes, wills, affidavits, and indentures.

Pay books of Bell Brothers South Brancepeth Colliery (South Durham, Brockwell seam and Busty seam) and Clarence Iron Works.

Records of Jones Lloyd and Company, comprising journals, ledgers, bills receivable and day books.

Three volumes constituting a journal of a tour through Wales and England. Parnell visited country seats and commented on design, making notes and drawings. The fourth volume is an account book detailing personal expenses, expenses of building his house in Ireland plus an account of the building progress.

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.

Minute book detailing meetings of the Central Small Holdings Society, 14 Oct 1904-21 Jan 1911.

Papers concerning the control of munitions labour, collected by Beveridge while Assistant General Secretary of the Ministry of Munitions. The material has been arranged into eight sections, including:
Section 1: Papers dating from early 1915 to the date of the Munitions of War Act, Jul 1915.
Section 2: Organisation and history of the Ministry of Munitions of War.
Section 3: Papers from Jul 1916 to the date of the Munitions of War Act, 1916.
Section 4: Central Munitions Labour Supply Committee: memoranda.
Section 5: Papers dating form after 27 Jan 1916, including document relating to Demobilisation and conscientious objectors.
Section 6: Papers relating to The Labour Exchanges and National Insurance.

East Africa papers: demi official papers of Lord Passfield as Colonial Secretary concerning East Africa and the Joint Select Committee on East Africa.

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.

Papers concerning wartime measures for the relief of distress.

Coal industry collection. Pamphlets, parliamentary papers, press cuttings and extracts concerning the coal industry in UK, France, USA and Germany, collected by Tawney. Tawney's despatch box and a quantity of miscellaneous papers omitted from the original list were identified and added in 1994. They include a photograph of the members of the Coal Industry Commission and some statistical data.

Records of Bethnal Green Labour Party consists of:
Minute book 1910-1911, folio 2 to folio 50.
Flyer advertising open-air demonstration at Mansford Street, Bethnal Green, 14 Aug [1910], folio 39.
Flyer advertising a procession from Mile End to Bethnal Green Road, 1910, folio 40.
Second annual report of 1909 dealing with the history and administration of the branch, folio 42 to folio 46.

Newsletters of the Alice Patterson Foundation Program reporting studies on Europe, Chile, South America and Eastern Europe.