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Papers of Achilles Heel magazine, including: minutes, editorial papers, draft articles, correspondence, publications and other material, 1974-1983; Achilles Heel banner, n.d.; papers and correspondence of the Friend Collective, 1979-1980.

Typescript paper, 'Ambrose Barker (1859-1953): "Revolutionary Socialist"' by unknown author (68pp) (c 1985).

Papers collected by Robert Barltrop relating to the Socialist Party of Great Britain, including: 62 photographs of Socialist Party of Great Britain Committee meetings, conferences, rallies, weekend schools, outings and individuals including V.Phillips, J.Fitzgerald, R.F.Offord, Gilles McClatchie, Tom King, Michael La Touche, E.Hardy, Bob Lees, William Kerr, Harry Young and others, c1920 - 1959; 11 ink and pencil sketches by Barltrop of SPGB members, including W.Atkinson, J.D'Arcy, J.Flowers, George Gloss, C.Groves, E.Lake, I Rabinowitz, G.Steed, William Travers, J.Trotman and H.Young, 1953-1957; SPGB ephemera, including handbills and posters for lectures, short policy pamphlets and agendas for 21st and 22nd Annual Conferences, 1908-1973; internal policy documents, including reports, statements and conference papers, 1904-1991; SPGB published material, including the first manifesto of the SPGB and pamphlets by Moses Baritz, Jack Fitzgerald, H.Quelch, Harold Walsby and others, 1905-1980; papers of Wallace Herbert Barltrop concerning his service as a dispatch rider in the Royal Flying Corps, 1917-1919; scrapbook of articles by R.W.Housley for the Socialist Standard, 1915-1933; bound volume of copies of the periodical Left Forum, 1939-1950.

Personal and political correspondence to and from Bradlaugh, 1853-1891; drafts and articles by Bradlaugh, 1850-1891; press cutting relating to Bradlaugh, his life and activities, 1860-1969; printed material, including handbills, circulars and other material relating to Bradlaugh and organisations with which Bradlaugh was involved, 1854-1891; family and personal material, including papers, note and photographs concerning family members and his early life, 1824-1891; photographs of Bradlaugh, 1851-1891; papers relating to Prince Jerome Napoleon, 1871; miscellaneous papers on republicanism, 1702-1873; papers on vaccination, 1853-1871; addresses to Bradlaugh on his visit to the Indian National Congress, 1889; artefacts and personal items belonging to Bradlaugh, n.d.; papers concerning Bradlaugh's death and legacy, including correspondence with Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, press cuttings, reminiscences, memorials and publications, 1889-1900; paper and correspondence relating to the work and activities of Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and later family members, 1878-1969; papers relating to Alice Bradlaugh, 1856-1888.

Papers of historian Raymond Challinor (1929-2011), including: correspondence, internal memoranda, minutes and papers regarding International Socialists, 1960s - 1970s; press cuttings of reviews, articles and letters to the press by Challinor, 1960-1981; research materials, pamphlets and papers on Tom Mann, early trade unionism, Chartism, labour history in the North East of England, socialism and the Neptune Yard Strike (shipyard lying-on time dispute) on the Tyne, 1806-2000.

Papers of the Committee for Freedom in Mozambique, Angola and Guine (CFMAG), 1965-1974, including: papers and correspondence regarding various international solidarity conferences held in Holland, Oxford and elsewhere, 1970-1974; minutes, papers, correspondence, newsletters and publicity material created by the Committee for Freedom in Mozambique, Angola and Guine, 1968-1975; papers, correspondence, campaign material and press releases of the End the Alliance campaign, 1972-1973; publications and other material produced by the Mozambique Institute and FRELIMO (1963-1974).

Papers of co-operator and Christian socialist Paul Derrick, 1947-1987, including pamphlets and publications by Derrick concerning socialism, co-operation, economics, Christian socialism and other subjects, 1947-1987; papers and correspondence concerning common ownership, 1968-1975; typescripts drafts by and correspondence with R.H.Glover, 1969-1974; correspondence and papers concerning the Robert Owen Bicentenary Association, 1970-1974; papers, correspondence and minutes of the Christian Socialist Movement, 1962-1981; miscellaneous correspondence regarding political, co-operative and general issues with politicians, colleagues and others, 1952-1974; typescript and handwritten drafts of published and unpublished articles, c1950-1975; personal papers and correspondence, 1967-1971.

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).

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.

Papers of co-operator and secularist George Jacob Holyoake, 1831-1985, including correspondence to and from Holyoake regarding various topics at all stages of his career, including press cuttings of correspondence with Dr Kalley and correspondence between Holyoake, Austin Holyoake and Thomas Cooper, 1837-1943; series of engagement diaries kept by Holyoake, including brief handwritten notes on daily events and ephemera, including handbills, press cuttings and letters concerning meetings, lectures and public and political events pasted into pages, 1847-1905; printed material relating to all aspects of Holyoake's career, including handbills for lectures and addresses by Holyoake and meetings of co-operative societies, secularist organisations and other political movements, press cuttings of letters by Holyoake to the national and local press, various articles by Holyoake and others, and reviews of addresses and works, circulars and miscellaneous ephemera produced by Holyoake and supported movements, and various handwritten documents regarding Holyoake's political and personal life, 1831-1978; press cuttings of serialised articles and columns written by Holyoake for various national, local and international newspapers and periodicals, including London Correspondence, Town Talk, Private Correspondence, Our London Letter and other articles produced for the Brighton Guardian, Agricultural Economist, The Sun and the Co-operative News, along with press cuttings regarding the opening of Holyoake House in Manchester and the unveiling of the Holyoake Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London, 1867-1911; loose press cuttings collected and compiled by Holyoake and relating to his life and work, including cuttings concerning visits to America and Canada, co-operation, co-operative congresses and festivals, co-operative societies, parliamentary reform and other miscellaneous cuttings concerning lectures and letters by Holyoake, secularism, republicanism, atheism and other various topics, 1857-1911; miscellaneous publications and notebooks by Holyoake, including manuscript drafts of works, early notes on lectures and their content, predominantly at the Birmingham Mechanics Institute, log books containing diary notes and thoughts, papers relating to the London Atheistical Society, accounts relating to Fleet Street House, London and press cuttings of letters by Holyoake written under the name `Ion', 1838-1861; miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Holyoake's life and career, co-operation and secularism, along with press cuttings and ephemera, including material relating to mathematics, Brighton, spiritualism, trade unions, grammar, the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, the Social Economist, along with papers relating to Holyoake's arrest in 1842, Fleet Street House, London, the Congress of Social Reformers, Leeds Secular Society, the Thomas Allsop Prize Essay Competition and the Polish Legion, 1839-1978; galley proofs of printed copies of articles by Holyoake on various topics, 1893; press cuttings and extracts from journals concerning biographical details of Holyoake, his life and work, along with articles and obituary material published following his death in 1906, 1875-1917; minute books of the Travelling Tax Abolition Committee, of which Holyoake was Chairman, including handwritten minutes and printed statements, circulars and Committee documents pasted into each volume, along with loose circulars, ephemera and press cuttings concerning the Committee and its work, 1877-1901; minutes and papers of the Garibaldi Special Fund Committee, including Central Committee minutes, muster roll, ephemera, press cuttings and fund certificates recording members of the British Legion of excursionists to Italy, along with more general material relating to Garibaldi, Italian Unification and reaction in England, including cuttings from the Illustrated London News and secondary articles, 1860-1985; circulars, ephemera and press cuttings regarding to the Holyoake Testimonial Fund, including letters to subscribers, fund reports and a programme for a performance by the Victoria Dramatic Club in aid of the Fund, 1853-1889; four photographs of Holyoake taken late in his life, n.d.

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.

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).

Manuscript family diary of Joseph William Corfield (c 1810-1888), including contributions from his children, especially Emma Ann(a) Corfield (1835-1910). Contains entries on radical constitutional politics, Chartism, current affairs, the anti-slavery movement and women's suffrage, alongside revealing vignettes of family, business and social life. Also includes short diary written by wife Elizabeth Anna Corfield (nee Preston) consisting of notes on family news, visits, holidays and presents (1845-1860).

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries and autobiographical notes, scrapbooks, photographs and drafts, produced by Muriel Lester as founder of Kingsley Hall and as Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation. This second role, as well as promotion of Christian pacificism, led Muriel to travel widely, including several visits to Japan and China. Also included are leaflets, reports, pamphlets, documents and photographs of Kingsley Halls and Children's House Bow, and Kingsley Hall Dagenham. Further material includes Doris Lester's personal papers, the files collected by Sydney Russell as Minister Warden of Kingsley Hall Dagenham, Winifred Barnard's material and publications collected by Lester and others, (1878-1991).

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.

Collection of material relating to the life and work of Thomas Paine collected by Hypatia Bradlaugh-Bonner, including: letters to Hypatia Bradlaugh-Bonner regarding Thomas Paine's works, lectures by Bradlaugh-Bonner and a dinner of the Thomas Paine Natural Historical Association,1909 - 1928; four notebooks and one essay on the subject of Thomas Paine, by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, and a memorandum by a "J.H." on the difficulty of accuracy re: the life of Thomas Paine, 1909-1910; pamphlets, 1810-1909; photographs, postcards and prints, c1905; and press cuttings, 1812-1923. (1812-1928).

Papers of the Rationalist Peace Society, 1905-1921, including minute book of the Society, containing correspondence drafts and circulars, 1910-1921; annual reports and financial statements of the Society, 1911-1914; ciculars and ephemera, 1914-1917; account book of the Society, 1918-1921; press cuttings concerning, and articles by, Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, 1905-1917; copies of Rationalist Peace Quarterly, journal of the Rationalist Peace Society, 1912-1913.

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

Papers of Republic, including: correspondence between Republic members and others regarding various issues, including the Monarchy, current affairs, internal administration, publicity, strategy and personal issues, 1982 - 1992; printed agendas and minutes of the Executive Committee of Republic, 1992-2003; other minutes of Republic, including agendas, minutes and reports of Republic’s AGM, the Steering Committee, AGM and EGM documents and other miscellaneous records, 1982-1999; administrative records of Republic, including financial records (accounts, receipts, financial correspondence, membership forms, bank statements), membership records, material concerning Republic’s constitution, the Republic questionnaire on the constitution conducted amongst MPs and Peers, and Republic Working Party on a Draft Constitution and Reform of the Upper House, 1886-1992; publicity material produced by Republic for campaigns and membership purposes, 1980 - 2003; publications of Republic, including newsletters and journals, emailed newsletters and printed notices, books, pamphlets and journals, 1982-2007; miscellaneous items, including photographs of Republic meetings, audio tape recordings of meetings and public appearances, and press cuttings concerning Republic and republicanism, 1984-2006.

Personal papers and working papers of Andrew Roth (1919-2010), including: Naval records and discharge papers, c 1941-1945; copies of his regular family newsletter of the late 1940s titled The Gripes of Roth, and other personal correspondence to family and friends; detailed business correspondence between Roth and the multiple agencies, syndicates and publications he wrote for during his travels in Europe and the Far East covering topics such as publication of articles, payments and contractual arrangements, c 1945-1960; copies and draft versions of Roth’s articles and publications, concerning predominantly political and economic subjects related to the Far East and America, and the rise of Communism in Asia; photographs from Roth’s travels around Europe and Asia, [1946-1950].

Papers of Peter Sedgwick (1934-1983), including: correspondence with contemporaries and friends including Raphael Samuel, Jean McCrindle, Anna Davin, Luke Hodgkin, Stanley and Hannah Mitchell, Steven Lukes and others, 1953-1983; photocopies of Sedgwick's handwritten diaries, 1980-1983; family, biographical and personal papers, 1934-1952; published articles, reviews and papers regarding politics, psychology and Victor Serge, 1963-1984.

Papers of the Stop the War Coalition, 2001-2007, including: posters, ephemera, flyers, newsletters and material produced by the Stop the War Coalition for its demonstrations and campaigns, 2001-2007; papers of Paul Mackney relating to his involvement with Stop the War Coalition and the anti-war campaign, including emails, newsletters, correspondence and ephemera, 2001-2005.

Papers, newsletters and ephemera concerning CND and the peace movement in West London, 1982-1997, including: newsletters, ephemera, minutes and reports of Acton CND, 1983-1997; newsletters of CND branches in Shepherd's Bush, Fulham, Pimlico, Hillingdon, Chiswick, Bromley and Twickenham, 1984-1990; newsletters and papers regarding the activities and protests of Hounslow CND, 1983-1989; papers regarding Hounslow Nuclear Free Zone and Anti-Nuclear week, 1983-1987.