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Papers of Michael Cecil John Barnes (b 1932), including: handwritten notes and photographs taken by Barnes during War-on-Want mission to India and West Bengal shortly after the Pakistani 'crackdown', May 1971; handwritten notes and photographs taken by Barnes on a Parliamentary Delegation visit to Bangladesh, November 1973; miscellaneous papers relating to Bangladesh and Bengali politics, including newsletters, photographs of a visit by Sheikh Hasina to the United Kingdom Immigrant Advisory Service (UKIAS) and press cuttings, 1971-1989.

Papers of activist and historian Noreen Branson (1910-2003), including: wartime correspondence between Noreen and husband Clive Branson regarding miscellaneous and personal topics, 1941-1943; photographs of artwork and paintings by Clive Branson, n.d.; miscellaneous papers, press cuttings and correspondence regarding Clive Branson's death in 1944 and papers concerning Branson's art career, 1941-1944; typescript Communist Party of Great Britain papers of various classes and publications, possibly compiled by Noreen Branson, c1945; handwritten notes on books, pamphlets and conferences, possibly by Branson or Emile Burns, c1945 -1950; press cuttings regarding the stock exchange and the economy, 1967.

Includes:

• 'Rent rebates' (3pp) (8 December 1972)

• 'Evicting poor people' (2pp) (12 December 1972)

• 'Students with dependants and the right to supplementary benefit' (3pp) (20 December 1972)

• 'Extra money for homeless single people' (2pp) (11 January 1973)

• 'Tax credits and the rights of women' (5pp) (1 February 1973)

• 'Test case for supplementary benefit for ex-students' (2pp) (3 February 1973)

• 'Poverty and family size' (2pp) (7 February 1973)

• 'Where have all the rent rebates gone?' (3pp) (26 February 1973)