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Ephemera collected from the student anti-cuts and tuition fees demonstration in London. Including material from Counterfire, Defend the Right to Protest, GBC Legal, Socialist Party, Socialist Resistance, Green Left, N30 Strike, Jarrow March 11, Resistance, Student Broad Left, Occupy London, Unison, Student Action for Refugees (STAR), Peace News, Fees Cost a Bomb, The Commune, Alarm, International Students for Social Equality, Metropolitan Police, Labour Party, The Paper (9 November 2011).

Cash book of the Ryde Local Labour Party, including income tax form and letter from the Co-operative Wholesale Society Bankers regarding the tresureship of the Party (February 1927 - November 1942).

Contents include:

• May Day Bulletin 1, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (32pp) (April 1986)

• May Day Bulletin 2, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (32pp) (February 1987)

• May Day Bulletin 3, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (28pp) (December 1987)

• May Day Bulletin 4, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (31pp) (October 1988)

• May Day Bulletin 5, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (30pp) (April 1989)

• May Day Bulletin 6, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (30pp) (February 1990)

Papers of engineer and socialist Reg H.Glover, 1962-1973, including typescript and handwritten drafts of the autobiography, Thimble Pie by Glover, n.d.; correspondence to and manuscripts by Glover regarding the Coventry 'Gang' System, the engineering trade, strikes and other matters, 1962-1973.

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 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.