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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Two letters by Claude Henri de Saint-Simon, the first written to Monsieur Ribouet and dated 26 Mar 1814.

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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.