Copies of original essays, memoranda and private papers, 1936-1943, covering such subjects as the Weimar Republic, the rise of National Socialism, German Communist and Socialist parties and trade unions, and the Jewish refugee problem. Also a fairly comprehensive collection of the 'Political Group Papers' (1941-1943) from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Committee on Reconstruction.

Correspondence and papers of J H Stevenson relating to the Aeronautical Engineers' Association (AEA), 1943-1954, comprising:
Photocopies of political correspondence, 1946-1958, correspondents include Brendan Bracken (1950), James Callaghan (1954), Ernest Marples (1952), Edward Heath (1952, 1958), H Montgomery Hyde (1951), Robert Carr (1950), Edward Grigg, Lord Altrincham (1958), Harold Macmillan, [later Earl of Stockton] (1950), Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950), Anthony Barber (1958), Sir Herbert Butcher, (1956), Lord Shawcross (1950), Fenner Brockway (1950), Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1958), and Enoch Powell (1953); copy of letter from Stevenson to The Times, on rear facing seats for aircraft passengers, 1990; group photographs of AEA annual conferences, 1946-1947; printed papers including Rule Books, 1943-1949, Wings: Official Organ of the Aeronautical Engineers' Association, 1943-1954 (incomplete series); pamphlets, 1944-1948; ephemera including Stevenson's membership cards, 1944-1963, and badges.

Papers and photographs of Fred Bramley, Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC), relating to trade unionism in the Soviet Union, 1915, 1924-1925, comprising:
resolution of the National Amalgamated Furnishng Trades' Association, protesting against the alleged brutal treatment of trade unionists by the Russian Government, 1915; papers on visit of TUC delegation to the Soviet Union, Nov-Dec 1924 [Bramley was Secretary], including itinerary; diary notes on visits to Moscow Military Barracks and the principal prison in Moscow, the Leningrad Electricity Scheme, and the Palace of Labour, Lenningrad, note on the English Department of the Marx-Engels Instutute, Moscow; draft of official report; pamphlets, mainly in Russian, 1924-1925; ephemera including menus and railway tickets; papers on Anglo-Russian Trade Union Conference held at the TUC, Apr 1925

Notebook of Emilia Frances, Lady Dilke, 1890-1891, containing notes on labour questions affecting women, used by Lady Dilke in speeches for the Women's Trade Union League; subjects include women in unskilled trades; labour in the great towns; notes for speech in Newcastle-unon-Tyne, 1891; shop assistants and notes for speech to Girls' Letter Guild, Birmingham, 1892.

Financial records of the National Union of Domestic Workers, 1938-1953, comprising: Ledger and cash books (including branch accounts), 1938-1953; St John's Wood Branch, London, account book, 1938-1941.

Collection includes: The position of women after the war: report of the Standing Joint Committee, 1916; A comparison between the rates under certain trade boards for women, 1921; Women in the trade union movement, 1955; The Woman Worker - Journal 1907-1921; agenda of biennial conference; annual reports.

Papers of Marjorie Nicholson, 1935-1997, mainly comprising research papers and cuttings collection documenting the work of the Trades Union Congress International Division, which she used for her books on TUC involvement overseas, including subject files on TUC organisation, 1916-1944; labour law, particularly the 1971 Industrial Relations Act ; the Co-Operative movement in the UK and the Commonwealth, 1952-1991; TUC International Committee minutes and papers, 1958-1970; the International Labour Office, 1919-1964; colonial welfare and development, 1929-1946; forced labour, 1953-1989; India, 1926-1973; Africa, particularly the Trade Union movement and Pan-Africanism, 1949-1984, and individual African countries, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; the Caribbean, 1926-1978, particularly Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Guyana; the United States, 1942-1971.

Personal correspondence, papers, and photographs, 1934-1985, including drafts of two unpublished novels, journal and newspaper articles.

Press cuttings, 1956-1991, subjects include trade unions, labour law, Russia and the Soviet Union and Africa.

Minute book of the National Society of Plate Glass Silverers, Siders, Cutters and Fitters, 1895-1903, particularly references to London, Belfast and Dublin branches [records for 1896-1897 are missing]. Volume also includes Rules of the Amalgamated Plate Glass Workers' Trade Union [c1893] and printed resolution of the Union, against hiring agreements.

Papers of City University and predecessors relating to staff and staff associations, including papers regarding appointment of Dr Robert Mullineux Walmsley, first Principal, 1895; papers regarding appointment of first Heads of Departments, late 19th century; biographical information regarding staff of the Northampton Institute, 1896-1897; register of full-time teachers, 1896-1926; staff handbooks, 1958, 1961; academic handbooks, 1990s; Guide to Organisation and Services: The Orange Book, 1991-1997; Personnel Dept publications, 1990s; internal telephone directories, 1970s; Conditions of Service papers, 1960s-1970s; papers relating to Sir James Tait (1912-1998), Vice-Chancellor: photocopies and memorial service; tape recordings of interviews with past members of staff by John Teague, 1977-1978, with transcripts; Academic Wives Association minutes and papers, 1967-1987; Senior Common Room minutes and papers, 1968-1979; ATTI (Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions) branch minutes and papers, 1951-1966; Staff Association reports and papers, correspondence, memos and minutes, 1950-1962; Academic Staff Association (ASA) minutes, handbooks, newsletters and papers, c1959-1974; ASA Journal 1-4, 1970-1971; Northampton College of Advanced Technology staff club minutes, accounts and papers, 1960s-1970s; Association of University Teachers (AUT) officers, 1970s-1990s; AUT branch minutes, 1964-1967; pay claim papers, 1984; Welfare Committee papers, 1970s; Safety Committee minutes and booklets, 1970s; Computer Advisory/User Committee papers, 1970s-80s.

Seventy-seven volumes of handwritten quarterly report forms from branches of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers all over the country, including notes and figures on income and expenditure, membership numbers, excluded members, quarterly admissions, superannuated members, members gone abroad and the death of members or the wives (1853-1879).

Papers of politician and writer George Howell, 1839-1912, including correspondence to and from Howell regarding various topics, 1865-1909; diaries, engagement diaries and accounts kept by Howell, 1864-1907; drafts of autobiographical works by Howell, 1896-1899; articles, pamphlets and press cuttings of material written by or regarding Howell, 1869-1909; biographical material including press cuttings, certificates, obituaries and election ephemera for the 1885, 1886, 1892 and 1895 election campaigns conducted by Howell in Bethnal Green and for general meetings featuring him and others, 1868-1910; photographs of Howell, the Howell family and associates and friends, n.d; research material collected by Howell for his work on Ernest Jones, including press cuttings, Jones' diaries, other miscellaneous papers and the cuttings of the work's serialisation in the Weekly Chronicle, 1839-1898; papers regarding Howell's Testimonial Fund, 1897-1904; papers and correspondence regarding the Howell Library Fund, 1903-1906; letters from Thomas Cooper to Thomas Chambers, 1848-1883; correspondence and papers regarding the administration of the Dowding Estate in Sussex (of which Howell was a trustee), 1904-1910; minutes, resolutions, motions, circulars, handbills and election reports of the Reform League, 1866-1868; reports, accounts, resolutions, circulars, branch records and other papers relating to the Plimsoll and Seamen's Fund Committee, 1872-1892; minute book (with accompanying correspondence regarding deposit) cuttings and notes relating to the General Council of the International Working Men's Association, 1866-1869; minutes and receipts regarding the Robert Applegarth Testimonial, 1910-1912; minutes and accounts of the Reform Demonstration Committee, 1884; printed minutes of the General Council of the First International, 1864-1868; press cuttings, reports and handwritten notes regarding annual meetings of the Trades Union Congress and the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, 1872-1890; reports on proceedings of meetings of various trade unions, 1834-1896.

Howell ephemera collection, 1835-1945, containing handbills, prospectuses, circulars, advertisements, texts of addresses, annual reports, printed letters, certificates, membership cards, leaflets and other ephemera collected by George Howell for his own research and to document the late Victorian period covering various topics and organisations, including: advertising; America; Associations (including the Decimal Association, Working Men's Club and Institute Union, National Sunday League and the Sunday Society); banks, insurance, housing (including Post Office Savings Banks, Housing Associations, Dwelling Committee, insurance companies, building societies and pensions); bills, acts (including temperance and licensing bills, the Mutiny Act, employer's liability, the Compensation for Injuries Bill, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, the Contagious Diseases Act, the Arbitration Act, 1872, and the Master and Servants Act, 1867); church, religion (including trade unions and the church, and St Mary, Newington); Chartism; community welfare (including children's welfare); education (including the National Industrial Education League, the London School Board Policy Defence Committee and the National Association for the Promotion of Technical Education); demonstrations (including the Great Reform Demonstration, 1884); elections; financial reform (including the Bimetallic League and bimetallism); international affairs (including the International Arbitration and Peace Society, the Eastern Question Association and the National Conference on the Eastern Question); the International Working Men's Association; Ireland; land, property (including the Land Tenure Reform Association); parliamentary reform (including the National Reform Association, the National Reform Union, the National Reform League, the National Democratic League, the Representative Reform Association, the Labour Representation Committee and the Labour Representation League); newspapers, journals; miscellaneous subjects (including the Channel Tunnel and railways); poems, songs; political parties (including Libreral clubs and associations); trade unions (including tailors, miners, agricultural labourers, book binders and vellum binders); trade councils; women (including women's suffrage, the Married Women's Property Act, marriage with a deceased wife's sister, the Marriage Law Amendment Bill and the Marriage Law Defence Union) (1835-1945).

Records of the King's Cross branch of the Associated Society of Locomotive Steam Enginemen and Firemen (ASLEF) (1925-1956), including:

• Minute book (5 August 1948 - 16 February 1950)

• Minute book (2 August 1951 - 6 November 1952)

• Minute book (20 November 1952 - 30 December 1953)

• Minute book (17 March 1955 - 6 September 1956)

• Yearly balance sheet book (1925 - 1936).

Copy of autobiographical account by Kenneth Vundukayi Manyonda, of his trade union and political activities in Rhodesia between c1957-1970, particularly his association with United Textile Workers' Union of Rhodesia, the African Trades Union Congress, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZAPU).

Notes and transcript of [? Brian Willan's] interview of Ignatius Chigwendere, trade unionist and activist, dealing with Rhodesian trade union movement and nationalist politics (1959-1966); partucularly Chigwendere's work as National Organising Secretary for the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union, 1961 and as Disputes Secretary for the Southern Rhodesia Trades Union Congress, 1961-1963; also his involvement with the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), 1962-1963, and his arrest and deportation from Rhodesia in 1963-1964.

Papers of Cyril Lionel Robert (CLR) James on Caribbean politics, 1940-1965; comprising papers on West Indian Federation, 1958-1962; West Indian Federal Labour Party (WIFLP) correspondence, 1958-1961, including correspondence with Norman W Manley, on Federation, politics in Trinidad and Jamaica, illegal voting at Jamaican elections, and James's resignation as Secretary of WFILP; papers on the University of the West Indies, 1962-1963; papers on political parties and trade unions in Barbados, 1940-1964; papers on politics in British Guiana, 1958-1963; papers on politics in Grenada, 1957; papers on politics in Jamaica, 1952-1963; papers on the People's National Movement, Trinidad, 1957-1962, including correspondence on James's appearance before the Disciplinary Committee, 1961; papers on the West Indian Independence Party, Trinidad, 1955-1956; papers on Sugar workers in Trinidad, 1963-1964; papers on Oil workers in Trinidad, 1954-1960; papers on West Indian organisations in Britain, 1963 (Union of West Indian Students, West Indian Editorial Committee, West Indies Committee for National Sovereignty, West Indies Committee for Peace and Sovereignty); lectures and essays by various authors; papers on arts and literature in the West Indies, 1957-1963; personal correspondence, 1959-1960; copies of publications by James.

Constitutions, membership lists, newsletters, pamphlets and posters, 1952-1989, issued by the Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya), the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners in Kenya, the Institute for Education in Democracy (Kenya), the Kenya Citizens' Association, the Kenya Pressure Group, the Nairobi African Advisory Council and the Voice of Kenya.

Constitutions, addresses, manifestos, conference reports, newsletters, letters and miscellaneous election materials from 1961 onwards, issued by the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the National Council for Labour (Malawi) and the Panafrican Democratic Party of Malawi. The majority of the materials held here originate from the MCP and comprise constitutions, party resolutions and speeches outlining and defending Banda's policies of encouraging foreign investment, engagement with the apartheid regime in South Africa and limiting internal dissent. Materials from one of the new parties that emerged during the 1990s, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), are also held in this collection.

Constitutions, manifestos, conference reports, histories, speeches, pamphlets, posters, letters and leaflets, from 1958 onwards, issued by the Alliance Party (Malaysia), the Barisan Nasional (Organization), the Democratic Action Party, the Malayan Chinese Association, the Malayan Communist Party, the Malayan Employers' Consultative Association, the Malayan People's Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee, the Malaysian Chinese Association, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress, the Parti Islam Semalaysia, the Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, the Pemuda Sosialis Malaya, the Socialist Party (Malaysia), and the United Malays National Organisation. The materials originate from parties both inside and outside the Alliance/Barisan Nasional, and deal with the achievements of the governing parties and their failings and the failings of the democratic system from the perspective of opposition groups. There are also a small number of trades union and pressure group materials, the latter exclusively concerned with opposition to the war in Vietnam.

Letters, calendars, pamphlets, constitutions, manifestos, programmes, addresses, conference reports, directories and interviews from 1956 onwards issued by Chama cha Mapinduzi, the Movement for Free Popular and Democratic Tanzania, the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Tangayika Federation of Labour. All the political parties materials currently held here originate from TANU or Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), reflecting their political dominance, and cover such issues as the Arusha declaration of 1967 (which laid out Nyerere's vision for Tanzania's development - an African mixture of socialism and village communal life), agricultural policy and foreign affairs (Nyerere was a committed Pan-Africanist who provided support for exiled groups such as the ANC, PAC and FRELIMO). In addition there is pressure group material protesting against the imposition of a one-party state and calling for free elections.

Zambia: Political Parties, Trades Unions and Pressure Groups Material, from 1951 onwards, including manifestos, pamphlets, leaflets, constitutions, summaries, registration forms, conference reports, addresses, memoranda, policy papers, resolutions and other miscellaneous election materials issued by the African National Congress (Zambia), the Christian Council of Zambia, the Committee on Northern Rhodesia, the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, the National Women's Lobby Group, the Northern Rhodesia Liberal Party, the United National Independence Party and the United Progressive Party (Zambia).

Pamphlet issued by the Aden Trades Union Congress.

Constitution and conference report issued by the Caribbean Congress of Labour and the Caribbean Union of Teachers.

Material issued by the following organisations: All-African Trade Union Federation; African Trade Union Confederation; Commonwealth Trade Union Council; International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; International Centre for Trade Union Rights; International Federation of Building and Wood Workers; International Labour Organization; International Garment, Textile and Leather Workers' Federation; International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association; Public Services International; Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland; Southern Africa Trade Union Co-ordination Council; South Pacific and Oceanic Council of Trade Unions; Transnational Information Exchange (TIE) Asia; and World Federation of Trade Unions.

Miscellaneous correspondence; poster regarding anarchist bomb in Liege, c 1910; miscellaneous photographs including John Burns (c 1906), crowd at Trafalgar Square after Zinoviev letter controversy, 1924; ephemera including trade union membership cards.

Papers of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, including the Amalgamated Society of Tailoresses and the United Clothing Workers' Union, comprising 1. Amalgamated Society of Tailors; 2. London Society of Tailors and Tailoresses (formerly West End Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses); 3.United Clothing Workers' Union; 4. National Unions of Tailors and Garment Workers.

Constitution of the National Council of Labour Colleges; minutes of the conference on Class Co-ordination; papers of the executive committee, the annual conference, the annual meeting, and the publication sub-committee; and annual reports by the secretary and the executive sub-committee on the financing and running of the colleges and classes.

Minutes of the London County Council Sports Club (known as the London County Council Staff Sports Club from March 1924), 1923-1930.

Staff records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including papers relating to wages and salaries; register of pensioners; papers relating to appointments; papers relating to an insurance policy for war injuries; and bye-laws of The Courage Club, staff association.

Records of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including papers relating to pension funds; copies of staff circulars and memoranda; papers relating to the British Institute of Management and the Brewer's Society; correspondence; reports; staff publications and journals; papers relating to the introduction and development of computers and electronic data processing; papers relating to office equipment.

Records of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.

Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.

Records relating to the London Log Conciliation Board, 1891-1937, comprising papers and correspondence of William Cooling Lawrence, President of the Association of London Master Tailors and Chair of the Joint Log Committee, namely copies of the London Log, some annotated with amendments, 1891-1935; agenda and papers relating to the Conciliation Board meeting, 1922; papers relating to the Conciliation Board, 1923; papers relating to the annual general meeting of the Amalgamated London Master Tailors, 1924; minutes, correspondence and papers of the Conciliation Board, 1925, relating to demands by the Amalgamated London Master Tailors and National Federation of Merchant Tailors (London) for an increase in rates; Conciliation Board reports and papers, 1925; working papers and correspondence relating to the log, 1894-1895; press cuttings and correspondence, 1892, 1908-1912, concerning the London Log committee;

correspondence, [1910-1937], concerning a dispute between the London Society of Tailors and Tailoresses and Thomas & Son, [1910]; dispute over machine work at Kerslake & Dixon, 1911; definition and classification of fabric with the Association of London Master Tailors, 1910; hours of employment of women, 1914-1915; relating to the log, agreements and revisions, 1909-1931;

minutes and correspondence of the Emergency Committee relating to the supply of work to unemployed tailors and tailoresses due to the war, 1914-1915; papers concerning a strike by London Tailors and workshop accommodation, 1912; papers, correspondence and draft report relating to Sub-Committee of the Retail Bespoke Tailoring Trade Board on conditions in certain workshops, [1922-1924]; papers relating to tailoring apprenticeships, 1927-1937;

papers relating to the establishment of Area Committees of the Retail Bespoke Tailoring Trade Board, [1922]; correspondence relating to the Association of London Master Tailors, [1921-1922], including attempted extension of membership.

Pamphlets, reports, congress reports, documents, press cuttings, communiqués, and profiles, 1970 onwards, issued by Acción Cultural Popular, Acción Sindical del Atlántico, Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights, Asamblea Nacional Popular, Colombia Human Rights Committee, Comité Costarricense de Solidaridad con el Pueblo Colombiano, Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (Colombia), Comité por la Defensa de los Derechos del Hombre y de los Prisonieros Políticos en Colombia, Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (CRIC), Corporación Integral para el Desarrollo Cultural y Social (CODECAL), Grupo de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (GIDE), Integración para el Desarrollo y la Acción Social, Movimiento 19 de Abril Conferencia Nacional (7th : 1979 : Colombia), Primer Encuentro Internacional de Comités-Colombia en el Exterior (1979 : Paris), Solidaritätskomitee mit Kolumbien (Austria), United Nations Working Group of Experts on Slavery, Union Revolucionaria Socialista.

Pamphlets, reports, manifestos, programmes, seminar papers and conference reports, 1972 onwards issued by Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas(CEDOC), Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres, Confederation of British Industry, Cotacachi (Ecuador), Frente de Defensa de Comerciantes Minoristas de Guayaquil (FREDECOMI), Fundación Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo Social, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas (Universidad de Guayaquil (ILEP)), Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS), Ministerio de Recursos Naturales y Energéticos (Ecuador), Movimiento Revolucionario de los Trabajadores(MRT), Unión Regional de Organizaciones Campesinas del Litoral (Ecuador), Universidad Central del Ecuador Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas.

Pamphlets, leaflets, newsletters, reports, conference reports and histories, 1968 onwards issued by 13 de Maio, Articulação Nacional de Movimentos Populares e Sindicais, Associação das Mulheres (São Paulo, Brazil), Associação de Cooperação Comunitária das Áreas Problemas de Salvador, Associação de Cooperação Comunitária das Áreas-Problema da Região Metropolitana de Salvador, Associacão Difusora de Treinamentos e Projetos Pedagógicos, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Campanha da Fraternidade (Brazil), Cáritas Brasileira, Carrefour International, Catholic Church, Central Unica dos Trabalhadores (CUT), Centro de Aperfeiçoamento do Trabalhador-Betim (CAT), Centro de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos de Sao Miguel, Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa Vergueiro, Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporânea, Centro de Estudos do Trabalho (Brazil), Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa e Planejamento (Rio de Janeiro), Centro de Informação, Documentação e Análise Sindical, Centro de Pastoral da Comunicação (Pacom), Centro de Pastoral Vergueiro, Centro Ecumênico de Documentaçao e Informaçao, Christian Aid, Collectif de Soutien à la lutte Révolutionnaire du Peuple Brésilien, Comissão Arquidiocesana da Pastoral dos Direitos Humanos e dos Marginalizados de São Paulo, Comissão de Bairros de Belém, Comissão de Fábrica dos Trabalhadores da Barbará, Comissão de Pastoral Operária Nacional(CPO Nacional), Comissão Nacional Pró-CUT, Comissão Pastoral da Terra, Comité Belge Europe-Amerique Latine, Comitê de Solidariedade aos Revolucionarios do Brasil, Comité de Solidarité avec le peuple Brésilien, Comité de Solidarité France-Brésil, Committee of Returned Volunteers, Comunidades Eclesiais de Base (Brasil), Confederação Evangélica do Brasil, Confederação Nacional de Trabalhadores na Agricultura (Brazil), Confederaçoa Evangélica do Brasil, Confédération Française démocratique du travail, Conferência Nacional da Classe Trabalhadora, Conferencia Nacional de Obispos de Brasil, Congresso dos Trabalhadores nas Industrias Metalúgicas, Mecánicas e de Material Eléctrico do Brasil, Congresso dos Trabalhadores Rurais, Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviços (Brazil), Corporate Accountability Research Group, Departamento de Criação e Promoções da Editora Abril (Brazil), Departamento de Imprensa Nacional (Brazil), Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Sócio-Econômicos (Brazil), Diocese de Marabá-Pará, Ediciones Tierra Nueva, Encontro das Classes Trabalhadoras, Encontro Nacional de Experiências de Medicina Comunitária, Encontro Nacional do Partido dos Trabalhadores, Equipe Reconstrução, Federação de Orgaos para Assistência Social e Educacional (FASE), Federação e Sindicatos de Comerciários de Santa Catarina, Federation of Agricultural Workers of the State of Pernambuco, Frente Nacional do Trabalho, Fundação Centro de Estudos do Trabalho, Fundação Wilson Pinheiro, Indigena, Inc., Instituto Apoio Jurídico Popular, Instituto Cajamar, Instituto de Ação Cultural (Brazil), Instituto de Estudos Amazônicos, Instituto de Estudos Sócio-Econômicos (Brasília, Brazil), Instituto Metodista de Ensino Superior (São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil), Instituto Sedes Sapientiae (São Paulo, Brazil), Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, International Commission for the Co-ordination of Solidarity Among Sugar Workers, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Young Christian Workers, Liberation (Movement for Colonial Freedom), Metalúrgicos Comunistas de São Paulo, Movimento de Oposição Sindical Metalúrgica de São Paulo, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, Movimiento Sindical de Trabalhadores Rurais (Brazil), Núcleo de Educação Popular (Brazil), Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Russell Tribunal on Repression in Brazil, Chile, and Latin America, SAPUCAI-Centro de Assessoria-Pouso Alegre-MG, Secretaria do Trabalho e Bem Estar Social (Bahia, Brazil), Secrétariat de la JOC internationale, Serviço de Integração de Migrantes (Brazil), Sindicato da Indústria Petroquímica e de Resinas Sintéticas no Estado da Bahia, Sindicato dos Plásticos de São Paulo, Sindicato dos Metalurgicos de Barra Mansa, Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Campinas e Região, Sindicato dos trabalhadores metalúrgicos de São Paulo, Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Indústria Petroquímica no Estado da Bahia, Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Inds, Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Indústrias Metalúrgicas, Mecânicas e de Material Elétrico de Sao Bernardo do Campo e Diadema, Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais, Sociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos, Unidade Portuária, United Nations, Universidade Federal de Paraíba, World Council of Churches, and the Young Christian Workers International Secretariat.

Papers of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain, 1941-1945, comprising newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain.

Papers documenting the activities of the Berlin medical unions (Berliner Aerztlichen Standesvereine), in general and that of the Aerztlicher Standesverein der Koenigstadt zu Berlin in particular, 1907-1936, comprising minutes, draft constitution and correspondence.

Typescript of unpublished autobiography of Wilfred Blackwell Beard, titled Along This Way, written c1966-1967, and covering his early life and education in Manchester, his work as an apprentice and journeyman patternmaker in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and Newcastle, c1905-1929; his membership of the United Patternmakers' Association, from 1912, and his work as a full time Union Official from 1929-1966; and his membership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council, 1947-1967, particularly his year as Chairman of the TUC, 1955-1956.

Records of the London Bookbinders and Paperworkers, comprising:
Bookbinders Consolidated Union: Minutes 1867-1882;
Shop Secretaries Association: Minutes 1913-1922;
London Consolidated Lodge of Journeymen Bookbinders: Minutes 1866-1868;
Vellum Binders Society: Minutes 1892-1908; Benevolent and Reserve Applications, 1891-1913;
National Union of Bookbinders and Machine Rulers (1911-1921), National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine Ruling and Paper Workers (1921-1928), National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers (1928-1965) Vellum Binders Branch/London Bookbinders Branch: Minutes 1913-1914, West End (London) Branch: Minutes 1911-1913; London Bookbinders Branch: minutes 1919-1965; London Central Branch: Delegate Minutes 1908-1962, Committee Minutes 1912-1951 [the London Bookbinders and London Central Branches fused in June 1965].
In addition to the minute books there are a large number of financial ledgers, 1909-1964, a NUPBW correspondence ledger, 1925-1952; a Labour Election Fund Ledger, 1924-1927, a file of Political Fund Exemption Notices, 1948-1966, and a file of miscellaneous papers, 1959-1965, including correspondence on insurance stamps and on social events.

The collection comprises two manuscript volumes relating to Henry Broadhurst's life and work. Volume 1 contains minutes of the Advanced Liberal Association of the Borough of Greenwich 30 May 1874; Broadhurst's statement on collectivism; an address to the cooperative society on 'Old age pensions'; a draft letter ' to the editor of the Eastern Daily Press, 1891; a 'Life of Henry Broadhurst' including copies of several letters sent to Broadhurst (last dated 1905). Volume 2 contains minutes of the Gas Men's Defence Committee, 1872-1874, of which Broadhurst was Secretary, with two lists of subscribers, many of them women. There are also a number of loose papers in this volume relating to the Committee including minutes of a sub-committee, 1872-1874; accounts of relief granted; leaflets issued by the Committee; an expense sheet, 1873; subscriptions sheets; and cuttings regarding a gas stokers' case and the Master and Servants Act.

Trades Union Congress correspondence and papers relating to the Miners' Dispute and the General Strike, 1926, comprising:
TUC reports of meeting with the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, Apr 1926, and other notes;
Letters from individuals, trade unions and labour organisations to the TUC, May 1926;
Circular letters and printed leaflets issued by the TUC, May 1926;
Local reports and bulletins sent to the TUC by Strike Committees, Trades Councils, and Trade Unions, arranged by region, Greater London, North West, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern, Wales, Scotland, South East, South West, East Anglia, West Midlands and East Midlands;
Correspondence and papers on production and distribution of the TUC's daily strike bulletin; The Daily Worker, May 1926;
TUC Intelligence Committee correspondence and papers, May 1926;
TUC summaries of wireless bulletins on the Miners' Dispute and the General Strike, May 1926;
TUC Progress of Strike Reports, 6-10 May 1926;
TUC General Council Bulletin, 4-14 May 1926;
TUC Publicity and Communications Committee correspondence and papers, 2-14 May 1926;
TUC special committee papers, particularly Powers and Orders Committee and Food and Essential Services Committee;
TUC Speakers' notes on the Miners Dispute and the General Strike;
Copies of TUC Despatch Rider codes;
Official and contemporary reports including copies of the TUC's daily strike bulletin, The British Worker and the Government's British Gazette, May 1926; Foreign press articles; international trades union reactions; Sunday Worker news bulletins, Non trade union circulars including the Manchester Evening News, Foyles News Bulletin, the London Tramway Workers, the Independent Labour Party, and the Food Education Society.

Bryant and May Strike Register, 1888, later used as a letter and cuttings book.
Strike Register giving details of 263 workers on strike, Jul 1888, at the Centre, and Top Centre workshops - showing address, marital status, occupation, rate of pay, and dependents, boy workers are indicated; details of 186 workers at the Victoria factory and 264 workers at the Wax and Box Stores and Patents; Payments register for Victoria, Wax and Box, Centre and Top Centre, showing strike pay allotted and amounts actually paid out to each striker on 14 and 21 Jul 1888.
Cuttings and miscellaneous section: cuttings on the strike, Jul 1888; strike fund balance sheets, 14 and 21 Jul 1888; Labour Gazette cutting on the Factory and Workshops Acts (FWA), 1893; Matchmakers' Trade Union balance sheet, Aug 1888 - July 1889; Matchmakers' Union leaflet, 1893, with hand-written notes on 'phossy-jaw'; correspondence and papers on strike at Bell's Match Factory, Bromley-by-Bow, London, 1893-1894, including correspondence between Herbert Burrows, and the Managing Director, Charles Bell, on pay and conditions, parliamentary question (with reply) by J A Murray McDonald MP for Bow and Bromley, on the use of police at the factory, and Matchmakers Union strike fund appeal; cuttings on 'phossy-jaw', 1898-1899; FWA notices on lucifer match factories, 1895-1896;

Minute book of the National Federation of Shop Workers and Clerks from inaugural meeting in July 1907 to winding up in May 1914. Volume also contains correspondence on the possible merger of unions; the minutes of a preliminary meeting, 1906; the rules of the Federation, 1907, and copies of letters from the TUC on finance and arrangements for Congress, 1896.

The archive consists of a typescript of Dorothy Elliot's memoirs (1914-1969) in which she described a lifetime of work in organisations dealing with the problems of women in employment. See her biographical history for details of the organisations she worked for. Mrs Elliott concluded the memoir with a tribute to the power of 'domesticity in its fullest sense'.

The archive consists of correspondence, notebooks and diaries, press cuttings, photographs and other papers. The papers include diaries of Helen's youthful travels in Bosnia and Dalmatia with her family and also some documents pertaining to her later political career. The majority of the collection, however, consists of correspondence: over 2,000 individual letters, spanning the period from around 1914 until the 1960s and documenting many aspects of Helen's life and career. Letters written to Helen's mother from Cairo during the First World War illuminate the British community in the Middle East and the history of Palestine during the conflict. Letters written to Norman give insights into the land army, work at Woolwich Arsenal and trade union activity and also contain information about her brother Hugh Franklin and his suffrage activities at this date. The long and detailed letters to Helen's mother from Jerusalem, 1919-1932 document the history of the British Mandate as well as the evolution of Helen's personal attitude towards Palestine, Jerusalem and the Jewish nation itself. There are frequent references to the political situation and to figures such as Balfour and Herbert Samuel, along with personal observations about every-day life.

This series is comprised of serialised publications produced by, for, or relating to, Post Office staff associations, unions and societies. The publications contain information on all aspects of union and association internal activity and their negotiations with management on wages, recruitment, grading and conditions. They also report on Annual Conferences and convey general staff news, such as appointments and the development and re-structuring of The Post Office and its subsequent effect on workers.

Many of the publication titles have changed, they are listed as a continuous series and details of the change in title is given at the beginning of the series. Details of those that have undergone significant changes are given.

Please note that in some series many of the publications have been numbered incorrectly or inconsistently at publication stage. The volume and issue numbers given in the description are those that appear on the original.

This series comprises material relating to the formation, functions and administration of Post Office Staff Associations.

Three scrapbooks containing press cuttings, correspondence, manuscripts and printed material, 1891-1897, regarding Bedford's experiences as Labour candidate for Norwich in the 1892 General Election, his presidency of the General Railway Workers Union, work on the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians and accusations of corruption levelled at him by labour colleagues and trade unionists (1891-1897).

Original papers and publications relating to Bernie Grant's personal life and his public role as a Member of Parliament including the papers of organisations with which he was involved such as the African Reparations Movement, [1963-2000]. The collection comprises correspondence notably relating to the Gulf War, 1990-1991, black businesses, ministerial and general correspondence; personal papers, including tributes and condolences, biographical files and legal papers; speeches; files on a range of subjects including on international affairs such as colonialism, racial incident dossiers, Haringey Council business, trade union papers, press files, on campaigns such as the Broadwater Farm riots, the 'Tottenham Three' and the case of Joy Gardner, Parliamentary and Labour Party affairs and constituency case files; published reference material; ephemera, notably campaign fliers and invitations; artefacts and clothing including African robes such as the ones worn to the State Opening of Parliament, campaign placards, posters and awards/plaques; photographs; audio and video recordings of interviews and speeches, television and radio appearances.

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.