Catalogue description Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
This record is held by Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
Reference: | CP |
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Title: | Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) |
Description: |
The collection includes the minutes of the Communist Party Executive Committee 1943 - 91, the Political Bureau 1924 -25, the Political Committee 1946 - 91, the Political Sub-Committee 1954 - 91 and the Economic Committee 1946 - 87 There are also extensive files on the International Department 1945 -91, national congresses 1920 - 91, industrial files 1950 - 91, and organisation files 1944 - 91. There are also files on some district and local parties, the People's Press Printing Society (Daily Worker and Morning Star) 1945 - 90, the Young Communist League 1922 - 87 and Women's Department papers 1933 - 91 There are also the papers of prominent Communist individuals Harry Pollitt 1905 - 59, Rajani Palme Dutt 1908 - 71, Willie Gallacher 1920 - 81, John Gollan 1931 - 77, Wal Hannington 1934 - 66, Ivor Montagu 1924 - 83, Bert Ramelson 1945 - 91, James Klugmann 1928 - 76, Kay Beauchamp 1961 - 79, Ben Bradley 1929 - 69, Dona Torr, which includes some Tom Mann material and Jack Woddis 1937 - 77 |
Date: | 1812-1995 |
Arrangement: |
56 Sub & sub-sub fonds as follows The archives consist of the papers generated by the central party organisation as well as those created or belonging to associated / organisations. Central / Executive Committee minutes CP/CENT/EC Central Circulars CP/CENT/CIRC Executive Committee Commissions CP/CENT/COMM National Cultural Committee CP/CENT/CULT Economic Committee CP/CENT/ECON Party Educational Materials CP/CENT/ED Industrial Department CP/CENT/IND International Department CP/CENT/INT Organisation Department CP/CENT/ORG Peace Materials CP/CENT/PEA Press and Publicity CP/CENT/PUB Women's Department CP/CENT/WOM Youth Organisations CP/CENT/YOUTH Miscellaneous Sub-Committees CP/CENT/CTTE Campaigns and Events CP/CENT/EVTS Speakers' notes CP/CENT/SPN Statements CP/CENT/STAT Subject Files CP/CENT/SUBJ Political Bureau / Committee CP/CENT/PC/1-17 Sub-Committee CP/CENT/PC/18-19 National Congresses CP/CENT/CONG Central Correspondence CP/CENT/SEC Communist International / CPGB papers CP/CENT/CI Picture Library CP/CENT/PL Communist Party: Individual papers CP/IND Kay Beauchamp papers CP/IND/KAYB Ben Bradley papers CP/IND/BRAD Rajani Palme Dutt papers CP/IND/DUTT Hymie Fagan papers CP/IND/FAG William Gallacher papers CP/IND/GALL John Gollan papers CP/IND/GOLL Wal Hannington papers CP/IND/HANN Allen Hutt papers CP/IND/HUTT Margot Kettle papers CP/IND/KETT James Klugmann papers CP/IND/KLUG George Matthews papers CP/IND/MATH Ivor Montagu papers CP/IND/MONT JT and Molly Murphy papers CP/INDMURP Harry Pollitt papers CP/IND/POLL Bert Ramelson papers CP/IND/RAM Claude Tayler papers CP/IND/TAY Dona Torr papers CP/IND/TORR William Wainwright papers CP/IND/WAIN Jack Woddis papers CP/IND/WOD Miscellaneous Individuals CP/IND/MISC CPGB History materials CP/HIST CPGB Local Papers CP/LOC Hampshire and Dorset District CP/LOC/HD Lewisham Borough CP/LOC/LEW Miscellaneous local and district CP/LOC/MISC North West District CP/LOC/NW Scottish District CP/LOC/SCOT South Midlands District CP/LOC/SMID Yorkshire District CP/LOC/YORK ETU Ballot Rigging Trial CP/MISC/ETU Miscellaneous non-party organisations CP/ORG/MISC Daily Worker / Morning Star and PPPS CP/PPPS Young Communist League CP/YCL |
Related material: |
The LHASC has the archives of the London District Communist Party, which contains files, amongst others on district congresses 1926 - 88, miscellaneous advisory committees 1950 - 88, membership 1948 - 88, race relations 1950 - 83 and party branches 1944 - 81 The LHASC also holds runs of a number of Communist journals, including Labour Monthly, Marxism Today, Communist Review and the Jewish Clarion The archives also contain microfilm of Comintern material relating to the CPGB in the 1920's & 30's and by Party in the 1980's, which was obtained by James Klugmann on a visit to Moscow in 1957. |
Held by: | Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum), not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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Access conditions: |
Open to view with an appointment. |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1994 they were deposited on permanent loan with the National Museum of Labour History. In 2000 they were put on permanent loan with the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, whilst still in the National Museum of Labour History. |
Custodial history: |
The Communist Party of Great Britain Archives were collected at the Communist Party Library in Hackney They date from 1943. Most administrative and political records before that date were sent to Moscow in 1938, where they were deposited at the Marx - Lenin Institute now the Russian Centre for Modern History. Until 1986 access was restricted, Subsequently they were sorted and listed by Francis King . On the demise of the Communist Party itself in 1991 they were placed under the control of the Communist Party Archives Trust |
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