Memoirs, novels, and Montagu’s other publications, 1923-1969
Memoirs, novels, and Montagu’s other publications, 1923-1969
Collection: Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century Volumes Memoirs, novels, and Montagu’s other publications, 1923-1969
Montagu wrote two volumes of an autobiography; however, only the first volume was published. The second volume of this autobiography can be found here as a draft manuscript alongside preliminary notes for both volumes. Montagu also visited Europe as both a sympathetic communist and as a collector of animals for an exhibition in The British Museum of Natural History. His records from these excursions can be found here. Some of Montagu's transcripts for works yet to be published are included, as are manuscript notes for his three lectures on social change.
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Communist Party of Great Britain pamphlet on NATO, 1969
This pamphlet, penned by Montagu, outlines a critical stance of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The pamphlet claims that whilst NATO presents itself as an organisation for peace, it was...
Date:1969-1969Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-13
Material from prospective film: ‘Message to Erna Kerner’, 1941
A draft film manuscript written by Ivor Montagu for a prospective film called ‘Message to Erna Kerner’. The film centers on one German woman's experience of the the German invasion...
Date:1941-1941Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-12
Draft material related to Montagu’s pamphlet ‘Russia No Riddle’, 1941
Correspondence around the writing of a pamphlet, called 'Russia No Riddle', which offers an assessment and celebration of the Soviet Union’s record, celebrating its credentials as a socialist state and...
Date:1941-1941Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-11
‘The Science of Social Change’ lectures, 1940
A series of lectures, with manuscript notes, delivered by Montagu which discuss dialectic materialism and the nature of capitalism, delivered at the Marx House Summer School in Wennington.
Date:1940-1940Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-10
Material related to Montagu’s ‘The Traitor Class’, 1940-1942
Correspondence, reviews, invoices and other material relating to Ivor Montagu’s book The Traitor Class.
Date:1940-1942Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-09
Photo album from Montagu’s trip to the Soviet Union, 1927
Rare photographs of the Soviet Union taken during one of Montagu's trip to the country during 1927. The photographs consist of famous urban landmarks, people and natural landscapes.
Date:1927-1927Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-08
Miscellaneous notes from Montagu’s trip to the Soviet Union, 1927
Passport stamps and logistical notes from Montagu’s trip to the Soviet Union in 1927.
Date:1927-1927Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-07
Natural history expeditions in Italy and Yugoslavia, 1923-1927
Correspondence and admission requests sent to the governments of Italy and Yugoslavia regarding Montagu’s travel and study of natural history in these respective countries.
Date:1923-1927Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-02-06
