Varied correspondence with communist colleagues, politicians, and playwrights, 1924-1983
Varied correspondence with communist colleagues, politicians, and playwrights, 1924-1983
Collection: Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century Volumes Varied correspondence with communist colleagues, politicians, and playwrights, 1924-1983
These records include correspondence regarding both potential and actual publications by Montagu, Dobb, Ehrenburg and other authors of Communist Works. More political items are also included here: the debate between Montagu and Dutt on whether Britain should go to war with Germany, the Israel-Palestine question, the pre-war indictment of the German Communist Party Leader by the Nazi Government and the post war congress for peace, add to the overall picture of debates surrounding World War Two. Papers relating to Montagu's potential candidacy for the Hammersmith Constituency in 1951 and translations of 100 Chinese Peace Poems, are located alongside a book on the subject of teaching singing in one of the more eclectic mixes within this collection.
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Correspondence with Sir Solly Zuckerman, 1958-1965
Sir Solly Zuckerman was a British zoologist and research pioneer. Much of the correspondence between him and Montagu discusses The Zoological Society of London.
Date:1958-1965Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-17
Correspondence with Ellen Wilkinson, 1942-1946
Ellen Wilkinson was a British Labour Party politician with Marxist sympathies. In 1920 she was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) but she defected to...
Date:1942-1946Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-16
Correspondence with H. G. Wells, 1943
H. G. Wells was a British writer and socialist, as well as a member of the Fabian Society. The document contains correspondence as well as copies of articles titled ‘Communism...
Date:1943-1943Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-15
Correspondence with scholars regarding Bernard Shaw, 1974-1975
Correspondence between Montagu and scholars on the subject of Bernard Shaw, posthumously during the 1970s.
Date:1974-1975Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-14
Correspondence with John Strachey, 1940
John Strachey was a British politician with links to the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Much of the document discusses the Communist Party’s stance on the Second World War...
Date:1940-1940Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-13
Correspondence with Bernard Shaw, 1924-1948
Correspondence between Montagu and Bernard Shaw, the famous Irish playwright. Shaw also had a keen interest in politics, although most of the correspondence centers around the production of Shaw’s plays...
Date:1924-1948Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-12
Correspondence about Eve Yarotski’s application for entry to Britain, 1927-1929
Correspondence about the logistical process of allowing Eve Yarotski, a citizen of the Soviet Union, to visit Britain. Ivor Montagu lobbied the UK government to allow Eve, the wife of...
Date:1927-1929Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-11
Correspondence with Robert Rupen, 1958-1959
Correspondence between Montagu and Robert Rupen, who was an internationally renowned expert on Mongolia who wrote books on the country’s history.
Date:1958-1959Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-06-10
