Arts and Leisure Committee, 1961-1979
Arts and Leisure Committee, 1961-1979
Collection: Communism, Culture, and Society in the 20th Century Volumes Arts and Leisure Committee, 1961-1979
This volume contains minutes, agendas, circulars, and correspondence compiled by the NCC’s Arts and Leisure Committee during the period 1961-1979. The Arts and Leisure Committee was established as an advisory committee to the NCC and aimed to ‘develop policy’ in the areas of leisure, arts and recreation and to promote progressive activity in the sphere of culture. Also included are the papers of committee member Martin Jacques and various newsletters and articles.
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National Cultural Committee: miscellaneous articles, 1970-1979
A range of publications, including ‘Spotlight on Structuralism’ by D. A. Lawson, ‘Dialectics of Poetry’ by Tristan Tzara and ‘Marxism and Semiology’ by P Woollen.
Date:1970-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-07
Town planning: ‘Room to live and breathe’ conference, 1961
A conference on town planning organised by the Communist Party of Great Britain’s cultural and social services committees.
Date:1961-1961Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-06
National Cultural Committee newsletters, 1973-1974
A short run of newsletters from 1973-1974, which aimed to provide scheduled information about the group’s activities and any other relevant information.
Date:1973-1974Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-05
'Cultural Work' summaries, 1962-1965
Cultural Work was a short summary of the Communist Party of Great Britain’s (CPGB) actions in the cultural sphere, including the work of the National Cultural Committee, CPGB’s journals like...
Date:1962-1965Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-04
Personal papers of Martin Jacques, 1976-1979
Jacques was a journalist and academic who joined the CPGB in the 1960s. This document contains his personal papers, including minutes from the Arts and Leisure Committee, correspondence and circulars.
Date:1976-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-03
Material and minutes from the Arts and Leisure Committee (ii), 1977-1978
Minutes, correspondence and other material covering the work of the committee. This includes wide ranging correspondence by and to Ken Sprague; Bob Campbell, Alan Bush, Robert Hunter, David Whitfield and...
Date:1977-1978Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-02
Material and minutes from the Arts and Leisure Committee (i), 1976-1977
Minutes, correspondence and other material covering the inception of the committee, its aims and purposes, and the first year of its life.
Date:1976-1977Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cult-02-01
