Memoirs of Dennis Nowell Pritt, 1965-1966
Memoirs of Dennis Nowell Pritt, 1965-1966
Collection: Notable Individuals of British Communism, 1886-1997 Volumes Memoirs of Dennis Nowell Pritt, 1965-1966
Several documents containing draft copies of the autobiography of barrister, Labour politician and communist sympathiser Dennis Nowell Pritt.
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Chapters 35-40
Draft autobiographical chapters covering further legal work undertaken by Pritt towards the latter part of his life.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-07
Chapters 29-34
Draft autobiographical chapters covering Pritt’s legal activities in relation to the Korean War and Telangana Rebellion, as well as his unsuccessful legal defence of those Kenyan leaders involved in the...
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-06
Chapters 25-28
Draft autobiographical chapters covering Pritt’s activities in parliament and regarding the Labour Party, including his advice given to Labour MPs and his efforts to be reinstated to the party.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-25-28
Chapters 18 to 24
Draft autobiographical chapters covering Pritt’s activities during the latter half of the Second World War, his legal defence of workers on strike during the war, and discussions of Anglo-Soviet relations.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-04
Chapters 13 to 17
Draft autobiographical chapters covering the immediate causes of the Second World War, Pritt’s expulsion from the Labour Party, and the significance of the Soviet Union entering the war in 1941.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-03
Chapters 4 to 12
Draft autobiographical chapters covering Pritt’s activities during the 1920s and his anti-fascist action during the 1930s, including his ascension to Parliament and activity in Spain.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-02
Chapter 1 to 3
Draft autobiographical chapters covering Pritt’s early childhood and his experience of the First World War as an adolescent.
Date:1965-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-04-01
