Material related to Christopher Kit Meredith, 1951-1963
Material related to Christopher Kit Meredith, 1951-1963
Collection: Notable Individuals of British Communism, 1886-1997 Volumes Material related to Christopher Kit Meredith, 1951-1963
Christopher Kit Meredith was a Communist Party member, peace activist and university lecturer. The material covers his personal correspondence, his peace work in the context of the Cold War and arms race, and his involvement in the 25th National Congress of the CPGB.
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Material on civil defence and nuclear weapons, 1963
This document contains a pamphlet on ‘H-Bombs on the Midlands’, discussing misinformation about nuclear weapons and the impotency of civil defence, a pamphlet on Britain becoming a missile base for...
Date:1963-1963Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-10-04
Material from the 25th National Congress, 1957
This document contains handwritten notes on Congress votes and discussions, a report titled ‘The Position in Britain and our Tasks’, correspondence including from the Central Organisation Department, including discussions of...
Date:1957-1957Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-10-03
Material related to Meredith’s peace work and editorial complaints, 1951-1963
This document contains a plethora of material related to Meredith’s work on various peace campaigns. This includes newspaper cuttings on nuclear weapons and the arms race, with correspondence to various...
Date:1951-1963Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-10-02
Miscellaneous personal correspondence, n.d.
Contains a wealth of personal correspondence from Meredith to people involved in communist politics. This includes with Eric Hobsbawm, Henry Heinemann, Ronald Garrett Jones, Mary Ellenby, Christopher and Priscilla Thornycroft,...
Date:1951-1963Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-10-01
