J.T. Murphy: correspondence on CPGB expulsion and written works, 1925-1964
J.T. Murphy: correspondence on CPGB expulsion and written works, 1925-1964
Collection: Debate and Division on the British Left, 1917-1964 Volumes J.T. Murphy: correspondence on CPGB expulsion and written works, 1925-1964
This volume contains notebooks, correspondence, and other materials written and compiled by J.T. Murphy. There are also drafts of books on J.B. Priestley and imperialism, as well as letters to and from former Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) Earl Browder and materials on Murphy’s imprisonment in Wandsworth during 1925-1926.
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J.T. Murphy: assorted materials from across his life, 1920-1960s
A host of material relating to J.T. Murphy’s radical political activity from the 1920s to the 1960s. Covered in this are materials from his arrest and imprisonment in 1925, proof...
Date:1925-1964Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-9
J.T. Murphy's monographs on philosophy and Marxism
Two monographs written by J.T. Murphy under the titles Preliminary Considerations and The Premise of All Thought about socialist politics and Marxism. Dates unknown.
Date:1925-1964Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-8
'Working With Destiny': a prospective book, 1950s
A prospective draft plan of a book written by J.T. Murphy, which discusses the internal politics and power struggle of the Soviet Union, European great power politics and imperialism in...
Date:1950-1964Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-7
Correspondence with Earl Browder, 1960-1964
In their later lives, J.T. Murphy and Earl Browder, two former titans of their respective communist parties, bonded over their shared experience of being branded ‘revisionists'. These letters and other...
Date:1960-1964Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-6
J.T. Murphy’s writings on J. B. Priestley, 1930-1949
Articles and draft novel typescripts written by J.T. Murphy regarding John Boynton Priestley, who was a left-wing novelist and playwright from Yorkshire. 1930-1949.
Date:1930-1949Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-5
The fall of J.T. Murphy: expulsion from the CPGB, 1932
Correspondence between J.T. Murphy and high ranking CPGB officials such as Harry Pollitt that show the disagreement and surrounding dialogue that led to J.T. Murphy’s expulsion from the CPGB in...
Date:1932-1932Contributor:The Communist Heritage Trust
Identifier:cp-ind-murp-1-4
