A handful of papers relating to production and technical issues of the Morning Star (and previously the Daily Worker) between 1963 and 1975. Questions of production are shown through correspondence...

Date:1963-1975
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-2-6
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Manuscript Eastern Europe 1960s 1970s Soviet Asia Morning Star

Mr. Wainwright's personal papers and correspondence relating to the seismic Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which was brutally suppressed by Soviet Union forces. Includes perspectives from CPGB General Secretary John Gollan...

Date:1956-1958
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-13
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Manuscript Eastern Europe Soviet Union 1950s Soviet Asia Hungary John Gollan Statements

Personal notes, papers, and news cuttings prepared for a lecture Wainwright delivered about science and Marxism. Includes an essay labelled ‘Science and Socialism’, which traces the long history of scientific...

Date:1964-1964
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-12
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript Eastern Europe Soviet Union Print Media 1960s Soviet Asia Notes University Labour Federation

Correspondence between Mr. Wainwright and Cliff Rowe, a long-time CPGB member and prominent artist inspired by socialist realism. Includes discussions of the Sino-Soviet split, Stalin's personality cult, and the differing...

Date:1966-1967
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-11
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Manuscript Eastern Europe Soviet Union 1960s Soviet Asia China Diagrams Southeast Asia North Asia

Files relating to various intra-newspaper controversies and debates in the Morning Star. This includes the fierce debate surrounding Mr. Wainwright's own dismissal from the paper, which occurred after the editor...

Date:1984-1984
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-10
Europe Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Manuscript Print Media 1980s Notes Morning Star

Files and correspondence relating to Mr. Wainwright's role as science correspondent for the Morning Star. Including a report on a secret ‘Soviet Nuclear Accident’ in 1958, foreshadowing the 1984 Chernobyl...

Date:1979-1980
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-09
Reports Europe Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Manuscript Print Media 1970s 1980s Diagrams Morning Star

Handwritten and typescript notes penned by William Wainwright in preparation for speeches he delivered at newspaper and CPGB events. Includes a speech on 'Free Press in Free Society' and other...

Date:1964-1969
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-3-08
Europe Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1960s Notes Morning Star

An assortment of miscellaneous papers relating to features, reviews, and internal files of the Morning Star. Includes an article on the ‘Co-operative Movement’ by Will Owen MP, a former miner...

Date:1967-1985
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-wain-2-5
Reports Europe Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Correspondence Typescript Statistics 1960s Minutes Notes Morning Star Will Owen