Marxist History and Historians in the 20th Century Search

Further correspondence with George Matthews, Maurice Cornforth, James Klugmann, E.P. Thompson, Christopher Hill, Harry Pollitt, John Saville, A.L. Morton, Daphne Simon, Jack Cohen, Frida Knight, John Gollan. This primarily revolves...

Correspondence between Thomas Mann and Dona Torr, as the former recounts his life and political activities. Includes the contents page of the book as well as draft chapters. 

Hand written notes and draft material regarding Thomas Mann's political activity and agitation in the Yorkshire region, mainly during the early 1890s. This document has a particular focus on Mann's...

Hand written notes and draft material regarding Thomas Mann's political activity and agitation in the Yorkshire region, between the years of 1891 and 1904. 

A draft chapter and newspaper cuttings on the radical socialist politics of the 'Arts and Crafts Movement' figurehead William Morris. Thomas Mann cites Morris as a large influence upon him...

Draft material that traces a history of artisan craft guilds and their transformation into trade unions in the 19th century. The document also looks at the implications of new machinery...

Hand written notes, figures and statistics on organisations and unions that comprised the London Trades Council (LTC) in the mid-to-late 19th century. It also provides accounts of industrial action in...

Dona Torr’s writings on a range of historical topics, starting with slavery in the 17th century through to British legislative reform in the late 19th century.

Files which examine a range of 19th century socialist organisations, including the London Republican Club, International Workers of the World, the International Working Men's Association, the National Reform League, the...

Dona Torr's draft notes on the Chartist movement, a working class movement that wanted to extend suffrage in Britain, with particular focus on the life of Chartist member Ernest Jones....

A range of miscellaneous notes and newspaper cuttings on British politics from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, covering the politics of the Labour Party and Thomas Mann's place in the...

Notes assessing religion in the 19th century and its interaction with the labour movement of that period. Dona Torr also delves further back into the past and discusses the potential...