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Agitation and the Internal Politics of British Communism, 1907–1977 Search
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Party membership cards and miscellaneous personalia, 1907-1959
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-01-01
Material from the Openshaw Branch, 1909-1913
Handwritten notes by Harry Pollitt discussing matters of the Openshaw Branch of the British Socialist Party.
Date:1909-1913Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-04-01
Miscellaneous material from the Boilermakers Strike, 1915
Includes a printed statement to members of the union by ‘The Strike Committee’ detailing the events leading to the strike and justifying their action, as well as a balance sheet...
Date:1915-1915Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-05-01
Campaign material and translated pamphlets on the Russian Revolution, 1918-1920
A range of translated pamphlets written by key figures from the 1917 Revolution in Russia. Includes a pamphlet written by Lenin, titled ‘Lessons of the Revolution’, a pamphlet by Lenin...
Date:1918-1920Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-06-01
Correspondence with Palme Dutt regarding the Charter Campaign and Third Period, 1931
Contains discussions of the Charter Campaign and disputes over the ‘correct’ party line between Dutt and Pollitt in relation to the ‘united front’.
Date:1931-1931Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-15-04
Correspondence regarding journalism, articles and books, 1930-1949
Correspondence with Pollitt, newspaper cuttings regarding the death of William Rust, a collection of Rust’s own articles, an extract from Montagu’s ‘A Traitor Class’, letters from Dutt to the Central...
Date:1930-1949Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-15-05
Correspondence regarding the outbreak of the Second World War, 1939
Personal correspondence in which Salme Dutt questions Pollitt’s speech regarding his disillusionment at Comintern opposing war with Germany due to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, as well as a letter discussing Marxist...
Date:1939-1939Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-16-01
Correspondence and related drafts of Gallachers’ publication, 1951-1957
Contains an article titled ‘Who is the Enemy?’, discussions of an article criticising the Labour Party, a draft copy of said article discussing the legacy of the 1945 Labour government,...
Date:1951-1957Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-17-01
Correspondence sent to John Gollan and George Matthews, 1954-1957
Contains personal and professional accounts of Pollitt's time in Moscow as he received medical treatment in the Soviet Union, including documenting Pollitt's desire to balance his party duties back home.
Date:1954-1957Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-18-01
Correspondence regarding the death of Pollitt’s mother, 1939
Correspondence with a range of friends, family and colleagues regarding the death of Pollitt’s mother in 1939.
Date:1939-1939Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-19-01
Miscellaneous correspondence with communist activists (i), 1915-1929
A selection of miscellaneous correspondence with Pollitt’s friends and communist activists during his early life.
Date:1915-1929Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-19-02
Miscellaneous correspondence with communist activists (ii), 1940-1949
A selection of miscellaneous correspondence with Pollitt’s friends and communist activists during the era of the Second World War.
Date:1940-1949Contributor:
Identifier:cp-ind-poll-19-03
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