Material related to the CPGB and British politics, 1950-1979
Material related to the CPGB and British politics, 1950-1979
Collection: Communism in Crisis in Britain and Abroad, 1931–1979 Volumes Material related to the CPGB and British politics, 1950-1979
Material covering developments in the Communist Party of Great Britain during Gollan’s time in the party, including a campaign on the press, industrial action in Britain, and on the ‘Common Market’ and European Economic Community.
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Plans for affiliation with the Labour Party, 1950-1959
Contains a brief selection of handwritten notes and typescript documents in relation to the renewed application of affiliation with the Labour Party.
Date:1950-1959Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-01
Information on the Labour Party and plans for the development of the CPGB, 1950-1960
Contains typescript documents on the Labour Party, reports by John Gollan about his ideas on how to develop the CPGB, a selection of reprinted articles, letters, miscellaneous handwritten notes and...
Date:1950-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-02
Campaign on broadcasting, 1962–1967
Contains miscellaneous notes on plans for broadcasting, newspaper cuttings about broadcasting and the impact on elections, and letters. Also includes newspaper cuttings on the attempt remove Sir Alec Douglas-Home from...
Date:1962-1967Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-03
Reg Birch investigation, 1965
Contains a wide range of various correspondence and typescript and manuscript notes of interviews in relation to the investigation into Reg Birch and his suspected factionalism and activity with China.
Date:1965-1965Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-06
The seamen’s strike and government response, 1966
Contains manuscript notes and plans, a range of typescript cuttings about the 1966 seamen’s strike and the government’s reaction to it, typescript accounts of speeches by Harold Wilson, a pamphlet...
Date:1966-1966Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-07
Developments in broadcasting and the press, 1966–1969
Contains various articles and extracts from John Bonfield, Richard Briginshaw, Richard Clements, George Matthews and a range of miscellaneous notes, cuttings and typescript on the press. Also contains a typescript...
Date:1966-1968Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-04
Broadcasting scripts and an interview with Robert Kee 1960–1979
Contains party political broadcast scripts and an interview conducted by John Gollan with Robert Kee in typescript.
Date:1960-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-05
The cause for Welsh and Scottish devolution, 1967–1977
Contains a range of manuscript notes, typescript reports on the growing cause for devolution to Scotland and Wales (including from the Scottish and Welsh Trade Union Congress), pamphlets, a draft...
Date:1967-1977Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-goll-04-08
