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Businesses (6)
- Daily Citizen, newspaper London
- Daily Worker, newspaper London
- Keable Press Ltd London
- Morning Star, newspaper London
- People's Press Printing Society London
- Unity Theatre London
Organisations (140)
- Band of Hope
- Barons Court Constituency Labour Party, Fulham Fulham, Middlesex
- Birmingham Labour Party Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Blackburn Clarion Cycling Club Blackburn, Lancashire
- Bolton and Oldham Clarion Fellowship Oldham, Lancashire;Bolton, Lancashire
- British China Friendship Association
- British Overseas Socialist Fellowship
- British Peace Committee
- British Socialist Party: Openshaw branch Openshaw, Lancashire
- British Workers Sports Federation
- British Yugoslav Association
- Castlehaven Ward Labour Party
- Centre for Local Economic Strategies Manchester, Lancashire
- Chadderton Central Independent Labour Party Chadderton, Lancashire
- Chile Solidarity Campaign
- Communist Party Artists Group
- Communist Party History Group
- Communist Party of Great Britain
- Communist Party of Great Britain
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Balham branch Balham, Surrey
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Barnet branch Barnet, Hertfordshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Battersea branch Battersea, Surrey
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Bradford branch Bradford, Yorkshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Bromley branch Bromley, Kent
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Camden branch Camden, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Channel Islands district Channel Islands
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Devon and Cornwall district Devon;Cornwall
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Dundee branch Dundee, Angus
- Communist Party of Great Britain: East Anglia district committee East of England
- Communist Party of Great Britain: East Midlands district East Midlands
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Fulham branch Fulham, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Greenwich branch Greenwich, Kent
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Hackney branch Hackney, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Hammersmith branch Hammersmith, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Hampshire and Dorset district Dorset;Hampshire;Hampshire;Dorset
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Harlow branch Harlow, Essex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Harrow branch Harrow, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Hendon branch Hendon, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Kensington branch Kensington, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Lancashire and Cheshire district Cheshire;Lancashire;Lancashire;Cheshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Lewisham branch Lewisham, Kent
- Communist Party of Great Britain: London district London
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Manchester and district Manchester, Lancashire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Marylebone branch St Marylebone, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Midlands district committee
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Newham branch Newham, Essex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: North East district North East
- Communist Party of Great Britain: North West district North West
- Communist Party of Great Britain: North West London area committee Greater London
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Oxford city branch Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Parliament Hill Fields branch Hampstead, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Putney and Roehampton branch Putney, Surrey;Roehampton, Surrey
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Scottish district committee Scotland
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Sheffield branch Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: South Essex district Essex;Essex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: South Midlands district
- Communist Party of Great Britain: South Midlands district
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Sussex district Sussex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Sydenham branch Sydenham, Kent
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Tottenham branch Tottenham, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Wandsworth branch Wandsworth, Surrey
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Watford branch Watford, Hertfordshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Welsh committee Wales
- Communist Party of Great Britain: West London area committee Greater London
- Communist Party of Great Britain: West Middlesex district Middlesex;Greater London
- Communist Party of Great Britain: West of England district South West
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Westminster branch Westminster, Middlesex
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Yorkshire district committee Yorkshire and the Humber
- Communist Party of Great Britian: Kent district Kent;Kent
- Communist University of London London
- Councils of Action
- Daily Worker London
- Deptford Win the War Committee Deptford, Kent
- Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union
- Earth First!
- European Parliamentary Labour Party
- Feminist Webs
- Holborn and St Pancras Constituency Labour Party Holborn, Middlesex;St Pancras, Middlesex
- Ilford Clarion Fellowship Ilford, Essex
- Industrial Womens Organisations
- International Socialist Bureau: British section
- Labour and Socialist International, London Secretariat London
- Labour Committee for Europe
- Labour Party
- Labour Party Manifesto group
- Labour Representation Committee
- Labour Solidarity Campaign
- Lancashire Independent Labour Party Lancashire;Lancashire
- Leigh Striking Miner's Hardship Fund
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Festival, campaign group
- Lesbians Against Pit Closures
- Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM)
- LGBT Youth North West, campaign group
- Liberal Party
- London Divisional Council Independent Labour Party London
- London Trades Council London
- Longsight Miners' Support Group
- Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus Manchester, Lancashire
- Manchester Negro Association Manchester, Lancashire
- Manchester Pacifist Advisory Committee Manchester, Lancashire
- Marxist Quarterly
- National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Society
- National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks: Houndsditch and Whitechapel branch Whitechapel, Middlesex
- National Council of British Socialist Sunday Schools
- National Council of Labour Colleges
- National Federation of Building Trades Operatives: Northampton region Northampton, Northamptonshire
- National Federation of Old Age Pensioners Associations Preston, Lancashire
- National Graphical Association: Odhams Press (Daily Herald) chapel London
- National Minority Movement
- National Parliament of Youth
- National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Canning Town branch West Ham, Essex
- National Union of Public Employees: Manchester ambulancemen's branch Manchester, Lancashire
- National Union of Vehicle Builders: London district committee London
- Naval Construction Works, Dalmuir, yard plant committee Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire
- Newark Constituency Labour Party Newark, Nottinghamshire
- Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign
- Nineteen Forty Four Association
- North West Advisory Bureau for Conscientious Objectors and Peace Pledge Union North West
- North West Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Equality
- Outrage!, LGBT rights group
- Oxted Branch Labour Party Oxted, Surrey
- Primrose Hill Labour Party, London London
- Railway Womens Guild
- Social Democratic Federation: Canning Town branch West Ham, Essex
- Social Democratic Federation: Peckham and Dulwich branch Peckham, Surrey;Dulwich, Surrey
- Socialist Christian League
- Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding
- Society for Cooperation in Russia and Soviet Union (formerly Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR) London
- South Wales Income Maintenance Campaign South Wales
- Tea Operatives and General Labourers' Association
- Tottenham Trades Council Tottenham, Middlesex
- Wallasey District Independent Labour Party Wallasey, Cheshire
- Wallasey Independent Labour Party Wallasey, Cheshire
- War Emergency Workers National Committee London
- Women's Aid for Peace
- Womens Labour League London
- Workers Supply Association
- Young Communist League
- Young Communist League: London branch London
Persons (188)
- Addison, Christopher, (1869-1951), 1st Viscount Addison of Stallingborough, statesman
- Alden, Sir Percy, (1865-1944), Knight, politician and social theorist
- Alexander, William, (1910-2000), communist and soldier
- Allen, Reginald Clifford, (1889-1939), 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood, politician
- Aman, Dudley Leigh, (1884-1952), 1st Baron Marley, politician
- Ashton, Thomas, (1844-1927), Trade Unionist
- Attlee, Clement Richard, (1883-1967), 1st Earl Attlee, statesman
- Baldwinson, Tony, (fl 1970-2015), disability rights campaigner
- Barnes, George Nicoll, (1859-1940), Labour Politician
- Beckett, John William Warburton, (1894-1964), MP
- Bell, Joseph Nicholas, (d 1922), Labour MP
- Bell, Richard, (1859-1930), MP Trade Unionist
- Bentham, Ethel, (d 1931), MP and Physician
- Blatchford, Robert Peel Glanville, (1851-1943), journalist, author and socialist
- Bondfield, Margaret Grace, (1873-1953), trade unionist and politician
- Bottomley, Horatio William, (1860-1933), MP Journalist and Financier
- Bowerman, Charles William, (1851-1947), MP Trade Unionist
- Brailsford, Henry Noel, (1873-1958), Socialist journalist and historian
- Bridgeman, Reginald Francis Orlando, (1884-1968), Anti Imperialist
- Brockway, Archibald Fenner, (1888-1988), Baron Brockway, politician
- Burdett, Sir Francis, (1770-1844), 5th Baronet Politician
- Burns, John Elliot, (1858-1943), Politician and Trade Unionist
- Butler, Joyce Shore, (1910-1992), politician Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Cadbury, George, (1839-1922), Industrialist and Philanthropist
- Candler, David, (1940-2011), journalist and press officer Leeds, Yorkshire
- Childe, Vere Gordon, (1892-1957), archaeologist
- Chuter-Ede, James Chuter, (1882-1965), 1st Baron Chuter Ede
- Citrine, Walter Mclennan, (1887-1983), 1st Baron Citrine, trade unionist
- Clynes, John Robert, (1869-1949), Trade Union Leader and Statesman
- Cohen, Joseph L, (d 1940), Economist
- Coit, Stanton, (1857-1944), Ethical culture leader
- Cole, George Douglas Howard, (1889-1959), socialist historian and political thinker
- Cook, Arthur James, (1885-1931), General Secretary of Miners Federation
- Courtney, Dame Kathleen D'Olier, (1878-1974), philanthropist
- Cox, Idris, (1899-1989), Communist Party Activist in South Wales
- Crooks, William, (1852-1921), Politician
- Curran, Peter Francis, (1860-1910), MP Trade Unionist
- Dalton, Sir Edward Hugh John Neale, (1887-1962), Baron Dalton, statesman
- Dobb, Maurice Herbert, (1900-1976), communist and economist
- Donaldson, Frederic Lewis, (1860-1953), Canon of Westminster Christian Socialist
- Driberg, Thomas Edward Neil, (1905-1976), Baron Bradwell, politician and journalist
- Dunayevskaya, Raya, (1910-1987), Marxist
- Duncan, Charles, (1865-1933), MP and Trades Unionist
- Dutt, Rajani Palme, (1896-1974), Communist author and editor
- Edwards, Robert, (1906-1990), MP and trade unionist
- Elvin, Herbert Henry, (1874-1949), General Secretary of National Union of Clerks
- Fels, Joseph, (1854-1914), Soap Manufacturer and Philanthropist
- Foot, Michael, (1913-2010), politician and author
- Foot, Michael Mackintosh, (1913-2010), politician and Labour Party leader
- Gallacher, William, (1881-1965), Communist MP
- Gillies, William, (d 1958), Overseas Secretary of the Labour Party
- Glasier, John Bruce, (1859-1920), Socialist, journalist and politician
- Gollan, John, (1911-1977), Communist Party Leader
- Gollancz, Sir Victor, (1893-1967), Knight, publisher, author and political campaigner
- Gordon, John Rutherford, (1890-1974), newspaper editor
- Gosling, Harry, (1861-1930), MP Trade Unionist
- Gossling, Archibald George, (1878-1950), Trade Unionist
- Grayson, Albert Victor, (1882-? 1920), MP
- Green, Joseph Frederick, (1855-1932), MP
- Greenall, Thomas, (1857-1937), MP Miners Leader
- Greenwood, Arthur, (1880-1954), statesman
- Griffiths, James, (1890-1975), politician
- Guest, Leslie Haden-, (1877-1960), 1st Baron Haden Guest, author, physician
- Hallas, Eldred, (1870-1926), MP
- Hancock, John George, (1857-1940), MP Trade Unionist
- Hannington, Walter, (1895-1966), Communist trade unionist and political activist
- Hardie, James Keir, (1856-1915), Politician and Labour Leader
- Hart, Judith Constance Mary, (1924-1991), Baroness Hart of South Lanark, politician
- Hartshorn, Vernon, (1872-1931), MP Lord Privy Seal
- Harvey, William Edwin, (1852-1914), MP
- Hayter, Dianne, (b 1949), General Secretary of the Fabian Society
- Headlam, Stewart Duckworth, (1847-1924), Christian Socialist
- Heffer, Eric, (1922-1991), Labour MP
- Henderson, Arthur, (1863-1935), Labour Leader and Statesman
- Hodge, John, (1855-1937), Labour Leader
- Houghton, Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas, (1898-1996), Baron Houghton of Sowerby, politician
- Howell, George, (1833-1910), trade unionist, MP, writer and historian
- Hudson, Walter, (1852-1935), Trades Unionist and MP
- Hyett, Kevin, (1958-2004), disabled rights campaigner
- Hyndman, Henry Mayers, (1842-1921), Socialist Leader
- Jackson, Thomas Alfred, (1879-1955), Communist Writer and Lecturer
- Jacques, Martin, (b 1945), journalist, editor and writer
- Jenkins, Arthur, (d 1946), Trade Unionist and Politician
- Johnson, Carol Alfred, (1903-2000), Politician
- Johnson, William, (1849-1919), MP Trade Unionist
- Jones, James Larkin Jack, (1913-2009), trade unionist
- Jowett, Frederick William, (1864-1944), Labour MP and Socialist
- Junor, Sir John, (1919-1997), Knight, newspaper editor
- Kapp, Yvonne, (1903-1999), writer and communist
- Kelley, George Davy, (1848-1911), MP Trade Unionist
- Kennedy, Thomas, (1876-1954), MP
- Kettle, Margot, (d 1995), Communist historian
- Klugmann, Norman John James, (1912-1977), Communist writer, lecturer and historian
- Lansbury, George, (1859-1940), Labour Politician
- Larkin, James, (1876-1947), Trade Unionist and Socialist Activist
- Laski, Harold Joseph, (1893-1950), political scientist
- Lawrence, Arabella Susan, (1871-1947), Chairman of the Labour Party and MP
- Leighton, Ron, (1930-1994), Labour MP
- Macarthur, Mary Reid, (1880-1921), Trade Unionist and Women's Labour Organiser
- MacDonald, James Ramsay, (1866-1937), statesman
- MacDonald, Malcolm John, (1901-1981), politician and diplomat
- Macleod, Alison, (b 1920), writer and TV critic
- Mann, Thomas, (1856-1941), Trade Unionist and Communist
- Matthews, George Lloyd, (1917-2005), communist and editor of the Daily Worker
- McLennan, Gordon, (1924-2011), head of the Communist Party of Great Britain
- McShane, Harry, (1891-1988), socialist
- Mellor, William, (1888-1942), Socialist journalist and editor
- Meredith, Joan, (fl1950-1999), peace activist
- Merson, Allan Leslie, (1916-1995), communist intellectual Southampton, Hampshire;Iceland;Germany
- Middleton, James Smyth, (1878-1962), MP
- Middleton, Lucy Annie, (1894-1983), Labour MP and educationalist
- Mikardo, Ian, (1908-1993), Politician
- Miller, Andrew, (b 1949), MP
- Mintoff, Dominic, (b 1916), Prime Minister of Malta
- Molyneux, Anthony Bateson, (fl1959-1980), teacher
- Money, Sir Leo George Chiozza, (1870-1944), Knight, politician, author and journalist
- Montagu, Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, (1904-1984), Film Critic and Producer Sportsman and Communist
- Morris, Alfred, (1928-2012), Baron Morris, politician
- Morris, Charles Richard, (1926-2012), Labour politician, member of parliament for Manchester Openshaw Manchester, Lancashire
- Morrison, Herbert Stanley, (1888-1965), 1st Baron Morrison of Lambeth, statesman
- Newbold, John Turner Walton, (1888-1943), politician
- O'Brien, James Bronterre, (1805-1864), Chartist Editor and Journalist
- Pankhurst, Estelle Sylvia, (1882-1960), suffragist and political campaigner Trafford, Lancashire
- Parker, James, (1863-1948), MP Junior Lord of the Treasury
- Paton, John Brown, (1830-1911), Congregational minister and author
- Patterson, George William, (1860-1939), trade unionist
- Pease, Edward Reynolds, (1857-1955), secretary of the Fabian Society
- Phillips, Marion, (1881-1932), MP
- Phillips, Morgan Walter, (1902-1963), General Secretary of Labour Party
- Phillips, Baroness Norah Mary, (1910-1992), Baroness Phillips of Fulham, Labour politician Fulham, Middlesex
- Pickersgill, Frank, (fl 1905-1931), Colonel Shipbuilder
- Pickles, Frederick, (1856-1933), Secretary to Keir Hardie
- Pitt, Terence John, (1937-1986), Politician
- Pollitt, Harry, (1890-1960), Communist Party Leader
- Pritt, Denis Nowell, (1887-1972), MP, lawyer and author
- Quelch, Harry, (1858-1913), Editor
- Read, Imelda Mary, (b 1939), Labour Member of the European Parliament East Midlands
- Richards, Thomas Frederick, (1863-1942), MP Trades Union Leader
- Richardson, Josephine, (1923-1994), Labour politician
- Richardson, Thomas, (1868-1928), MP and trade unionist
- Roberts, Frederick Owen, (1876-1941), Trade Unionist and Politician
- Roberts, George Henry, (1869-1928), Labour Leader
- Robinson, William Cornforth, (1861-1931), MP Trade Unionist
- Rose, Frank Herbert, (1857-1928), MP
- Rowntree, Joseph, (1836-1925), Manufacturer and Philanthropist
- Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, (1872-1970), 3rd Earl Russell, philosopher
- Salt, Thomas Clutton, (1789-1859), Birmingham Chartist Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Sanders, William Stephen, (1871-1941), MP Secretary of Fabian Society
- Sarle, Charles Spenser, (d 1936), Journalist
- Sexton, Sir James, (1856-1938), Knight Labour Leader and Politician
- Shackleton, Sir David James, (1863-1938), Knight MP
- Shinwell, Emanuel, (1884-1986), Baron Shinwell, politician
- Short, Claire, (b1946), MP and former Secretary of State for International Development
- Simpson, Renate, (1923-2014), activist, academic and member of the Communist Party
- Slesser, Sir Henry, (1883-1979), Knight Lord Justice of Appeal MP
- Smillie, Robert, (1857-1940), Labour Leader
- Snell, Harry, (1865-1944), Baron Snell, politician
- Sorensen, Reginald William, (1891-1971), Baron Sorensen, MP
- Stead, William Thomas, (1849-1912), journalist and author
- Steadman, William Charles, (1851-1911), Labour MP
- Steed, Michael, (1940-2023), psephologist, political scientist, broadcaster and activist
- Strachey, Evelyn John St Loe, (1901-1963), statesman and political thinker
- Summerbell, Thomas, (1861-1910), MP
- Sutherland, Mary Elizabeth, (1895-1972), Labour Party Organiser
- Tatchell, Peter Gary, (b 1952), political and LGBT activist and writer Melbourne, Victoria
- Thorne, William James, (1857-1946), Labour Leader
- Thornton, Ernest, (1905-1992), Labour politician Farnworth, Lancashire
- Tillett, Ben, (1860-1943), Labour Leader MP
- Toole, Joseph, (1887-1945), MP Lord Mayor of Manchester
- Turner, Sir Ben, (1863-1942), Knight MP Trade Unionist
- Verney, Sir Harry Calvert Williams, (1881-1974), 4th Baronet, MP
- Vincent, Henry, (1813-1878), Chartist
- Wainwright, Hilary, (b 1949), writer, campaigner and academic
- Ward, John, (1866-1934), MP and Trades Unionist
- Wardle, George James, (1865-1947), MP Trade Unionist
- Webb, Martha Beatrice, (1858-1943), social reformer
- Webb, Sidney James, (1859-1947), Baron Passfield, statesman
- Wedgwood, Josiah Clement, (1872-1943), 1st Baron Wedgwood, politician
- Wells, Percy Lawrence, (1891-1964), MP
- Wilkie, Alexander, (1850-1928), MP and trade unionist
- Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely, (1891-1947), Labour Politician
- Williams, Robert, (1881-1936), MP, trade unionist and journalist
- Wilson, Joseph Havelock, (1858-1929), Labour Leader
- Wilson, William Tyson, (1855-1921), Labour MP
- Wintringham, Tom, (1898-1949), Socialist Writer and Military Commentator
- Woods, Samuel, (1846-1915), MP Miners Leader
- Woolf, Leonard Sidney, (1880-1969), editor, author and civil servant
- Zilliacus, Konni, (1894-1967), MP
Diaries (29)
- Alger, Donald F, (fl 1920-1969), Labour Party agent & propaganda officer
- Attfield, John, Communist
- Beauchamp, Kay, (1899-1992), Communist Party International Secretary
- Beever, Colin, (1960-1989)
- Bodington, Steven, (fl 1959-1989), academic researcher
- Burns, Emile, Communist
- Carter, Peter, Communist
- Cohen, Gerry, Communist London
- Drinkwater, Tom, Communist
- Egelnick, Max, Communist
- Falber, Reuben, Communist
- Gomersall, Frank, (fl 1956-1963), Labour Party defence advisor
- Hart, Finlay, Communist
- Johnstone, Monty, (1960-1990), Communist activist
- Mccreery, Michael, Communist
- Mckay, Ian, Communist
- Minkin, Lewis, (fl 1960-1999), political historian
- Moore, Bill, (1916-2001), Communist
- Payne, Edwin, Communist
- Prestwich, Derek, (fl 1950-1970)
- Simon, Joan, Communist
- Stanley, Frank, Communist London
- Temple, Nina, Communist
- Wainwright, Bill, Communist
- Whiteman, Duncan, (fl 1916-1988), conscientious objector
- Whiteman, Philip, (fl 1916-1988), conscientious objectors
- Woddis, Jack, Communist
- Woddis, Margaret, Communist
- Young, Harry, (1901-1996), organiser of the Young Communists League London
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (13)
- NRA 35722 Communist Party Library and Archives: MS collections
- NRA 40877 Communist Party of Great Britain link to online catalogue
- NRA 35300 Robert Edwards MP, trade unionist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41987 Judith Hart, Baroness Hart, politician: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 14863 Labour Party link to online catalogue
- NRA 40905 London District Communist Party link to online catalogue
- NRA 43932 Manchester University, Labour History Archive and Study Centre: misc accessions
- NRA 34503 Harry McShane, socialist: corresp with Raya Dunayevskaya and misc papers
- NRA 16270 National Council of British Socialist Sunday Schools
- NRA 43933 George William Patterson, trade unionist: corresp and papers
- NRA 30410 Terence John Pitt, MEP: political papers
- NRA 43934 Unity Theatre, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 11523 Walter Southgate Foundation: labour history MS collection
Accessions
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