Well, that didn’t take quite as long as I though it would!
I have just about finished adding detailed information to the catalogue for the Communist Party of Great Britain pamphlets. The bulk of the collection is done – all 23 boxes of it and I am now just mopping up the pamphlets scattered around the many rooms we have here at the library.
One of the gems of the collection is the report of the very first conference of the party in 1920 – when it wasn’t even the Communist Party of Great Britain yet.
I was also struck by how forward looking the party seemed to be with regard to women, advocating equality long before it was fashionable. Mind you, you never know if they practised what they preached!!
If you want to check out the collection just go to our library catalogue.
Jane
Project Librarian