The PDF document below includes an overview of new collections which were reported by archives to the Society for the Study of Labour History’s Archive and Resources sub-committee (SSLH-ARC) and which may be of interest to labour historians.

New acquisitions 2019 (PDF format).

Among the numerous collections noted by the SSLH-ARC are:

• Papers of the Scottish Committees of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Communist Party of Britain, and papers of related campaign groups – now in the National Library of Scotland;
• 53 large boxes of the National Assembly for Wales archive from 1999-2011 – now in Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales;
• A collection of Welsh political badges – also in Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales;
• Publications from 48 unions affiliated to the TUC, including annual reports, conference reports, periodicals, policy documents and campaigns literature from 2019 – now in the TUC Library; and
• Miscellaneous papers on the Socialist Party of Great Britain from the period 1949-2007 – now in the Working Class Movement Library.

Where possible the document includes links to the catalogue URL at the relevant archive.