Every year the SSLH-Archives and Resources Committee publishes a guide to new labour history accessions in UK archives for the previous twelve months. The latest guide, for 2023, has now been published and can be freely downloaded below. Among the largest new additions to the archives this year is a collection of 100 boxes of material on political songs, including songsheets, vinyl records, journals and … Continue reading Additions to labour history archive collections 2023

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. Among the numerous collections noted by the SSLH-ARC are: Communist Party of Great Britain papers re. Inner Party Democracy at the People’s History Museum Michael Foot Personal … Continue reading Additions to labour history archive collections 2021

The Society for the Study of Labour History and Marx Memorial Library have created a resource pack and guide to sources on the history of the Communist Party. The pack was published to coincide with an online conference marking the centenary of the foundation of the Communist Party. Download it in PDF format. Continue reading Sources on the Communist Party