Gavin McCann is researching a book on trade unions and education. Here he writes about his visit to the South Wales Miners’ Library in search of a lost culture of socialist education. ‘I was in a second-hand bookshop in Cambridge — it would have been 73-74 — and came across two volumes of the history of the mining industry. I thought, bloody hell, where has … Continue reading Gavin McCann on the libraries of the South Wales miners
We have a new page on the website setting out the collections in the South Wales Miners’ Library and how these can be accessed. The library holds collections relevant to the social and cultural histories of industrial South Wales. Key periods covered by the collection include the Spanish Civil War, the nationalisation of coal and the 1984-5 strike. Holdings on these subjects span various resources, … Continue reading Inside the South Wales Miners’ Library
This is a year of labour history anniversaries. Both the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick and the South Wales Miners Library at Swansea University hit their fiftieth birthdays in 2023, while the august Marx Memorial Library reaches its ninetieth. The three organisations are organising a joint online symposium titled Commemorating British Labour History: Foundations and Future Plans with talks that celebrate the … Continue reading Commemorating British labour history: a triple anniversary
Society for the Study of Labour History 