Miscellaneous material, c1940 - 1945
Scope and Contents
A collection of documents related to William Joyce and Cecil Courtney Lewis, including material collected by Lewis relating to the British Union of Fascists (BUF).
The collection appears to have belonged to C.C. Lewis, a solicitor who acted as Oswald Mosley's legal adviser, and is noteworthy in that it contains five letters to Lewis in the hand of William Joyce. It also includes extensive annotations to Lewis' manuscript exercises on matters of current political interest, also by Joyce, from the years 1932-1933 when Lewis took a course run by the Institute of Political Secretaries, London, where 'Professor' Joyce was a tutor.
The collection also contains early copies of The Blackshirt, the official newspaper of the BUF, which was edited by Lewis, and photographs of eminent members of the BUF. In addition, the collection includes a photograph of Joyce shortly after his capture by British troops in 1945.
Dates
- Creation: c1940 - 1945
Creator
- From the Fonds: Lewis, Cecil Courtney, Active 1932 - 1945 (Person)
- From the Fonds: Joyce, William, 1906 - 1946 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Extent
2 Item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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