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Fascism in Great Britain Collection

 Collection
Reference code: FAS2

Scope and Contents

A collection of published and unpublished documents relating to Fascism and other right-wing movements in 20th century Britain up to the period of the demise of the Union Movement, but including critical and biographical material published after the period. It includes a number of rare pamphlets, and includes for the most part documents produced by the British Union of Fascists before 1940, as well as more overtly anti-Semitic material produced by organisations such as the Sons of Liberty and the Imperial Fascist League.

For further details of this collection please see the listings in the External Documents section below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901 - 2015

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment

Copyright

Variously according to document

Extent

c150 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Classified by Dewey Decimal Classification

Other Finding Aids

Listed and catalogued

Custodial History

The collection was formerly housed in the Department of Economic & Social History but was transferred to the Main Library in 1987, since when further material has been added.

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299