Scope and Contents A small collection of documents produced by the Hillsborough, Sheffield branch of the Socialist Workers Party in 1995 and 1996, illustrating issues addressed at both local and national levels during the period.Examples of issues addressed in this collection are, nationally, the Merseyside Docks dispute, the place of the Socialist Workers Party in the political climate dominated by New Labour, the Asylum Bill and, locally, the closure of local libraries in Sheffield, anti-racism...

Scope and Contents Books published by Victor Gollancz on behalf of the Left Book Club during the years 1936 to 1948. The collection includes a complete set – (Special Collections received the final addition to the collection from the library of journalist and writer, Paul Foot, in December 2016: “The adventures of the little pig and other stories” by F. Le Gros Clark and Ida Clark). In all, taking into account both the selected “Book of the Month” and the additional choices offered to members, some 252 titles...

Scope and Contents A collection of printed pamphlets relating to left-wing politics mainly of the twentieth century. A great deal of such material exists from many sources but, as such publications are necessarily ephemeral in nature, and often produced in order to address a particular issue of the moment without any thought of their potential historical value (many are undated), they are frequently scarce, and holding them in the form of a special collection is a means of ensuring their preservation. The...

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The collection comprises the papers, including many press cuttings, of Joseph Madin, Sheffield trades-unionist and Labour Party activist, and co-founder of the Sheffield Labour College, circa 1913 to 1959. The collection also includes his personal library of books and pamphlets. Other ephemera such as election pamphlets are included.

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