The file contains copies of New Times, the fortnightly journal of the Democratic Left, July 1992 - December 1998 (nos. 15, 76, 94, 103-104, 107, 109-122, 124, 129, 132, 143-145, 150-154), and New Times monthly magazine, September - November 1999 (issues 7-9), with a copy of New Times : The Changing Face of Politics in the 1990s, edited by Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques, 1990.
'New, Era - Union Men's Sunday Afternoon Class minute book 1916'
The file consists of a minute book, June 1916 - December 1919, of the 'New, Era - Union Men's Sunday Afternoon Class', which was a class for ladies and gentlemen interested in social and industrial problems, and later became a class in industrial history. The minute book also appears to record meetings of the Abertillery branch of the ILP, and the Socialist Labour Party Abertillery branch, in which Ness Edwards was present in 1918. Matters discussed include Rhondda Socialist Society and the Rhondda Plebs League, [Abertillery] unofficial reform league, the Workers' Dreadnought edited by Sylvia Pankhurst, the miners' council, anti-parliamentarianism, the Communist Party, and the People's Russian Information Bureau.
Edwards, Ness, 1897-1968
The file includes newspaper cuttings, mainly from The Guardian and The Western Mail relating to politics, 1993-1998.
The file includes copies of the Daily Worker, 1930; Communist Daily, 1922; Sunday Worker, 1929; Workers' Life, 1927; the British Worker, Official Strike News Bulletin, 1926; The Communist, 1921; Daylight, 1962; Lansbury Labour Weekly, 1925; 'Cwmneol Buster', 1931, and 'Rhondda Vanguard', 1934, and 'Miner's Bulletin', 1940.
The series comprises newspaper cuttings mainly relating to Communism and politics, 1921-1998, with copies of RAF newsletters, 1944.
The file includes a copy of the Birmingham Central Strike Bulletin 1926, and cuttings from the News and Chronicle, Daily Worker, Birmingham Sketch, Daily Sketch, and the Durham County Advertiser.
The file includes newspaper cuttings from In Fact, Daily Worker, Birmingham Mail and Soviet News.
The file includes newspaper cuttings, mainly from The Guardian relating to Communism.
The file comprises newspaper cuttings relating to the People's March for Jobs, 1-30 May 1981.
The file includes newspaper cuttings, mainly from The Guardian and The Western Mail relating to politics, 1990-1991, and 1995-1996.
Newspapers and newspaper cuttings
The file includes newspaper cuttings and papers relating to the Communist Party and the Democratic Left, mainly 1990-1992, including copies of Changes, 7 Days, and the Morning Star.
The file comprises letters from Communist Party members in Deeside, Abergele, and Aberystwyth, and from officials of the North Wales Area Communist Party.
Northern Star Football Lottery accounts
The file comprises four undated notebooks on politics and Communism, presumably from Communist Party schools and courses, written in Bert Pearce's hand.
The file includes Communist Party and CND leaflets and papers relating to nuclear power.
The series includes obituaries, memorials and autobiographies of Communist Party Wales members.
'Obituaries, notices and records'
The file includes memorial meeting leaflets, obituaries written by Bert Pearce, and information about members of the Communist Party Wales, 1959-1999, including amongst others, Cliff True, Idris Cox, Dave Priscott, Dr Alistair Wilson, Will Paynter, Dr Frank Jarman, Tommy Hanley, Margaret Hunter, Dai Francis, Jack Howells, Iorwerth Badger Price, Howie Martin, Arthur Lewis Jones, Stella Garrett Jones, Bill Waters, Edgar Evans, Frederick Charles Palmer, Dora Cox, Len Jefferies, Dai Dan Evans, Richard Beamish, T. E. Nicholas, Jack Jones, George Baker, George Strangward, and Jim David.
The file comprises accumulated publications, including a copy of Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov), Ogiz State Publishing House of Political Literature, 1939, and Idris Cox, Y Maniffesto Comiwnyddol, 1948, with various pamphlets relating to the NUM and the South Wales Miners, trade unions, and Communism.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilích, 1870-1924