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Educational papers

Teaching notes made by Roy Green, mostly for 'O' Level and 'A' Level classes, including lesson notes and also details of syllabuses on physical and human Geography, as well as History, Economics, Agriculture and Politics, with related press cuttings and pamphlets.

Correspondence

Correspondence between successive Branch Secretaries, local and international officials and members of the League, local and national politicians and government, television companies and others concerning matters of interest to the Secretary of the Cornwall Branch, including internal administrative and political matters, publications, the League's policies and the views of its members, and a wide range of campaigns, especially relating to the status and government of Cornwall, the Cornish language and place-names, the boundary of Cornwall, services and businesses in Cornwall, comparisons between Cornwall and other Celtic countries, Cornish nationalist organisations, and a pen-friend scheme, with associated circulars and press cuttings.

Branch newsletter

Copies of the Cornwall Branch newsletter (at one time named ‘An Resor’), with related memoranda, notes and press cuttings.

'Cornish and some other Celtic cultural movements'

Letters, agendas of meetings, notes, reports, postcards, circulars, newsletters, leaflets, forms, invoices, programmes, sheet music, song lyrics, statements, articles, press releases and press cuttings concerning numerous cultural movements, institutions, events and publications in Cornwall, including Cowethas an Yeth Kernewek, its journal An Gannas, Cowethas Flamank, Agan Tavas, Lowender Peran, Kelgh Keltek, Cowethas Ylow Kernewek, Dalleth, An Gresen Gernewek, Esethvos Kernow, Kesva an Tavas Kernewek, Keskerth Kernow, Kescusulyans Kernow, the Cornish Declaration Group, the Cornish Bureau for European Relations, and a Cornish language weekend, as well as cultural and political matters in Ireland, Brittany and Galicia including Breton prisoners, the Pan-Celtic festival, meetings of the Celtic Congress in Cornwall and Shetland,the Kerrier Celtic choir festival, the Lorient festival, Celtic films, and the Celtic languages, with particular reference to Roy Green's involvement in Cornish and Celtic culture and politics and his related contributions to journals and organisations including the Irish Democrat, Soviet Weekly, and the Murdoch House (Redruth) Workers' Educational Association and Labour History Group.

'Celtic political affairs'

Correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, circulars, articles, reports, press releases, agendas of meetings, notes, forms, leaflets, drawings and press cuttings relating to political movements, journals and organisations in Cornwall and the other Celtic countries, including the Celtic League (especially the Man branch), Mebyon Kernow, An Weryn, the Cornish Social and Economic Research Group, the Stannary parliament, Free Cornwall, the Connolly Association, the Irish Democrat, the Shetland movement, and Manx Republican Socialists.

Other papers

Pamphlets, reports, proposals, press releases, circulars and press cuttings accumulated by the Branch Secretary relating to the activities of the League, especially those concerning Cornwall, and also the activities of other Cornish nationalist organisations.

Branch meetings

Agendas and minutes of Branch meetings, with related reports, notes, letters, circulars, press cuttings and invitations to Branch events.

Constitution

Copies of the League's constitution, together with letters and circulars concerning meetings and other aspects of the process of making amendments to it.

Accounts

Accounts kept by the Branch Treasurer, including reports and quarterly returns, with particular details concerning membership subscriptions and sales of merchandise, and also related notes and correspondence.

Chairman's papers

Papers accumulated by the committee Chairman, comprising agendas and minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, forms, circulars, notes, newsletters, brochures, leaflets, receipts, songbooks, prospectuses, programmes and press cuttings relating especially to Cornwall's participation in the annual Pan Celtic Festival in Killarney, Ireland (including organisation, fundraising, performances, meetings at the festival, and the festival's constitution), and also meetings of the Celtic Congress in most of the Celtic countries, as well as the administration of the Cornish Branch of the Celtic Congress, and some papers relating to matters particular to Cornwall (notably the Cornish language).

Articles and letters for publication

Drafts and copies of manuscript articles and letters on subjects including geography, history, politics, economics, industrial relations, education, culture and minority languages, with special reference to Cornwall, the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, written by Roy Green, often in his capacity as a representative of the Communist Party, with the intention of having them published in journals (including The Western Morning News, The Morning Star, The West Briton, The Cornish Chough, The Camborne-Redruth Packet, Carn, Cronycla Kernewek ha'n Newodhow Keltek, The Diggers of Albion Newsletter, The Cornish Nation, The Cornish Communist, The Country Standard and An Weryn), together with correspondence between some of Green's communist associates in Cornwall and the press concerning the same matters, and related press cuttings.

Correspondence

Correspondence between Roy Green and newspapers, the archbishop of Canterbury, the BBC and Cornwall Technical College concerning a range of matters including his membership of Gorseth Kernow, criticisms of the Soviet Union, Cornish life, and an industrial tribunal, with related press cuttings, as well as circulars concerning social work, the Communist Party of Great Britain and the National Union of Teachers.

Carn magazine sales

Invoices, remittance slips, tables, lists, letters and notes relating to the production, distribution and sale of Carn magazine.

Correspondence with the General Secretary

Correspondence between Roy Green as Treasurer and a series of General Secretaries, including Alan Heusaff, Bernard Moffatt and Davyth Fear, concerning a wide range of subjects relating to the League's finances, organisation, campaigns and internal politics at both central and branch level, especially the sale and distribution of Carn, as well as personal and social matters, together with related circulars.

Cornish Assembly

Papers concerning the activities of the Cornish Assembly, including its constitution, agendas and minutes of meetings, reports, leaflets, letters, press releases, notes, newsletters, membership application forms, notices, receipts, and press cuttings.

Branch financial reports and the central deposit account

Quarterly financial returns compiled by branches of the League, together with reports submitted by the branches to Annual General Meetings of the League, including details of membership subscriptions, sales of Carn and other merchandise, loans, donations, expenditure on events, and other financial matters, as well as statements concerning the League's central deposit account, with related correspondence and notes.

Carn, membership and book sales

Receipts and detailed accounts relating to sales of Carn, sales of books and membership subscriptions, with related letters, circulars, notes and forms, together with quarterly financial returns.

Financial accounts

Copies of annual financial reports and interim statements, comprising the accounts of the League and of each of its constituent branches, together with Treasurer's reports and associated letters and notes, as well as a description of the financial operation of the League and also notes made by the Treasurer for his own administrative use. Many of the reports were submitted at the League's Annual General Meetings.

Annual General Meetings and General Council Meetings

Papers relating to the League's Annual General Meetings and General Council Meetings, including agendas, minutes, standing orders, circulars, memoranda, draft resolutions, reports, General Secretary's dossiers, press releases, letters to the Treasurer, forms, notes and press cuttings.

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