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Bert Pearce (Welsh Communist Party) Papers Series
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CPGB Executive Committee

The series consists of executive committee minutes and papers, with papers relating to district committees, the political committee, membership and events; and includes various Communist Party reports, pamphlets and leaflets.

CPGB subject committees

The series consists of papers relating to the Midlands District committee, 1944-1958, Political Committee, 1965-1982, the Inner-party Democracy committee, 1979-1980, Congress appeals committee, 1983-1985, and to party unity, 1983-1985.

Minutes and papers

The series consists of files relating to the activities of the Communist Party in Wales, including Welsh Executive Committee minutes, papers relating to devolution, local government, industry, and miscellaneous material, 1939-1998. Most files include material on a range of different subjects. Dates are wide ranging in some cases, and appear to be files that have been gathered together for a certain meeting or other purpose. Further details of the contents of the files are noted on file level when of particular importance. Some files are specifically Young Communist League, Llanelli branch, North Wales area, Secretariat and correspondence files. The minute book of the New Era Union Class, 1916-1919, is also included.

Membership

The series comprises lists of names and addresses of members of the Communist Party and the Democratic Left, listed by branch and area, or as committee members and congress delegates. The files include membership cards, statistics and analysis, some financial papers, and the address book of the Llwchwr branch members.

Financial ledgers

The series consists of financial ledgers detailing income from membership dues, branch contributions, donations, and sales of publications through the South Wales Bookshop, and the expenditure of the Communist Party on organisers' wages, and administrative costs.

Election results

The series comprises general election and local election results, mainly relating to the Communist Party candidates in South Wales, including newspaper cuttings, summaries of results, analysis and reports, 1945-1995, (mainly 1960s and 1970s).

General election leaflets

The series comprises general election and by-election leaflets, 1935, 1955-1989, (mainly 1960s and 1970s), mainly relating to Communist Party candidates in South Wales. Where noted some files also include election results, and papers relating to the arrangements of the campaigns.

Communist Party policy

The series includes Communist Party policy documents on devolution in Wales and Scotland, newspaper cuttings, documents produced by other political parties and trade unions in Wales, papers relating to the Kilbrandon report, pamphlets, and notes by Bert Pearce.

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