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Bert Pearce (Welsh Communist Party) Papers
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Edgar Evans' imprisonment

The file includes material relating to Councillor Edgar Evans, or 'Edgar the Ironmonger' as he was known, who served a prison sentence of nine months in 1936 for the part he played in the fight to establish a lodge of the South Wales Miners' Federation at the Taff Merthyr Colliery. There is a photograph of the first group of those committed for trial at Taff Merthyr, and twelve photographs of the demonstration and meeting in support of them. The file also includes greetings to Edgar Evans from Tom Mann, Harry Pollitt, and T. E. Nicholas, 1936, with related correspondence, and Edgar Evans' County Council Election leaflet, 1946.

South Wales Miners' Federation

Memorial meetings and funerals

The file comprises papers relating to memorial meetings and funerals of Harry Pollitt, 1960, Len Jefferies, 1979, Dai Francis 1981, Alistair Wilson 1981 (with photographs), George Baker 1982, Dora Cox, 2000, and the retirement of Annie Powell, 1983 and others, with material relating to T. E. Nicholas, 'Niclas y Glais'.

Pollitt, Harry

Lil Stratton

The file comprises a privately published biography by Harry Stratton of his wife Lil Stratton (1910-1961) entitled "Lil... a real adopted daughter of Wales", which was presented to the Welsh Committee of the Communist Party in 1983.

Election arrangements

The file comprises minutes of the Communist Party Great Britain political committee, guidelines for canvassers, Welsh Executive Committee reports on parliamentary constituencies, election statements, adoption of candidates, election leaflets, results, and correspondence, 1934-1987.

Leaflets, 1964

The file comprises material relating to the 1964 General Election, with election leaflets of Annie Powell (Rhondda East), Jim David (Neath), Eddie Jones (Pontypool), Julian Tudor Hart (Aberavon) and Bob Hitchon (Llanelli), and other papers relating to their campaigns.

Hart, Julian Tudor

Leaflets, 1966

The file comprises material relating to the 1966 General Election, with election leaflets of Alistair Wilson (Aberdare), Jim David (Neath), Julian Tudor Hart (Aberavon), Arthur True (Rhondda West), Bill Jones (Swansea East), Eddie Jones (Pontypool), Annie Powell (Rhondda East), and Bob Hitchon (Llanelli), and other papers relating to their campaigns.

David, Jim

Leaflets, 1970

The file comprises material relating to the 1970 General Election, with election leaflets of Dr Tudor Hart (Aberafan), Alistair Wilson (Aberdare), Arthur Jones (Rhondda East), Bert Pearce (Neath), Arthur True (Rhondda West), Brian Wilkinson (Pontypool) and other papers relating to their campaigns.

Hart, Julian Tudor

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