Conservatism, the Right Wing, and the Far Right: A Guide to Archives. Archie Henderson

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

      Description: Chiefly campaign posters from the 1935-1936 British elections and post-war election in 1945. Includes several National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations posters.

      Finding aid:

      http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb409nb6wc/entire_text/

      [0382] British Radical Pamphlets

      Location: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

      Description: The principal collection of British radical pamphlets of the twentieth century held in the Library was purchased from Guernsey Books of St Peter Port, Guernsey, in 1972. While the great bulk of the publications are left wing in varying degrees, some were issued by extreme right-wing organisations such as the National Front, National Pure Water Association, Racial Preservation Society, and the Yorkshire Campaign to Stop Immigration.

      References: See 20th century British radicalism: a collection of 3227 original pamphlets, etc. / [assembled by Guernsey Books. Index] (St. Peter Port: Guernsey, 1972).

      Websites with information:

      http://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/british-radical-pamphlets

      [0383] British Union Collection, c. 1925-1996, Ref: Special Collection

      Location: Special Collections, The University Library, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK

      Description: A collection of documents, published and unpublished, relating to the political movements associated with Sir Oswald Mosley - the New Party, the British Union of Fascists (later called the British Union of Fascists and National Socialists, or British Union), and the Union Movement, between circa 1925 to 1996. Series 1. Journals, contains copies of Action [1931; New Party journal]; the following British Union journals: Fascist Quarterly, British Union Quarterly, Fascist Week, Action [1936-1940; British Union of Fascists], The Blackshirt, British Union News (incorporating "The Blackshirt"), East London Pioneer, The Age of Plenty: a journal of the new politics, and The Woman Fascist; and the following Union Movement Journals: Unity, Mosley News Letter, Union (incorporating "Action"), Action (incorporating "Union"), The East London Worker (incorporating the East London Blackshirt), The East London Blackshirt (incorporating the East London Worker), East London Action, and The European (originally titled 'The European: the analytical review', changed in April 1954 to 'The European: the journal of opposition'). Series 2. Books, contains copies of books by A.K. Chesterton, James Drennan (i.e., W.E.D. Allen), Olive Hawks, Diana Mosley, Sir Oswald Mosley, and John Strachey. Series 3. Pamphlets, contains copies of pamphlets written by John Beckett, John Beckett and Raven Thomson, A. K. Chesterton, William Joyce, Viscount Lymington, Sir Oswald Mosley, Alexander Raven Thomson, John Wynn, J.F.C. Fuller, Alfred Norris, Robert Row, and Union Movement. Sub-series 3B. Duke of Bedford material (British People's Party), contains copies of the following pamphlets by the Duke of Bedford: Total disarmament, or, an international police force. 2nd ed. (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1948); For peace and prosperity: a peace charter issued by the British Peoples Party (London: People's Post, [1940s]); Why join the British People's Party? (London: People's Post, [1945]); Co-operation for peace: speech by the Duke of Bedford. House of Lords Tuesday, 16th October, 1945. Extract from the official report (London: HMSO, [1945]); An important message from the Duke of Bedford. [An open letter stating that he has decided to restart the BPP] (London: [Bedford], [1945]); Some essays on war and peace (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1944); Conscientious objectors: speech delivered House of Lords, Tuesday, 18th January, 1944 (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1944); War aims: economic and political questions: speech delivered House of Lords, Wednesday, 8th March, 1944 (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1944); Straight speaking from a patriot to an "ostrich" (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1948); Why blunder on?: first steps in an emergency programme to end war, disease and poverty (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1942); Why not think? (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1945); Where have we got to? (Glasgow: Strickland Press, [1943?]); Hope: not dope. 2nd rev.ed. (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1945); Night bombing: is it human and effective? (Glasgow: Strickland Press, [1943]); The conscientious objector: speech delivered… House of Lords, Tuesday, 2nd March, 1943 (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1943); Propaganda for proper geese (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1944); Is this justice?: an examination of Regulation 18B (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1943); Wholesale bombing (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1944); In a nutshell (Glasgow: Strickland Press, 1951); The fate of a peace effort, by the Marquess of Tavistock (London: published by the Marquess of Tavistock, 1940). Also contains pamphlets by G. S. Oddie and an advertising leaflet for People's Post: a news and views monthly … edited by John Beckett (London: People's Post, [1940s]). Series 6. Miscellaneous documents, contains copies of The Regulation 18B British Union Detainees List. (Compiled by John Warburton; [revised by] Jeffrey Wallder. [n.p.], 1997), along with the Second issue [revised and expanded, 2001], Addition to the Second issue (2005), and Second addition to the Second issue (2007).

      Websites with information:

      http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/special/specalphae

      Finding aids:

      http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/special/bunion

      http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special/bunion

      http://cdm15847.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15847coll6/id/106/rec/2

      http://cdm15847.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15847coll6/id/106

      https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.517801!/file/BUCall.pdf

      [0384] British Union of Fascists (BUF) Collection

      Location: Labour History Archive and Study Centre, People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, England

      Description: The Labour Party archives contain replies to a series of questionnaires sent in 1934 to all constituency parties relating to local fascist activity, as well as copies of Blackshirt; several copies of 10 Points of Fascism; Fascism and Agriculture (British Union of Fascists, 1933); and The Fascist (Imperial Fascist League), No. 61, June 1934. The Archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) contains a large amount of material relating to the BUF, plus leaflets from other or unknown fascist organisations, including the Imperial Fascist League and the Nationalist Association; cuttings about anti-fascist and fascist demonstrations at Olympia, Hyde Park and Cable Street, among others; and fascist material from the 1980s, including leaflets, pamphlets etc from various fascist groups including the Racial Preservation Society, the National Socialist Movement, the National Front, National Party, British National Party, Board of Deputies of Jewish Control, and National Front Ex-Servicemen's Association. Leaflets include one entitled 'Jews take away the Britishers Jobs' (1930s) (CP/CENT/SUBJ/04/01). There is also a pamphlet collection containing several dozen pamphlets.

      Reference:

      Daniel Tilles, British Fascist Antisemitism and Jewish Responses, 1932-40 (London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2015).

      Websites with information:

      http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=394-cp_1&cid=1-67-9-10#1-67-9-10

      http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=394-lp_1-4&cid=1-3-6-8-3#1-3-6-8-3

      http://www.phm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1-British-Union-of-Fascists1.pdf

      http://www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/sources

      [0385] British Union of Fascists detainees list; 1939-1945, AMS 6702

      Location: East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton BN1 9BP, England

      Description: Listing of people detained under Defence Regulation 18B which allowed British citizens to be imprisoned without charge or the right of appeal if the Home Secretary felt that their liberty was putting security at risk. The majority of people detained were members of either the British Union of Fascists or the National Socialists and a disproportionately large number came from Sussex. The list was compiled in 2001 by John Warburton and Jeffrey Wallder.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/2006/06digests/politics.htm