Correspondence, 1946 - 1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Peter Schmidt on his new post with the United Nations and AFB's resignation as editor of the New Leader; [John] J B Priestley on AFB's biography of Frederick Jowett ["Socialism Over Sixty Years"]; Paul Frölich on the disappointments of the international workers' movement in the last ten years; Matteo Matteotti [also Gianmatteo Matteotti] thanking AFB for his message of support to the Socialist Party of Italian Workers (PSLI).
Also includes: copies of letters from AFB to Joaquín Maurín, about Socialism in Spain, and to representatives of the Palestine Workers party on agreeing a common policy between Jews and Arabs on a united Palestine; account of a lunch with [Evelyn] John Strachey [Minister of Food] regarding his groundnut scheme in Tanganyika [later Tanzania] and Strachey's continuing socialist views; booklet for a memorial service for Edward Carpenter.
Dates
- Creation: 1946 - 1949
Creator
- From the Fonds: Brockway, Archibald Fenner, 1888 - 1988 (Baron Brockway of Eton and Slough, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Other Finding Aids
Former reference: box 3 #48a
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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