"Personal", 1968 - 1974
Scope and Contents
Various papers, including: programme for an 80th birthday tribute to AFB; guest list and photographs from a House of Commons reception for AFB's 85th birthday, with a message of good wishes from the President of Botswana [Seretse Khama]; Radio Times special issue on the suffragettes, with an article by AFB on his memories of the Pankhursts; text of an article [not by AFB] reporting on a visit to Zanzibar, Tanzania, 1973, particularly relating to racial distribution, progress to self-government and the revolution led by John Okello [see also FEBR 2/19]; text of AFB's article "Socialism's young dream", 1973, on his own relationship with the Labour movement, with a letter of congratulation from Frank Allaun; copy of AFB's pamphlet "Peace within Reach", for the Committee of European Security and Co-operation, 1973; copy of AFB's article "Religion and Humanism", 1972; autobiographical notes on AFB; notes on the case of Frederick Charles Luckhurst, a policeman convicted of theft; letters of thanks from 2nd Lord Jellicoe for AFB's mention of him in the House of Lords; photocopy of AFB's Summons to Parliament, 1974; note from Barbara Castle on "the Jesus Christs" being the political sophisticates; various press cuttings, including an interview with AFB.
Mainly noted to be kept as source material for AFB's autobiography.
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1974
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
2 file(s)
Other Finding Aids
Former reference: box 10 #37
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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