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A collection, relating to the formative years of the Labour Party, including over 20 signed letters and 25 postcards from J. Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), who served as Prime Minister from 1929 to 1935; 7 signed letters from Philip Snowden (1864-1937), Chancellor of the Exchequer under Ramsay MacDonald; a signed photograph postcard of Keir Hardy; a copy of James Ramsay MacDonald, Labour's Man of Destiny, first edition, signed by the author; and 6 photographs, some featuring Snowden, Grenfell, and Ramsay MacDonald. Also included are letters from JRM's private secretary, Ethel Snowden, C. Rowden Buxton and Ben Tillett. The recipient of the correspondence was Griff Jones, a Labour Party activist from Swansea, who also drew satirical cartoons under the name 'Gytto'.

Correspondence, 1901-1908, relating to the establishment of Independent Labour Party (ILP) branches in and around Swansea. Included are letters from Charles Duncan of the Workers' Union, John Penny, J. Bruce Glasier and Philip Snowden of the Independent Labour Party, and include references to Keir Hardie and J. Littlejohns. The majority of the letters are to Matt Giles, who became the first full time organiser for the ILP in Wales.