The file comprises papers relating to the South Wales march to support the People's March for Jobs, 1-30 May 1981, from Liverpool to London, including the Wales campaign committee itinerary and leaflets and Bert Pearce's official marcher badge.
The file includes material relating to the SWMF or 'Fed', including printed material and papers relating to the Ferndale Lodge; with newspaper cuttings, including Colliery workers magazine, 1924 the official organ of the SWMF, Miners campaign special, 1935; Workers Life 1929; Rhondda Vanguard, 1935-1937; the South Wales Miner 1933; Rhondda Clarion 1935-1936, (and a reprint of The Herald, 1913-1915). Also includes a poster of the South Wales Miners' march to London, 1927, and the election messages of Arthur Horner (1933), and Will Paynter in the Porth RUDC election [c. 1935].
Horner, Arthur, 1894-1968
The file contains papers, booklets and newspaper cuttings relating to the mining industry, and includes a letter to Bert Pearce from Will Paynter, relating to his speech at Cory Hall, Cardiff, in 1967.
Paynter, Will, 1903-1984
The file contains written evidence presented to the public inquiry into the proposed closure of St. John's Colliery, Maesteg, and a report on the findings of the inquiry.
The file includes reports and leaflets relating to the steel industry, with a report on the social and economic aspects of the planned closure at Ebbw Vale steel works [1976].
The file includes a British Steel Corporation document on work conditions, 1968, a list of conveners and shop stewards in South Wales heavy industries, and a 'Shotton Steel Appeal' leaflet, with related papers.
The file includes newspaper cuttings, correspondence, and Communist Party statements on the steel and tinplate industry.
The file includes reports, pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings relating to the steel and tinplate industry, with Rules of the British Iron, Steel, and Kindred Trades Associations for 1943 and 1952, and a memorandum on the South Wales Steel and Tinplate Industry by the Swansea research group, 1944.
The series includes Communist Party publications, policy declarations, leaflets, and research notes relating to the steel and tinplate industry, mainly in South Wales.
The file includes papers relating to Birmingham tenants, 1940, Poland, 1980, and devolution in Wales and Scotland, 1977-1998.
The file includes papers relating to the partition of Ireland.
The file includes papers relating to Vietnam, higher education and the Young Communist League.
Young Communist League (Great Britain)
The file includes papers relating to unemployment, and the Young Communist League.
Young Communist League (Great Britain)
The file includes papers relating to the Communist Party Wales District, the Young Communist League, the Welsh Council of Labour, 1967, and elections.
Labour Party Wales
The file includes papers relating to miners, Socialism, and science and technology.
The file contains papers relating to the Morning Star, coalmining in South Wales, unemployment in Cardiff, constitution of the Green Socialist network, the Democratic Left Wales, and includes a Labour Party Wales medal to commemorate the National Rally in Cardiff, 4 July 1981.
Democratic Left Wales Green Socialist Network
The file includes papers relating to the Welsh nation and culture, and rural development, and a memorandum of evidence to the Royal Commission on the press, 1961.
The file includes papers relating to Scottish affairs, 1953, Birmingham Communist Party, 1956, and the Welsh leasehold reform campaign, 1982.
The file includes papers relating to Nicaragua, and drafts of a thesis on Communism with extracts of interviews with Bert Pearce.
Communist Party of Great Britain Wales District
The group includes files of miscellaneous accumulated material relating to the Communist Party, Welsh affairs, devolution, the labour movement, social issues and miscellaneous subjects. They include material produced by the Communist Party Great Britain or Communist Party Wales District, and also documents relating to particular subjects of interest. Some may be research files created by Bert Pearce while preparing an article or leaflet. Most of the files contain information relating to a variety of subjects and only the most significant subjects are noted in the description. They may also occasionally contain minutes of committee meetings, election leaflets, information leaflets, publications, magazines, reports, correspondence, or notes. The dates are often wide ranging since they contain accumulated documents and publications relating to a subject.