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The series comprises local election leaflets, 1946-1947, c.1950-1992, (with gaps, mainly 1960s and 1970s), relating to Communist Party candidates in South Wales. Files WE 5/3-22 also include election results, and papers relating to the arrangements of the campaigns.

The group consists of Communist Party Wales District papers, including papers relating to Congress, 1945-1991, the Welsh executive committee, 1958-1991, and the Wales District, 1916-2002. The group includes publications, 1884-1998, subject files, 1935-2000, and files relating to Party education, 1929-1998, devolution in Wales and Scotland, 1936-1998, industry and industrial disputes, including the miners' strikes, 1892-1998, campaigns for peace, anti-apartheid, peoples march for jobs, and the poll tax, 1919-1995, and elections, 1934-1996.

The file includes letters to Bert Pearce, 1965-1996, mainly from fellow Communists in Wales, including Gwyn Alf Williams, Hywel Francis, Dr Julian Tudor Hart and Idris Cox, with material relating to T. E. Nicholas.

The file comprises Party education programmes, plans for publications and election leaflets, with letters to Bert Pearce from Professor Gwyn A. Williams relating to Communist study schools.

The series includes leaflets and papers relating to peace groups, CND, nuclear power, and Vietnam.

The fonds comprises papers accumulated by Bert Pearce including the minutes and papers of the Communist Party Great Britain, 1921-1998, Communist Party Wales, 1884-2002, and the Democratic Left, 1978-1999. Also included are papers relating to elections, devolution in Wales and Scotland, industry, miners strikes, anti-apartheid, international affairs, peace movement, Peoples March for Jobs, and the poll tax campaign. The accumulated papers reflect Bert Pearce's life work for the Communist Party in Birmingham and Wales, as well as the active part he played in the campaigns listed above. The archive does not contain personal material.

The file includes the constitution, press releases and papers relating to the 'Poleaxe the Poll Tax', Cardiff co-ordinating committee.

The series includes Communist Party policy and research documents on the mining industry, especially in South Wales, with papers relating to health issues including pneumoconiosis, and to the campaigns to stop the closure of pits. The series also includes material relating to the NCB, NUM, and trade unions; publications, leaflets, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.