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COLL MISC 0519/83 - Unfair Competition

A farmer sits on a railway platform with crates and baskets of produce , watching a train called the Foreign Produce Express loaded with foreign produce, steaming past. He laments the need for tariff reform.
Artist: G.V
Printer: Hill, Sifken and Co
Publisher: Tariff Reform League
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

Correspondence and papers, 1908

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/3 part 3
99-100. Letter from Reverend John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield, Bishop of Chelmsford, to Lansbury, 13 January 1908.

  1. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 20 January 1908.
    102-103. Letter from [?] to Lansbury, 8 February 1908.
    104-106. Letter from Reverend John Christian Pringle to Lansbury, 8 February 1908.
  2. Letter from George Francis Hamilton to Lansbury, 11 February 1908.
  3. Letter from John [Bollandsecy?], Paisley Labour Representation Committee, to Lansbury, 17 February 1908.
  4. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 8 March 1908.
    110-111. Letter from John Vivian Kitto to Lansbury, 13 March 1908.
  5. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 21 March 1908.
    113-114. Letter from Will Crooks to Lansbury, 23 March 1908.
    115-116. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 14 April 1908.
  6. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, [May 1908?].
  7. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 1 May 1908.
  8. Letter from Reverend DHS Cranage, University of Cambridge, to Lansbury, 2 June 1908.
    120-121. Letter from William B Dean, Headmaster of Poplar Training School, to Lansbury, 12 July 1908.
  9. Letter from Henry J Kitcat to Lansbury, 23 July 1908.
    123-124. Letter from Ethel Grinling to Lansbury, 10 August 1908.
    125-129. [Missing?].
    130-132. Letter from James Ramsay Macdonald to Lansbury, 23 October 1908.
    133-134. Letter from Joseph Fels and receipt for payment to Lansbury, 26 November 1908.
    135-136. Letter from Tom Donald to Lansbury, 22 December 1908.
    137-138. Letter from Howard Candler to Lansbury, 24 December 1908.
    139-140. Letter from Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Lansbury, 24 December 1908.

COLL MISC 0519/42 - Paws Off!

Lithograph depicting Justice (armed with the Sword of Temperance) pulling the disguise from a British Lion to reveal an unidentified politician's drink-flushed face. The lion is standing on a scroll representing the Licensing Bill.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: Waterlow and Sons
Publisher: Liberal Publication Department
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

COLL MISC 0519/87 - A Warning! Free Traders read this!

Full text poster in red and black ink on cream paper, detailing unemployment, poverty, and emigration as the results of Free Trade. Produced by the Tariff Reform League.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: Vacher and Sons
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

Correspondence and papers, 1909

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/3 part 4

  1. Letter from Tom Donald to Lansbury, 1 January 1909.
    142-143. Letter from Ten Bruggenkate to Lansbury, 12 January 1909.
    144-146. [Missing?].
  2. Newspaper article in 'The Labour Leader' by Lansbury overviewing the report of the Royal Commission on Poor Law administration, no date.
  3. Newspaper article in 'Justice' by Lansbury titled 'The Abolition of Pauperism', 20 February 1909.
  4. Newspaper article in 'Justice' on unemployed demonstrations, 20 February 1909.
  5. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 13 March 1909.
  6. Letter from Joseph Fels to Elizabeth Lansbury, 15 March 1909.
    152-153. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 1 May 1909.
  7. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 25 May 1909.
    155-159. Letter from May Tennant to Lansbury, 26 May-10 June 1909.
  8. Letter from HJ Kitcat to Lansbury, 17 June 1909.
    161-162. Letter from ES Kitcat to Lansbury, [17 June 1909?].
    163-164. Letter from Reverend Andrew Binny Ritchie to Lansbury, 17 June 1909.
    165-166. Letter from Nellie Brine to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
  9. Letter from Gordon Crosse to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
  10. Letter from John A Grant to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
  11. Letter from H Finnis Johnson to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
    170-171. Letter from Arnold Pinchard to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
  12. Letter from A Evans Thorp to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
    173-174. Letter from Beatrice Webb to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
    175-176. Letter from Charles P Williams to Lansbury, 18 June 1909.
  13. Letter from Francis Davey to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
  14. Letter from Helen Fisher to Elizabeth Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
  15. Letter from Reverend Charles Jenkinson to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
    180-182. Letter from HJ Kitcat to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
  16. Letter from Charles Mostyn Lloyd to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
    184-185. Letter from Manley Power to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
  17. Letter from John Scurr to Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
    187-188. Letter from Lina and Jack Wilson to Elizabeth and George Lansbury, 19 June 1909.
  18. Letter from Joe H Banks, Secretary of the Borough of Poplar Trades and Labour Representation Committee, to Lansbury, 20 June 1909.
    190-191. Letter from Bow and Bromley Socialist Sunday School to Lansbury, 20 June 1909.
  19. Letter from Edward Cruse, Chairman of Amalgamated Toolmakers, to Lansbury, 20 June 1909.
    193-194. Letter from Richard H Green to Lansbury, 20 June 1909.
    195-196. Letter from Edgar E Metivier to Lansbury, 20 June 1909.
    197-198. Letter from Charles R Enever to Lansbury, 21 June 1909.
  20. Letter from Walter Hazell to Lansbury, 21 June 1909.

Correspondence and papers, 1909

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/3 part 5

  1. Letter from Cosmo Gordon Lang to Lansbury, 21 June 1909.
    201-202. Letter from Mrs Samuel March to Elizabeth and George Lansbury, 21 June 1909.
    203-204. Letter from Henry Mosley to Lansbury, 21 June 1909.
    205-206. Letter from H Russel Wakefield, Bishop of Birmingham, to Lansbury, 21 June 1909.
  2. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 22 June 1909.
  3. Letter from Joseph Fels to George and Elizabeth Lansbury, 22 June 1909.
  4. Letter from Mrs William Johnson to Lansbury, 22 June 1909.
  5. Letter from William Corbett Roberts to Lansbury, 22 June 1909.
  6. Letter from Mrs May Tennant to Lansbury, 22 June 1909.
  7. Letter from WC Roberts to Lansbury, 23 June 1909.
  8. Letter from Stofford W Brooke, MP, to Lansbury, 24 June 1909.
  9. Letter from Kathleen Wintour to Lansbury, 26 June 1909.
    215-216. Letter from Alice Macdonald to Elizabeth Lansbury, 27 June 1909.
    217-218. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 28 June 1909.
    219-220. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 29 June 1909.
    221-222. Letter from Henry Lockwood to Lansbury, 29 June 1909.
  10. Letter from Herbert Burrows to Lansbury, 30 June 1909.
  11. Card from Mrs C Mansell-Moullin to Lansbury, [June 1909?].
    225-226. Letter from Amy K Slater, Lansbury's sister, to Elizabeth and George Lansbury, [June 1909?].
  12. Card from Reverend NE Eggerton Swann to Lansbury, [June 1909?]. 228. Letter from Alfred A Watts to Lansbury, [June 1909?].
    229-232. Letter from W Monroe to Lansbury, 12 July 1909.
    233-234. Letter from Reverend AJB Ritchie to Lansbury, 2 August 1909.
    235-236. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 5 August 1909.
    237-238. Letter from Reverend HJ Kitcat to Lansbury, 10 August 1909.
    239-240. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 11 August 1909.
    241-242. Letter from AJB Ritchie to Lansbury, 1 September 1909.
    243-244. Letter from Reverend Thomas Tiplady to Lansbury, 4 [September or December?] 1909.
    245-246. Letter from Cosmo Gordon Lang to Lansbury, 6 September 1909.
    247-249. Letter from RCK Ensor to Lansbury, 8 September 1909.
  13. Letter from HM Moffat to Lansbury, 8 September 1909.
  14. Newspaper article in the 'Fulham Observer' about Lansbury speaking on Poor Law Reform, 17 September 1909.
  15. Letter from Albert Bell, Secretary of Hull and District Trades and Labour Council, to Lansbury, 17 September 1909.
    253-254. Letter from Reverend JL Mortimer to Lansbury, 28 September 1909.
  16. Letter from Reverend AJB Ritchie to Lansbury, 11 October 1909.
    256-257. Letter from Princess Sophie Ananiev Kropotkin to Lansbury, 15 October 1909.
    258-259. Letter from Reverend John Drew Roberts to Lansbury, 19 October 1909.
    260-263. Letters from Reverend Samuel Augustus Barnett to Lansbury, 17-18 November 1909.
  17. Letter from Reverend John Scott Lidgett to Lansbury, 24 December 1909.
  18. Letter from Andrew Binny Ritchie to Lansbury, 24 December 1909.
    266-267. Christmas greeting card from Elizabeth and George Lansbury, 24 December 1909.

Non-family photographs

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/26 Part 4
The first digital file in the Part 4 contains all the images bundled up in a pdf file. Subsequent files are individual images, front and back, in jpg file format.

  1. George Barker, 1933.
  2. Samuel Augustus Barnett, undated.
  3. Vladimir D. Bonch-Bruevich, c1920.
  4. W. Dingwall, 1927.
  5. Sir George Edwards, undated.
  6. James Keir Hardie, undated.
  7. Reverend John Fenwick Kitto,1880.
  8. Hermann Molkenbuhr, undated.
  9. Montagu Samuel Montagu, undated.
  10. Rita Ricardo, 1934.
  11. Mr Tarling, 1875.
  12. Sidney Webb, 1924.
  13. Bow Church, undated.
  14. Socialist Literature Depot, Hastings 1910.
  15. National Union of Clerks, Leeds conference, undated.
  16. Group at Women's Labour League conference, including Margaret Bondfield, Portsmouth, January 1909

COLL MISC 0519/24 - John Bull: Are these my Islands or yours?

John Bull is seen standing on an outline map of the British Isles (he stands squarely between London and the Midlands), facing a Tory peer-type who is dressed in hunting clothes, ermine-trimmed robes, and a monocle, and carrying a shotgun. The peer has one foot in Northern Ireland, and one in Scotland. John Bull is taking off his jacket, ready for a fight. The caption under the picture reads Vote Liberal and back up John Bull.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: Avenue Press Ltd
Publisher: The Daily News
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

COLL MISC 0519/72 - Torn in Two

Full text poster in red ink on white paper, produced by the Conservative and Unionist parties.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: McCorquodale and Co
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

COLL MISC 0519/79 - British Workman: It's no use trying to hide it, guv'ner. We are going to vote for Tariff Reform

Asquith is shown trying to cover up a poster advocating Tariff Reform with one reading Down With the Lords, while a British Workman berates him from the ground.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: McCorquodale and Co
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

Correspondence and papers, 1910

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/4 part 2
50-51. Card by The United Committee for the Taxation of Land Values for a complimentary dinner for Joseph Fels and Tom L Johnson, 11 April 1910.

  1. Letter from Miriam Greenwood to Elizabeth Lansbury, 20 April [1910???].
  2. Letter from Chas R Enever to Lansbury, 30 May 1910.
    54-55. Letter from John Lindsay to Lansbury, 28 August 1910. .
    56-57. Letter from Jane Cobden to Lansbury, 14 September 1910.
  3. Letter from 'a girl in the audience' to Lansbury, 21 September 1910.
    59-60. Letter from Mark N Trollope, Third Bishop in Korea, to Lansbury, 10 October 1910.
    61-64. Memorial card, letter, and pictures, for death of Jessie Johnson, November 1910.
  4. Letter from Alfred Carr, Secretary of the Blind Social Aid Society, to Lansbury, 7 November 1910.
  5. Letter from W Beard to Lansbury, 26 November 1910.
    67-68. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 29 November 1910.
  6. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 29 November 1910.
  7. Photograph of Lansbury touring Bow and Bromley, [December 1910?].
  8. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 2 December 1910.
  9. Public appeal from Elizabeth Lansbury for votes for Lansbury, 3 December 1910.
    73-74. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 6 December 1910.
    75-76. Letter from FW Schofield to Lansbury, 6 December 1910.
    77-78. Letter from Bow and Bromley Central Ward to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
    79-81. Poems from the Coates family to Lansbury, May 1906.
  10. Telegraph from the National Liberal Club to Lansbury, [December 1910?].
  11. Letter from Gordon Crosse to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
  12. Letter from RCK Ensor to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
  13. Letter from Maurice Arnold, Count Bendern, to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
  14. Letter from Reverend HJ Kitcat to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
    87-88. Letter from AB Ritchie to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
    89-90. Letter from Reverend F Herbert Stead, President of the Browning Settlement Working Men's Social Club, to Lansbury, 7 December 1910.
  15. Letter from Ruth Cavendish-Bentick to Lansbury, 8 December 1910.
  16. Letter from Frank Briant to Lansbury, December 1910.
  17. Letter from R Lewis Castle, Superintendent of the Vacant Land Cultivation Society, to Lansbury, 8 December 1910.
  18. Letter from Reverend DR Fotheringham, Secretary of the Church of England Liberal and Progressive Union, to Lansbury, 8 December 1910.
    95-96. Letter from Eleanor Coates to Elizabeth Lansbury, 8 December 1910.
  19. Letter from a Cockney Irishman to Lansbury, 8 December 1910.
    98-99. Letter from Mrs Coleman to Lansbury, 8 December 1910.

Correspondence and papers, 1910

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/4 part 1
1-2. Letter from GWH Rugg to George Lansbury, 15 January 1910.

  1. Letter from Sir Mark BR Grant-Sturgis to Lansbury, 18 January 1910.
  2. Letter from EJ Ford, Secretary of the Amalgamated Stevedores' Labour Protection League, to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
  3. Letter from Archibald Fenner Brockway to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
    6-7. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
  4. Letter from Mrs Charles W Mansell Moullin, Treasurer of the Church Socialist League, to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
  5. Letter from Reverend Canon John Charles Morris to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
  6. Letter from Edward R Pease, Secretary of the Fabian Society, to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
    11-12. Letter from Stephen Phillimore, Archdeacon of Middlesex, to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
    13-14. Letter from Jane Cobden to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
  7. Letter from Edward Webster to Lansbury, 19 January 1910.
    16-17. Letter from Reverend E Clutterbuck to Lansbury, 20 January 1910.
    18-19. Letter from RCK Ensor to Lansbury, 20 January 1910.
  8. Letter from Reverend William Henry Paine, Secretary of the Church Socialist League, to Lansbury, 21 January 1910.
    21-22. Letter from Reverend Arthur Ernest Brown to Lansbury, 21 January 1910.
  9. Letter from Edward R Pease to Elizabeth Lansbury, 21 January 1910. .
    24-25. Letter from May Abraham Tennant to Lansbury, 21 January 1910.
    26-27. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 25 January 1910.
  10. Letter from James Ramsay MacDonald to Lansbury, 5 February 1910.
  11. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 15 February 1910.
    30-31. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 15 February 1910.
    32-33. Letter from Mrs Isaac Brine to Lansbury, 20 February 1910.
    34-35. Letter from Walt Chester Sewell to Lansbury, 20 February 1910.
  12. Notice from Election of County Councillors in the Bow and Bromley Electoral Division to Lansbury, 25 February 1910.
  13. Letter from Thomas Edmund Harvey to Lansbury, 5 March 1910.
  14. Letter from Isaac Brine to Lansbury, 7 March 1910.
  15. Letter from ER Mansell-Moullin to Lansbury, 6 March 1910.
    40-41. Letter from Richard H. Green to Lansbury, 6 March 1910.
  16. Letter from Jane Cobden to Lansbury, 6 March 1910.
  17. Letter from Reverend John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield to Lansbury, 6 March 1910.
  18. Letter from NE Egerton Swann to Lansbury, 7 March 1910.
    45-46. Letter from Fred Thorne to Lansbury, 7 March 1910.
  19. Statistics of cross voting and plumping in the Borough of Poplar for LCC election, 8 March 1910.
  20. Letter from Harry Roberts to Lansbury, 8 March 1910.
  21. Letter from Kathleen Wintour to Lansbury, 8 March 1910.
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