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Correspondence and papers, 1940

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 5

  1. Letter from Reverend William Christopher Jackson to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  2. Letter from Emily Lansbury to Lansbury, 23 April 1940 .
  3. Letter from Ernest Godfrey Lester to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  4. Letter from James Middleton to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
    204-205. Letter from I. Perkoff to Lansbury, 23 April 1940 .
  5. Letter from Raymond Postgate to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  6. Letter from Tom Williams to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  7. Letter from Sir Stafford Cripps to Lansbury, 24 April 1940.
    209-210. Letter from Mrs. Tom Mann to Lansbury, 24 April 1940 .
  8. Letter from Rev John Ough to Lansbury, 24 April 1940.
  9. Letter from Mr and Mrs David Graham Pole to Lansbury, 24 April 1940.
  10. Letter from Benjamin Tillett to Lansbury, 24 April 1940.
    214-215. Letter from Doris Lester to Lansbury, 25 April 1940.
  11. Letter from Daily Herald to Lansbury, 25 April 1940.
  12. Letter from Father Andrew to Lansbury, 26 April 1940.
  13. Letter from Alfred Salter to Lansbury, 26 April 1940.
    219-220. Letter from Father Andrew to Lansbury, 28 April 1940.
  14. Letter from Rev. Henry Carter to Lansbury, 28 April 1940.
    222-223. Letter from Lady Sanderson to Lansbury, 28 April 1940.
  15. Letter from Sir Herbert Septimus Scott to Lansbury, 28 April 1940.
    225-226. Letter from W. Frank Carey to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
    227-228. Letter from Bertram Cole to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
  16. Letter from Lady Stafford Cripps to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
    230-231. Letter from Francis Davey to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
  17. Letter from Ernest George Hicks to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
  18. Letter from Reverend Canon Stuart Morris to Lansbury, 29 April 1940.
  19. Letter from G. Douglas H. Cole to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
  20. Letter from Violet Dutt to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
  21. Letter from John Foley to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
  22. Letter from Anna Ruth Fry to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
    238-240. Letter from Egbert T. Lewis to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
    241-242. Letter from Constance Taylor to Lansbury, 30 April 1940.
  23. Letter from [Rudolph Hessel?] to Lansbury, 1 May 1940.
  24. Letter from Sir Francis Meynell to Lansbury, 1 May 1940.
  25. Telegram from Harry Pollitt to Lansbury, 1 May 1940.
  26. Newspaper cutting from the Times, with letter to the editor from Sir Lionel Earle, 1 May 1940.
  27. Letter from Reverend Eric S. Loveday to Lansbury, 2 May 1940 .
  28. Letter from Reverend Robert George Legge to Lansbury, 4 May 1940.

Correspondence and papers, 1940-1948

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 6
249-251. Letter from Henry George Abel to Lansbury, 5 May 1940 .

  1. Letter from Ethel Dugdale to Lansbury, 5 May 1940.
    253-254. Letter from 'The pearly prince of Battersea', 5 May 1940.
  2. Letter from James Griffiths to Lansbury, 5 May 1940.
  3. Letter from Maurice Lotherington Rowntree to Daisy Postgate, 5 May 1940.
  4. Letter from Lady Josiah Wedgwood to Lansbury, 5 May 1940.
    258-259. Letter from Anglican Pacifist Fellowship to Lansbury, 6 May 1940.
  5. Telegram from Negley Farson to Lansbury, 6 May 1940.
  6. Letter from Fellowship of Reconciliation to Lansbury, 6 May 1940.
  7. Letter from Diana Laski to Lansbury, 6 May 1940.
  8. Letter from private secretary of Alfred Salter to Lansbury, 6 May 1940.
  9. Letter from Geoffrey Gobat to Lansbury, 7 May 1940.
  10. Telegram from Ambalal Bhailalbhai Patel to Lansbury, 7 May 1940.
  11. Letter from Stop the War Committee to Lansbury, 7 May 1940.
    267-268. Copy of 'A phrenological report'.
  12. Letter from Henrietta Leslie to Lansbury, 10 May 1940 .
  13. Newspaper photograph from the London Co-operative society feauturing Lansbury, and letters from Constance Manley Power sent in 1923.
    271-272. Letter from Christine Smith to Lansbury, 11 September 1940.
  14. Undated letter from Fredrick Strom to Lansbury.
  15. Undated letter from Emile Emdon Watson to Lansbury .

Postgate correspondence and papers, 1940-1955

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 7
Correspondence between Professor Raymond William Postgate, Lansbury's son-in-law and biographer, and others after the death of George Lansbury, arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
275-276. List by Raymond Postgate of correspondence received after the death of Lansbury in May, 1940.
277-279. Correspondence between Lady Reginald Clifford Allen and Raymond Postgate 17 January-7 February 1949.
280-282. Letter from Reverend Father Andrew to Reverend R. G. Legge with 'reminiscences' about Lansbury, 2 January 1943.

  1. Memories of Lansbury by John Armitage, c1949.
    284-285. Letters from Reverend Gilbert Clive Binyon to Rev R. G. Legge and Raymond Postgate, 7-12 January 1943.
    286-290. Letter from Joe Brown to Daisy Postgate, 9 May 1940.
    291-293. Correspondence between Reverend Kenneth George Budd and Raymond Postgate, 26 January-7 February 1949.
  2. Letter from Reverend John Charles Carlile to Raymond Postgate, 9 August 1940.
    295-296. Letter from Leonard Castle to Raymond Postgate, 10 July 1940.
    297-298. Correspondence between Raymond Postgate and Percy Cudlipp, 15-26 October, 1948.299-301. Letter from Elizabeth M. Dice to Raymond Postgate, 5 July 1940.
  3. Letter from Reverend Frederic Lewis Donaldson to Raymond Postgate, 6 January 1943.
    303-304. Letter from Fellowship of Reconciliation to Daisy Postgate, 22 July 1940.
  4. Letter from Sardar D. V. Gorkhale to Daisy Postgate, 10 May 1940 .
    306-307. Correspondence between Raymond Postgate and Mary Agnes Hamilton,12-15November 1948.
    308-309. Correspondence between H. B. Hampton and Raymond Postgate, 23 June 1948.
    310-311. Correspondence between Raymond Postgate and Arthur Henderson, 22-25 October 1948.
    312-313. Correspondence between William Watson Henderson and Raymond W Postgate, 8-12 November 1948.
  5. Letter from Mayor of Karachi to Lansbury family, 21 May 1940.
    315-318. Correspondence between Raymond Postgate and Charles William Key, 26 May-21 September 1948.
    319-320. Correspondence between Raymond Postgate and A. L. Scott, 19-25 November, 1948.
    321-322. Correspondence between Lady Pethick-Lawrence and Raymond Postgate, 6-11 January 1949.
  6. Letter from Reverend Robert George Legge to Raymond Postgate, 9 January 1943.
  7. Letter from Muriel Lester to Raymond Postgate, 27 January 1943.
  8. Letter from Reverend Dr Stephen Liberty to Raymond Postgate, 1 April 1943.
  9. 'Song of an Awakened Radical' about Lansbury, date unknown.
  10. Verse of 'memories' of Lansbury, by E. Merrigan, 1943.
    328-329. Correspondence between Reverend A. Stanley Parker and Raymond Postgate, 29 July-2 August 1949.
    330-331. Letters from Peace Pledge Union to Raymond Postgate, 20 May 1940.
    332-333. Correspondence between Hubert William Peet and Raymond Postgate, 30-31 December 1948.
  11. Letter from F. Piercey to Raymond Postgate, 6 July 1940.
    335-336. Correspondence between Owen Rattenbury and Raymond Postgate, 1-9 August, 1949.
  12. Letter from Reverend Arthur Binny Ritchie to Reverend Robert George Legge, 18 December 1942 .
    338-344. Letters from William Corbett Roberts to Raymond Postgate, 8-12 January 1943.
    345-346. Letter from Eric G. Ruffle to Raymond Postgate, 15 July 1940.
    347-353. Correspondence between H. W. Sewell and Raymond Postgate, 3 July 1940-April 1950.
  13. Letter from Reverend Albert James Smith to Reverend Robert George Legge, 21 December 1942.
    355-357. Correspondence between Mary Stewart and Raymond Postgate, 8 July-6 August 1940.
  14. Letter from L. N. Gubil [Sundarana?] to Lansbury family, 20 May 1940.
  15. Letter from Raymond Postgate to Times newspaper, 3 December 1948 .
  16. Letter from Raymond Postgate to Tribune Publications Ltd, 3 December1948.
    361-363. Letter from Peter Whiskin to Raymond Postgate, 21 January 1942.
    364-366. Letter from R. White to Raymond Postgate, 7 July 1940.
    367-370. Letter from George Ernest Winterton to Raymond Postgate, August 1940.
    371-377. Correspondence between British Library of Political and Economic Science and the Cripps family, 17 June-1 September 1955

Correspondence and papers, 1939

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 3
100-103. Letters from Home Office to Lansbury, 8-13 May 1939.

  1. Letter from Central Council for the care of cripples to Lansbury, 18 May1939.
  2. Letter from Embassies of Reconciliation to Lansbury, 19 May 1939.
  3. Letter from Erwin Pressburger to Lansbury, 10 June 1939 .
  4. Letter from High Commissioner for New Zealand to Lansbury's private secretary, 15 June 1939 .
  5. Letter from Erwin Pressburger to Lansbury, 20 June 1939.
    109-111. Statement presented by Lansbury to Hubert Pierlot, 11 July 1939.
  6. Memorandum by Henry Carter of interview with Pierlot, 11 July 1939.
    113-114. Memorandum by Lansbury of interview with Leopold III, King of Belgium, 12 July 1939.
    115-118. 'The Reply to English Propaganda' by Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels, 14 July 1939.
    119-121. Commentary from proceedings in the House of Commons with argument from Lansbury, 20 July 1939.
  7. Letter from War Resisters International to Lansbury, 20 July 1939.
    123-132. Letter from Thomas Sargant to Lansbury, 24 July 1939.
    133-134. Letter from Reverend Henry Carter to Lansbury, 1 August 1939.
    135-136. Memorandum on Peace Aims, 10 November 1939.
  8. Letter from Lansbury to Queen Wilhelmina, 10 November 1939.
  9. Letter from Lansbury to Mary Stewart, 24 November 1939.
  10. Letter from Home Office to Lansbury, 25 November 1939.
  11. Letter from Richard H. Green to Lansbury, 28 November 1939.
  12. Letter from Reginald H. Pott to Lansbury, 29 November 1939.
  13. Letter from Sir Benjamin Drage to Lansbury, 30 November 1939.
  14. Letter from Edward Noel-Buxton to Lansbury, 7 December 1939 .
    144-145. Letter from Sir John Anderson to Lansbury, 8 December 1939.
  15. Letter from Leslie Gamage to Lansbury, 14 December 1939.
  16. Letter from Hugo Hirst to Lansbury, 14 December 1939.
  17. Letter from Richard Rapier Stokes to Lansbury, 15 December 1939 .
    149-150. Letter from Rev George Wilfred Lechmere Stanhope Lovell to Lansbury,19 December 1939.

Correspondence and papers, 1939

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 2
52-53. Letter from Lansbury to Ramsay Macdonald, 15 March 1939.

  1. Letter from Society of Friends Germany Emergency Committee to Lansbury, 17 March 1939.
  2. Letter from Embassies of Reconciliation to Daisy Postgate, 20 March 1939.
  3. Letter from Co-ordinating committee for refugees to Lansbury, 21 March 1939.
    57-58. Letter from Geoffrey William Lloyd to Lansbury, 28 March 1939.
  4. Letter from Walter Harold Gribbon with newspaper cutting to Lansbury, 30 March 1939.
  5. Letter from Lady Austen Chamberlain to Lansbury, 4 April 1939.
  6. Letter from B. D. E. Sharpe to Lansbury, 4 April 1939.
  7. Letter from Colonial Office to Daisy Postgate, 6 April 1939.
    63-71. Letter from Walter Harold Gribbon to Lansbury, 9 April 1939.
    72-78. Letter from B.D. E. Sharpe to Lansbury, 11 April 1939.
  8. Letter from Lansbury's private secretary to Home Office, 12 April 1939.
  9. Additional letter sent with B. D. E. Sharpe's letter to Lansbury, 11 April 1939.
    81-84. Commentary from proceedings in the House of Commons, with argument from Lansbury, 13 April 1939.
    85-86. Letter from R. Casson to Lansbury, 15 April 1939.
  10. Letter from F.E. Fawcett to Lansbury, 15 April 1939.
  11. Telegram from Lansbury to Hitler, 15 April 1939.
  12. Telegram from Lansbury to Mussolini, 15 April 1939.
  13. Telegram from Lansbury to Roosevelt, 15 April 1939.
  14. Letter from Walter Harold Gribbon to Lansbury, 19 April 1939.
    92-94. Letter from W.P Brooks to Lansbury, 27 April 1939.
  15. Article from the Daily Sketch 'Can we still find the path to peace?' by Lansbury, 28 April 1939.
  16. Letter from British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia to Lansbury, 1 May 1939.
  17. Letter from Ernst Weinstein to Lansbury, 1 May 1939.
  18. Letter from Joseph Patrick Kennedy to Lansbury, 5 May 1939.
  19. Open letter from Lansbury to 'comrades' on the peace campaign, 5 May 1939.

Correspondence and papers, 1939-1940

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 4

  1. Letter from Richard Rapier Stokes to Lansbury, 20 December 1939.
  2. Letter from Lansbury to Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence, 24 December 1939.
  3. Newspaper cutting about Lansbury and the Peace Pledge Union, December 1939.
  4. Receipt for Lansbury's donation to the Borough of Poplar Benevolent Society, 2 January 1940.
  5. Letter from Walter Elliot Elliot to Lansbury, 16 January 1940.
  6. Letter from Rev Kenneth George Budd to Lansbury, 29 January 1940.
  7. Letter from Sir John Anderson to Lansbury, 5 February 1940 .
  8. Letter from Jacque Martin to Lansbury, 5 February 1940 (written in French).
  9. Letter from Lansbury to Daisy Postgate, 24 February 1940.
    160-162. Letter from Lansbury to John Armitage, 9 March 1940.
  10. Letter from Lansbury to Daisy Postgate, 19 March 1940.
    164-165. Note and newspaper cutting about Lansbury's work for'people and parks' from [Joan Winter?] to Lansbury, April or May 1940.
    166-167. Letter from W.T. Beaumont to Lansbury, 2 April 1940.
  11. Photograph postcard from Syd Walker to Lansbury, 9 April 1940.
  12. Letter from Lansbury to Reverend Stuart Denton Morris, 11 April 1940.
    170-172. Letter from Lansbury to Comrades of the Peace Pledge Union, 11 April 1940.
  13. Letter from [Taylor?] to Lansbury, 15 April 1940.
  14. Letter from Sir Edwin Cooper Burgis to Lansbury, 18 April 1940.
    175-177. Letter from Nellie Comrie to Lansbury, 19 April 1940.
  15. Letter from Nellie Lansbury to Lansbury, 19 April 1940.
  16. Postcard from Annie Lansbury to Lansbury, 19 April 1940.
  17. Letter from Rudolph Messel to Lansbury, 19 April 1940.
  18. Letter from Dorothy Thurtle to Lansbury, 19 April 1940.
  19. Letter from Sir Lionel Earle to Lansbury, 20 April 1940.
  20. Card from George Mathers to Lansbury, 21 April 1940.
  21. Postcard from David Graham Pole to Lansbury, 21 April 1940.
    185-186. Letter from Mrs.David Graham Pole to Lansbury, 21 April 1940.
  22. Letter from Reverend Leslie Artingstall to Lansbury, 22 April 1940.
  23. Letter from Embassies of Reconciliation to Lansbury, 22 April 1940.
  24. Letter from Violet Dutt to Lansbury, 22 April 1940.
    190-191. Letter from Irma M. Grove to Lansbury, 22 April 1940.
  25. Letter from Annie Lansbury to Lansbury, 22 April 1940 .
  26. Letter from Lansbury to Sir Stafford Cripps, 22 April 1940 .
  27. Postcard from Reverend Roberto G. Legge to Lansbury, 21 April 1940.
    195-196. Letter from Reverend John Charles Carlile to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  28. Letter from Rhys J. Davies, Agnes Hardie, and others to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  29. Letter from Kingsley Hall and the Children's House to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.
  30. Letter from Mrs. Ethel Dugdale to Lansbury, 23 April 1940.

Correspondence and papers, 1939

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 1
Section I, 1939 (ff 1-153) and 1940 (ff 154-266) and undated material (ff 267-274):.
1.Letter from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 5 January 1939.

  1. Letter from Home Office to Lansbury, 9 January 1939.
  2. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 15 January 1939.
  3. Letter from Society of Friends Germany Emergency Committee to Lansbury, 31 January 1939.
    5-6. Letter from Erwin Strunz to Lansbury, 31 January 1939.
  4. Article from Evening News on the 80th birthday of Lansbury, 4 February 1939.
    8-9. Letter from Joseph Weingarten to Lansbury, 9 February 1939.
  5. Letter from William Joseph Jordan to Lansbury, 13 February 1939.
    11-13. Letter from Wilhelm Wolf to Lansbury, 19 February 1939.
    14-15. Letters from the BBC to Lansbury, 22 February 1939.
  6. Letter from O. N. Stee with newspaper cutting to Lansbury, 25 February 1939.
    17-18. Letter from Arthur Proskauer to Lansbury, 27 February 1939.
    19-20. Letter from Lansbury to Pope Pius XII, 4 March 1939 .
    21-22 Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 9 March 1939.
  7. Letter from Ethel Halpin to Lansbury, 5 March 1939.
    24-29. Letter from South American Settlement for Refugees to Lansbury, 9 March 1939.
    30-36. Letter from Sir Wyndham Deedes to Lansbury, 11 March 1939.
    37-51. Letters from Walter Harold Gribbon with newspaper cuttings to Lansbury, 12 March 1939.

George Lansbury Archives

  • UKLSE-DL1GL01
  • Collection

The papers of George Lansbury MP (1859 – 1940), which include photographs and caricatures of Lansbury, press reviews of Lansbury’s published work, articles, pamphlets, speeches, leaflets, election addresses and personal ephemera. Topics covered in these papers include schools, the Labour Party, unemployment, agriculture, India, the 1931 Cabinet Crisis and the Metropolitan Police.

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