Dona Torr's research notes & other materials for 'Tom Mann and His Times' (ii), 1890-1957
Dona Torr's research notes & other materials for 'Tom Mann and His Times' (ii), 1890-1957
Collection: Marxist History and Historians in the 20th Century Volumes Dona Torr's research notes & other materials for 'Tom Mann and His Times' (ii), 1890-1957
Dona Torr originally intended Tom Mann and His Times to be a two-volume biography of British labour activist Thomas Mann. Volume I was published in 1956, but Torr’s death in the following year meant that Volume II never appeared in print. This volume contains Torr’s research notes and background materials for the book. Amongst other things, the documents include Mann’s correspondence with various figures in the labour movement and his notebooks from the 1920s and 1930s.
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Material regarding Thomas Mann on the world stage, 1929-1938
Over the course of his life Thomas Mann embarked upon several trips around the world, speaking at socialist events and generally trying to spread the word of communism. These files...
Date:1929-1938Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-07
Miscellaneous notes, correspondence and draft chapters of volume two, 1922-1952
An assortment of miscellaneous notes and correspondence regarding Thomas Mann and other figures within the international labour movement. Additionally, the document contains two draft chapters that were set to feature...
Date:1922-1952Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-08
Materials relating to Thomas Mann’s later years (i), 1929-1957
Research material about Thomas Mann’s activities in his later life, as well as a range of files celebrating his life after he died in 1941. This includes pamphlets documenting his...
Date:1929-1957Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-09
Materials relating to Thomas Mann’s later years (ii), 1935-1941
Research material about Thomas Mann’s activities in his later life, including his various trips abroad to speak about communism. This document also contains a range of files relating to his...
Date:1935-1941Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-10
Notes regarding Thomas Mann and His Times (i), n.d.
Notebooks, excerpts, letters and other files penned by Dona Torr in regards to the second volume of the Thomas Mann biography. Includes material on agricultural labourers and the 1898 unity...
Date:1883-1957Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-01
Notes regarding Tom Mann and His Times (ii), n.d.
Notebooks, excerpts, letters and other files penned by Dona Torr in regards to the second volume of the Thomas Mann biography. Includes material on Thomas Mann’s trips to Australia, New...
Date:1883-1957Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-02
Press cuttings from Thomas Mann’s time in China, 1926-1927
Newspaper cuttings from around the time in which Thomas Mann was touring China. Mainly features discussions of the complicated politics of Chinese nationhood and the role of foreign nations in...
Date:1926-1927Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-03
Correspondence between Thomas Mann and other labour movement figures, 1890-1958
Original letters between Thomas Mann and other important figures within the labour movement, including Keir Hardie. Additionally, the document features letters discussing the direction of Dona Torr’s biography after her...
Date:1890-1958Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-torr-08-04
