We are running a trial to this unique archive from Gale. It is a collection of first-hand narratives chronicling, socialist and far-left groups in terms of how figures saw themselves and the world around them during the major political and social events that occurred in the twentieth century.
The resource features primary sources from various different collections including:
Radical Left Political Movements and Social Issues: American Old Left
Source at the University of California, Davis
Senate House Library, University of London Collections
Rose Pastor Stokes Papers at Yale University
Anna Strunsky Walling Papers at Yale University
Papers of Walter Lippmann at Yale University
Alger Hiss Defense Collection at Harvard Law School Library
Alger Hiss Collection at New York University
Anti-Socialist Organisations in Britain at the British Library
FBI American Legion Contact Program at the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Archives of the Independent Labour Party
Socialist and Labour Thought in Britain Since 1884
FBI File on J. Robert Oppenheimer
Full details on the Gale website
There are approximately 868,000 pages made up of correspondence, periodicals, manuscripts, books, personal papers, organisational records, letters and newsletters, pamphlets dating from 1766-2004 (however most are dated between 1880-1950)
You can access this resource via Library Search. The trial will run until 18th April 2024.
We are keen to hear any feedback on this resource – please contact us by commenting below or by emailing your Liaison Librarian (libliaison@newcastle.ac.uk)