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Reference: D/X 1268 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Seaham Divisional Labour Party

Covering Dates: 1924-1979

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Seaham Divisional Labour Party (Ref: D/X 1268/1-31)

For additional material see: D/X 1208

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, July 1927

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, September 1927

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, December 1927

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, February 1928

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, December 1928

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, April 1929

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, Special Election Edition, March 1931

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, March 1934

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, February 1937

(1 paper)

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Seaham Labour News, March 1946

(1 paper)

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Seaham Harbour Labour News, Special Election Edition, March 1946

(1 paper)

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Seaham Labour News, Special Election Edition, April 1952

(1 paper)

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Seaham Labour News, Election Special, May 1964

(1 paper)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, February 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, March 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, April 1937

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/16b

The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, May 1937

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/17

The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, June 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, July 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, August 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, September 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, October1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, December 1937

(2 papers)

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The Socialist, Official newspaper of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party, January 1938

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/24

The Seaham Elector, published by the Local Labour Party, November 1935

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/25

The Seaham Elector, July 1945

(1 paper)

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Manuscript notes entitled Editorial : Notes and Comments: The General Election signed 'J.H.B. [Joseph Hoskin Blackwell, editor of the Seaham Harbour Labour News], n.d. [1929]

(5 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/27

Notice to the electors of Seaham Harbour and Dawdon concerning the election of urban district councillors and members of the Board of Guardians, published on behalf of the Seaham Harbour Labour Party, n.d.

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/28

Programme for a celebration dinner held at the Grand Hotel, West Hartlepool, to commemorate the dissolution of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party and the inauguration of the Easington Divisional Labour Party, 26 March 1949 Includes: a list of parliamentary elections in Seaham with names of candidates and votes cast, 1918 - 1945

(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1268/29

Notes on the history of Seaham Divisional Labour Party, n.d. [c. 1949]

(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/X 1268/30

List of parliamentary elections in Seaham with names of the candidates and votes cast, 1918 - 1945, n.d. [c. 1949]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/31

Newspaper cuttings concerning Seaham Divisional Labour Party activities, 1925 - 1956

(14 papers)

Sidney Webb (Ref: D/X 1268/32-39)

Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859-1947), was an English social reformer, writer, and founder of the London School of Economics in 1895. He was a member of the Labour Executive, 1916-1925; Member of Parliament for Seaham Division, 1921-1929; President of the Board of Trade, 1924; Dominions Secretary, 1929-1930; and Colonial Secretary 1929-1931. He was made Baron in 1929.

Ref: D/X 1268/32

Letter from Sidney Webb, Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hampshire to J.H. Blackwell, Dawdon, concerning unemployment figures and his proposed visit to Seaham in October 1924, 28 August 1924

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/33

Letter from Sidney Webb, Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hampshire to J.H. Blackwell, Dawdon, concerning the arrangements for his proposed visit to Seaham in October 1924, 31 August 1924

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/34

Letter from Sidney Webb, 41 Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment, London, to J.H. Blackwell, Dawdon, concerning the arrangements for his proposed visit to Seaham in October 1924 and the possibility of a General Election in November 1924, 28 September 1924

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/35

Letter from Sidney Webb, 41 Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment, London, to J.H. Blackwell, Dawdon, thanking him and other local Labour workers for their help and support during his recent visit to Seaham, 22 November 1924

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/36

Letter from Sidney Webb, Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hampshire, to J.H. Blackwell, Dawdon, apologising for not replying earlier because of his wife's illness, 3 February 1934

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/37

Programme for a memorial meeting in honour of Lord Passfield to be held at Kingsway Hall, London, 30 October 1947

(1 paper)

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Letter from Sam Watson, National Union of Mineworkers, Red Hill, Durham, to Joe [Blackwell], 7 Northdene Avenue, Seaham Harbour, thanking him for 'the magnificent document you have drawn up for me', 10 July 1948 Attached: notes on Sidney Webb and his relationship with Seaham, by J.H. Blackwell, n.d. [c. 1948]

(7 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/39

'A letter to the Members of the Women's Sections of the Seaham Divisional Labour Party by Mrs. Sidney Webb', 14 October 1931 A transcript of this letter appears in North East Group for the Study of Labour History Bulletin 11, 1977 p. 42 - 45

(1 paper)

Ramsay MacDonald (Ref: D/X 1268/40)

(James) Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) was Member of Parliament for Seaham Division, 1929-1935. He lost his seat to Emanuel Shinwell (Manny Shinwell) in 1935. He was Prime Minister in 1924 and from 1929-1935.

Ref: D/X 1268/40

Newspaper cuttings from The Observer containing articles on Ramsay MacDonald, 2 and 9 October 1966

(3 papers)

Emanuel Shinwell (Ref: D/X 1268/41-49)

Emanuel Shinwell (Manny Shinwell) (1884-1986) was created Baron Shinwell of Easington in 1970. He was Member of Parliament for Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland 1922-1924 and 1928-1931; Seaham Division, 1935-1950; Easington Division, 1950-1970. He was financial secretary at the War Office, 1929-1930; Parliamentary Secretary to Department of Mines, 1924, and 1930-1931; Minister of Fuel and Power, 1945-1947; Secretary of State for War, 1947-1950; Minister of Defence, 1950-1951.

Ref: D/X 1268/41

"'The Coal Problem', Mr. Shinwell's Speech in Parliament on 6 October 1942", published by Seaham Divisional Labour Party, n.d.

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/42

Election address published by E. Shinwell, Labour candidate for the Seaham Division in the General Election, to be held on Thursday, 5 July 1945

(1 paper)

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Election address published by E. Shinwell, Labour candidate for the Easington Division in the General Election, 1951

(1 paper)

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Election address published by E. Shinwell, Labour candidate for the Easington Division in the General Election, to be held on 26 May 1951

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/45

Election address published by E. Shinwell, Labour candidate for the Easington Division in the General Election, to be held on 8 October1959

(1 paper)

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Election address published by E. Shinwell, Labour candidate for the Easington Division in the General Election, to be held on 15 October 1964

(1 paper)

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"As I remember", an interview with Emanuel Shinwell, 'The Listener', 8 June 1967

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/48

Newspaper cuttings on the life and career of Emanuel Shinwell, M.P., and political affairs in Seaham, 1941 - 1974

(42 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/49

Script for Radio Durham programme on Emanuel Shinwell, broadcast June 1971 Attached: letter from B.C. Peachment, 3 Minster Walk, Hurworth, to Miss Blackwell, thanking her for her help during his research for the programme, 10 June 1971

(19 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1268/50-59)Ref: D/X 1268/50

The History of the I. L P. [Independent Labour Party], I.L.P. Study Courses, No. 1, n.d. [20th c.]

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/51

Economic History, I.L.P. [Independent Labour Party] Study Courses No. 4, n.d. [20th c.]

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/52

Foreign Policy and the People Part I by E.D. Morel, M.P., I.L.P. [Independent Labour Party] Study Courses No. 5, n.d. [20th c.]

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/53

Labour and the Nation, revised edition, published by the Labour Party, n.d. [c. 1928]

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/54

The Rise of the Labour Party, Labour Discussion Series Number One, January 1946

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/55

Manifesto of the Communist Party, Karl Marx and F. Engels, reprinted 1933

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1268/56

Letter from Olive Blackwell [daughter of J.H. Blackwell], Devon House, Dene Road, Dalton-le-Dale, Seaham, to Professor N.L. Mackenzie, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, concerning her memories of the Labour Party in Seaham and papers in her possession, 5 May 1975

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/57

Letter from Norman Mackenzie, Education Department Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, to O. Blackwell, Devon House, Dene Road, Dalton-le-Dale, Seaham, apologising for not returning Seaham Labour party papers sooner, 23 March 1979

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1268/58

The Times, 'Local Government Centenary Number', 10 December 1935

(8 papers)

Ref: D/X 1268/59

The Labour Sentinel, official organ of the Sedgefield Divisional Labour Party, January 1937

(2 papers)