Committee of 100

Description

This file contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and associated material relating to the Committee of 100, a British anti-war group set up in 1960 by Bertrand Russell and others.


Herbert Read was an original signatory of the Committee but resigned in 1962 after disagreeing with the Wethersfield demonstration.


Correspondence includes letters to Herbert Read from Michael Scott and Bertrand Russell, co-founders of the Committee of 100, Michael Randle, Secretary of the Committee of 100 and Douglas Brewood, Acting Secretary of the Committee of 100, dated 16 Sep 1960 – 8 Aug 1962. The letters discuss Read’s initial support for the campaign and later resignation from the Committee, including discussion of the Wethersfield demonstration and Read’s anti-war views.


The file also includes correspondence between Herbert Read and Philip Seed, York Convenor of a regional Committee of 100 in Yorkshire, dated October 1961, about Read’s monetary support but hesitation to join, 3ff.


The file also includes typescript and carbon copies of ‘An Appeal to Fellow Members of the Committee of 100’ and ‘A Note on Policy Submitted to the Meeting of the Committee of 100 to be Held on December 17, 1961’ written by Read, expressing his disagreement with the Wethersfield demonstration, and a carbon copy letter to The Secretary of the Committee of 100, dated 15 Feb 1962, 1f, in which Read asks for his membership to be withdrawn.

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