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jewish community1
socialism1
textile trade1
trade unions1

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Florence Foulds1
Florrie Mattison1
Mattison, Alfred (1868-1944)1
Mattison, Florence (1878-1961)1

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International Socialist and Trade Union Congress

late 19th Century/ Early 20th Century

An Illustration by Walter Crane for the Interational Socialist and Trade Union Congress, 1896.

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Leeds Trades and Labour Council Electoral Union

late 19th Century/ Early 20th Century

A copy of a statement issued by the Leeds Trades and Labour Council Electoral Union in 1892

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Walter Crane 'Cartoons for the Cause'

1886-1907

1 brown hardback book entitled 'Walter Crane, Cartoons for the Cause. 1886-1896'.

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Letter from Edwin B. Nichols, 21st April 1836

21/4/1836

From Edwin B. Nichols in Boston USA to his sister Frances A. Bray. A note from Mattison on the container states that 'the writer - a brother of John Francis Bray - assumed the name of Nichols on his ...

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News cuttings relating to the Second Labour Government, volume 1

1929

1 book entitled 'No 1 Parliament Election, May 1929, The Second Labour Government'. Inside the book the first page reads: 'A.D. 1929 May The Parliamentary Election. The Labour Party victorious at th...

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Copies of statements heard at the Social Democratic Jubilee Conference

1931

One folder containing: 'The A.B.C. of socialism – Declaration of Socialist Principles'. 'The Industrial Depression – Its Cause and Cure', a statement by George Hicks, M.P., the Annual Conferen...

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Miscellaneous cuttings, 1919-1944

1919-1944

Newspapers cuttings from 1919-1944 concerning: The gift of the library of John Burns Talks by Mattison at the Leeds Co-operative Student Fellowship and at the Thoresby Society Articles on, and...

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News cuttings

1892-1933

1 box of cuttings, mainly placed in envelopes according to topic by Mattison. Contains the following: News cuttings on socialism, 1929; 'A Celebration of ten years of Mussolini's rule in Italy'; 'Mom...

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News cuttings on Socialism and Labour, 1st May-22nd August 1925

1925

One blue hardback book displaying diagonally the title 'Newspaper Cuttings' engraved in gold characters. Written on the first page Collected by Alf Mattison – 61 Leopold St Leeds – Stray news-cut...

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News cuttings, 1st August 1925-31st December 1925

1925

One hardback book displaying diagonally the title 'Newspaper Cuttings' engraved in gold characters. Written on the first page Collected by Alf Mattison – 61 Leopold St Leeds – From August 1st to ...

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NOTEBOOK No 1 renamed Note Book ‘A’ – The Note Book of Alf Mattison – Leeds

No date [Late 1930s - early 1940s]

Notebook, no date, but probably written by Mattison in later life. Contains diary entries and extracts from newspapers, journals, poems and letters. Diary entries in this volume cover the years 189...

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Booklet of the official opening of Transport House

15th May 1928

1 book entitled Transport House – Official Opening, May 15, 1928 includes: A photo of Ramsay MacDonald . The story of the transport and general worker’s union. A photo of the Amalgamation C...

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