| Description | Includes correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to demonstrations by the unemployed supported by Lansbury. Also papers from the 1906 General Election.
1. Letter from Bolton King to George Lansbury, 24 July 1901.
2. Letter from James Lansbury to Lansbury, 3 February 1902.
3-4. Letter from Walter Chester Sewell to George and Elizabeth Lansbury, 3 February 1902.
5-6. Letter from Reverend Manley Power to Lansbury, 5 February 1902.
7. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 6 February 1902.
8-9. Letter from Harry Finnis Johnson to Lansbury, 7 February 1902.
10-11. Letter from Mrs HF Johnson to Elizabeth Lansbury, 9 February 1902.
12-13. Letter from Reverend Henry Mosley, 10 February 1902.
14. Letter to WC Sewell from Lansbury, 9 September 1902.
15-16. Letter from W Dingwall to Lansbury, 20 September 1902.
17-19. Letter from Mrs Charles Booth (Mary Macaulay) to Lansbury, including excerpt of 'Life and Labour-Final Volume' manuscript by Charles Booth, 11 May 1903.
20. Letter from Francis Davey to Lansbury, [1903?].
21. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, [December?] 1904.
22-24. Draft letter to J Fels from Lansbury, concerning the Hollesley Bay Farm Colony, 24 November 1904.
25. Letter from Reverend John Carter, 28 March 1904.
26-27. Letter from William B Dean to Lansbury, 17 April 1904.
28-29. Letter from Reverend Manley Power to Lansbury, 28 April 1904.
30-34. Letter from BA Wouldham to Lansbury, 3 August 1904.
35-36. Letter from John Collins to Lansbury, 8 September 1904.
37-43. Letter by Lansbury for publication, 23 September 1904.
44. Newspaper article in 'The Local Government Journal' reporting conference about unemployed, 15 October 1904.
45. Newspaper interview with Joseph Fels about Laindon Farm Colony.
46-47. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 26 October 1904.
48-53. Letters from Reverend William Corbett Roberts to Lansbury, 30 October [1904?].
54-55. Letter from Edward Johns Urwick to Lansbury, 31 October 1904.
56-57. Letter from Reverend John Christian Pringle to Lansbury, 7 September 1904.
58. Newspaper article in 'The Municipal Journal' about the Laindon Poor Law Labour Colony in Essex, 4 November 1904.
59. Newspaper article about the Laindon Poor Law Labour Colony in Essex, 11 November 1904.
60-61. Letter from Charles R Enever, 22 November 1904.
62. Newspaper article about the unemployed problem, discussed at the Guildhall conference, 26 November 1904.
63-64. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 1 December 1904.
65-66. Letter from Reverend George Algernon West to Lansbury, 10 December 1904.
67-68. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 12 December 1904.
69. Letter from John Vivian Kitto to Elizabeth Lansbury, 19 December 1904.
70-71. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 20 December 1904.
72-73. Letter from Reverend Andrew Binny Ritchie, 23 December 1904.
74-75. Letter from David C Lamb of The Salvation Army to Lansbury, 29 December 1904.
76-93. Rough draft of the UK Colonization Act by Frank Smith, 1905.
94. London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company insurance statement to Lansbury, 7 January 1905.
95-98. Letter from Sydney Charles Buxton, 12 January 1905.
99-100. Letter from George Haw to Lansbury, 22 January 1905.
101-102. Letter from Manley Power to Lansbury, 30 March 1905.
103. Article from the 'Daily News' as to the progress of the Hollesley Bay farm colony.
104-105. Letter from Manley Power to Lansbury, 9 May 1905.
106. Leaflet advertising May Day demonstration sponsored by Independent Labour Party, Leeds Council, 14 May 1905.
107-108. Letter from Clara E Grant to Lansbury, 21 May 1905.
109-110. Letter from James Lansbury to Lansbury, 21 May 1905.
111. Letter from Walter Coates to Lansbury, 4 July 1905.
112. Newspaper article about creches for children, 10 July 1905.
113. Letter from Reverend AE Butler to Lansbury, 2 October 1905.
114. Newspaper article in the 'Daily Gazette' about Lansbury as Independent Labour Candidate for Middlesbrough and South Bank.
115. Letter from F Butler to Lansbury, 3 October 1905.
116. Newspaper article from the 'Daily News' about Lansbury's, as representative of Poplar, proposed address to the King and Queen, 10 October 1905.
117. Newspaper article from the 'Daily News' about Poor Law applicants in Poplar, 10 October 1905.
118-119. Letter from Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour, to Lansbury, 20 October 1905.
120. Letter from the Under Secretary of State's office to Lansbury, 21 October 1905.
121. Newspaper article on Lansbury's work with the unemployment problem in Poplar, 22 October 1905.
122-124. Letters from F Herbert Stead to Lansbury, 24-28 October 1905.
125. Letter to Arthur F Winnington Ingram to [?], 31 October 1905.
126. Newspaper article about women's unemployment march on Whitehall, [4?] November 1905.
127. Newspaper article from the 'Daily News' about women's unemployment problem, 6 November 1905.
128. Newspaper article reporting the events of women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 6 November 1905.
129. Newspaper article from 'The Star' reporting on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, November 1905.
130. Newspaper article from 'The Westminster Gazette' reporting on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 6 November 1905.
131. Newspaper article from the 'Daily Graphic' on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 7 November 1905.
132-133. Newspaper article on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 7 November 1905.
134. Newspaper article from 'The Star' on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 7 November 1905.
135-135a. Newspaper photos of women's unemployed march on Whitehall, including photograph of Lansbury, [?] 1905.
136. Newspaper article from 'The Times' on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 7 November 1905.
137. Newspaper article from the 'Morning Leader' on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 8 November 1905.
138. Newspaper interview in the 'Morning Post' with Lansbury, 8 November 1905.
139-140. Letter from F Herbert Stead to Lansbury, 8 November 1905.
141. Letter from Mrs F Herbert Stead to Lansbury, 8 November 1905.
142. Letter from Mrs John Vivian Kitto to Lansbury, 9 November 1905.
143. Newspaper article on women's unemployed march on Whitehall, 10 November 1905.
144. Newspaper article from the 'Daily Chronicle' on Queen's opening of an unemployed charity fund, 13 November 1905.
145. Newspaper article from the 'Labour Leader' about unemployment march, 24 November 1905.
146-147. Letter from Gerald William Balfour to Lansbury, 29 November 1905.
148-149. Letter from Sidney H Hunter to Lansbury, 29 November 1905.
150-151. Letter from Mrs. Frederick Hansen to Lansbury, [???] December 1905.
152-153. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 1 December 1905.
154-167. Letters from Mrs Frederick Hansen (Marion Coates Hansen) to Lansbury, 7 December 1905.
168. Letter to Marion Coates Hansen from Walter Coates, 9 December 1905.
169-170. Letter from Reverend H Belcher to Lansbury, 13 December 1905.
171. Newspaper article from 'The North Star' about Lansbury's Parliamentary bid in Middlesborough, 14 December 1905.
172. Newspaper article about deputation on behalf of the unemployed meeting with the Prime Minister, 14 December 1905.
173. Newspaper article authored by Lansbury for how to solve the unemployment problem through state labour colonies, 16 December 1905.
174. Newspaper article from 'North Eastern Daily Gazette' about Parliamentary competition in Middlesborough, 22 December 1905.
175-177. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 24 December 1905.
178-179. Letter from Manley Power to Lansbury, 26 December 1905.
180. Newspaper clipping on Lansbury's Middlesborough parliamentary bid, [end 1905/early 1906?].
181-198. Manuscript of Lansbury speech on the problem of umemployment delivered to the Christian Social Union, Oxford, May 1907.
199-200. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 1906.
201-202. Letter from FA Viner to JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, January 1 [1906?].
203. Advert for Lansbury's Parliamentary election bid for Middlesbrough, 1906.
204. Newspaper article featuring Lansbury's views on unemployment and farm colonies, [January 1906?].
205. Letter from Elizabeth Lansbury to Alice Sewell, [January 1906?].
206-207. Letter from Mrs William Ferris Lansbury to George and Elizabeth Lansbury, 2 January 1906.
208-209. Letter from Reverend Charles Herbert Grinling to Lansbury, 5 January 1906.
210. Newspaper article reporting on the progress of the Hollesley Bay Colony, January 1906.
211. Letter from F Herbert Stead to Lansbury, 17 January 1906.
212-215. Letter from Reverend Andrew Binny Ritchie to Lansbury, 18 January 1906.
216-219. Letter from Wait Chester Sewell to Lansbury, 20 January 1906.
220. Letter from South Bank Branch, Independent Labour Party, to Lansbury, 20 January 1906.
221-222. Letter from Bromley Branch of the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers Union to Lansbury, 23 January 1906.
223-224. Letter from Henry Lockwood to Lansbury, 23 January 1906.
225. Letter from Marion Blake to Lansbury, 30 January 1906.
226-227. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 31 January 1906.
228. Letter from Elizabeth Macgregor to Lansbury, 31 January 1906.
229-230. Letter from Sir Richard Douglas Denman, on behalf of Sydney C Buxton, to Lansbury, 1 February 1906.
231. Letter from Reverend Cosmo Gordon Lang, Bishop Suffragan of Stepney, to Lansbury, 2 February 1906.
232-235. Letter from George Drydale to Lansbury, 4 February 1906.
236-237. Letter from [Hubert Hammund?] reporting on conditions of the Hollesly Bay Labour Colony, Suffolk, to Lansbury, 13 February 1906.
238. Letter from Reverend J Burn to Lansbury, 19 February 1906.
239-240. Letter from Reverend AB Ritchie to Lansbury, 21 February 1906.
241. Newspaper article by Lansbury from the 'Daily News' explaining economic conditions in Poplar, 16 March 1906.
242-243. Letter from Reverend WC Roberts to Lansbury, 19 March 1906.
244. Letter from Lansbury to the editor of 'The Daily Chronicle', defending unemployment spending in Poplar, 21 March 1906.
245. Newspaper article by Lansbury defending unemployment spending in Poplar, May 1906.
246. Newspaper article from the 'East London Advertiser' about Poplar Guardian's reaction to Lord Balfour's Parliamentary investigation into Poplar corruption.
247. Newspaper article about corruption charges against the Poplar Guardians, 12 May 1906.
248-250. Letter from Frederick Hansen to Lansbury, 18 May 1906.
251-252. Letter from JA Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, 19 May 1906.
252. Letter from Reverend F Herbert Stead to Lansbury, 19 May 1906.
253-255. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 24 May 1906.
256. Letter from Reverend CH Grinling to Lansbury, 7 June 1906.
257-258. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Elizabeth Lansbury, 10 June 1906.
259. Receipt from Haynes, Robinson and Company, Solicitors, for Poplar Guardian's Enquiry, 15 June 1906.
260. Receipt of a donation by Elizabeth Lansbury to the Women's Social and Political Union, 25 June 1906.
261. Letter from Women's Social and Political Union to Lansbury, 25 June 1906.
262-263. Letter from Marion Coates Hansen to Lansbury, 26 June 1906.
264-265. Letter from Mrs William Ferris Lansbury to George and Elizabeth Lansbury, 27 June 1906.
266-268. Letter from Cosmo Gordon Lang, Bishop Suffragan of Stepney, to Lansbury, 28 June 1906.
269. Letter from Joseph Fels to Lansbury, 29 June 1906.
270-273. Letter from Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl of Buxton, to Lansbury, 30 July 1906.
274-278. Letter from Chateau Frontenac to Lansbury, 30 June 1906.
279-280. Letter from WA Madeley to Lansbury, 10 July 1906.
281-282. Letter from E Madelay to Lansbury, 2 September 1906.
283-286. Letter from WA Madeley to Lansbury, 24 September 1906.
287-288. Letter from Francis Davey to Lansbury, 29 September 1906.
289. Letter from Joseph Fells to Lansbury, 30 September 1906.
290-292. Letter from GEF Hansen to Lansbury, 14 October 1906.
293. Letter from TC Witherby to Lansbury, 15 October 1906.
294. Letter from TC Witherby to AW Banks, 16 October 1906.
295-296. Letter from Jane Cobden to Lansbury, 31 October 1906.
297. Newspaper article from the 'Daily News' about meeting of unemployed Woolwich workmen to demand war contracts, 1 November 1906.
298-298c. Newspaper article from the 'Daily News' about report condemning poor relief by Poplar Guardians, 9 November 1906.
299-300. Letter from Tom E Glossop to Lansbury, 9 November 1906.
301. Letter by Lansbury to the editor of 'Justice', 10 November 1906.
302. Newspaper article about Lansbury's reply to charges of corruption in Poplar, 10 November 1906.
303. Newspaper article about Crooks' reply to charges of corruption in Poplar, 11 November 1906.
304. Newspaper article about Poplar Guardians' reply to charges of corruption, 15 November 1906.
305. Newspaper article from 'The Local Government Journal' about JS Davy's, LGB Inspector, report on corruption charges against Poplar Guardians, 16 November 1906.
306. Letter from Thomas Barnett, of the Brotherhood Church, to Lansbury, 26 November 1906.
307. Receipt of payment from Lansbury to Tatham Oblein and Nash for 'The Double House,' Aldborough Hatch, 28 November 1906.
308. Letter from [?] to Lansbury, 28 November 1906.
309. Letter from Reverend Henry Russell Wakefield to Lansbury, 23 December 1906. |