Chartism collection
TitleChartism collection
ReferenceSUBJ/CHARTISM
Date
1838-2021
Production date 1838 - 2021
Scope and Content- Chartism: notes from the collection of William Brockie (handwritten, photocopies)
- Samuel Holberry and the Chartist Movement in Sheffield - the text of the first annual lecture of the Holberry Society, given by Bill Moor on 21 June 1978
- 5 greetings cards depicting Dorothy Thompson's favourite leading Chartists (Wiliam Cuffay, John Frost, Ernest Jones, James Bronterre O'Brien and Feargus O'Connor)
- Unattributated handwritten quote about Ernest Jones from a speech by Michael Davitt on Independent Labour Party headed paper
- Handwritten letters from Mr Serle to the editor of Labour Leader and to Keir Hardie, with a typed transcript of part of the letter to the Labour Leader
- Typewritten article about Ernest Jones
- Etching of Feargus O'Connor, MP for Nottingham
- Tract for the working classes - issued by the executive committee of the National Charter Association
- Songs by Ernest Jones
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1843 with copies of affidavits regarding Arthur O'Neill's trial for sedition
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1851 with a letter from Ernest Jones to Sir George Grey and a report about his health and treatment whilst in prison
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1851 with a letter to the Secretary of State regarding the treatment of Ernest Jones whilst in prison
- Objects and programme of the National Radical Federation
- Leaflet - To the Chartists: the arrest of Mr. Wheeler, by Ernest Jones
- Copies of 12 official notices against the activities of the Chartists (Aug 1842)
- Scrapbook containing cuttings of letters written by James Bronterre O'Brien to the Northern Star and handwritten notes [possibly by Bronterre O'Brien]
- Press cuttings
Digital recording: Till the Struggle is O’er: the Poetry of Chartism - first Frow Lecture by Mike Sanders (1 May 2010)
Online talk: Ever present to the progressive mind?: heritage politics and the memory of Chartism in England and Wales, 1918-20 - Invisible Histories talk by Matthew Roberts (24 Feb 2021)
- Samuel Holberry and the Chartist Movement in Sheffield - the text of the first annual lecture of the Holberry Society, given by Bill Moor on 21 June 1978
- 5 greetings cards depicting Dorothy Thompson's favourite leading Chartists (Wiliam Cuffay, John Frost, Ernest Jones, James Bronterre O'Brien and Feargus O'Connor)
- Unattributated handwritten quote about Ernest Jones from a speech by Michael Davitt on Independent Labour Party headed paper
- Handwritten letters from Mr Serle to the editor of Labour Leader and to Keir Hardie, with a typed transcript of part of the letter to the Labour Leader
- Typewritten article about Ernest Jones
- Etching of Feargus O'Connor, MP for Nottingham
- Tract for the working classes - issued by the executive committee of the National Charter Association
- Songs by Ernest Jones
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1843 with copies of affidavits regarding Arthur O'Neill's trial for sedition
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1851 with a letter from Ernest Jones to Sir George Grey and a report about his health and treatment whilst in prison
- Extract from House of Commons Papers from 1851 with a letter to the Secretary of State regarding the treatment of Ernest Jones whilst in prison
- Objects and programme of the National Radical Federation
- Leaflet - To the Chartists: the arrest of Mr. Wheeler, by Ernest Jones
- Copies of 12 official notices against the activities of the Chartists (Aug 1842)
- Scrapbook containing cuttings of letters written by James Bronterre O'Brien to the Northern Star and handwritten notes [possibly by Bronterre O'Brien]
- Press cuttings
Digital recording: Till the Struggle is O’er: the Poetry of Chartism - first Frow Lecture by Mike Sanders (1 May 2010)
Online talk: Ever present to the progressive mind?: heritage politics and the memory of Chartism in England and Wales, 1918-20 - Invisible Histories talk by Matthew Roberts (24 Feb 2021)
Extent1 folder, 1 volume and 2 digital recordings
Physical descriptionRecording duration: 1 hr 4 min; 1 hr 29 min
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordBrockie, William, Holberry, Samuel, Cuffay, William, Frost, John (1784-1877), O'Brien, James Bronterre, O'Connor, Feargus, Jones, Ernest, O'Neill, Arthur, National Charter Association, National Radical Federation, Sanders, Mike, Peake, Maxine, Roberts, Matthew
SubjectChartist movement, Songs, Poetry
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfonds
Normal locationAG Chartism Box 2 (Room 36); Oversized Box 1 (Chartism folder) (Room 34); Digital Resource