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    TitleCommunist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Andy Croft
    ReferenceTAPE/639
    Date
    18/11/1999
    Scope and ContentThis is a copy of a tape held by the British Library, in their Sound Archives, as part of their CPGB Biographical Project.
    Details about the tape may be obtained from the British Library web site.
    A more detailed synopsis of the interview exists as a pdf document. This can be viewed at the WCML
    Extent3 Cassette tapes
    Physical descriptionNWA copy
    LanguageEnglish
    Archival historyThe Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project, part-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council covers the full period of the party's existence (1920-1991) and deals with all aspects of its work including industrial work, educational and cultural activities as well as local and international campaigns. The audio recordings of more than 150 interviews with members and former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain, conducted between October 1999 and September 2001 by a group of historians based at Manchester University have now been deposited in the British Library Sound Archive.
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    Persons keywordCroft, Andy, Communist Party of Great Britain, British Library National Sound Archive
    SubjectCommunism
    Conditions governing accessOpen
    Levelfile
    Normal locationZ (Room 24)