NAF 6/4 New Britain Group Promotional Material and Press Cuttings.
Date: 1933 -1936
Extent: 3 files
Scope and content: Includes printed advertisements, posters and a scrapbook of press cuttings.
NAF 6/4/1 Printed Announcements by the New Britain Movement.
Date: ?1933
Extent: 1 item
Scope and content: Newsprint advertisements mounted on card, headed "For New Empire and New Socialism."
NAF 6/4/2 Volumes. "New Britain Press Cuttings".
Date: November 1933 - April 1936
Extent: 2 volumes
Scope and content: Press cuttings from local newspapers across Britain about the New Britain Movement.
NAF 6/4/3 Advertisements. New Britain Posters.
Date: 1936
Extent: 47 items
Scope and content: Eight different A0 sized posters advertising the New Britain Quarterly (multiple copies). Includes a poster for the first issue designed by "Herbert" [Stanley Herbert], and two posters featuring a New Britain logo. The posters include the price of the magazine and several name its contributors.
Access conditions: Fragile.
Access status: Access may be restricted.
Notes: Oversize.
NAF 6/5 Papers of Local Branches and Sub-Groups of the New Britain Movement.
Date: 1931 -c1980s
Extent: 4 files
Scope and content: Typescript, manuscript and printed material relating to local sub-groups of New Britain, particularly the Rugby branch. Includes material relating to the "national" body collected by regional sub-groups and a later index of local chapters created by members of the New Atlantis Foundation. Includes administrative documents, promotional ephemera, policy statements, publications and letters.
NAF 6/5/1 File. “Rugby Group archives”, Papers of the Rugby Branch of the New Britain Movement.
Date: 1933 - 1938
Extent: 7 sub-sections
Scope and content: File of typescript, manuscript and printed material documenting the principles, aims, methods, financing, meetings and other activities of the New Britain Movement, apparently belonging to Kenneth Draege. Includes letters to Draege and a few items relating to the New Europe Group.
NAF 6/5/2 Papers of the Rugby Branch of the New Britain Movement.
Date: 1934, c1980s
Extent: 17 items
Scope and content: Photocopied typescript documents relating to the history of the New Europe Group; New Britain conferences held in Rugby, 1933, Birmingham, 1934 and Leamington Spa (1934); meetings of the Provisional National Council (1934); and the Rugby branch of the New Britain Movement's publicity material. Also typescript and photocopies of 'New England', produced by the Rugby branch.
NAF 6/5/3 File. “Kenneth Draege and Rugby Group for sorting", Draege's Papers relating to the New Britain Movement and House of Industry League.
Date: 1931 - 1940
Extent: 3 sub-sections
Scope and content: File of material from Draege, relating to his involvement in the Rugby branch of the New Britain Movement and subsequently in the House of Industry League and other groups run by Dimitrije Mitrinović.
Includes notebooks, loose manuscript notes, articles, printed flyers and invitation cards, address book, a box of Mitrinović's visiting cards and typescript copies of 'New England', produced by the Rugby branch of New Britain.
Subject matter includes Astrology, Economic Reform, the Senate Republic, the Jewish People, "Human House", the House of Industry League and Group Work, amongst others. Includes published copies of World Order by Lionel Curtis (May - June 1939), 'Transition Through Compensation: An Approach to the Social State' by David Davies (Supplement to New Britain, Autumn 1934) and other pamphlets.
NAF 6/5/4 "Index of New Britain Groups", List of Branches of the New Britain Movement.
Date: [c1980s]
Extent: 1 volume
Scope and content: Ring-bound manuscript card index listing local branches of the New Britain Movement active in 1933-1934. Accompanied by typescript description of the index's contents and preparation.
NAF 7. Records of the House of Industry League. Reference code
GB 0532 NAF 7
Title
Records of the House of Industry League.
Dates
1931 - 1939
Level of description
Section
Extent
0.07 linear metres, 0.0735 cubic metres, 0.5 boxes.
Scope and content
Published and unpublished papers, press cuttings, articles and administrative documents relating to the organisation dedicated to Economic Reform and Socialism.
Language of material
English; French
NAF 7/1 House of Industry League Administrative and Other Papers.
Date: 1931 - 1939
Extent: 1 file
Scope and content: Organisational and promotional records of the House of Industry League. Includes material relating to lectures and membership, alongside press cuttings and articles by League members.
Language of material: English; French
Notes: See also NAF 6/3/1 and NAF 6/5/3.
NAF 7/1/1 House of Industry League Papers.
Date: 1931 - 1939
Extent: 3 sub-sections.
Scope and content: Printed, typescript and manuscript documents, mostly dating from 1936 -1938. Includes material on the vision, aims and plans for the League; articles by S.G. Hobson, Stirling Taylor, W. Arthur Peacock and others; Meeting Minutes; press cuttings; reading lists; pamphlets and leaflets; mailing list; list of members; conference papers, programmes etc.; lecture programmes. Subjects include Guild Socialism, the exploitation of workers, economic reform, Christian Socialism, the House of Culture League and the Council for Workers' Control of Industry.
Access conditions: Includes material with third party copyrights
Language of material: English; French
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