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040-002102166

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BURNS PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 339).

(1) Correspondence with officials and members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers; 1890-1920. ff. 1-166.

(2) Correspondence with James Keir Hardie, M.P.; 1890-1894. ff. 167-197b.

(3) Letters from Robert Blatchford, Editor of 'The Clarion'; 1892-1910. ff. 198-217.

(4) Correspondence with William Thomas Stead, author and journalist; preceded (ff. 218b, 220) by two letters, 1888, from Stead to Mrs Burns; 1891-1910. ff. 222-257.

(5) Letters from Sidney James Webb (Baron Passfield 1929) and his wife Beatrice; 1889-1908. ff. 258-307b.

(6) Correspondence with George Bernard Shaw, including (ff. 322, 323) two letters, 1899, from his wife Charlotte Frances; 1890-1928. ff. 309b-339b.

Trade Unions: Correspondence, speeches, etc., of J. Burns, M.P., rel.to: 1872-1905.

includes:

ff. 1-166 Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Correspondence of officials and members with J. Burns: 1890-1920.
f.2b A. Stewart, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Letter to J. Burns: 1890.
ff. 3, 112b William Campbell, Australian trade unionist: Letters to J. Burns: 1890, 1896.
f. 6 W. Cooper, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1892.
ff. 7b, 117, 119b (typewritten), 122 William Brereton, trade unionist: Letters to J. Burns: 1892, 1896.
f. 9b Frank Gillman, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1892, 1894.
f.9b William H. J. Jones, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1892.
f. 11 George Kidson, Australian trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1892.
f. 13 A. Hodges, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1892.
f. 14 John Elliott, trade unionist: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1892, 1894.
f. 16b David A. Rees, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1893.
ff. 18-157 passim John Anderson, of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Letters to J. Burns: 1893-1899.
f. 19b N. H. Broomham, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1893.
f. 21b James Harding, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1893.
ff. 23, 24b, 31, 108b Henry Chancellor, trade union official: Letters, etc., to J. Burns: 1893, 1896.
ff. 26, 27 b, 38 Charles Leech, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1893, 1894.
f. 29b William Kaye, Secretary, Devonport Eight Hours' Committee: Letters to J. Burns: 1893, 1894.
ff. 33b, 62 John Whittaker, trade unionist, of Leeds: Letters to J. Burns: 1894.
ff. 35,69b A. J. Tarr, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 36b Leslie Davie, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 39b J. H. Bridges, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 41 b T. C. McFarlane, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 41b William Tait, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f.43b Thomas Prescott, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
ff. 45, 55, 56b, 86b, 89b, 92, 98 Alfred Sellicks, trade unionist: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1892-1895.
f. 46b A. E. Lee, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 49b W. Blenkinsop, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 51 Alfred E. Bewley, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 53b John Black, of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 58b D. Sutherland, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 60 William Albert Reddy, Secretary, Forty-Eight Hours' Committee: Letters to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 61 Samuel Robinson, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 63b Alfred Kennard, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f.65b David Williams, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 71 Albert Cash, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 72b Walter Morse, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 74 G. B. Robson, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
ff. 76b, 101b F. Houghton, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1894, 1895.
f. 80 W. B. Spain, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 81b Henry Greenhalgh, President, Eight Hours Committee, Portsmouth: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 81b G. Hill, Secretary, Eight Hours Committee, Portsmouth: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 83 Sidney J. Young, Australian trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1894.
f. 91 John Regan, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1895.
f. 99b Henry Foley, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1895.
f. 103 William Garside, trade unionist: Letters to J. Burns: 1894, 1895.
f.105b J. E. Scholefield, trade unionist, of Oldham: Letter to J. Burns: 1895.
f. 107 Jenkin Jones, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1895.
f. 110 b James Steer, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1892-1896.
f. 116 E. Watkins, librarian: Letter to J. Burns: 1896.
f. 118 Henry Cook, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1896.
f. 121 Christopher Low, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1896.
f. 123b Alfred William Williams, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1896.
ff. 125b, 127, 142b, 161b Frank Lovett, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1897-1900.
f. 128b J. E. Foster, Secretary, Woolwich and District Eight Hours' Committee: Letters to J. Burns: 1893-1897.
f.130b Thomas Teague, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1898.
f. 132 David Brown, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1898.
f. 133 Henry J. May, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1898.
ff. 134, 137 John W. Clark, trade unionist: Letters to J. Burns: 1898.
f. 135b Alfred Golightly, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1898.
ff. 138b, 140b James A. Welch, chairman, Thorneycroft's Eight Hours Dispute Committee: Letters to J. Donaldson: 1898.: Copies.
ff. 138b, 140b John Donaldson, Managing Director, Messrs. Thorneycroft: Letters to, from J. A. Welch: 1898.: Copies.
f. 144 Joseph Marshall Pickles, trade unionist: Letter to G. N. Barnes: 1899.
ff. 145b, 151 J. H. Cooper, of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Nottingham: Letters to the Executive Council of the A.S.E.: 1899.
f.147 William Garness, trade unionist: Letter, etc., to G. N. Barnes: 1899.
f. 150 George Wilson, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: 1899.
ff. 152b, 154b A. J. Wadison, trade union official: Letters to J. Burns: 1899.
f.158 Mark Dickson, trade unionist: Letter to J. Burns: [1890-1899].
ff. 160, 163 (typewritten; signed) George Nicholl Barnes, General Secretary, Amalgamated Society of Engineers; CH 1920: Letters to J. Burns: 1900, 1902.
f.164 Thomas F. Oldham, trade union official: Letter to J. Burns: 1905.
f. 165 A. Huntington, trade union official: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1920.
f.166 A. H. Smethurst, trade unionist: Letter, on behalf of T. Mann, to J. Burns: 1920.: Typewritten. Signed.
ff. 167-197b James Keir Hardie, socialist and labour leader: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1890-1894.
ff. 198-217 Robert Blatchford, author and journalist: Letter to J. Burns: 1892-1910.
f. 207 J. H. Biggs, of Liverpool: Letter to R. Blatchford: 1899.
f. 216b William S. Shaw, of the London Institution: Letter to R. Blatchford: 1910.
ff. 218 b, 220 William Thomas Stead, Editor, 'The Pall Mall Gazette': Letters, etc., to Mrs. M. C. Burns: 1888.
ff. 222-257 William Thomas Stead, Editor, 'The Pall Mall Gazette': Correspondence with J. Burns: 1891-1910.
f. 251 Daniel Finlayson, seed analyst: Letter to J. Burns: 1908.
ff. 258-290 passim Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield: Letters to J. Burns: 1889-1905.
ff. 260-307b passim Beatrice Webb, wife of Sidney, Baron Passfield 1929: Letters to J. Burns: 1890-1908.
ff. 271, 276 Frank Wallis Galton, Fabian author: Letters to J. Burns: 1894-1914.
ff.309b-339b George Bernard Shaw, author: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1890-1928.
ff. 309v-339v John Elliot Burns, PC; MP: Correspondence with G. B. Shaw of John Elliot Burns: 1889-1928: Partly copy.
ff. 322, 323 Charlotte Frances Shaw, née Payne-Townshend; wife of G B Shaw: Letters to J. Burns: 1899.
ff. 322, 323 John Elliot Burns, PC; MP: Letters of C. F. Shaw to John Elliot Burns: 1898.

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Add MS 46281-46345 : THE BURNS PAPERS A selection from the correspondence, official and private, and other papers of John Elliott Burns, P.C., M.P.…
Add MS 46282-46287 : SERIES B. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Add MS 46287 : BURNS PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 339). (1) Correspondence with officials and members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers; 1890-1920.…

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1889

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1928

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1889-1928

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