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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelCollection
Reference Number WILLIAMS
TitleWilliams/Gaitskell Papers
Date[1910]-[1982]
DescriptionResearch papers of Philip Williams for his biography of Hugh Gaitskell. The collection largely comprises draft versions of the biography, arranged by chapter, and Williams' research on Gaitskell including correspondence with a wide range of individuals, interviews (typed scripts), and resaerch in other archives and libraries. Further files comprise correspondence and papers regarding the development and post-publication of the biography.
Extent38 boxes
AdminHistoryPhilip Williams read history at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1940; he was a member of the Labour Party at 16 and a member of the Oxford anti-Fascist movement in the 1930s; active in the Campaign for Democratic Socialism and a 'confirmed Gaskellite'; labour economist and industrial relations expert at Nuffield College, Oxford; published a biography of Gaitskell in 1979; died, 1984.

Publications: 'Hugh Gaitskell: A Political Biography' (1979, second edition 1982)
CustodialHistoryDeposited in Nuffield College, Oxford, by Philip Williams.
AcquisitionReceived from Nuffield College, Oxford, 1999.
ArrangementOriginal order.
AccessStatusClosed
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