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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number YMA/WF/130
TitleDumbarton Equitable Co-operative Society
Date1943-1946
DescriptionCorrespondence and papers relating to opposition within the Dumbarton Equitable Co-operative Society to the setting up of a Woodcraft Folk group. Including;
letter from 'Black Eagle' to 'Daffodil' explaining the papers held therein, written from army barracks
- description of the aims of the group, handwritten on bottom 'material for journalist representing 'Sunday Mail''.
- three page account of a meeting of the Dumbarton Equitable Co-operative Society at which the Woodcraft Folk group set up in Dumbarton, Scotland, was challenged. The Society had previously supported the establishment of the group.
- 'Anti Folk pamphlet' likening the Woodcraft Folk to 'the German Youth Movement', and line-by-line response from the Woodcraft Folk where they mention that their actual equivalent, The Red Falcon's, had been crushed by Hitler and was currently operating underground.
- letter to the Editor of the Lennox Herald addressing the accusations made by teh pamphlet, signed by Duncan McClaren and Robert Crawford.
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsCurrently unavailable.
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