Fancy, Will (c 1933-2009)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS1171 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Fancy, Will (c 1933-2009) |
Date(s) | : [1948-2001] |
Level of description | : Fonds |
Extent | : 34 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Fancy | William | c 1933-2009 | socialist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Will Fancy joined the Socialist Review Group as a young man and was involved in Trotskyist politics until the early 1980s. He was active within the white-collar trade union, NALGO, playing a leading role in transforming the union into playing a more militant, campaigning organisation. Will Fancy was elected to the NALGO national executive: in the 1970s the Daily Mail described him as "the most dangerous man in Britain". In the early 1980s Will Fancy became a full-time union secretary and broke with the Socialist Workers Party.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Subject files include NALGO Action Group, 1968-1982; Victory for Socialism, c1960; International Socialists / Socialist Workers Party Internal Bulletins, 1967-1982, and papers, circulars, 1963-1982; Chile Committee for Human Rights, 1973-1983; liberation struggles in the developing world, 1966-1986; National Union of Teachers rank and file movements, c 1971-1988; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) local groups, Youth CND groups, Committee of 100, 1958-1971; Exeter University student activism, 1948-1958; Student Labour Federation, 1950-1959; National Association of Labour Student Organisations, 1950-1956; Socialist Labour League bulletins, circulars, 1959-1960. Periodicals include Socialist Fight, 1960-1963; Workers Fight, 1969-1975; The Newsletter, 1958-1968; Young Guard, 1961-1966; Socialist Challenge, c1978-1981; Socialist Review, 1952-1959
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English, French
System of arrangement:
Box listed
Conditions governing access:
Open for research although access to individual files may be restricted by the Freedom of Information Act. 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by Special Collections staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Finding aids:
A box list is attached to the collection-level description on the ULRLS online archives catalogue.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Socialist Platfrom
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
NRA, ISAD(G)
Date(s) of descriptions:
2009-11-30
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