This collection consists of minute books from 1894 - 1924, a photograph album of members of the circle, 1912, a membership list, nd, and membership lists, correspondence with members, papers relating to the distribution of the circle and subsequent correspondence about its records, 1929 - 1966.
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The Rainbow Circle was a liberal discussion group founded by William Clarke (1852 - 1901), JA Hobson (1858 - 1940), Reverend Percy Dearmer (1867 - 1936), James Ramsey MacDonald (1866 - 1937), John Archibald MacDonald (fl 1894), Burrows (1845 - 1921) and others. It met at the Rainbow tavern in Fleet Street and the evening consisted of a dinner followed by a talk by one of the members and a discussion by the whole group. The talks generally concerned politics, economics and ethics.
The material consists of five bound volumes and one folder.
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