Papers of Yvonne Kapp, mainly relating to her work for the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), 1941-1946 comprising: reports of AEU Production Enquiries, 1941-1943; papers on AEU Health and Welfare Enquiry, 1944-1946; general papers on Kapp's work for the AEU, including record of work of the AEU Research Department, 1941-1945 and typescript of article by Kapp, on 25th anniversary of the foundation of the AEU, 1945; correspondence and papers on John Eliott Burns (1858-1943), including letters to Burns from Eleanor Marx (1888), May Potter (1893), George Mitchell (1893-1897), Joseph Edwards, editor of the Labour Annual (1895), Samuel McGowan (1897) and others and correspondence on the disposal of Burn's library on the history of London and the early history of the Labour movement. (The books were divided between the London Library and the AEU); Kapp's diary (mainly engagements) 1943; miscellaneous files on production, training and joint consultation 1945-1965; copies of obituaries of Kapp, 1999.
Yvonne Kapp Papers
This material is held atTUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
- Reference
- GB 1924 KAPP
- Dates of Creation
- 1941-1999
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born Yvonne Mayer, 1903; educated at King's College, London; married the artist Edmond Kapp in 1922; joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1936, following a visit to the Soviet Union; worked with Basque and Jewish refugees, 1937-1938; Assistant Director, British Committee to Refugees from Czechoslovakia, dismissed from her post by the Home Office, 1940, and wrote pamphlet 'British Policy and the Refugees', 1941; Research Officer, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 1941-1946; worked for Medical Research Council, undertaking field work in the East End of London, 1947-1953; editor and translator, Lawrence and Wishart (publishers) 1953-11957; died 1999. Publications: four novels under the pseudonym Yvonne Cloud, including 'Nobody Asked You' 1932 and 'The Houses in Between' 1938; 'Eleanor Marx' 2 volumes 1972, 1976.
Arrangement
Papers arranged in 5 classes: Box 1 (1) AEU Production Enquiries (2) AEU Heath and Welfare Enquiry (3) General Work for the AEU; Box 2 John Burns papers and miscellaneous files.
Access Information
Open to bona fide researchers by appointment, at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Betty Lewis, 2000.
Other Finding Aids
List available at in the TUC Library.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Used with kind permission of AIM25 2002. Submitted to the Archives Hub in 2008 as part of the Genesis 2008 Project.
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