Ron Heisler collection

This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London

Scope and Content

The uncollected works of Thomas Hardy by W. H. Chenhall, notebook with manuscript notes (66 pages); Trotskyism in Sri Lanka - undated letter from Oscar Pereira to Clarence Chrysostom about his reading and hatred of “imperialism”, obituaries of Sri Lankan Trotskyists such as Wesley Muttiah, Oscar Pereira; script for play, The living and the dead by M. I. Kuruvilla; correspondence of E. S. Sachs (Solly Sachs), 1957-67 relating to his work against apartheid: photographs: A. J. Cook addressing hunger marchers, February 1929; workers’ cycling festival Schwarzbach, Czechoslovakia, 1930; activist holding Tribune in front of banner, 1969; Punch cartoon The withdrawal from Moscow, 1920 April; C. L. R. James interviews with Al Richardson, November 1986, 1987, review of James’ World Revolution by Al Richardson, typescript draft of introduction by C.L.R. James to Introduction to Philosophy of Marxism; letter from Babette Deutsch to Frederick Sternfield about her poetry, 1959 September; Christmas cards from the Scottish painter, Ken Currie; draft of play “The Walsall Boys” by Nick McCarty, c2001; Ron Heisler memoranda, essays - Reaction to the French revolution, History of the events leading to an agreement between the National Union of General and Municipal Workers’ Clerical Section and the Engineering Employers’ Federation; Tamara Deutscher typescript recollection of Czech publishers and her husband’s works, September 1968; interview with Nils Kare Dahl, 1983; correspondence between Dave Douglass and the chartists, 1975; poster for New International, 1938; typed notes of lectures by Fred Casey and S. Knight (both members of the Communist Party), 1930; typescript chapters of autobiography by Alison Macleod (Selford), c1999; The Penny Illustrated Paper, 1881-1886 (incomplete), among topics covered were the Land League, Parnell, Phoenix Park murders, 1886 riots in London, Social Democratic Federation agitation, Hyndman’s arrest, Charles Bradlaugh, anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia; radical posters including Friends of Oz carnival, c1971; London anarchist bookfair, 2012; Stop Police Violence demonstration, 2009; poster, 1848. L’Union fait la force! Tunbridge Wells Equitable Building Society certificate of thanks for Stanley Saxby, Worthy Master, 1939; Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society Calendar for 1910

Administrative / Biographical History

Ronald Heisler started collecting books and pamphlets in 1948.

Access Information

Open for research although at least 24 hours notice required