Edward Crawford papers

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

Scope and Content

Includes letters to Edward Crawford (including in his capacity as editor of the journal Revolutionary History) and Al Richardson, often enclosing draft articles. Correspondents include Ian Birchnall, Nils K. Dahl, Albert Glotzer, Paolo Casciolo, Laurens Otter, Tim Wohlforth, Harrison Salisbury, Christopher Hitchens, Ludwik Hass, C. L. R. James, Walter Kendall, and Robert Conquest. Also includes draft articles, discussion documents.

Administrative / Biographical History

Ted Crawford, a leading member of Socialist Platform Limited, has been a scholar and Trotskyist activist as well as a member of the Revolutionary History editorial board.

Access Information

Open for research although at least 24 hours' notice is required. Access to some items might be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. See archivist for details.

Other Finding Aids

Catalogued online to file-level, http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/Details/archive/110052940#

Related Material

The Edward Crawford collection (MS1136), comprising Trotskyist journals, has also been deposited at Senate House Library.