Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter
January 2021
Friday 1 Jan, 2021History of Protest in Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen archivist (and SLHS member) Andrew MacGregor is developing a new resource, 100 Places of Protest, which he has added to
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December 2020
Friday 4 Dec, 2020British Library Sound Archive Resource
The British Library has over 6.5 million recordings of speech, music and other material, providing a rich resource for scholars and
Alexander Sloan (1879-1945), MP for South Ayrshire
Memories of a Great-Grandfather by Esther Davies
Thursday 26 Nov, 2020Alexander (“Sanny”) Sloan is best known as the former Labour MP for South Ayrshire, a position he held following a 1939 by-election until his death in November 1945. Below we feature a
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November 2020
Sunday 1 Nov, 2020Welcome to the November 2020 edition of the SLHS newsletter.
Symposium on the Future of Labour History
As noted in last month’s newsletter, the 2020
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October 2020
Sunday 4 Oct, 2020Welcome to the October 2020 edition of the SLHS newsletter.
Scottish Labour History – Volume 55:
The 2020 edition of Scottish Labour History is due out
Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter
September 2020
Wednesday 9 Sep, 2020Welcome to the September 2020 edition of the SLHS newsletter.
Desperately Seeking Early Journals: SLHS is trying to assemble a full set of SLH journals, from
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Summer 2020
Saturday 25 Jul, 2020SLHS Newsletter: Summer 2020
Welcome to the first of what it is hoped will become a regular series of Scottish Labour History Society newsletters, containing information
The Labour History of Dumfries
Uncovering Working Lives: A Dumfries Labour History Trail, 1771-1914
Monday 20 Jul, 2020SLHS committee member Ian Gasse has produced a booklet about labour history in Dumfries, in the form of a ‘labour history trail'. This was to have been launched, in conjunction with Dumfries
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Founder of the Scottish Labour History Society
Wednesday 8 Jul, 2020First published: 13 April 2020
We have to record with great sadness the death of the founder of the Scottish Labour History Society, the distinguished, inspirational and
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By celebration and critique, Gregor Gall commemorates the contribution of Neil Davidson
Wednesday 8 Jul, 2020This article is reproduced by kind permission from the July/August (2020) edition of Scottish Left Review. We are grateful to SLR for being able to post it here. SLR is at
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Glasgow, Saturday 15 September 2019
Thursday 24 Oct, 2019Dr Valerie Wright, Research Associate: 'Employment, Politics & Culture in Scotland, 1955-2015', in the Economic & Social History Department of the
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1997/Spring 1998
Friday 11 Oct, 2019The eleventh and final edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1997.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website offers an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1996/Spring 1997
Tuesday 8 Oct, 2019The tenth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1996.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1995/Spring 1996
Friday 4 Oct, 2019The ninth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1995.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1994/Spring 1995
Wednesday 2 Oct, 2019The eighth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1994.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1993/Spring 1994
Saturday 28 Sep, 2019The seventh edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1993.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1992/Spring 1993
Friday 27 Sep, 2019The sixth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1992.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1991/Spring 1992
Wednesday 25 Sep, 2019The fifth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1991.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1990
Tuesday 24 Sep, 2019The fourth edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1990.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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A digital reproduction from Winter 1989
Tuesday 17 Sep, 2019The third edition of Scottish Labour History Review, published in the winter of 1989.
The introduction of the new Scottish Labour History Society website has provided an
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