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FERDINAND SMITH: Gerard Horne writes: "I am researching the life of Ferdinand Smith, of Jamaican origin, who became a leader of the CPUSA and the National Maritime Union, then was deported to Jamaica during the Red Scare, where he became a leader of the trade union movement there. I am interested particularly in locating archives of the Peoples National Party of Jamaica, the union movement there and the Smith family. Likewise, I am interested in finding histories and novels that deal with eg the relationship between Jamaicans and Afro-Caribbean peoples generally to the sea and maritime industry." Postal address: Gerald Horne, CB 5250, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5250, USA.
LES STANNARD (1919-1996): Helen Tomkins writes in connection with her research for a biography of Stannard, a member of the CPGB and ETU shop steward who lived in the Deptford/Lewisham area. Anybody who has relevant information or recollections can contact Helen at: 75 Quentin Road, London SE13 5DG (020 8) 851-8156.
COMMUNISM AND THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT: A PROSOPOGRAPHICAL STUDY: Under this heading Kevin Morgan, John McIlroy and Alan Campbell have been awarded an ESRC grant for a two-year project using oral, archival and printed sources. Based at the University of Manchester, the project is to result ina two-volume study, with an international colloquium scheduled for March 2001.
THE LEFT IN BRITAIN IN THE 20TH CENTURY: The 11th conference of the Institute for Contemporary British History, taking the British left as its theme, is to be held at the Institute for Historical Research, University of London, 12-16 July. The first day's theme is Marxist and socialist movements and includes a number of papers on the Communist Party. Full details from Alice Cryer, Summer School 1999, ICBH, Rm 357, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; acryer@icbh.ac.uk
