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LEN WINCOTT: John Horsfield has been commissioned to write the entry on Wincott for the New Dictionary of National Biography. John has a lot of information regarding Wincott's involvement in the Invergordon Mutiny in 1931, but would like to hear from anybody who can provide further details of his relations with the CPGB and his experiences in the USSR, where he spent twelve years in a labour camp (1944-56) and died in 1983. Please write to: Dr John Horsfield, 2 Poplar Villas, The Crescent, Manchester M19 3AJ.
WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY: Many readers will know that the Working Class Movement Library in Salford has extensive collections relating to British radical and labour movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These include important archival, oral history and printed materials relating to the British Communist Party. The library is now producing a regular e-bulletin and anybody wishing to be added to the circulation list should contact: enquiries@wcml.org.uk
PEOPLE OF A SPECIAL MOULD: international conference on biographical and prospographical approaches to communist history, University of Manchester, 6-8 April 2001. The final programme for this conference is to be confirmed in December and we are currently unable to accommodate any further offers of papers except in the event of withdrawals. There are however a limited number of places for others wishing to attend the conference. Further details, including the full provisional programme, can be found on the conference web page. Alternatively, enquiries can be addressed to the conference administrator Linda Lawton who is also maintaining a reserve list of additional possible paper givers.
INTERNET RESOURCES: Allison Drew (whose book on the South African left, Discordant Comrades, is reviewed in this issue) would like to draw the attention of Newsletter readers to an internet listings directory that she maintains containing 'a variety of links helpful to those doing research on socialism and popular movements in different regions of the world.' Categories include 'popular movements', 'women's movements', 'international and regional resources' and 'South African politics, culture & society'. Further recommendations of additional web sources in these areas are welcome. Access to the directory is available through Allison's homepage at the University of York.
