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Membership cards, official documents and appointment diaries, including Tom Wintringham's appointment diaries for 1943, 1945, 1947 and 1948; Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham's driving licence; Wintringham's membership to the Union Theatre Society, Mar 1941; Wintringham's certificate of employment as lecturer for the Armed Forces, 1 Sep 1944-31 Aug 1945; Wintringham's membership cards for the National Union of Journalists; Kitty's press cards for the Federated Press, 1938-1940; Wintringham and Kitty's membership cards for the Labour Party, 1945 and Wintringham's passport, issued 17 Dec 1945. 1 file

Articles and leaflets written by Tom and Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham for the Common Wealth Party including draft of Common Wealth pamphlet, 'A five year post-war plan', by Kitty, Mar 1944; draft paper on 'Decentralisation and devolution', by Kitty, [1945 Mar]; comments by Kitty on second draft of paper 'Housing and rent'; draft of paper by Kitty for the national conference report, 'Full employment in the post war period', Feb 5; booklet, 'Italy and Revolution' by Wintringham; draft article by Wintringham, 'Common Wealth', for Left News , 31 Aug 1942; article by Wintringham, 'Common Wealth introductory', in the Left News , Sep 1942; article by Wintringham, 'Common Wealth replies', in News Letter , Dec 1943; draft article by Kitty, 'The world's bloodiest revolution', for the Common Wealth Review , 2 May 1944; draft essay by Wintringham, 'A people's front to win a people's war and a people's peace'; draft essay by Wintringham, 'Common Wealth and the political crisis'; notes for a speech by Wintringham; draft by Kitty of 'Analysis of the present political situation'; draft by Kitty, 'Not even sardine tins', 11 Dec [1945]; draft by Kitty, 'These Greek Communists', for the Common Wealth Review ; draft by Kitty, 'A people's international', for the Common Wealth Review and articles and correspondence on the 'half socialist nationalism' in Scotland following the general election including draft by Kitty 'Patriotism and socialism', for the New Statesman , 21 Apr 1945 and draft by Kitty 'Patriotism is socialism', for the New Statesman , 5 May 1945. 1 file

Articles by Tom Wintringham on Army reform, and Richard Haldane, including letter to the Manchester Guardian; article 'Wanted, a Haldane'; article 'They will never learn', for the Tribune, and manuscript notes by Wintringham. 1 file

Articles by Tom Wintringham in the Picture Post comprising 'The lessons of Spain', 15 Jun 1940; 'Arm the citizens!', 29 Jun 1940; 'The Home Guard can fight', 21 Sep 1940; 'The Blitzkreig and the answer', 10 May 1941; 'Train the Home Guard for a modern war', 17 May 1941; 'Your job in an invasion', 24 May 1941; 'We make our own mortar for 38'6', 26 Jul 1941; 'What has happened in Libya', 20 Dec 1941; 'The question of Street fighting', 24 Jan 1942; 'A plea for the woolworth weapon', 9 May 1942; 'Can we open a European second front?', 13 Jun 1942; 'Libya: our defeats start in Whitehall', 4 Jul 1942; 'These are the weapons with which Russia is doing the job', 26 Sep 1942; 'The Kremlin is divided too', 11 Mar 1950; 'Victims of a frozen theory', 18 Mar 1950; 'Revolt against Moscow', 25 Mar 1950. 16 items.

Articles, short stories and lecture by Tom Wintringham written during and after the Spanish Civil War relating to the British Bn, International Brigade, including typescript article, 'Huesca', [Sep 1936]; notebook sent by Wintringham from Spain to Leslie Reade in New York, Jul 1937, containing manuscript stories on the International Brigade, World War One and Nazi Germany entitled 'Forgetty pill', 'Chica', 'Uncontrollable', 'Ingratitude', 'Not a war area' and 'Something to do'; typescript draft of 'The Forgetty Pill' [Nov 1937]; typescript notes taken from a book by P O'Donnell, An Irishman in Spain, 1937; typescript and manuscript draft chapters of unpublished account of Wintringham's experiences in the Spanish Civil War, beginning with his injury in the Battle of Jarama, entitled 'Some Life'; draft typescript article, 'Spain 1938'; [Jan 1938]; press cutting, 'What next in Spain?', 20 Feb 1938; draft typescript article, 'British Battalion in Spain' [Mar] 1938; draft typescript article, 'Front line schools', [1938]; transcript of lecture given by Wintringham, 'The Spanish war and military knowledge', [1938]; press cutting, 'The British Battalion, a fine record', Manchester Guardian, 13 Oct 1938; press cutting, 'Volunteers return', Manchester Guardian; draft typescript article, 'Remembering Madrigueras', for International Bde Association Bulletin , [1939]; draft typescript article, 'Jarama battle', for International Bde Association Bulletin, [1939]; article on the British Battalion of the International Brigade for the Daily Herald, [1939]; draft typescript article, 'International Brigade' for Voice of East London, [1939] and draft typescript article, 'Madrid', [1939]. 1 file

Biographical material on Tom Wintringham including autobiographical notes made by Wintringham for a biography to be written by Johannes Steel, [22 May 1941]; manuscript paper by Wintringham on his early life; Wintringham's entry in Webster's Biographical Dictionary and article on Wintringham in the News Review, 27 Mar 1941. 5 items.

Typescript book reviews by Tom Wintringham including reviews of Warfare by Ludwig Renn and Nazi Germany Can't Win, by Wilhelm Necker, for the Tribune, 24 Oct 1939; If Germany Attacks, by Graeme Chamley Wynne; The German Army, by Herbert Rosinski, for the Daily Herald, 30 Aug 1939; The Relationship of War to Society, by Lugwig Renn, for the New Statesman; The Military Strength of the Powers, by Max Werner; Reaching for the Stars, by Nora Waln, Men Must Act, by Lewis Mumford and Germany's Next Aims, by O Dutch, for Fact; This Expanding War, by Basil Liddell-Hart; Machine Warfare, by John Frederick Charles Fuller, The War Moves East, by "Strategicus" and Modern battle, by Paul Thompson, for the New Statesman, 5 Oct; Puritanism and Liberty, by Arthur Sutherland Pigott Woodhouse and Commando Attack, by Gordon Holman, for the Listener, 20 Jun 1942. 1 file

Papers relating to the Communist Party, including programme for the Daily Worker third anniversary dinner, 13 Apr 1933, signed by attendees including Tom Wintringham; programme for debate 'This House has no confidence in His Majesty's Government' with Wintringham as guest speaker, held at Cambridge Union Society, 11 Mar 1930; Communist Party training syllabus 'historical synopsis'; press cutting 'Bee Wells rolls up her sleeves in recruiting race', Daily Worker , 21 Aug 1937; Communist Party publications including Communist International, 15 Mar 1932; booklet 'Britain for the people', May 1944; booklet by Harry Pollitt, 'Smash Hitler now!', 26 Jun 1941; booklet by Pollitt, 'Britain's chance has come', [1941] and 'Forward to a new life for South Wales', Jan 1944. 1 file

Lectures and booklets for the Home Guard including diagram of how to make an improvised crossbow; diagram of the path of a bomb; some suggestions as to the practise of street fighting, 5 Dec 1939; series of lectures using excerpts from The German Army: a general outline of its present organisation, tactics and training , by Anton Von Bechtolsheim, delivered in the field artillery school, Oklahoma, 1931-1932; booklet, 'The Home Guard can fight: a summary of lectures given at Osterley Park Training School', HMSO, 1941; booklet, 'Tank hunting and destruction', the War Office, 29 Aug 1940; booklet, 'Operations, part one - general principles, fighting troops and their characteristics', the War Office, Sep 1939 and booklet, 'Extracts from army training memorandum no 40' issued for the Home Guard, the War Office, 25 Aug 1941; précis of three lectures: 'German Offensive tactics', 'Modern defensive tactics' and 'Street fighting'; draft paper outlining the home defence course at Osterley and lectures on 'introduction to war', smoke mortar, messages and reporting, firearms, guerrilla warfare, grenades and explosives, camouflage, street fighting, aeroplanes, and anti-tank ambush.

Common Wealth Party booklets including 'Common Wealth five point programme'; Common Wealth manifesto, second edition 1 Aug 1943 and forth edition, Jun 1944; 'Common Wealth policy 1944-1945'; 'Questions and answers from Common Wealth meetings' by Richard Acland (President of Common Wealth); 'Election handbook'; 'What is Common Wealth?', by R Page Arnot; 'The future of industry', by Joan Robinson; 'Statement of aims', 'The future of agriculture', 'Common Wealth and the political parties', 'What is Common Wealth?', 'Sir Richard Acland states our case in parliament', 'We answer your questions' and 'Danger and opportunity'. 13 items

Booklets collected by Tom and Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham including Through Chaos to Community by John Macmurray; Hansard, 8 Dec 1944; Jak Valcili Husite (in Czech) by Eduard Wagner, given to Wintringham, Jan 1947; 'Who owns Britain?', by Gordon Schaffer, for the Reynolds News report of the unity conference, 2 Apr 1944; 'History', Chinese Ministry of Information, 1944; 'Private enterprise or public control', by Joan Robinson; 'British tanks', HMSO, 1942; Labour Party publications including statement of policy on 'Labour and Defence', May 1939 and 'Straight Left'. 1 file

Common Wealth Information Bulletin , including 'Education', Nov 1943; 'Representative government', Jan 1944; 'Housing and planning', Apr 1944, 'Poverty and inequality', Oct 1944 and 'Monopoly', Oct 1944. 5 items

Newsletter, Common Wealth News, mid Aug, late Aug, early Oct and mid Oct 1943 and late Jan 1944. 5 items.

Typescript English and translated German articles from newspapers on the Spanish Civil War and the German intervention in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 and magazine, Die Wehrmacht, Wir kämpfen in Spanien, 30 May 1939, with typescript translation, commemorating the German Army and the German 'Condor Legion' forces who fought with Spanish Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. 1 file.

Photocopies of letters from Tom Wintringham to his wife Elizabeth (née Arkwright) during his time in prison for sedition. 7 items.