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Papers of Tom Wintringham and his second wife Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham ( née Bowler), 1891-1982. Papers of Tom Wintringham relating to the Home Guard include correspondence, articles, radio broadcasts, press cuttings, photograph, report, lecture transcripts and training exercises. Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party including correspondence, photographs, minutes, publications, papers on Common Wealth Party policy, formation, resignations, libel charges, election campaigns and conferences. Other papers relating to Tom Wintringham including papers from his time at Balliol College, Oxford, 1918-1920; Wintringham's visit to Moscow, 1920; various inventions by Wintringham, 1929-1949; the Communist Party, 1933-1944; British economic crisis, 1947, and obituaries and biographical articles. Wintringham's correspondence includes his school days, First World War, prison, Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence; Kitty's correspondence includes Spanish Civil War, the Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence. Photographs notably cover the Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party, Tom and Kitty Wintringham, their children, friends and family. Writings by Wintringham include draft and published articles (chiefly for the Picture Post , the Tribune , the Daily Herald and the Daily Mirror ), drafts of published and unpublished books, scripts, reviews, notes, short stories and essays. Draft articles by Kitty. Poems by Wintringham and others on topics including World War One and the Spanish Civil War, 1910-1950 and printed material, 1923-1950.

Articles by Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) written for the Federated Press, the Manchester Guardian and other newspapers on the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1937, including articles concerning Bowler's perceptions upon her arrival in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, as a foreign correspondent, 1936; articles relating to workers' conditions at industrial installations in Spain; her meetings with workers' unions and committees; the destruction of art works and churches during the first stages of the war; collective farming in Spain; her work with the British Medical Unit, International Brigade, Huesca Front, Spain, 21 Oct 1936; fighting on the Aragon Front, Spain, Oct 1936; work with the British Medical Unit, Aragon Front, Oct 1936; propaganda techniques; Republican relations with the Friends of the Soviet Union and various trade unions; the possibility of gas warfare being used in the war as argued by Professor John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Professor of Genetics, London University; land reforms in Spain; meetings with Dr Norman Bethune, Canadian Blood Transfusion Service, concerning the evacuation of Malaga, Spain, Feb 1937; changing money, Aug 1937; a review of Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town, Aug 1937; copy of People's Press, 26 Sep 1936, with article by Bowler entitled 'Brave people of Barcelona carry on', 26 Sep 1936 and a copy of The Fight containing article possibly written by Bowler under the pseudonym 'Evelyn Poole' entitled 'Harvest time in Spain', Sep 1937. 1 file

Typescript drafts of poems written by Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1937. 12 pp.

Press cuttings relating to Tom Wintringham as a member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War including photograph 'British MPs with loyalist leader', possibly with Wintringham in the background, News Chronicle, 9 Dec 1936; 'British fighters now pouring into Spain', in the Daily Worker, 15 Dec 1936; articles alleging that British prisoners were forced at gunpoint to join the International Brigade, Feb 1937, (For related libel case see 1/1/14); 'British reds' leader a Balliol man', Evening Standard, 20 Feb 1937; 'Briton's story of fighting', Times, Feb 1937; photograph of Wintringham with other members of the International Brigade (Macartney, Springhall, Kerrigan and Frank Ryan), among bomb ruins in Madrid, Daily Worker, 22 Feb 1937 and 'Franco's enemies are important men now' on various ex-members of the International Brigade including Wintringham, News Chronicle, 6 Sep 1945. 11 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

Publications in Spanish including booklets, article 'Doctrinas de los ejercitos extranjeros' and draft typescript articles 'Los bombardeos en el Museo del Prado' and 'El triste sino del Museo del Prado'. 19 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.

Postcards including Republican photographic images issued by the Propaganda Department, Generalidad of Catalonia, [1936-1939]; Republican art deco postcards distributed by the Spanish Ministerio de Propaganda, [1936-1939]; Republican postcard depicting the Nationalists, [1936-1939]; Catalonian postcard from the Comissariat de Propaganda honouring Spaniards killed by rightist governments in Spain, 1919-1921; and photographic postcard depicting Spanish Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and Unión General de Tubajadores de España (UGT) rally for the Popular Front, possibly in France, [1936-1938]. 13 items

Papers relating to Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) in Spain as a foreign correspondent and reporter and honorary Colt machine gun instructor, 16 Saklatvala Bn, International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1937, including Bowler's manuscript notebooks containing notes on experiences during the Spanish Civil War and contact details of international journalists; entry visas to Spain; membership papers and press pass to the Unión General de Tubajadores de España (UGT); her membership card of the American League Against War and Fascism, 1936 and 'Somera información sobre reforma agraria'. 1 file.

Press cuttings, in Spanish and English, relating to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 including articles by Walter Duranty, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent and colleague of Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham), primarily for the New York Times. 1 file.

Typescript papers relating to the position of the Socialist Party in Spain during and after the collapse of the Popular Front government of Francisco Largo Caballero, 1937 including typescript copies of speech delivered by Jesus Hernandez, Spanish Minister of Education and Health, 28 May 1937. 1 file.

Typescript draft with manuscript notes of a book by Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) on her experiences in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, with time line of events. 1 file

Photographs relating to the Spanish Civil War including Katherine Wise Bowler's (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) press pass, 1936; photograph of Spanish poet Inés Munoz, taken in Madrid [1937]; photograph of [Rabasta Soltero], [Spanish Civil War, 1937]; photographs of Wintringham in Army uniform, 28 Jul 1937; photographs and negatives of Wintringham in Albacete posing with Spanish school children, [1937]; photographs and negatives of Wintringham at Madrigueras taken in the same location as the frontispiece for English Captain; portrait of Wintringham; Wintringham sitting in a chair by a window; Wintringham in a hospital bed following his injury sustained during the Aragon offensive, Sep 1937; Wintringham on the beach in Benicasim with his arm in a cast following his injury, Sep 1937; captioned photograph of a military review by the Italians in Palma de Majorca; photograph of civilian casualties and damages caused by seven Italian and German air raids on Spanish cities 17-18 Mar 1938; photograph of a Communist and Republican rally in Spain, [1936-1938]; two photographs detailing civilian damages caused by Nationalist air raids on towns and cities in Spain, [1936-1938] and photo-montage depicting Nationalist Spanish leader Gen Francisco Franco Bahamonde as perpetrator of civilian deaths and destruction during the Spanish Civil War, [1936-1938]. 1 file

Items and ephemera relating to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, including Tom Wintringham's International Brigade association membership card; manuscript note from Arthur Koestler, correspondent with the News Chronicle, relating to a photograph sent to him by Wintringham of two German Army 'dum-dum' bullets allegedly used by Nationalist troops, 26 Oct 1936; copy of French communist newsletter Nos Chansons, editées par 'la jeunesse communiste de Grenoble', containing lyrics for 'l'Internationale' and other songs, [1936]; manuscript notes comprised in France and including the names and telephone numbers of communist, socialist and anarchist contacts in Spain, [1936]; English-Spanish Grammar, Ediciones del Comisariado de las Brigadas Internacionales, (Volunteer for Liberty, Barcelona, Spain, 1938); silk map of Northern Spain, North Portugal and South West France, scale 1:1,000,000; booklets, 'Spain Today', numbers 1 and 2, published by the Communist Party of Spain, Sep 1937; Spanish coins and three lapel pins marked UGT, UHP and CNT/FAI. 1 file

Action for libel by Tom Wintringham against the Daily Mail, on an article, Feb 1937, alleging that British volunteers who went to Spain to engage in non-combatant work were forced at gunpoint to go into battle. 1 item. (For press cuttings see 1/1/5).

Letters to Tom Wintringham during the Spanish Civil War from correspondents including Millie Wintringham, Spanish poet Inés Munoz enclosing poem 'Iberia', Albert 'Yank' Levy, Frank Ryan, Irish republican, note from Harry Fry, 13 Feb 1937, Christmas cards in honour of the International Brigade and letter from Wintringham's sister Margaret Wintringham to their mother Eliza Mapson Wintringham on photographs of Wintringham sent by Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham), 11 Feb 1937. 1 file

Letters and poems written during the Spanish Civil War from Tom Wintringham to Katherine Wise Bowler (later Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham) relating primarily to experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the growing personal relationship between Bowler and Wintringham. 1 file