Correspondence with Crossman, Richard Howard Stafford

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  • Reference
      GB 1556 3000/9/1/297
  • Dates of Creation
      14/10/1946 - 13/04/1957
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      14 letters

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Correspondence regarding various minor issues, including a meeting with German law students at The Wiener Library (1950) and the signing of a letter to The Times regarding a premise for the Library (1957).

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Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (1907-1974) was a British author and politician. The veteran of the Second World war and lifelong Zionist served among other positions as Chairman of the Labour Party, Leader of the House of Commons and also as Minister. In 1970 he became editor of the New Statesman. See Howard, A., Crossman: The Pursuit of Power, London, Jonathan Cape, 1990.

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