Stuart Christie Papers 1961-1982

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Stuart Christie Papers

Collection ID ARCH00287 Creator Christie, Stuart Period 1961-1982 Extent 7 microfilms Language list English Language of Material English

Context

Biographical Note Born in Glasgow 1946; anarchist, activist, writer; hitchhiked to Madrid in August 1964 with a rucksack full of explosives meant for an attack on Franco; arrested by the Spanish police and sentenced to twenty years, but granted pardon in 1967; arrested again in London in 1970 for allegedly being a member of the Angry Brigade (a terrorist group) and charged with conspiracy to cause explosion, cleared after a long trial in 1972; editor of the Cienfuegos Press, Sanday, Orkney Islands.

Acquisition Papers donated to the IISH by Stuart Christie in 1981.

Content and Structure

Content Correspondence 1981; file on his trial in Spain in 1964 and his imprisonment; files on the Angry Brigade trial in London 1970-1972; file on the arrest in Germany of his wife Brenda Earl Christie in connection with a fire in an Iberia airplane 1970; typescripts of his books `The Christie File', autobiography published in an abridged version, and `The Floodgates of Anarchy', written together with Albert Meltzer; documents on trials and imprisonment of anarchists in Spain, Italy, etc., and some other subjects c. 1961-1974. NB. Originals in private possession.

Arrangement His papers were received by the IISH in 1981. The documents were microfilmed in 1997, with the exception of the previous inv. nos. 6, 15-17. The original papers were returned to Stuart Christie .

Processing Information List made by Tiny de Boer in 1997.

Subjects

Geographic Names

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United Kingdom Spain

Persons Christie, Brenda Earl Meltzer, Albert

Themes Anarchist movements Military conflicts and activities

Material Type Archival material

Access and Use

Access Not restricted

Preferred Citation Stuart Christie Papers , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

L I S T

1 `The Christie File'. Manuscript of the autobiography by J. Stuart Christie . Published in abridged form. p. 1-401. [inv.no. 1]. 2 `The Floodgates of Anarchy'. Manuscript by Stuart Christie and Albert Melzer . Published. Page 1-50. [inv.no. 2]; Various documents and correspondence, Gari, etc. 1968-1979. [inv.no. 5]; Documents concerning the investigation by the German police, FIJL and other Spanish libertarian groups involved in the investigation of the fire in an Iberia airplane in Germany in 1970. With police information (`Bericht') about FIJL, Iberian liberation committee and of May group and its militants from 1968. In German language. [inv.no. 18]; Documents and protest telegrammes etc. concerning the arrest of Brenda Christie in Germany in relation to the fire in an Iberia airplane in 1970. 1981. [inv.no. 19]; Correspondence. 1981. [inv.no. 20]. 1st 3 `The Floodgates of Anarchy'. Manuscript by Stuart Christie and Albert Melzer . Published. From page 50 onwards. [inv.no. 2]; Documents concerning the Stuart Christie trial and imprisonment in Spain, 1964, prison documents, paper cuttings, Aid Committee. [inv.no. 3]; Correspondence and other documents concerning trials and actions in Spain, Italy, the movement. 1967-1974. [inv.no. 4]. 4 Police and process statements from and about Stuart and Brenda Christie , correspondence about police behaviour. 1969-1972. [inv.no. 7].

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5-7 Documents concerning the ` Angry Brigade Trial' (Greenfield, Mendleson, Christie etc.). [inv.nos. 8-15]. 5 Records of the Old Bailey trial. 31 May-2 June 1972. [inv.no. 8] Statements Index. p. 1-250. [inv.no. 9]; Depositions and Statements tendered in Evidence, Vol. 2, page 258-441. [inv.no. 10]. 6 Depositions and Statements tendered in Evidence, Vol. 2, page 442-507. [inv.no. 10] ; Depositions and Statements tendered in Evidence, Vol. 3, page 508-749. [inv.no. 11] ; Exhibits, statements, page 861- 1006. [inv.no. 12] ocuments Index, page 1-140. [inv.no. 13]. 7 Documents Index, page 141-254, 686-694. [inv.no. 13] ; Documents, page 255-526. [inv.no. 14].

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