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Aubrey Bowman Archive Aubrey Bowman Archive (BOWMAN) ©Bishopsgate Institute Catalogued by Riley Linebaugh, April 2016. 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents p.2 Collection Level Description p.3 BOWMAN/1: Politics p.6 BOWMAN/2: Politics p.11 BOWMAN/3: Politics p.15 BOWMAN/4: Politics p.18 BOWMAN/5: Politics p. 25 BOWMAN/6: Music p. 32 BOWMAN/7: Music p. 39 BOWMAN/8: Music p. 40 BOWMAN/9: Miscellaneous p. 46 BOWMAN/10: Miscellaneous p. 47 BOWMAN/11: Miscellaneous p. 48 2 BOWMAN Aubrey Bowman 1931-2010 Name of Creator: Bowman, Aubrey Clement (1918-2009) musician and Communist Extent: 11 boxes Administrative/Biographical History: Aubrey Clement Bowman was born in 1918 and educated at the Royal College of Music. As a student, Bowman trained with the composer Alan Bush, of the Independent Labour Party. Through the course of his studies, Bowman became increasingly involved with the London Labour Choral Union and the Workers Music Association. He stood as conductor and music composer for the Workers Music Association beginning in 1936 and had a successful independent career in music conducting for the London Festival Ballet, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet (later The Royal Ballet) and the National Ballet of Canada. Bowman joined the Communist party in 1941 and remained active throughout his lifetime, supporting the Soviet line on Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968). Later in his life, Bowman supported a variety of political campaigns, most notably: nuclear disarmament, anti-racism, community controlled education, and the liberation struggles of Latin America. Bowman married Lalage Bowman in 1950 and fathered two daughters. He died in 2009. Custodial History: Donated to Bishopsgate Institute by Alison Carpenter, March 2010 Scope and Content: Papers of musician and Communist Aubrey Bowman (1918- 2009), including: files containing political correspondence, ephemera, and some published material regarding the Communist Party,1978-2006, the Soviet Union and the Stalin Society, 1943–2005; progressive political campaigns,1964–2009; papers consisting mainly of printed published material including song books, sheet music, lyrics newspaper clippings, some ephemera, correspondence, and meeting minutes regarding the Worker's Music Association, 1931-2006; thirteen music books, 1937– 1950; personal files containing various published materials including books, magazines, postcards, travel guides and artefacts, 1970-1986; miscellaneous mixed media including VHS, cassette tape, CDs, and vinyl records, banners, and tea towels,1949-2002. (1931-2010) System of Arrangement: The Aubrey Bowman Archive is divided into the following eleven sections: BOWMAN/1: Politics BOWMAN/2: Politics BOWMAN/3: Politics BOWMAN/4: Politics BOWMAN/5: Politics BOWMAN/6: Music 3 BOWMAN/7: Music BOWMAN/8: Music BOWMAN/9: Miscellaneous BOWMAN/10: Miscellaneous BOWMAN/11: Miscellaneous Language/scripts of material: English Access conditions: OPEN Copying conditions: Photocopying, scanning and digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law. Finding Aids: Adlib catalogue and handlist available in researcher’s area. Rules and Conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. 4 BOWMAN Bowman, Aubrey (1918-2009) 1931-2010 Papers of musician and Communist Aubrey Bowman (1918-2009), including: files containing political correspondence, ephemera, and some published material regarding the Communist Party,1978-2006, the Soviet Union and the Stalin Society, 1943–2005; progressive political campaigns,1964–2009; papers consisting mainly of printed published material including song books, sheet music, lyrics newspaper clippings, some ephemera, correspondence, and meeting minutes regarding the Worker's Music Association, 1931-2006; thirteen music books, 1937–1950; personal files containing various published materials including books, magazines, postcards, travel guides and artefacts, 1970-1986; miscellaneous mixed media including VHS, cassette tape, CDs, and vinyl records, banners, and tea towels,1949 - 2002. (1931-2010) OPEN 5 BOWMAN/1 Politics 1978-2006 Papers consisting mainly of printed published material, some ephemera, and correspondence regarding Communism, (1978-2006). OPEN BOWMAN/1/1 Communism (1) 1985-1997 Papers regarding Communism, (1985-1997). Includes: - Programme for 3rd Trade Union Week, Manchester, (11-19 February 1988). - Poster for 3rd Trade Union Week, Manchester, (11-19 February 1988). - Programme for Manchester Trade Union Week, (13-19 October 1986). - Programme for Manchester Trade Union Week, (7-13 October 1985). - Journal, International Struggle - Marxist Leninist No. 3, (1997). - Correspondence, notes on Communist Party membership, (n.d.). - Flyer, Sponsor for the New Worker, (n.d.). - Booklet, Morning Star 1930-1980 Daily Worker, (n.d.). - Flyer, New Worker Public Meeting, (7 November 1985). - Pamphlet, New Communist Party of Britain - Campaigning for Communist Unity, (July 1989). - Correspondence from Harpal Brar, Association of Indian Communists, (11 September 1993). - Newsletter, British-German Friendship Society, (August 1994). - Postcard, blank, May Day Greetings - Tyneside May Day Committee, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Parliamentary Road, Post Political Card No: 4, Ray Lowry, (n.d.). - Newsletter, COMPASS, Communist League, No. 119, (July 1995). - Photocopy, Programme of the Communist International, (n.d.). - Report, Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau Report No. 7, Chechenya, (n.d.).# OPEN BOWMAN/1/2 Communism (2) 1993-2006 Papers regarding Communism, (1993-2006). Includes: 6 - Newsletter, Northstar COMPASS, Vol. 6, No.5, (December 1997). - Photocopy of news clipping, Frida Knight, (n.d.). - Copy of speech, May Day Celebration of PTB, Workers' Party of Belgium, Brussels, (1994). - Photocopy of newspaper page, Honour the Fighters Against Fascism Spain 1936-1939, (n.d.). - Flyer, Crabtree Press, Peace and the Cold War (part two) The Crucial Years: 1952 - 1960, (n.d.). - Newsletter, Today Tomorrow, Volume 1, Number 104 (2 November 1993). - Newsletter, Today Tomorrow, Volume 1, Number 121 (15 December 1993). - Newsletter, Workers' Weekly, Volume 21, Number 1 (8 January 1994). - Newsletter, Workers' Weekly, Volume 21, Number 7 (5 March 1994). - Newspaper Clipping, Hold On a Minute, Private Pensions for all? No way, Jose, (n.d.). - Booklet, Golden Jubilee Souvenir - Labour Monthly, (n.d.). - Newspaper, two copies, Morning Star, (30 August 2006). - Document, Britain-Vietnam Association Question and Answers, (n.d.). OPEN BOWMAN/1/3 Communism (3) 1978-2006 Papers regarding Communism, (1978-2006). Includes: - Postcard, blank, The Durham Peace Mural No. 3, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, The Dove Banner, (October 1982). - Postcard, blank, Spanish Anti-Fascist War 1936-1939 series No. 9, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Russian Revolutionary Posters 1917-1924, Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR, (1987). - Postcard, blank, Spanish Anti-Fascist War 1936-1939 No. 13, Evacuar Madrid, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Spanish Anti-Fascist War 1936-1939 No. 11, Las Milicias de la Cultura, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Early Soviet Posters No. 2, Metropolitan First class transport for the proletarian capital, (n.d.). 7 - Postcard, blank, Palestinian Homeland, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Russian Revolutionary Posters 1917-1924, No.3, Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR, (1987). - Postcard, blank, International Brigade Banner, Spain 1938, International Brigade Archives (n.d.). - Postcard, blank, Russian Revolutionary Posters 1917-1924, No. 5, (1987). - Postcard, blank, Russian Revolutionary Posters 1917-1924, No. 1 N. Kochergin, Tiflis (Tblisi), Georgia, (1987). - Postcard, blank, Russian Revolutionary Posters 1917-1924, No. 6 D. Moor, Moscow, (1987). - Postcard sleeve, 1917 - 1987 70th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, (1987). - Notes on Das Capital, (n.d.). - Correspondence, BBC, The Daily Worker Story, (n.d.). - Correspondence, Ivor and Florence Kenna, New Communist Party, (n.d.). - Correspondence, Michael Lucas, Chairman of International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, (n.d.). - Newsletter, Northstar COMPASS, Organ of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, Volume 10 Number 1 and 2, (2001). - Newsletter, Northstar COMPASS, Organ of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, Volume 10 Number 10 (June 2002). - Poem, Priorities, W. J. Eburn, (n.d.). - Flyer, Association of Communist Workers, Association of Indian Communists, Stalin Society, Rally for The Fight Against Fascism, (n.d.). - Flyer, Morning Star, Festival for All, (n.d.). - Flyer, The Stalin Society talk by Bowman, Earlier life in the CPGB - How the Party Worked, (n.d.). - Newspaper, The New Worker No. 21, (10 February 1978). - Newsletter, Northstar COMPASS, Organ of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, Volume 14 Number 5, (January 2006). - Newsletter, Artery - Art and Revolutionary 8 Theory, Number 14, (1978). - Bulletin, Industrial Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin of the New Communist Party of Britain, (November 1993). - Newsletter, Weekly Worker, (20 November 1993). - Newsletter, Communist News, Executive Committee Report, (March 1991). - Newspaper clipping, Morning Star, (18
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