Tom Brown
May 6 2008 19:14
Hello,
Does anyone know if a proper full-length biography of Tom Brown was ever done?
Solidarity greetings.
May 7 2008 13:31
#2
Ah, different Tom Brown.
The Tom Brown I'm asking about is the former SWF militant, propagandist and writer. See http://libcom.org/tags/tom-brown
Thanks anyway.
May 7 2008 19:05
#3
No, I don't think so. When he died his family threw away everything pertaining to his political activity. There was, I believe a partly completed autobiography amongst these papers. He had lived in Paddington, west London towards the end of his life. The best sources are Meltzer's "Anarchists in London 1930-1970 (?)", and the biographical sketch in the collection of his writings which appeared in the 1980's.
May 8 2008 13:28
#4
Thanks Gerry. Yeah, I'm familiar with with Albert's and the Intro to Tom Brown's "Syndicalism" book. I was hoping there was more.
You mean all his papers were simply thrown in the bin? Nothng donated to a library, etc.? Wow. They must've lost their tolerance for Tom's activities. What a pity.
May 8 2008 14:20
#5
This is the best I can come up with on stuff from the old SWF and National Rank & File Movement.
Anything and anywhere else to look?
--mitch
From: Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archivesat ISSH, Amsterdam
Period: 1960-1973 (-1986)
... 10770738_EAD Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archives 1960-1973 (-1986) International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands Description is in eng 14 juni 2004 PUBLIC"-//Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis//TEXT(NL::List of the archives of the SYNDICALIST WORKERS' FEDERATION 1960-1973 (-1986)//NL""10770738.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Descriptive Summary Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) Archives 1960-1973 (-1986) Syndicalist Workers Federation (UK) 0.6 m. eng International Institute of Social ...
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1480 ??