Harold Walsby Papers

Period  (1942-) 1955-1972 and n.d
Total size   0.6 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born 1911, died in Ambleside, Great Britain 1973; lecturer in logic at Reading University; revolutionary socialist in the late 1930s; he developed a theory of ideology explaining why the Left, although claiming to represent the interests of the majority, remains in the minority.

Content

Appointment diaries 1955-1966, 1968-1972; notebooks on his scholarly work n.d.; correspondence on, and drafts of the manuscript (incomplete) of `The Dialectic Algebra' 1962, 1964-1965; manuscript of his lectures `Logic, Philosophy of Language and Scientific Method' 1970; documents on his lecturing at the Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research 1951, 1959, 1965 and documents on his Design Research Project 1966-1968; some academic papers by others 1958, 1964, 1972; typescript of `Why is it that the Socialist Party, whose case appears so logical, is patently impotent as an influential factor in modern political life' n.d.; pamphlets and a leaflet 1942 and n.d.