Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Sarah Benton
TitleCommunist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project - Sarah Benton
ReferenceTAPE/611
Date
09/03/2000
Scope and ContentThis is a copy of a tape held by the British Library, in their Sound Archives, as part of their CPGB Biographical Project.
Details about the tape may be obtained from the British Library web site.
This tape is recorded on side B of the tape only. It does not appear to have a proper beginning and is difficult to hear. Sarah talks about becoming interested in the Communist Party when she was a student (citing France in May 1968).
She later resigned from the Party.
There is a pamphlet in the WCML collection, in which a Sarah Benton (presumably the same person) makes a contribution. (As this pamphlet states, "Sarah Benton argues that electroral reform must be part of a comprehensive transformation of our political institutions.")
Details about the tape may be obtained from the British Library web site.
This tape is recorded on side B of the tape only. It does not appear to have a proper beginning and is difficult to hear. Sarah talks about becoming interested in the Communist Party when she was a student (citing France in May 1968).
She later resigned from the Party.
There is a pamphlet in the WCML collection, in which a Sarah Benton (presumably the same person) makes a contribution. (As this pamphlet states, "Sarah Benton argues that electroral reform must be part of a comprehensive transformation of our political institutions.")
Extent1 Cassette tape
Physical descriptionNWA copy
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe Communist Party of Great Britain Biographical Project, part-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council covers the full period of the party's existence (1920-1991) and deals with all aspects of its work including industrial work, educational and cultural activities as well as local and international campaigns. The audio recordings of more than 150 interviews with members and former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain, conducted between October 1999 and September 2001 by a group of historians based at Manchester University have now been deposited in the British Library Sound Archive.
Persons keywordBenton, Sarah, Communist Party of Great Britain, British Library National Sound Archive
SubjectCommunism
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)