The University of Sussex Library Legacy collection
A diverse collection of over 20,000 documents, pamphlets, books and reports which have been collected by the Library since it opened in 1964 From local to national, the well known to little known organisations the collection covers a huge range of subjects.
To aid discovery the collection is split into 8 themes:
- Gender Studies and Feminism
- Popular and Counter Cultures
- Post WW2 World Order
- Political Movements and Parties
- Trade Unions
- Social Movements
- Social Welfare
- War
There are hundreds of LGBTQAI+ journals and books from the personal libraries of Rosey Pool and Harvey Matusow (see our previous posts to learn more about the unique character that is Harvey Matusow)
Legacy – Social movements – Women where are your jobs going 
Legacy – Social movements – The Abolitionist – a quarterly journal from Radical alternatives to prison 
Legacy – Social movements – Battling for copyright – freelance journalists versus the media conglomerates 
Legacy – Social welfare – Asian Girls Group 
Legacy – Social movements – Heads together 
Legacy – Social movements – Report of conference on a minimum wage – National anti-sweating league 
Legacy – Social welfare – What the schools say about the cuts 
Legacy – Social movements – Toryism road to chaos 
Legacy – Social movements – Ginger – the magazine for one parent families 
Legacy – Social movements – FACT the Labour party monthly 
Legacy – Referendum – The young say yes 
Legacy – Social movements – Story of farm tools – Young farmer’s club 
Legacy – Social movements – END – Journal of European nuclear disarmament 
Legacy – Social movements – END – Journal of European nuclear disarmament 
Legacy – Social welfare – Story of a School 
Legacy – Social movements – NUS the voice of students 
Legacy – Social movements – A charter of protection? A pilot study of the working domestic violence and matrimonial proceedings act 1976 by Jane Ansell 
Britain’s social services today and tomorrow by Arthur Wauters 
Legacy – Social movements – NUS on the attack 
Legacy – Social movements – Our women – go forward to the world they want – National Assembly of Women 
Legacy – Social movements – Britain reborn No.5 Men and money – The Co-operative party
A rich resource for research, available to all Library users.
Work to catalogue all Legacy items continues in earnest, all catalogued items can be found on Library search and requested to be viewed in our Legacy reading room.
If you would like more information about the collection email library.collectiondevelopment@sussex.ac.uk
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