Letters (1 enclosed with poem), from John Manifold, 1957 to 1969.

Anti-Communist leaflets and responses from the Communist Party.

Photocopy of thirty-three ballads and folksongs, collected and transcribed by John Manifold, with music. Titles: Alouette -- Aye waukin O -- Bailiff's daughter -- Binnorie -- Blaydon races -- Boney was a warrior -- Chantons la vigne -- Chanson du Tambourineur -- Compagnons de la table ronde -- En passant par la Lorraine -- Jardin d'Amour -- Katusha -- Lo que digo -- Lord Bateman -- Mere Michel -- Mamzelle Zizi -- Old man came rolling home -- O Strasburg -- Otonal -- Pauvre peti' Mamzelle Zizi -- Petit Navire -- Quand j'etions chez mon pere -- Quand trois poules-- Quelle est cette odeur -- Qu'on m'apporte ma flute -- Red cavalry -- Roi Renaud -- Si le roi m'avait donne -- Stenka Razin -- Two kings' children -- United front -- Wenn die Soldaten -- Yankee ship.

Photocopy of four German ballads, collected and transcribed by John Manifold, with music. Accompanied by one sheet of music for Lili Marlen'. Titles: The peat bog soliders (Die Moorsoldaten) -- Solidarity for ever (shortened version) -- In einem Kuhlen Grunde -- Es ritten drei Reiter.

Photocopy of ring-bound notebook containing revolutionary ballads, transcribed by John Manifold, with music. Titles: Banks are made of marble -- Aten Weisen -- Gedanken sind Frei -- French partisan song -- Good times are -- Home isn't home for you -- International -- March of the Thalmann battalion -- Moscow in May -- Ode to joy -- Oka River -- Our fathers' songs -- Red flag -- Road to life -- Soviet land -- Tu n'es pas maitre -- United front -- Wir sind das Bauvolk.

Typescript poem (2 l.)

2 handwritten letters to Terence Tiller from John Manifold, written immediately following his time at Cambridge University. Discuss communist politics, poetry, and academic activities. One letter is written substantially in rhyming stanzas.