| Description | Handwritten notes made by Nicholas Mosley on his reading of issues of 'Blackshirt', 'Action' and 'Fascist Week' dating from the 1930s. The notes include headings written at the top indicating the publication consulted and the year of issue, and notes from publications for each calendar year are clipped together. The dates of articles in these publications that Nicholas Mosley found useful for his research are given in the margin.
The majority of the notes relate to articles written by William Joyce that illustrate his anti-semitism, but there are also citations for pieces written by Alexander Raven Thompson in 'Fascist Week' and pages headed 'John Beckett', containing details about articles published in 'Action' written by Beckett while editor of this publication. Nicholas Mosley also made notes from the B.U.F publications for his research into the organisation and development of the movement and its policy during the mid 1930s, and these include citations for Oswald Mosley's engagements during this period, for the large public meetings held at Olympia and Hyde Park, and for reports about the British Union holiday camp at Selsey in 1937.
There are a smaller number of citations from pieces published in 'Action' in 1939 and 1940 about the guardianship of Mosley's children, and about his detention in 1940 under 18B Regulations.
Many of these citations are used in 'Beyond the Pale', and it is clear that Nicholas Mosley used the B.U.F publications from the 1930s as a major resource for the study of his father's activities during the period. |