http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
Since 2010 the London based Bishopsgate Institute has been digitizing some of its major archival collections. Key strengths includes various collections on London, labour, freethought and radicalism. Recent additions include the Morning star photographic archive – view photographs this has over 300 online images relating to industrial relations, strikes and unions most from 1960s onwards.
Feminist library ephemera collection images from holdings of the former feminist library which was founded by a women’s collective in 1975 this contains over 5,000 posters, handbills and leaflets, detailing the activities of the women’s movement from the 1970s onwards.
The ephemera are wide ranging and eclectic, including political activism, theatre, LGBT meetings, social events and campaign materials. All the items from the ephemera collection will be scanned and made available over the next few years. Follow the links from here: http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/content/1412/Archives-Online
See more on the pamphlets: http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/content/1474/Feminist-Library-Pamphlet-Collection
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