Meirian Jump
Meirian Jump is Archivist and Library Manager at the Marx Memorial Library, London. In this role she has overseen the professionalisation of collections management on all fronts. This has meant strategic planning, policy development, project management, fund-bidding and supervising the work of contractors, a team of volunteers and project staff. The MML has developed partnerships with national and local heritage organisations including the British Library and Islington Museum, in addition to schools, Universities and other third sector organisations. The Library is now working towards Archive Accreditation. At the MML Meirian has particularly enjoyed enabling access to its collections through innovative projects utilising digital media and creatively engaging with target audiences including trade unions, school groups and a global research community.
Meirian has a research interest in democratising access to archives and in the role of archives in historic truth and justice campaigns, with a focus on the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship. Recent papers include ‘The Marx Memorial Library and Marx’s bicentenary’ at the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, Beijing (2018); ‘Radical archives as radical agents’ at Wars of Position: Communism and Civil Society International Conference, Manchester University (2017), and ‘Labour archives for the labour movement: broadening access and participation in the digital age’ at University of Ghent (2017).
Meirian is Chair of the Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History and is a Peer Reviewer for the ARA’s Archive Service Accreditation.
"Women and Class"
Mary Davis, Professor Selina Todd, and Dr Sonya Andermahr, Meirian Jump.
Morning Star 90th
Amanda Martin, Gawain Little, Carolyn Jones, Annette Mansell-Green, Jimmy Macintyre, Steve Turner, Andy Bain, Ben Chacko, Meirian Jump, Mary Davis.
"100 Years that Shook the World"
- Teresita Vicente Sotolongo Cuban Ambassador to UK
- Mike Quille Culture Matters
- Meirian Jump Marx Memorial Library
- Pervez Fateh Awami Workers Party
- Doug Nicholls GFTU.
Beckett remembered
The International Brigade Association in Britain staged a week-long festival, in conjunction with the Marx Memorial Library, which culminated on Sunday 30th October 2016 with excerpts from a play, Dare Devil rides to Jarama by Townsend Productions and Unite the Union about Clem Beckett, and the unveiling of a plaque by Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry.
The well-produced play told of the life and death of Clem Beckett, a member of the Young Communist League (YCL) in the 1930s, who made a name for himself throughout Europe as a motorcycle speedway rider and dare devil stuntman on the first versions of the “wall of death”.
In 1936 he was amongst the first to volunteer to go to Spain and died in the battle of Jarama.
After the play Emily Thornberry unveiled a plaque naming the 90 men of the British Battalion who were killed in the Battle of the Ebro in the summer of 1938.
British Peace Assembly Re-launch
Liz Payne Communist Party of Britain, Dr. Stavros Tassos World Peace Council, Meirian Jump Marx Memorial Library at re-launch of the British Peace Assembly.
Red Star Festival 2015
Red Star Festival 2015 was held July 2015 Clerkenwell Green, London was held It was sponsored by the Morning Star, Marx Memorial Library and the Communist Party of Britain.
Speakers included: Jonathan Michie, Meirian Jump.
"Red Lives"
The editors, Simon Meddick, Liz Payne and Phil Katz would like to express our thanks to all the contributors to this volume of Red Lives, who have given their time and work freely in the interests of ensuring these personal histories could be shared to inspire others.
Personal recollections and connections have been the principal source for the writers of these biographies, which makes this collection so special. Therefore our thanks go to: Kolya Abramsky, Bill Adam, Mary Aldridge, Brian Allbutt, Arthur Attwood, Meic Birtwistle, Annie Banham, Martin Brown, John Campbell, Colin Carritt, Jennie Chesterton, Joe Clark, Tony Conway, Andy Croft, Mary Davis, Lesley Discum, Megan Dobney, Lorraine Douglas, Paul Dunn, John Ellison, Dan Evans, Ann Field, John Foster, John Fox, Susan Galloway, Tom Gill, Alex Gordon, Bill Greenshields, Robert Griffiths, Liane Groves, Anita Halpin, Jonathan Havard, David Horsley, Pat Jay, Ben Jay, Cad Jones, Roger Jones, Meirian Jump, Chris Kaufman, Phil Katz, Ken Keable, George Kerr, Tam Kirby, Peter Lazenby, Martin Levy, Eleanor Lewington, Alex Maxwell, Rosie McGregor, Bevis Miller, Laura Miller, Tommy Morrison, Kevan Nelson, Cynthia Oughton, Liz Payne, Mike Pentelow Evan Pritchard, Mike Quille, Neil Rafeek, Ruth Rickman-Williams, Jane Rosen, Jane Scott, Tom Sibley, Dr. Mike Squires, Carol Stavris, Dave Stavris Graham Stevenson, Keith Stoddart, Robert Streader, Ruth Styles, The Vale of Leven History Project, Mike Vine, Michael Walker, Lynne Walsh, Robert Wilkinson, Jim Whyte, Tanya Wills, Anita Wright, Nick Wright.