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Ashington in 1934. Photo by Humphrey Spender.
 
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Woodhorn Colliery: Laski-Holmes Letters

These letters were written by Harold Laski, a socialist academic from London, who visited Ashington in the 1920s to give lectures on politics. They were written to Oliver Wendell Holmes, a United States Supreme Court judge. Laski found that many Ashington miners were highly educated.

You can read more of Harold Laski's letters to Oliver Wendell Holmes in:

HOWE, M D (ed.) 1953. Holmes-Laski Letters: The Correspondence of Mr Justice Holmes and Harold J Laski, 1916-1935. Harvard UP (two volumes). ISBN: 0689700989.

or follow these links which will open in a new window:
  • Articles written by Harold Laski and references to further books about him
  • A brief biography of Harold Laski
  • Information about Laski, and links to related topics
  • A biography of Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes
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