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Tim Mason Archive

1960-1995

  1. Archives
  2. Raphael Samuel and History Workshop Archives

About this Archive

Administrative/Biographical History

Timothy Wright Mason (1940-1990) was a British Marxist historian of Nazi Germany. He was one of the founders of the History Workshop Journal and specialised in the social history of modern Germany, especially its working class. He argued for the "primacy of politics" and believed the Second World War had been caused by an economic crisis inside Germany.

Born in Birkenhead, the child of schoolteachers, he was educated at Birkenhead School and Oxford University. He taught at Oxford from 1971 to 1984 and was twice married. He helped to found the journal History Workshop Journal. Mason specialised in the social history of the Third Reich, especially that of the working class, and his most famous books were his 1975 work Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft (The Working Class and the National Community), a study of working-class life under the Nazis and his 1977 book, Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich (Social Policy in the Third Reich).

Scope and Content

Archive of Tim Mason, including: papers gathered by Mason during his time as a member of the History Workshop Editorial Collective, including editorial minutes, correspondence, agendas, draft articles, comments on contributions and typescripts of proposed articles, 1971-1982; papers relating to the life and work of Tim Mason, including correspondence with Raphael Samuel and others; published essays and obituaries; papers regarding Mason's memorial meeting and memorial lecture; papers regarding the publication "Tim Mason, Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class", 1960-1995.

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A black and white photo of students sitting in rows. The image is from the London History Workshop Centre Archive

London History Workshop Centre Archive

1977-1992

Tim Mason Archive

1960-1995

Raphael Samuel Ruskin Papers Archive

1972-1993

A paper reading "February 13 & 14 1971. Ruskin College History workshop no. 5 Admit One."

History Workshop Centre for Social History (HWCSH) Archive

1976-1992

A black and white photo of a man speaking in front of a room full of students. The image is from the History Workshop Audio Archive.

History Workshop Audio Archive

1977-1991

An image from the History workshop Archive. It is a poster that says "Nationalism and regionalism.  History Workshop. Leeds. 19-21 November 1993." The writing is white and pink on a black background.

Raphael Samuel Poster and Plan Collection

1958-1995

History Workshop Journal front cover 1988. It is a red cover and says in white writing: "History Workshop, a journal of socialist and feminist historians. Issue 26.  Autumn 1988."

History Workshop Journal Archive

1975-2008

A group of people sitting in rows, with leaflets in their hands. They are looking expectantly to the front of the room. This image is from the History Workshop Events Archive.

History Workshop Events Archive

1966-1995

History Workshop group with Raphael Barbara Taylor Jerry White and more, taken in June 1982

History Workshop Publications Archive

1967-1996

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New Left Archive

1899-1993

Raphael Samuel Archive

c1950-1996

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