With postcard with picture of the Old Seige House Colchester.

Includes North East Group for the Study of Labour History Bulletins 1967,1970, and 1978, a Review of the History of the North of England Vol III 1972, booklet titled 53 Years at Auckland Castle, newspaper cuttings, typescripts of traditional songs and superstitions, correspondence, information on economic dislocation, article on Alnwick Freeman's Well, article on problems in autobiographical writing, notes on DMA cemetary, booklet concerning the general strike in the North East, minutes of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Special General Meeting, booklet The Miners of North Durham, photocopy of The Life of Captain William Smith, Master Mariner of Blyth and his discovery of the New South Shetland Islands 1819-1820, booklet on Marxism, and autobiographical story of Ned Cowen 'Of Mining Life and Aal Its Ways".

Includes handwritten notes and typescripts of various traditional song lyrics.

Includes a signed photograph of Sid dated 1965, a copy of a portrait photograph used of Sid in Northern Life magazine 1978 - 1979, and newspaper cuttings with photos of Sid and Rene attending various events.

Photo by Christa Grams.

Taken by K Pope. Copies made from negatives for use in the University Library exhibition on Sid Chaplin in 1999.

General News cuttings kept by Sid Chaplin regarding his work, activities, and personal life.

Includes The Leaping Lad, My Fate Cries Out and The Thin Seam.

Consists of Educating Rene, Rice Pudding (first draft), Sid Chaplin A Personal View (4th draft), Labour History speech, Eclipse, introduction to Christmas Day in the Morning, speech 50 years at 11 Kimberley Gardens (16 Jun 2007), Custom House South Shields Speech (2 Oct 2004) Also includes draft manuscripts of letters to Norman Cornish, copy of Michael Chaplin's poem Acrostic for Amhuinnsuidhe.