Contains papers relating to a festschrift in honour of Dona Torr titled 'Democracy and the Labour Movement: Essays in Honour of Donna Torr'. Contains references to: editorial committee composed of Christopher Hill, George Thomson and Maurice Dobb; Saville as editorial secretary; dinner in honour of Dona Torr held 28 Mar 1953 chaired by Harry Pollitt.

Papers comprise: correspondence; circulars; typescript synopses of submissions; draft introduction; invitations; participants lists. Correspondents include: Christopher Hill; George Thomson; Maurice Dobb; Rodney Hilton; Maurice Cornforth; Beryl Smalley; Ronald Meek; Eric Hobsbawm; Edward P. Thompson; Daphne Simon; Maurice Gibbs; John Morris; Allan Merson; Trevor Taylor; Victor Kiernan; Stephen Mason; Henry Collins; Brian Pearce; Roy Pascal; Sam Lilley; Leslie Morton; Dona Torr; James Klugmann; E.A. Thompson and Clarice Sharman; Harry Pollitt; Walter Holmes; Betty England; D.J.F. Parsons; Diana Sinnott; Jack Cohen; Lionel Munby; Ben Farrington; Tommy Jackson; Max Morris; Dorothy Thompson; Robin Page Arnot; Andrew Rothstein; Robert Browning; L. Bridges; G. Allen Hutt; Margot [Heinemann or Jefferys?].