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GLASGOW, 14 th December 2015. The sheriff, having resumed consideration of the cause, FINDS IN FACT
(1) William Gallacher (“Willie Gallacher”) was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (“the CPGB”) and a figure of considerable repute within the Scottish labour and trade union movement.
(2) During his lifetime Willie Gallacher amassed a collection of books, pamphlets, photographs and other documents relating to Scottish working class history and left-wing politics.
(3) Following his death in 1965 the collection was designated by his executors as the William Gallacher Memorial Library (“the library”) and in 1968 it was gifted by the executors to the CPGB.
(4) Between 1968 and 2013 the library was augmented by acquisitions, donations and deposits reflecting a similar historical interest and political ideology.
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