Partyp Publications and Other Sources On Cadres in the 1930S

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PETER GOODERHAM (Birmingham, U.K.) PARTY P UBLI CATIONS AND OTHER SOURCES ON CADRES IN THE 1930S There are a number of different types of Party publi- cations for the 1930s-statistical handbooks on Party membership, reports of the proceedings of Party con- gresses and conferences, Party journals and newspapers and, finally, later histories of regional Party organiza- tions and other secondary works. Since my own research use of these sources has focussed on Party cadres, that aspect will be most prominent in the description that follows. These are, however, important sources for a va- riety of types of research in the