No Date | 1940 - 1953 | 1954 - 1979 | 1979 - 1994 | 1995 - Present

The following is a list of papers held in the archives of the George Walford International Essay Prize. Over time all documents published by students of systematic ideology will be put online; access to those works not yet online is available on request. These works are not necessarily the most important; they are instead the letters that we have. If you have relevant works not listed here, please contact us so that we may compensate you for copies of them. Most of these documents were either published by or collected by George Walford from approximately 1979 to 1994.

1979
The US-Japanese Alliance. Five page transcript from Henry Kissinger's 1979 book The White House Years. Transcribed by Peter Shepherd.

Ideologies & Their Function. George Walford. (1) Order form, two pages. (2) Book.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 1, October 1979. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Circular. Peter Shepherd. Circular, two pages, 9 October 1979.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 2, November 1979. Periodical, 8 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 3, December 1979. Periodical, 12 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1980
International Political Science Review / Revue international de science politique. Volume 1 Number 3, 1980. Pages 405-424 include Change and Stability in the Ideology of Scottish Nationalism by B. A. Farbey, C. R. Mitchell and K. Webb, which cites The Domain of Ideologies by Harold Walsby.

Socialist Understanding. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, 1980. Book, sixteen pages. "A study of the thinking of the Socialist Party of Great Britain."

The Annual Harold Walsby Memorial Lecture for 1980. George Walford. London, 1980. Circular, one page. A request for Peter Shepherd for deliver a lecture on systematic ideology, signed by George Walford, Ike Benjamin, Geoff Clark, R. Eggleston, Nat Nesbit, J. Pizer, and Charles Sprague.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 4, January 1980. Periodical, 12 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 5, February 1980. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 6, March 1980. Periodical, 12 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Circular. George Walford. Circular, 14 March 1980, one page. "Incidentally, PSI was (not wound up but) put into abeyance in the Autumn of 1979. Whether it is ever reactivated depends largely upon what happens with the Walsby Society."

Circular. George Walford. Circular, 19 March 1980, two pages. "We need opposition, and since nobody else is interested enough to provide it we have to do it ourselves. We shall conflict anyway: to identify with agreement or consensus, to regard these as good and conflict, disagreement, opposition as bad, is only to make conflict painful. It might be that we should, from time to time, find ourselves in agreement; it might even be that we should sometimes choose to overlook our disagreements for the sake of common action. If so, it probably wouldn't do much harm."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 7, April 1980. Periodical, 26 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Circular. Peter Shepherd. Circular, 12 April 1980, five pages.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 8, November 1980. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing. Also, manuscript with corrections for essay 'How Exact is Eysenck?'

Paradoxes and Contradictions of the Metadynamic Level. John Rowan. Manuscript, December 1980, two pages.

1981
Understanding Misunderstanding Socialist Understanding. George Walford. London, February 1981. "A reply to Islington Branch of the Socialist Party of Great Britain." (1) Book, six pages (2) Manuscript, eleven pages.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 9, February 1981. Periodical, 26 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

The Civil War in Islington. George Walford. London, May 1981. Book, six pages. "This paper is part of a debate which began in 1980 when I circulated, to members of the SPGB and others, a pamphlet entitled Socialist Understanding [...]."

The SPGB Defeated. George Walford. London, June 1981. Book, three pages.

An Addition to Harold Walsby's History of the Dialectic. George Walford. London, August 1981. Book, nine pages.

The Dialectic of Demand. George Walford. London, December 1981. Book, seven pages.

1982
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 10, January 1982. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 11, March 1982. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1983
Exploring Ideology. Pamphlet, four pages. Summary of systematic ideology, advertisement for Beyond Politics, Angles on Anarchism and Ideological Commentary ("now in its 14th year").

The Sad Case of the SPGB. George Walford and Ike Benjamin. London, January 1983. Book, seven pages.

Ideology as Self-Determined: The Work of Harold Walsby. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, September 1983. Six pages. "A paper delivered to the Second International Conference on Ideology, Bureaucracy and Human Survival, New York, September 1983."

Science and Public Policy. October 1983. Periodical, pages 244-250 only. Includes "Beyond Ecology: A Study in Systematic Ideology" by George Walford.

1984
Science and Public Policy. February 1984. Periodical, pages 40-46 only. Includes "Ideologies in a Hierarchical Order: A Neglected Theory" by Professor Zvi Lamm, MA, PhD.

A Challenge to the Socialist Party of Great Britain. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, May 1984. Book, 16 pages. ISBN 0-9505445-3-1.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 12, August 1984. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 13, September 1984. Periodical, 23 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 14, October 1984. Periodical, 36 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 15, December 1984. Periodical, 22 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1985
The Future of the Nation State. George Walford. Manuscript, 46 pages. No date, latest bibliographical reference 1985. "Provisional draft, not published." Introduction, The Expedient Society, The Society of Domination, The Empires, The Nation State, Ideology, Summary and Conclusions, Notes, Selected Bibliography.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 16, January 1985. Periodical, 18 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 17, March 1985. Periodical, 14 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 18, June 1985. Periodical, 13 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 19, July 1985. Periodical, 19 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 20, September 1985. Periodical, 19 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 21, November 1985. Periodical, 17 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1986
IC Versus SP. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, 1986. Book, 22 pages. "A written debate between George Walford and the Socialist Party of Great Britain."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 22, January 1986. Periodical, 17 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

English Today. April 1986. "The international review of the English language." Periodical, photocopy of cover and page 40 only. Includes "Power to the People!" by George Walford.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 23, July 1986. Periodical, 18 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Counseling Research: An Ideological Study. John Rowan and George Walford. Book, 11 pages. "A paper delivered to the 4th Annual Conference of the Consoling Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, Regent's College, London, 18-19 September 1986."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: The Bookshop, Number 24, November 1986. Periodical, 20 pages. "Special Christmas Issue." See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1987
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 25, January 1987. Periodical, 15 pages. Includes a brief explanation for the suspension of sales of Ideologies and their Function. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 26, March 1987. Periodical, 23 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 27, May 1987. Periodical, 19 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 28, July 1987. Periodical, 17 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 30, November 1987. Periodical, 17 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1988
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 31, January 1988. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 32, March 1988. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 33, May 1988. Periodical, 19 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 34, July 1988. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 35, September 1988. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 36, November 1988. Periodical, 20 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Untitled. George Walford. Manuscript, one page. A list of appearances in the Socialist Standard by Harold Walsby, R. Lee, Peter Rollings and others associated with the Social Science Association between 1950 and 1952. Mentions when and if these articles appear in Ideological Commentary.

1989
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 37, September 1989. Periodical, 18 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 38, March 1989. Periodical, 15 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 39, May 1989. Periodical, 19 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 40, July 1989. Periodical, 18 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 41, September 1989. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 42, November 1989. Periodical, 15 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1990
Second Chance in Education: An Interdisciplinary and International Perspective. Dan E. Inbar, Editor. London: Falmer Press, 1990. (1) Photocopy, pages 1-33. (2) Photocopy, pages 19-37, misc pages only. Includes "From the Absence of Any Chance to Unlimited Opportunities: The Concept of 'Second Chance' Viewed Ideologically" by Prof. Zvi Lamm.

Boxes in Attic. Uncredited, January 1990. A list (likely by George Walford) of the contents of "Box A" including the corrected typescript of The Domain of Ideologies, unpublished manuscripts, pamphlets and letters of the Social Science Association and more.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 43, January 1990. Periodical, 14 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 44, March 1990. Periodical, 18 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 45, May 1990. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 46, July 1990. Periodical, 16 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Self & Society. Brian Rainbow. 7 August 1990. Manuscript, one page. A review of Beyond Politics "to appear in Self & Society."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 47, September 1990. Periodical, 16 pages. Includes essays that went into Angles on Anarchism. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Beyond Politics. George Walford. (1) Manuscript, 78 pages. Original title "Systematic Ideology: A Study of the Structure, Origin and Evolution of Ideologies." Attributed to "Systemide Press." (2) Advanced Reader Copy. Produced in a small amount, never sold, believed to be mostly destroyed after corrections were made for the first edition. (3) First Edition. London: Calabria Press [1 September] 1990. Book, cloth in jacket, 155 pages. Hardcover, ISBN 0-950-5445-5-8; Paperback, ISBN 0-950-5445-6-6. (4) Synopsis. First published at GWIEP.net.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 48, November 1990. Periodical, 15 pages. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1991
Angles on Anarchism. George Walford, with a contribution from Peter Cadogan. London: Calabria Press, 1991. ISBN 0-9505445-7-4. Book, sixty-six pages.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 49, January 1991. Periodical, 15 pages. "13th Year." See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 50, March 1991. Periodical, 19 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 51, May 1991. Periodical, 20 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. First perfect-bound issue. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

DEMOS. George Walford. Manuscript, photocopy, twelve pages. "Started 19 July 91." "The title of this book has a history. Harold Walsby, founder of systematic ideology and my guru (unless "alma pater" be permissible no more suitable term comes to mind) intended to follow his one book, The Domain of Ideologies, with a more thorough and extensive work: The Demos. He did not produce it, and as far as I ever knew he did not start on it. Had he done as he intended there would remain, I do not doubt, no room for my own effort."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 52, Summer 1991. Periodical, 23 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 53, Autumn 1991. Periodical, 26 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Achilles Heel. Number 12, Autumn 1991. Sheffield: Changing Men Publishing Collective. Periodical, forty-three pages. John Rowan is credited in the co-creation of "The Radical Men's Magazine."

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 54, Winter 1991. Periodical, 20 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

1992
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 55, Spring 1992. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. "14th Year." See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 56, May 1992. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 57, August 1992. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 58, November 1992. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Achilles Heel. Number 14, Winter 1992/1993. London: Achilles Heel Collective. Periodical, forty-three pages. John Rowan is credited in the co-creation of "The Radical Men's Magazine."

1993
Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 59, February 1993. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. "15th Year." See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. George Walford. London: Ideological Commentary, Number 60, May 1993. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary subscription form. Announcement of price increase beginning August 1993.

Ideological Commentary. London: George Walford. Number 61, August 1993. Periodical, 24 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Ideological Commentary. London: George Walford. Number 62, November 1993. Periodical, 28 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Achilles Heel. Number 16, Winter 1993/1994. London: Achilles Heel Collective. Periodical, forty-three pages. John Rowan is credited in the co-creation of "The Radical Men's Magazine." This issue includes a review by Rowan of Masculinities magazine.

1994
The Institute for Social Inventions. [1994] Handbill, one page. "The Institute's aim is to promote social inventions."

Ideological Commentary. London: George Walford. Number 63, February 1994. Periodical, 32 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. "16th Year." See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing.

Announcement of World-Shaking Importance. George Walford. Circular, one page, March 1994. Announcement that publication of Ideological Commentary will be less frequent. "Walsby's book has long been out of print, Beyond Politics is nearly sold out, and in any case another general statement is now needed, to take in recent developments."

Ideological Commentary. London: George Walford. Number 64, June 1994. (1) Periodical, 32 pages. ISSN 0960-8761. See Index of Ideological Commentary for complete listing. (2) A page from the 15 May 1994 issue of Life: The Observer Magazine. A paragraph in an essay titled "On Keeping the Nation Scared Out of Its Wits" by Francis Ween is circled with the number "64" written above it.

For IC 65. A collection of miscellany intended for a never-published Ideological Commentary 65.

George and Alison Walford Interviewed by David Goodmay. Manuscript, thirty-nine pages, 10 July 1994. Transcription of recordings made by Richenda Walford.

Obituary. The Walford family. 31 August 1994. "It is with regret that we must inform you that there will be no more issues of IC. George Walford suffered a heart attack and passed away on Sunday 21 August."

ABC of Systematic Ideology. Trevor Blake. October 1994. Manuscript, twenty pages. The contents of this 'inelegant introduction' to systematic ideology were the foundation documents of GWIEP.net.

bloodLETTER. Number 5. Guy Fawks Day 1994. Periodical. "This issue of the bloodLETTER is respectfully dedicated to the memory of two now absent friends: John Power, and George Walford. Good journeying, gentlemen."

Report of Meeting to Discuss George Walford's Work. Adrian Williams. Circular, two pages, 10 November 1994. Report of a meeting of friends of George Walford that occurred on 27 September 1994.

About Ideology and the Science of Ideas. Guido Enthoven. Manuscript, two pages, October 1994.