IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 ASHMORE
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: ASHMORE, Lt-Cmdr Brian, fl 1945-1997, Liberal candidate
Date(s): 1941-1992
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 11 boxes
Name of creator(s): Ashmore | Brian | fl 1945-1997 | Lieutenant Commander | Liberal candidate
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lieutenant Commander Brian Ashmore was a member of the Liberal Party, and a parliamentary candidate for Carlisle in 1964.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Political papers of Lieutenant Commander Brian Ashmore, Liberal parliamentary candidate for Carlisle, 1941-1992, including material relating to Liberal Assemblies, 1950-1965; the Liberal Party Organisation and the Liberal Candidates Association, 1947-1975; the Oxford Liberal Club, 1941-1992; the Carlisle Liberal Association, 1962-1976; the Yorkshire Liberal Federation, 1950-1958; the North West Liberal Federation, 1950-1969; the Radical Reform Group, 1956-1959; the Penrith and Border Liberal Association, 1955-1965; correspondence, leaflets, speech notes, election addresses, campaign bulletins and leaflets, 1952-1974.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in files broadly according to subject.
Conditions governing access:
Closed until listed.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright retained by the donor and their heirs. Most documents may be photocopied.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unlisted.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Given by Lt-Cmdr Brian Ashmore in 1997.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The BLPES holds material relating to Ashmore in Coll Misc 0370/1/33, and also houses the papers of the Central Liberal Party (Ref: Liberal Party).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2000