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ASHMORE, Lt-Cmdr Brian, fl 1945-1997, Liberal candidate


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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Elections | Electoral systems | Internal politics
Politics | Political science

Personal names
Ashmore | Brian | fl 1945-1997 | Lieutenant Commander | Liberal parliamentary candidate

Corporate names
Carlisle Liberal Association
Liberal Candidates Association
Liberal Party
Liberal Party Organisation
North-West Liberal Federation
Oxford Liberal Club
Penrith and Border Liberal Association
Radical Reform Group
Yorkshire Liberal Federation

Places
Carlisle | Cumberland | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Penrith | Cumberland | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe