IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 BEDFORD LABOUR PARTY
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Bedford Constituency/Divisional Labour Party (BLP)
Date(s): 1923-1970
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 7 boxes
Name of creator(s): Bedford Labour Party
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute books and financial records of the Bedford Constituency/Divisional Labour Party, 1923-1970, including minutes of the Executive Committee, 1923-1925, 1952-1969; minutes of the Sub-Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Organisation and Propaganda Committee, 1923-1925, 1938; minutes of the Organisation Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Conference of the Bedford Divisional Labour Party, 1923-1925; minutes of the Individual Members Meeting, 1923-1925; minutes of the Joint Trade Union Meeting, 1923-1925; minutes of the Finance Committee, 1923-1925, 1952-1956; minutes of the Literature and Propaganda Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Bedford Town Council Labour Group, 1939-1947; minutes of the General Committee and Annual General Meeting, 1947-1957, 1967-1969; minutes of the Women's Section, 1925-1934; minutes of the meetings of the Bedford Constituency Labour Party Young Socialists, 1966-1968, with correspondence; expenditure account books, 1949-1970; press cuttings book, 1954-1958; and attendance register, 1956-1961.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in the following section: minutes, material of the Women's Section, material of the Young Socialists, financial records, other.
Conditions governing access:
This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes. The microfilm must be used. Apply to Archivist for originals.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright retained by the donor and their heirs. Microfilm copies only.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Temporary handlist and online catalogue available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Given by the Bedford Labour Party in 1970.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1998. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 572-574).
Related material:
Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service hold papers of the BLP, 1919-1991 (Ref: X494).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science catalogue. 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