IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0196
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Labour Representation Committee
Date(s): 1900-1918
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Labour Representation Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Labour Representation Committee was formed in February 1900 after a resolution drafted by James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) was carried at the 1899 Trade Union Congress (TUC). The resolution called for a special congress of the TUC parliamentary committee to campaign for more Labour members of Parliament.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Volume 1: Minutes, papers, correspondence and pamphlets of the Labour Representation Committee and of the Labour Party Executive Committee, including conference agenda's rules and ephemera; Volume II: Minutes of the executive committee of the Labour Party, covering Labour Party business, promoting the Labour Party and getting its members elected.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes arranged by date containing minutes, letters and other papers: Volume 1 1900-1906. Volume 2 1906-1918.
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OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
APPLY TO ARCHIVIST
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN MICROFILMED AND THE ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES. MICROFILM ONLY TO BE USED.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002