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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Labour Representation Committee


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.

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No further list required.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN MICROFILMED AND THE ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES.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

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Elections | Electoral systems | Internal politics
Labour movements | Labour relations
Politics | Political science
Socialism | Collectivism | Political doctrines
Trade unions | Labour relations

Personal names
Macdonald | James Ramsay | 1866-1937 | statesman

Corporate names
Labour Party
Labour Representation Committee

Places