IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LCC/CL/EMER
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: EMERGENCY COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1926
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear metres
Name of creator(s): LCC | London County Council x London County Council
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London County Council delegated administrative matters to its committees, both standing committees and a number of special committees appointed for specific purposes. The committees met frequently, either weekly or fortnightly, while the Council met weekly. Committee reports requiring decision by the Council were dealt with weekly, and each committee reported to the Council every 6 months. In addition the Council also had representatives on many bodies such as industrial councils, school governing bodies and charitable foundations. For the purpose of carrying out the services of the Council, the staff is organised into departments, each of which is under the responsibility of a chief officer.
The Clerk of the Council was the chief administrative officer of the Council, acting as the clerk of the Council itself as well as the various committees. Additional important duties of the Clerk's Department included the maintenance of the library for members of the Council at City Hall, the preparation of general publications and the responsibility for general work including records.
The General Strike of 1926 was the largest industrial dispute in Britain's history. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) called the strike to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners. It took place over nine days, from 4 May to 12 May 1926.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London County Council Clerk's Department relating to the Emergency Committee, comprising papers relating to the 1926 General Strike including Government circulars; LCC circulars; special bulletins broadcast by the Government; LCC notices for inclusion in broadcast bulletins and a letter file.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
5 files: LCC/CL/EMER/01/001-005.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
For papers relating to the General Strike, 1926, see SC/PHL/02/0951 (photographs), LCC/EO/GEN/01/064-067 (LCC Education Officer files) and ACC/1297/MET/10 (London Transport files).
The National Archives at Kew holds Cabinet papers relating to the General Strike, reference CAB.
Publication note:
See Morris, M., The General Strike (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976) or Florey, R.A. , The General Strike of 1926 (London, New York: Calder, 1981). For further information on the history of the LCC please see Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council by W Eric Jackson (1965), LMA Library reference 18.0 1965, The London County Council 1938, LMA Library reference 18.7 SER 4, and The Youngest County: A description of London as a county and its public services, 1951, LMA Library reference 18.0 1951.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009