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London Metropolitan Archives

CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: PRESS OFFICER


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LCC/CL/PO

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: PRESS OFFICER

Date(s): 1954-1965

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.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London County Council Clerk's Department Press Officer relating to tourism in London, 1954-1965, including papers of the Advisory Committee for a Sculpture Exhibition, 1954; and papers regarding aid to outside bodies including the British Travel and Holidays Association, the London Publicity Committee and the London Tourist Board.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

LCC/CL/PO/01/001: Sculpture exhibition; LCC/CL/PO/002-006: Aid to outside bodies.

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 other records relating to London Tourism see LSPU/PPG: files of the Greater London Council Planning Studies group on Tourism, and GLC/DG: files of the Director General's Department, Greater London Council.

Publication note:

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:

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: April to June 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Advertising | Communication process
Cultural exhibitions | Exhibitions
Promotion of tourism | Public awareness | Access and interpretation | Cultural property presentation
Public information | Mass communication | Communication process
Publicity | Communication process
Publicity x Advertising
Tourism

Personal names

Corporate names
British Travel and Holidays Association
Clerk's Department | London County Council
LCC | London County Council x London County Council
London Publicity Committee
London Tourist Board

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe