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Williams / Gaitskell Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 WILLIAMS

Held at: University College London

Title: Williams / Gaitskell Papers

Date(s): [1910-1982]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 13 boxes

Name of creator(s): Williams | Philip M | d 1984 | Labour economist and industrial relations expert

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Philip Williams read history at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1940; he was a member of the Labour Party at 16 and a member of the Oxford anti-Fascist movement in the 1930s; active in the Campaign for Democratic Socialism and a 'confirmed Gaskellite'; Labour economist and industrial relations expert at Nuffield College, Oxford; published a biography of Hugh Gaitskell in 1979; died, 1984.

Publications: Hugh Gaitskell: A Political Biography (1979, second edition 1982)

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Research papers of Philip Williams for his biography of Hugh Gaitskell, including manuscript notes arranged by chapter, typescript drafts of chapters and annotated proofs; a limited amount of original Gaitskell material including a manuscript notebook entitled 'Journey to Israel' with shorthand notes at the back, photographs of Gaitskell and offprints of articles by Gaitskell; photocopies of original Gaitskell papers including his diaries and correspondence; transcripts of interviews with Gaitskell's family, friends and colleagues and related correspondence; correspondence including with Gaitskell's family and with publishers; press cuttings and photocopies of press cuttings relating to Gaitskell; press cuttings including reviews and publicity for the biography; papers relating to the publication of Gaitskell's diary and photocopies of papers and diaries of Gaitskell's political contemporaries.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Original order.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access. Please contact UCL Special Collections for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Box list.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Deposited in Nuffield College, Oxford, by Philip Williams. Transferred to UCL in 1999.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received from Nuffield College, Oxford, 1999.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Political Studies (1985). XXXIII, pp. 179-180.

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 2008; updated July 2018


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Biographies | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Political leaders | Internal politics
Political parties | Internal politics

Personal names
Gaitskell | Hugh Todd Naylor | 1906-1963 | statesman
Williams | Philip M | d 1984 | Labour economist and industrial relations expert

Corporate names
Labour Party

Places