IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 TU.CC
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: Caribbean Area: Trades Unions Material
Date(s): 1960-1964
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 2 folders
Name of creator(s): Institute of Commonwealth Studies
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The materials held here date from the early 1960s, before and after the demise of the short-lived West Indies Federation. The paucity of pan-Caribbean organisations may be considered a reflection of the strength of national unions in the area, which in many cases (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica) formed the background of successful post-colonial governing parties.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Constitution and conference report issued by the Caribbean Congress of Labour and the Caribbean Union of Teachers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Alphabetically by union, and then in rough chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Open to all for research purposes; access is free for anyone in higher education.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
No further accruals are expected
Archival history:
The Commonwealth Political Parties Materials collection was begun in 1960-61, with special emphasis being placed then, as now, on "primary material such as party constitutions, policy statements, convention reports and election manifestos." (ICS, Twelfth Annual Report 1960-1961). Since then, the main method of gathering material has been to appeal directly to political parties throughout the Commonwealth, though contributions from Institute members and staff following visits to relevant countries have been significant.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See also Caribbean Area: Pressure Groups Material (PG.CC) as well as Political Party, Trades Unions and Pressure Group Materials for other Commonwealth countries and related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held at the ICS.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institutes of Commonwealth and Latin American Studies.
Date(s) of descriptions: Created 03/03/2004 AIM25