IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 PP.XJ
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: Saint Helena: Political Parties Material
Date(s): 1975-1976
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Institute of Commonwealth Studies
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Helena is still a British Dependent Territory administered by a governor, with the legislative council representing the islanders having a limited voice in the actual running of their affairs.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manifestos and pamphlets issued by the St. Helena Labour Party in seeking election to the Island's council, 1975-1976.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Alphabetically by group, 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
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
Related material:
See also 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
Archivist's note: Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institutes of Commonwealth and Latin American Studies.
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: Created 23/08/2004 AIM25