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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Political Parties, Trades Unions and Pressure Groups Material


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 PP.XM

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Political Parties, Trades Unions and Pressure Groups Material

Date(s): 1957-

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Institute of Commonwealth Studies

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

During the period covered by these holdings the islands now known as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passed from being part of the Windward Islands colonial group (up to 1958) through membership of the British West Indies federation (1958-1962) to being first a separate dependency (1962), then an associated state (1969) and finally independent in 1979.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Speeches, constitutions, reports, manifestos, speeches, statements, letters and newsletters issued by the Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union (Saint Vincent), the Labour Party (Saint Vincent), the Movement for National Unity, the National Progressive Workers' Union (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), the New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), the People's Political Party of Saint Vincent, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association, the St. Vincent Junior Chamber and the Youlou United Liberation Movement. They are concerned amongst other things with the problems of economic development in the islands, with the position of the country in the Caribbean as a whole and of course with the transition to independence. There are also materials issued by trades unions as well as by human rights and business groups.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Alphabetically by organisation, 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)

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected, some in electronic form.

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 24/08/2004 AIM25


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Decolonization | Colonial countries | Political systems
Elections | Electoral systems | Internal politics
Political parties | Internal politics
Politics | Political science
Self determination | Collective human rights
Trade unions | Labour relations
Economic policy

Personal names

Corporate names
Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union (Saint Vincent)
Labour Party (Saint Vincent)
Movement for National Unity (Saint Vincent)
National Progressive Workers' Union (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
People's Political Party of Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association
Saint Vincent Junior Chamber
Youlou United Liberation Movement

Places
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Caribbean