WARD, Reginald George (Reg) (b 1924) labour politician and activist
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0372 WARD |
Held at | : Bishopsgate Institute Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library › |
Full title | : WARD, Reginald George (Reg) (b 1924) labour politician and activist |
Date(s) | : 1947-1997 |
Level of description | : Fonds |
Extent | : 5 Boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Ward | Reginald George (Reg) | b 1924 | labour poliician and activist |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Reginald George (Reg) Ward was born in Thanet in 1924 and was by trade a plumber. He had a long and distinuished career in local government, serving on the former Margate Borough Council for nearly 25 years and leading the Labour Group for much of that period. He was also member of Thanet District Council and was a Kent county councillor in the 1970s. In 1972, in recognition of his services, he was made a Freeman of the Borough of Margate. He also served as a governor of many Thanet schools and as Chairman of the Quarterdeck Youth Club.
He stood unsucessfully as Parliamentary candidate for Canterbury in 1955 and Ashford in 1959. He has represented the Labour Party at regional and national conferences and lectured for the Party at a number of schools. He was Chairman of the Kent Labour Party and the Thanet West CLP, and a member of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (later SE Retail CWS).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of labour politician and activist Reginald George (Reg) Ward (b 1924), including: election addresses, correspondence, Labour Party publications and newsletters from General and local elections in all areas of Kent, 1947-1997; papers and memorabilia regarding Ward's involvement with the local and national Labour Party, c 1950-1997.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
No further arrangement at present.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying and scanning facilities are available for a charge and will be completed by archival staff if condition and copyright permits. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited with Bishopsgate Library by Reg Ward's son, Rod Ward, on 3 March 2012.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
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:
6 March 2012
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