ALBU, Austen Harry, 1903-1994, Labour MP
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 ALBU |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : ALBU, Austen Harry, 1903-1994, Labour MP |
Date(s) | : 1954-1974 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 8 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Albu | Austen Harry | 1903-1994 | Labour MP |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1903; educated at Tonbridge School and City and Guilds College (Imperial College of Science and Technology); Works Manager, Aladdin Industries, Greenford, 1930-1946; Deputy President, Governmental Sub-Commission, Control Commission Germany, 1946-1947; Deputy Director, British Institute of Management, 1948; Labour MP for Edmonton, 1948-1974; Minister of State, Department of Economic Affairs, 1965-1967; Fellow of City and Guilds College and Imperial College; Chartered Engineer: died 1994.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
The collection comprises confidential constituency files of Austen Harry Albu, Labour MP for Edmonton, 1954-1974.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Mainly arranged according to subject.
Conditions governing access:
Closed for 50 years.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright retained by the depositor and their heirs. No documents may be photocopied.
Finding aids:
Unlisted.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Deposited by Austen Harry Albu, via the Modern Political Archives Survey, in 1974.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
The BLPES holds material relating to Albu in the papers of Duncan Lyell Burn (Ref: Burn/8/8), Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (Ref: Crosland/10/1), the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society/E132/7, G25/4, G50/22, J30/1, J31/11, and J58/7), the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES/11/1/1) and Coll Misc 0321 (Ref: 1/12).
The Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge University, holds papers and correspondence (Ref: Albu); Rhodes House Library, Oxford University, has correspondence on colonial questions, 1950-1959 (Ref: MSS Brit Emp s365).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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 2000
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