Progressive League

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
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	: Progressive League
Date(s)	: 1939-2001
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 12 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Progressive League

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Progressive League was formed in 1932 by H G Wells, C E M Joad and others to unite progressive organisations against fascism. It is concerned with social and economic developments, reforms consistent with human freedom, and initiatives designed to reduce poverty, ill health and intolerance. The League has given evidence before the Royal Commissions on Abortion, Divorce, and Homosexual and Prison Reform, and has campaigned for greater sexual freedom and contraception. The Progressive League is affiliated to and supports many organisations concerned with peace, asylum seekers, human rights, pensioners, civil liberties and environmental issues. There are ten groups, which hold meetings every month. These are the history group, forum (a group which discusses recent events), and the play reading, country dancing, writers, poetry, arts, religion, philosophy and psychology groups. Two residential conferences outside London are held each year.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes of the Council and standing committees; constitution of the Progressive League; 'Plan', the League journal; correspondence concerning conference arrangements; papers relating to the Committee of Enquiry on the treatment of children deprived of a normal home life; correspondence with members and MPs, and concerning the publication of 'Plan'; and financial papers.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 7 sections:
1. Minutes, 1936-1994.
2. Publications ('Plan') and Constitutions, 1937-1996.
3. Conferences, 1980-1988.
4. Children's Homes, 1945.
5. General Correspondence, 1993-1994.
6. Finance, 1993-1994.
7. 'Plan' (additional copies), 1993-2002.

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE DONOR.

Finding aids:

Printed handlist and online catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002.

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
29 May 2002