Republic

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 REPUBLIC
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: Republic
Date(s)	: 1886-2007
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 9 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Republic

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

'Republic' was formed in London in 1983 as an interest and pressure group to promote Republicanism, to provide a forum and focus for democratic republican opinion and to contribute to ideas about the concept of a British Republic. It was affiliated to the Thomas Paine Society; to the Campaign for the Freedom of Information and to Charter 88. The group subscribed to the Quarterly Review of the Constitutional Reform Centre and hosted its own Working Party on Constitutional Reform, although avoided direct affiliation with any political party.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Republic, including: correspondence between Republic members and others regarding various issues, including the Monarchy, current affairs, internal administration, publicity, strategy and personal issues, 1982 - 1992; printed agendas and minutes of the Executive Committee of Republic, 1992-2003; other minutes of Republic, including agendas, minutes and reports of Republic’s AGM, the Steering Committee, AGM and EGM documents and other miscellaneous records, 1982-1999; administrative records of Republic, including financial records (accounts, receipts, financial correspondence, membership forms, bank statements), membership records, material concerning Republic’s constitution, the Republic questionnaire on the constitution conducted amongst MPs and Peers, and Republic Working Party on a Draft Constitution and Reform of the Upper House, 1886-1992; publicity material produced by Republic for campaigns and membership purposes, 1980 - 2003; publications of Republic, including newsletters and journals, emailed newsletters and printed notices, books, pamphlets and journals, 1982-2007; miscellaneous items, including photographs of Republic meetings, audio tape recordings of meetings and public appearances, and press cuttings concerning Republic and republicanism, 1984-2006.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The Republic Archive is divided into the following seven sections:

REPUBLIC/1: Correspondence

REPUBLIC/2: Agendas and Minutes of the Executive Committee of Republic

REPUBLIC/3: Other Minutes

REPUBLIC/4: Administrative Records

REPUBLIC/5: Publicity

REPUBLIC/6: Publications

REPUBLIC/7: Miscellaneous

Conditions governing access:

Apply to Archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying and 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:

Adlib catalogue

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by Republic, 2007. Further additions were made to the collection on 5 December 2012 and 25 July 2016.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Grace Biggins

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:
12 December 2016