Three women linking arms. Cat ref: Coal 80/673/013 Accessions to repositories
 
 
 
 
Choose a topicChoose a repository
 

Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Politics

Local

Berkshire Record Office

  • League of Nations Union, Kintbury and Inkpen branch: committee and AGM minutes, with papers of other Kintbury voluntary organisations 1933-1941 (D/EX 2349)

Cornwall Record Office

  • Cornish Constitutional Convention: additional minutes and papers 2008-2009 (X1387)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Liberal Association: Copeland: minutes, corresp and accounts 1975-1978 (YDSO 126)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Carlisle Independent Labour Party: minutes 1891-1894 (DSO 317)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Ashbourne Labour Party: minutes 1947-1953 (D7654)

Devon Heritage Centre

  • Cockington Valley Society: corresp, reports, maps and plans with news cuttings rel to Save Cockington Valley campaign c1950-1999 (8673)
  • Honiton Liberal Association: election papers and corresp c1988-1995 (8551)

Flintshire Record Office

  • William Ewart Gladstone, statesman: magic lantern slide showing Gladstone's study at Hawarden Castle and other items rel to the Gladstone family c1890-2002 (AN4741 & AN4775)

Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office)

  • David Myfyr Evans, Cardiff City Councillor, Lord Mayor of Cardiff and economics lecturer: official photograph albums and memorabilia from his time as Lord Mayor of Cardiff and newscutting book c1986-1987 (D949)
  • Beatrice Smith, political activist and member of Cor Cochion Caerdydd: papers incl corresp, including anti-poll tax campaign letters, address books, photographs 1981-2012 (D614)
  • Philip Squire, county councillor, labour politician: visitors' books, photograph albums 1971-1975 (D1041)
  • Barry Dock Conservative Club & Institute Co Ltd: records rel to the incorporation of the club, minute books, membership records, stock reports, corresp, share registers, insurance policies, financial records c1894-2010 (D1042)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Stroud Liberal Democrats: minutes and papers 2000-2013 (D12940)
  • Stroud Conservative Association: additional minutes and papers 1970-1995 (D2369)
  • Electoral and other papers rel to the Liberal and Liberal Democrat parties in Cheltenham and Gloucestershire 1950-2009 (D12940)

Gwent Archives

  • Islwyn Borough Council Labour Group: minutes c1983-1995 (D5893)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Aldershot and North Hampshire Conservative Association: additional records incl central council and committee minutes, and records rel to Aldershot Young Conservatives, Cove Conservative Association and Rushmoor Conservative Central Council 1955-1993 (114M84)
  • Aldershot and North Hampshire Conservative Association: Yateley branch minutes 1983-2011 (114M84)
  • Andover Anti-Overspill Committee: papers rel to Martin Boyett's participation comprising corresp and scrapbooks c1960-1969 (137A13)
  • Durley Liberal Association: minutes 1927-1931 (76A13)
  • Eastleigh Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons: minutes and memoranda, newsletters and material from related local groups c1980-1989 (75A13)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • John Atkinson, councillor and alderman: minutes and accounts 1929-1999 (C DIAA)

Isle of Wight Record Office

  • David Wilshire, MP: corresp, press cuttings and Conservative Party publications 1979-1983 (2013/014)

Knowsley Archives

  • Cross Heuler, toolmakers, Knowsley: photographs many featuring Harold Wilson c1900-1999 (Acc 201317)

Lambeth Archives Department

  • Clare Whelan, Lambeth councillor: records rel to Whelan's term as Lambeth Mayor 1999-2013 (IV/315)
  • Lambeth Council: papers rel to the Local Government Act 1963, the abolition of Greater London Council, the Tyra Henry enquiry and the Scarman Enquiry, concerning the Brixton Riots c1963-1988 (ARC/2013/4-7)

Lancashire Archives

  • Astley-Bell family of Preston, Lancashire: papers rel to Alderman Henry Astley-Bell and his wife Mabel in their roles as Guild Mayor and Mayoress of Preston incl photograph albums 1917-1937 (DDX 2985)
  • Thomas Wilson Fenwick, member of parliament: diaries 1775-1794 (DDX 143)

Liverpool Record Office

  • Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Merseyside branch: corresp and records c1980-2013 (ACC 6588)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Sir Henry Cubitt Gooch, MP: diaries and memoirs c1910-1959 (LMA/4629)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • Sir John J Harwood, mayor of Manchester: volumes rel to John J Harwood, Mayor of Manchester 1884-1885 c1890-1899

Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre

  • Edward Vesey Bligh, diplomat, vicar of Birling: scrapbook c1866-1892 (DE1243)
  • Lower Halling and Cuxton Labour party: minutes 1949-2000 (DE1238)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Kings Lynn Independent Labour Party: minutes, accounts, subscription book, letter book, corresp and other records 1906-1916 (SO 297)
  • Kings Lynn Socialist Society: minutes, and objectives and rules 1897-1898 (SO 297)
  • Lynn Social Democratic Party: minute books (2) 1898-1906 (SO 297)

Northumberland Archives

  • Nora Handcock, parish and district councillor: oral history recording recalling her early life in Doncaster and London, her move to Allendale and her work on the Allendale Parish Council and Tynedale District Council 2013 (T/879)
  • Blyth Independent Labour Party: minute book 1905-1914 (NRO 10116)

Oxfordshire History Centre

  • Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Oxford: records incl corresp, reports, log books and minutes 1988-2008 (Acc 6172)

Sheffield Archives

  • Hunters Bar Against the Poll Tax: minutes and other records 1989-1990 (2013/32)
  • Local Authorities Against Apartheid, Sheffield: papers c1980-1999 (2013/12)
  • Save Sheffield City Airport Movement: campaign papers c1995-2011 (2013/90)
  • Sheffield Against the Poll Tax: minutes and other records 1989-1990 (2013/32)
  • Walkley Action Group: minutes c1960-1979 (2013/91)

Somerset Heritage Centre

  • Josiah Lewis, mayor of Taunton: scrapbook 1882-1915 (A\DSG)

Southwark Local History Library and Archive

  • Dulwich Constituency Labour Party: corresp and campaign material 1950-1990 (2013/11)

Stockport Archive Service

  • John P McCarron, mayor: papers c1993-1995 (D2120)

Surrey History Centre

  • Lewis Orchard, researcher: collected research papers and exhibition material rel to Dame Ethel Smyth, composer and suffragist 20th cent (9180)
  • David Wilshire, MP: election campaign papers and press cuttings 1986-2009 (9164)
  • Reigate Labour Party: election leaflets and papers 1947-2010 (9153)

Tameside Local Studies and Archives

  • Edwin Hall, councillor: personal papers and ephemera c1960-1999 (Acc 4277)

Teesside Archives

  • Brotton & Guisborough Labour Party: minutes and corresp c1950-1999 (Acc 7293)
  • Langbaurgh Constituency Labour Party: minutes c1950-1999 (Acc 7293)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • Lydia Dorothea Benoly, Mayor of Bethnal Green: ms diaries kept during her term of office 1933-1934 (P/MIS/377)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Gower Constituency Labour Party: minutes, corresp, other papers c1920-1990
  • Llwchwr and District Labour Party: minutes incl Management Committee c1948-1964
  • Loughor Ward Labour Party: minute books c1930-1989 (Lab L 2/1)
  • Loughor Ward Welfare Party: minute books c1930-1980 (Lab L 1/1-7)
  • Pont-y-brenin Labour Party Ward: minutes, accounts c1935-1997

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

  • Frederick William Reuss, mayor: corresp, photographs and other records 1804-1965 (WYK1697)

Wigan Archives Service

  • Leigh Conservative Club: records c1880-1979 (Acc. 2013/1)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • Devizes Labour Party: minutes incl local branch records 1918-1995 (4166)

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

  • Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947) 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, statesman: Christmas card 1928 (15581)

York Archives and Local History

  • Edna Crichton, lord mayor of York: personal and civic papers 1941-1960s (Acc2013/009)

National

Jersey Archive

  • Jersey Democratic Movement: corresp, leaflets, publications and newspaper cuttings c1990-2009 (JA/2268)

National Army Museum Templer Study Centre

  • Stop the War Coalition: placards and leaflets rel to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (2006-2011) 2003-2011 (2013-10-8, 2013-10-9)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • James Halliday, author, historian and politician: political papers incl minute books of the National Party of Scotland 1928-1934 and of the Scottish National Party 1956-1968 1928-2005 (Acc.13417)
  • James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, MP: further papers 1947-1994 (Acc.13405)
  • William Hannan, politician: misc papers c1945-1974 (Acc. 13391)
  • James Ramsay MacDonald, statesman: corresp with Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow c1895-1938 (Acc.13461)
  • Ian McKee, physician and politician: digital diaries 2007-2011 (Acc.13378)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Peter Black, Welsh Liberal Democrat politician: papers incl minutes rel to the committee's he was serving on c1988-1998 (PETBLA)
  • Simon Thomas, Plaid Cymru politician: papers rel to the tenure of the Ceredigion parliamentary seat at Westminster 2000-2005 (Papurau Simon Thomas)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

  • Carmel Hanna, politician: constituency files for Hanna former SDLP MLA for South Belfast 2001-2011 (D4564/UNL)
  • Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, politician: papers incl corresp, creative writings composed by Lady Edith and her daughter Lady Mairi and paper rel to visits to Romania and Germany in 1936 1910-1946 (D3099/UNL/1-2)
  • Young Unionist Movement of Northern Ireland: publicity and printed material and records rel to elections 1971-1985 (D3794/Add)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

  • Raymond Challinor, historian: research material and papers rel to the International Socialists 1806-2000 (CHALLINOR)
  • William George Glenvill Hall, politician and lawyer: papers and corresp 1884-1962 (GLENVIL HALL)
  • Emily Hope, campaigner and activist: papers, reports and material rel to feminism, politics, and housing and social issues in London 1964-1991 (HOPE)
  • Jean Sargeant, writer and political activist: papers and corresp, particularly rel to women in the Wapping Dispute, 1986 1950-2011 (SARGEANT)
  • Campaign for Labour Party Democracy: papers, minutes and corresp 1970-2013 (CLPD)
  • Campaigners: papers, programmes and ephemera 1942-1947 (LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/330)
  • Platform: papers, research materials, photographs and audio material c1970-2012 (PLATFORM)
  • Joyce Shore Butler, politician: papers and corresp 1929-1992 (BUTLER)

Chetham's Library

  • Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet, MP, railway promoter: corresp and photos c1820-2007 (EWWatkin)

Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire)

  • David Candler, journalist and press officer: papers incl work in Labour Party Press and Publicity Department for Harold Wilson 1960-2000 (Acc 1383)

Working Class Movement Library

  • Eric Taplin, historian: CND and North West Labour History Society files (Acc195)

University

Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections

  • John Michael Lee, sociologist and historian, professor of politics: additional papers 1982-1992 (DM2544)
  • Women Liberal Democrats: records 1980-2010 (DM2599)
  • Organisational records and pamphlets of the Liberal Party collected by Barbara Joyce 1946-1979 (DM2594)

Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

  • John Cairncross, civil servant, intelligence officer, Soviet double agent: corresp and papers 20th cent (MS Add. 10042)

Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre

  • Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, prime minister and historian: letter to Louis de Souza, Transvaal Secretary of State for War, announcing decision to escape from prison 1899 (WCHL 2/12)
  • Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, MP, Leader of the Labour Party: further speeches, papers and corresp 1983-2013 (KNNK)
  • Francis Leslie Pym, Lord Pym, Conservative politician: personal and political papers c1940-2008 (FPYM)
  • Leslie Ruthven Pym, politician: personal and political papers c1890-1945 (LPYM)
  • William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers, politician: political papers 1960-1969 (RDRS)
  • Colonial Office (general): file of corresp rel to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office 1906-1907 (CHAR 28/153)

Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)

  • Parity, equal rights organisation: minutes, corresp and other records c1980-2011 (U DPY)

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Bernard Francis Castle Floud, Labour MP: photographs and papers rel to a tour of China, 1938, as part of a League of Nations student delegation 1938 (Floud)
  • Alfred Morris, Baron Morris, politician: papers rel to his work as Parliamentary Advisor to the Royal British Legion, chiefly rel to enquiries into Gulf War illness 1990s-2000s (A Morris)
  • Harry Chapman Pincher, journalist and author: papers rel to his investigative journalism on British-Soviet espionage during the Cold War, and scrapbooks of his published articles, chiefly for the Daily Express 1937-2009 (Pincher)

London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

  • Plaut Martin, journalist, editor and government advisor: corresp, financial papers, investigative reports and papers rel to War on Want 1980s (PP MS 94)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

  • Margaret Stanton, political campaigner: papers rel to Birmingham and Oxford Anti-Apartheid groups incl minutes, cuttings and leaflets incl material about Namibia c1960-2008 (7721)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts

  • Gore-Booth family, baronets, of Lissadill: family, diplomatic, political and personal papers of Patricia Gore-Booth 20th-21st cent (Acc 9423)
  • Arthur Lehman Goodhart, Academic Lawyer: additional corresp, annotated books rel to Richard M Nixon, notes rel to Nixon, the law and the Middle East 20th cent (Acc 9420)
  • Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, MP: additional corresp and papers, from Haymarket Publishing offices 20th-21st cent (Acc 8906)
  • Joseph Hobson, of London: commonplace book recording debates, resolutions and acts of the Council of State, Parliament and the Army, with details of MPs sitting in the Long Parliament and Cromwell's Parliament and some notes on contemporary events c1650-1680 (Acc 9457)
  • Donald Newton, United Nations Official: additional papers rel to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and International Refugee Organisation c1940-1999 (Acc 9433)
  • Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, MP and MEP: additional papers (28 boxes) rel to AMAR International Charitable Foundation 20th-21st cent (Acc 7077)
  • William Henry Fox Talbot, MP pioneer of photography: corresp and papers incl family diaries and papers, early photographic images by Talbot and contemporaries 19th cent (Acc 9097)

Swansea University Archives

  • National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales area - Treforgan lodge: personal corresp of Ken Williams, compensation secretary rel to 1984/5 Miners' Strike 1984-1988 (2013/22)

University of East Anglia Archives

  • Richard Grayson, academic and politician: corresp, journals, and printed ephemera 1982-1991 (UEA/GRAY)

University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)

  • Common Ground, environmental and cultural pressure group, Dorchester: financial and administrative papers, photographs and published research 1983-2013 (MS 416)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor: corresp and papers 1930s-1960s (MS 5513)