IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 GENERAL ELECTION 1992
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: General Election 1992
Date(s): 1992
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 19 boxes
Name of creator(s): BLPES
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Requests for donations of election ephemera were sent out by the BLPES to candidates of all parties throughout the United Kingdom during the 1992 general election campaign, and major deposits were received. Material was also collected by BLPES staff and students.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Material relating to the 1992 General Election, including addresses, leaflets, posters and other ephemera from throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, representing all political parties, including the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party, the Green Party, the Natural Law Party, and a range of parties from Northern Ireland.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Placed in alphabetical order by constituency. Material issued by party central offices and material for local elections was sorted to the end of the collection.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Most documents can be photocopied.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
On-line catalogue available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Compiled by British Library of Political and Economic Science.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The BLPES holds a large quantity of election ephemera.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: 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: Oct 2000