IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3606
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LONDON ELECTIONS
Date(s): 1906-1907
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. It was won in a landslide victory by the Liberal Party under Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
The 1907 London County Council elections were won by the Municipal Reform Party, who were allied with the Conservative party.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Election literature and newspaper cuttings from the 1906 General Election, the 1907 London County Council election, and the 1906 borough elections.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Record found in the Search Room of the Greater London Record Office on 31 October 1984. It is labelled "LONDON ELECTIONS" on the spine, but has no other label or identifying marks. It has so far not been possible to discover to which collection it belongs.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The London County Council records held by London Metropolitan Archives include five volumes of L.C.C. election posters 1889-1913 (ref LCC/CL/COUN/2/41-45). J. Allen Baker, the Chairman of the L.C.C. Highways Committee, compiled a volume of newspaper cuttings relating to the Parliamentary elections of 1905 and 1906 and the L.C.C. elections of 1907. This is in the LMA library (ref 18.9 NEW).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.