IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4282
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WARD, Michael (b 1949)
Date(s): 1980-1986
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.76 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Ward | Michael | b 1949 | member of the Greater London Council
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Michael Ward (b 1949) was active in different areas of the Greater London Council during his career. In 1976-1977 he was an additional member of the Housing Development Committee. In 1981 he became the Chair of the Industry and Employment Committee and from 1982 he was Chairman of the Enterprise Board Selection Panel. From 1982 he was also the Vice-Chairman of the London Community Builders Sub-Committee and the Supplies and Contract Services Sub-Committee. He was elected as a Member of the Greater London Council for Haringey, Wood Green on 7 May 1981 and served until the GLC's abolition in 1986. Outside of his responsibilities with the GLC he also worked for an advice centre for the homeless in London. He is currently the Chief Executive of the London Development Agency.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Michael Ward, member of the Greater London Council (GLC). The records are representative of the sort of organisations and issues Michael Ward dealt with in his capacity as Chair of the Industry and Employment Committee of the Greater London Council in the 1980s. The files of correspondence, minutes, funding applications and feasibility studies show that the Committee was particularly involved with issuing grants to worthy projects, supporting workers in disputes with employers, assessing the impact of new building developments in London, creating schemes, such as co-operatives, to assist people to work together and ensuring that all Londoners were fairly represented in the workplace.
Michael Ward was also Chair of the Enterprise Board Selection Panel, part of the Greater London Enterprise Board. GLEB was set up in 1982 to intervene and take initiatives to preserve and create long-term jobs for Londoners by regenerating the capital's industrial base. It aimed to discover and develop means of democratising London's economy. This collection contains its memorandum and articles of association together with correspondence, some publications and press releases.
The collection reflects some of the beliefs held by the GLC in general and not just those of the Committees Michael Ward sat on. For example, its enthusiasm for fair trade in Third World countries, the importance of equal opportunities at work and the value of the pedestrian and residential areas in cities
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been arranged into the following series:
LMA/4282/01 Industry and Employment;
LMA/4282/02 Greater London Enterprise Board;
LMA/4282/03 Public relations and articles;
LMA/4282/04 Finding aids.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Duplicates were weeded out and approximately 1 per cent of the collection was retained. This was considered to be the only part worthy of long term preservation due to its evidential, informational and historical value.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records were deposited by Michael Ward as a gift to London Metropolitan Archives in September 2000.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also Greater London Council papers of the Director General's Industry and Employment Branch, GLC/DG/IE.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.