Swaziland: Political Parties Material
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0101 PP.SQ |
Held at | : Institute of Commonwealth Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library › |
Full title | : Swaziland: Political Parties Material |
Date(s) | : 1961-1973 |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Swaziland held its first legislative council elections in 1964 and became independent in 1968.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Constitutions, manifestos, reports, pamphlets, leaflets and membership cards, 1961-1973, issued by the Democratic Party of Swaziland, the Imbokodvo National Movement, the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress and the Swaziland Progressive Party. The materials here deal with the constitutional processes leading to independence as well as the brief period of electoral politics before the constitution was abolished in 1973.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Mostly English, some in Swazi.
System of arrangement:
Alphabetically by party, then in rough chronological order
Conditions governing access:
Open to all for research purposes; access is free for anyone in higher education.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.
Finding aids:
Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)
Archival Information
Archival history:
The Commonwealth Political Parties Materials collection was begun in 1960-61, with special emphasis being placed then, as now, on "primary material such as party constitutions, policy statements, convention reports and election manifestos." (ICS, Twelfth Annual Report 1960-1961). Since then, the main method of gathering material has been to appeal directly to political parties throughout the Commonwealth, though contributions from Institute members and staff following visits to relevant countries have been significant. More recently material has been collected by means of downloading documents from the websites of the major parties.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Allied Materials
Related material:
See also Political Party, Trades Unions and Pressure Group Materials for other Commonwealth countries and related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held at the ICS.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institutes of Commonwealth and Latin American Studies.
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:
Created 22/09/2004 AIM25
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