1986 Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business and 1947 Local Government Boundary Commission

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 YOUNG
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: 1986 Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business and 1947 Local Government Boundary Commission
Date(s)	: 1945-1985
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 7 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Young | Kenneth George | 1943- | local government and public policy expert

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No further information at present.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to local government deposited by Professor Kenneth Young, 1945-1985, comprising: Memoranda of evidence sent to the 1986 Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business (Widdicombe Committee), 1985. Kenneth Young acted as research director and adviser to the Committee (6 boxes). Also includes papers relating to the 1947 Local Government Boundary Commission, 1945-1954, including minutes of meetings, memoranda, statements submitted to the Commision, correspondence, statements of reasons and public relations bulletins. The papers were given to Kenneth Young by 2nd Baron Silsoe, son of the chairman of the Commission, Malcolm Trustram Eve (1 box).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Kenneth Young in 2005.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.

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:
Apr 2008