IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 KENT
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: KENT, Nicholas, fl 1970-1999, Vice-Chairman of the Tory Reform Group
Date(s): [1970]-1999
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 20 boxes
Name of creator(s): Kent | Nicholas | fl 1970-1999 | Vice-Chairman of the Tory Reform Group
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Norfolk and educated in Surrey; spent a year in the civil service; studied Modern History at Kingston University; worked in House of Commons as a research assistant; left in 1992 to join a public affairs company; now runs his own consultancy firm; Chief Executive of Conservative Mainstream.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Nicholas Kent, [1980]-1999, including papers of the Tory Reform Group relating to policy; papers of the Conservative Student Affairs Research Group, [1980-1989]; papers of the All-Party Research Assistants Association, [1980-1989]; and material relating to youth movements of the Conservative Party, [1970-1999], notably the Young Conservatives and the Federation of Conservative Students; material, mainly comprising press reports, relating to the Falklands War, the Gulf War and defence.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Closed until listed.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright retained by the depositor and their heirs.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unlisted.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Nicholas Kent in 1999.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Tory Reform Group website at http://www.toryreformgroup.tory.org.uk/. 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: Nov 2000