IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Progressive League
Date(s): 1939-2001
Level of description: collection
Extent: 12 boxes
Name of creator(s): Progressive League
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Progressive League was formed in 1932 by H G Wells, C E M Joad and others to unite progressive organisations against fascism. It is concerned with social and economic developments, reforms consistent with human freedom, and initiatives designed to reduce poverty, ill health and intolerance. The League has given evidence before the Royal Commissions on Abortion, Divorce, and Homosexual and Prison Reform, and has campaigned for greater sexual freedom and contraception. The Progressive League is affiliated to and supports many organisations concerned with peace, asylum seekers, human rights, pensioners, civil liberties and environmental issues. There are ten groups, which hold meetings every month. These are the history group, forum (a group which discusses recent events), and the play reading, country dancing, writers, poetry, arts, religion, philosophy and psychology groups. Two residential conferences outside London are held each year.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes of the Council and standing committees; constitution of the Progressive League; 'Plan', the League journal; correspondence concerning conference arrangements; papers relating to the Committee of Enquiry on the treatment of children deprived of a normal home life; correspondence with members and MPs, and concerning the publication of 'Plan'; and financial papers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 7 sections:
1. Minutes, 1936-1994.
2. Publications ('Plan') and Constitutions, 1937-1996.
3. Conferences, 1980-1988.
4. Children's Homes, 1945.
5. General Correspondence, 1993-1994.
6. Finance, 1993-1994.
7. 'Plan' (additional copies), 1993-2002.
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE DONOR.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Printed handlist and online catalogue available.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002.
Date(s) of descriptions: 29 May 2002