IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 YOUNG LIBERALS
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Young Liberals
Date(s): 1930s-1994
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 154 boxes
Name of creator(s): National League of Young Liberals, Union of Liberal Students
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The National League of Young Liberals (often just called the Young Liberals) was part of the Liberal Party and was founded in 1903. The Union of Liberal Students (ULS) was the English and Welsh student wing of the Liberal Party. In 1988, the Liberal Democrats were formed. In 1993, the Union of Liberal Democrat Students and Young Liberal Democrats merged to form Liberal Democrat Youth and Students (LDYS). In 2002, Scottish Young Liberal Democrats merged with LDYS.LDYS changed its name to Liberal Youth in 2008.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the youth and student groups of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat parties, 1930s-1990s, including: Union of Liberal Students papers, 1980s, including: mailings; conference papers; financial records; papers on local groups; and, press releases. Young Liberals papers, 1958-1980s (mainly 1970s-1980s), including: constitution, 1975; minutes; conference papers; newsletters; leaflets and other publications. Student Liberal Democrats office files, 1930s-1980s (but only a few items before the 1980s). Papers of Ruth Coleman mainly relating to the Young Liberals and Liberal Students, 1970s-1994.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Unsorted
Conditions governing access:
Mainly open; some items closed.
Conditions governing reproduction:
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:
Some box lists available from Archives staff, but not all of the collection is listed.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Some papers deposited by the Liberal Democrat History Group; exact provenance of others is unknown, but probably via the Liberal Democrats.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Some papers deposited by the Liberal Democrat History Group; exact provenance of others is unknown, but probably via the Liberal Democrats.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008