IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LCC/CL/COUN
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: COUNCIL CLERK
Date(s): 1889-1965
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.2 linear metres
Name of creator(s): LCC | London County Council x London County Council
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London County Council delegated administrative matters to its committees, both standing committees and a number of special committees appointed for specific purposes. The committees met frequently, either weekly or fortnightly, while the Council met weekly. Committee reports requiring decision by the Council were dealt with weekly, and each committee reported to the Council every 6 months. In addition the Council also had representatives on many bodies such as industrial councils, school governing bodies and charitable foundations. For the purpose of carrying out the services of the Council, the staff is organised into departments, each of which is under the responsibility of a chief officer.
The Clerk of the Council was the chief administrative officer of the Council, acting as the clerk of the Council itself as well as the various committees. Additional important duties of the Clerk's Department included the maintenance of the library for members of the Council at City Hall, the preparation of general publications and the responsibility for general work including records.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London County Council Clerk's Department relating to the Council Clerk including papers relating to London County Council elections, 1889-1952; papers relating to Council procedures, 1908-1960; papers relating to Members' Expenses, 1946-1952; papers relating to special and commemorative meetings of the Council, 1941-1965, including the last meeting of the Council and papers relating to the reorganisation of local government in Greater London, 1957-1963.
London County Council Pocket Books containing information on Members of the Council, Cabinet, LCC Committees, Parliamentary Representatives for London, Police and Magistrates Courts officials, Central Criminal Court officials and Coroners, District Surveyors, List of Parks, Gardens, Open Spaces, Bridges, pumping stations and so on and list of LCC staff with salaries, rules and conditions of service, 1890-1939; LCC Election Poll Book, giving results of first four elections, 1889-1898; maps showing polling districts for LCC elections, 1961; lists of LCC members, 1889-1943; returns of attendances of members, 1889-1965; LCC election posters, 1889-1913; Members Handbooks, listing members and their addresses and the Committees on which they were serving, 1889-1965 and Rota cards, giving programme of meetings of Council, committees and sub-committees, 1889-1965.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
LCC/CL/COUN/1: General; LCC/CL/COUN/2: Pocket books, handbooks and posters.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.
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Publication note:
For further information on the history of the LCC please see Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council by W Eric Jackson (1965), LMA Library reference 18.0 1965, The London County Council 1938, LMA Library reference 18.7 SER 4, and The Youngest County: A description of London as a county and its public services, 1951, LMA Library reference 18.0 1951.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009