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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Swaziland: Political Parties Material


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 PP.SQ

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: Swaziland: Political Parties Material

Date(s): 1961-1973

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Institute of Commonwealth Studies

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Swaziland held its first legislative council elections in 1964 and became independent in 1968.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Constitutions, manifestos, reports, pamphlets, leaflets and membership cards, 1961-1973, issued by the Democratic Party of Swaziland, the Imbokodvo National Movement, the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress and the Swaziland Progressive Party. The materials here deal with the constitutional processes leading to independence as well as the brief period of electoral politics before the constitution was abolished in 1973.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mostly English, some in Swazi.

System of arrangement:

Alphabetically by party, then in rough chronological order

Conditions governing access:

Open to all for research purposes; access is free for anyone in higher education.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can usually be obtained - apply to library staff.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Records at item level on library catalogue (SASCAT)

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected at present.

Archival history:

The Commonwealth Political Parties Materials collection was begun in 1960-61, with special emphasis being placed then, as now, on "primary material such as party constitutions, policy statements, convention reports and election manifestos." (ICS, Twelfth Annual Report 1960-1961). Since then, the main method of gathering material has been to appeal directly to political parties throughout the Commonwealth, though contributions from Institute members and staff following visits to relevant countries have been significant. More recently material has been collected by means of downloading documents from the websites of the major parties.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also Political Party, Trades Unions and Pressure Group Materials for other Commonwealth countries and related material in the library's main classified sequence, all held at the ICS.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Description compiled by Daniel Millum, Political Archives Project Officer at the Institutes of Commonwealth and Latin American Studies.

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: Created 22/09/2004 AIM25


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Constitutions | Constitutional law | Public law
Decolonization | Colonial countries | Political systems
Political parties | Internal politics
Politics | Political science

Personal names

Corporate names
Democratic Party of Swaziland
Imbokodvo National Movement
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress
Swaziland Progressive Party

Places
Swaziland | Southern Africa