RAISIN, J.W.

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2783
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: RAISIN, J.W.
Date(s)	: 1946-1969
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.41 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Raisin | James | d 1974 | Labour Party agent

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jim Raisin was appointed Labour Party Agent for Hackney South in 1930 and became the agent for Lewisham East in 1933. From 1946 he was London District Organiser and from November 1958 he was Regional Organiser for the Northern home counties region (covering Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire) until he retired in 1969. He died in March 1974, aged 70.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of James Raisin, Labour Party agent, consisting mainly of Organisers' reports on Labour party meetings and events in both the London District from 1946-1969 and the Northern Home Counties Region from 1958-1969.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The original numbering has been prefixed by the designation ACC/2783 to conform with LMA cataloguing procedures. Hence JWR/ORG/46/1-22 becomes ACC/2783/JWR/ORG/46/1-22. The original numbering took into account the year (eg. 1946) in which the file was created.

ACC/2783/JWR/AG: Agents' papers;
ACC/2783/JWR/CAN: Rules of validity of candidatures;
ACC/2783/JWR/COOP: Liaison with Cooperative organisations;
ACC/2783/JWR/CORR: Correspondence;
ACC/2783/JWR/GE: General Election statistics;
ACC/2783/JWR/OA: Meetings of Organisers;
ACC/2783/JWR/REP: Reports;
ACC/2783/JWR/STA: Staff Conference papers;
ACC/2783/JWR/TU: Trade Union Development;
ACC/2783/JWR/ORG: London District Organisers reports.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in December 1989.

Allied Materials

Related material:

These records form a significant addition to the records of the London Labour party (ACC/2417) held at LMA.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
June to August 2010.