LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/1632
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY
Date(s)	: 1890-1900
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.09 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: London County Council | Progressive Society

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Progressive Party was formed in 1888 to contest local government elections in London. It was allied with the Liberal Party, the labour movement and the Fabian Society. Social reformer Sidney Webb was a councillor for the party. The Progressives won the first London County Council elections in 1889 and held power until 1907. In 1907 the Municipal Reform Party, allied to the Conservative Party, won the Council and held it until 1934; after which the Labour Party gained control and held it until the abolition of the London County Council.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London County Council (LCC) Progressive Society, comprising minutes of the Society, including agendas and lists of candidates.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Two documents catalogued as ACC/1632/001 and 002.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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 May 1981.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the records of the London County Council see reference LCC.

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.