Bedford Constituency/Divisional Labour Party (BLP)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 BEDFORD LABOUR PARTY
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Bedford Constituency/Divisional Labour Party (BLP)
Date(s)	: 1923-1970
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 7 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Bedford Labour Party

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute books and financial records of the Bedford Constituency/Divisional Labour Party, 1923-1970, including minutes of the Executive Committee, 1923-1925, 1952-1969; minutes of the Sub-Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Organisation and Propaganda Committee, 1923-1925, 1938; minutes of the Organisation Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Conference of the Bedford Divisional Labour Party, 1923-1925; minutes of the Individual Members Meeting, 1923-1925; minutes of the Joint Trade Union Meeting, 1923-1925; minutes of the Finance Committee, 1923-1925, 1952-1956; minutes of the Literature and Propaganda Committee, 1923-1925; minutes of the Bedford Town Council Labour Group, 1939-1947; minutes of the General Committee and Annual General Meeting, 1947-1957, 1967-1969; minutes of the Women's Section, 1925-1934; minutes of the meetings of the Bedford Constituency Labour Party Young Socialists, 1966-1968, with correspondence; expenditure account books, 1949-1970; press cuttings book, 1954-1958; and attendance register, 1956-1961.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in the following section: minutes, material of the Women's Section, material of the Young Socialists, financial records, other.

Conditions governing access:

This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes. The microfilm must be used. Apply to Archivist for originals.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright retained by the donor and their heirs. Microfilm copies only.

Finding aids:

Temporary handlist and online catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by the Bedford Labour Party in 1970.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service hold papers of the BLP, 1919-1991 (Ref: X494).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
Sep 2000