General Election 1997

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 GENERAL ELECTION 1997
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	: General Election 1997
Date(s)	: 1997
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 21 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: BLPES

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Requests for donations of election ephemera were sent out by the BLPES to candidates of all parties throughout the United Kingdom during the 1997 general election campaign, and major deposits were received. Material was also collected by BLPES staff and students.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Material relating to the 1997 General Election, including addresses, leaflets, posters and other ephemera from throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, representing all political parties, including the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party, the Green Party, the Natural Law Party, and a range of parties from Northern Ireland.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The ephemera has been listed by party.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Most documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

On-line catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Compiled by British Library of Political and Economic Science.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
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:
Oct 2000