McKenzie Memorial Election Archive (1992 General Election)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 MCKENZIE
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	: McKenzie Memorial Election Archive (1992 General Election)
Date(s)	: 1992
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 132 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Hanna | Vincent Leo Martin | 1939-1997 | political affairs reporter and presenter

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Professor Robert Trelford McKenzie (1917-1981) was a political affairs presenter and the author of a well-known series of election studies. The video taping was undertaken for a series of political programmes [by Vincent Hanna - possibly A week in politics] broadcast [on Channel 4] during the General Election campaign of 1992.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Video tapes of news and current affairs programmes aired on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky during the 1992 General Election, 10 March-8 April 1992. A daily log provides access to the material and details of programmes taped, which include news reports, special election broadcasts and political press conferences.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged according to television channel, date and time.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown.

Finding aids:

A list made by the depositor is included in the collection.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Vincent Hanna in 1992.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds a collection of ephemera relating to the 1992 General Election (Ref: General Election 1992).

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:
Jan 2001