Merton and Morden Labour Party

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 MERTON AND MORDEN 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	: Merton and Morden Labour Party
Date(s)	: 1926-1970
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 12 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Merton and Morden Labour Party

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Merton and Morden Labour Party, 1926-1970, including minutes of the General and Executive Committees, the General Management Committee and the Annual General Meetings, 1936-1970; minutes of the Merton and Morden Young Socialists, 1959-1965; minutes of the Morden Ward, 1926-1966, and the Morden Ward Women's Section, 1947-1967; minutes of the Merton Group, 1933-1935; minutes of the Ravensbury and St Helier Ward Women's Section, 1948-1952; various publications, notably the Merton and Morden weekly tote, lottery and bulletin, 1957-1970, copies of The Argus, the Journal of the Merton and Morden Labour Party, 1952-1961, Labour Party General Election literature, 1964-1970, Local Election literature, 1934-1956, and press cuttings, 1960-1968.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection mainly comprises bound volumes arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open. Microfilm available.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown. Microfilm copies only.

Finding aids:

Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by the Merton and Morden Labour Party in 1970.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

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 Archives 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:
Jan 2001