Catalogue description Archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain, London District (LDCP)
This record is held by Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
Reference: | CP/LON |
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Title: | Archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain, London District (LDCP) |
Description: |
Archives of the London District Communist Party (LDCP): District Congresses papers CP/LON/CONG District Committee papers CP/LON/DC District Secretariat papers CP/LON/SECT District Secretary's papers CP/LON/SECY Remnants of the LDCP CP/LON/REM District correspondence files CP/LON/CORR District Circulars and other papers CP/LON/CIRC District Education and Propaganda Departments CP/LON/EDPRP District finance papers CP/LON/FIN District Industrial Organisers' papers CP/LON/IND District Organisers' papers CP/LON/ORG District Advisory Committee papers: Transport Advisory CP/LON/ADVT Women's Advisory CP/LON/ADVW Cypriot Advisory CP/LON/ADVC Education Advisory CP/LON/ADVE Peace/International Advisory CP/LON/ADVP Youth Advisory CP/LON/ADVY Pensioners' Advisory CP/LON/ADVP Irish Advisory CP/LON/ADVIR Miscellaneous Non-Industrial Advisories CP/LON/ADV Industrial Advisories CP/LON/ADVI Student Advisory CP/LON/ADVS District election materials CP/LON/ELEC District events and campaigns CP/LON/EVNT District Subject files: Housing CP/LON/HOU International CP/LON/INT London CP/LON/LON Morning Star CP/LON/STAR Peace CP/LON/PEAC Race CP/LON/RACE Social Services CP/LON/SOC Staffing CP/LON/STAFF London Branches CP/LON/BRA London Young Communist League CP/LON/YCL |
Date: | 1921-1991 |
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The archive is organised as indicated in the index. The basic organisation of the records follows that established by the original cataloguer, Jo Stanley, though a great deal of additional material has since been inserted into her original list and the catalogue computerised. It should be remembered that as in any structured but evolving organisation there will be some overlap, e.g. between District Committee and Secretariat or Events and Circulars. It has not been possible fully to sort the larger files (e.g. into strict date order); they have been kept as they were transferred. In a few cases loose unsorted papers clearly belonging to a particular series have been gathered into 'artificial' files, but most of the archive remains as it would have been when these were working documents. The material in the files is not usually listed in full detail, but a general indication of content given. Inevitably many papers were lost over the years, and most sections contain large gaps. Numbering within sections has roughly followed a chronological order (sorted by earliest date, then if necessary by last date). This is not totally consistent - a lot of material turned up when a list was already in place - and files frequently covered quite a long time span. |
Held by: | Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum), not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 34 sub & sub-sub-fonds. |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
This material was transferred to the National Museum of Labour History in 1996, to join remain separate from the central archives of the national Communist Party. Many of the London District officials also held prominent roles in the party as a whole, and Congress material in particular often has a national focus. Local issues are also dealt with throughout these records, especially in material created by individual London areas and branches (CP/LON/BRA). |
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