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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Politics |
Local
- Daisy Jessiman-Gordon (1905-1980), teacher, artist and councillor: photograph albums, print albums and scrapbook c1900-1950 (DD2730)
- Cornwall Liberal Democratic Party: membership donations and receipts and Liberal Party book (1997) 1997-2004 (AD2595)
- Howarth, George MP (b1949): oral history recording about Harold Wilson, MP for Huyton constituency 2018 (LSCD92)
- James Harold Wilson (1916-1995), Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, statesman: items collected by Rt Hon George Howarth MP for Knowsley, including illuminated conferment of the honorary freemanship of the Borough of Knowsley (2018/029)
- Jimmy McDermott (fl 1940-1990), Barking and Dagenham resident: typed personal memoir, with experiences incl evacuation during the Second World War, national service in Northern Ireland, trade unionism and working at Ford, and as a local councillor for Barking Eastbury Ward c1990 (ACQ2018/041)
- Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures: posters, leaflets, books and photographs c1980-1989 (A/3783/G)
- Christopher Dominic Marmaduke Bellairs Alderson (1939-2017), alderman and lord mayor of Bristol: papers 1987-1988 (46116)
- Jeannette Britton (1910-1991), alderman, Bristol city councillor: scrap book and reports rel to the care of the elderly and disabled in Bristol 1951-1971 (46102)
- Leonora Cohen (fl 1910-1978), suffragette: oral history recording rel to her time as a suffragette 1978 (CXT17)
- Adrian Allan (fl 1971-1980), councillor: papers rel to his time as a councillor with Border Rural District Council and Carlisle City Council, incl corresp, reports and press cuttings on the city centre redevelopment project c1971-1980 (DX 2347)
- William John Bankes (1786-1855), MP, traveller: letters incl philosophical and scientific notes 1854 (D-3051)
- Weymouth and Melcombe Regis borough: voters list 1834-1837 (D-2995)
- Lewes Liberal Association: papers incl minutes c1957-1989 (ACC 13232)
- Sussex Society for the Protection of Agriculture: corresp 1844-1845 (ACC 13038)
- Bella Brown (fl 1970-1989), Lord Mayor of Cardiff and Chairman of South Glamorgan: papers incl photograph albums c1970-1989 (D1619)
- Glyn Cleaves (d2015), politician and campaigner: papers incl scrapbooks, corresp, election papers, photographs, and a personal account of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) activities in Wales c1950-1970 (Accessions 6449)
- Sidney Box (1873-1958), agricultural trade unionist and political activist: records incl corresp, photographs and poetry 20th cent (DC99)
- Scottish National Party, Inverness and Nairn branch: records incl minutes, agendas and conference decisions 1990-2016 (D1612)
- Jenny Philpott (fl 1970-1989), councillor, Royal Borough of Kingston: digitised records c1970-1980 (KHC/2018/035)
- Anthony Bottrall (1938-2014), diplomat, politician, Lambeth Borough Councillor: educational papers and diaries 1994-2006 (ARC/2018/16)
- Fred Taggart (fl 1986-1990), Lambeth Councillor and chair of housing committee: personal papers 1986-1990 (ARC/2018/12)
- Leicester CND and Peace Action Group: records 1980-2018 (DE9671)
- John Hamilton (1922-2006), Labour Party councillor and leader of Liverpool City Council: council, professional and personal papers 20th-21st Cent (Acc 5909, ACC 7215)
- Richard Richardson (fl 1895-1937), magistrate: records incl legal and Conservative Party corresp 1895-1937 (ACC 7246)
- Tony Burns (1941-2012), Millennium Lord Mayor of Manchester: papers rel to time as Lord Mayor incl mayoral year diary, photographs, corresp and press cuttings 1999-2000 (2018/58)
- South Northamptonshire Conservative Association: Aynho branch minutes books and account book 1968-2015 (N324)
- Mountford family of Biddlestone: letters re Jacobites 1745-1746 (NRO 11650)
- Alwyn Bywater McConnell (c1922-2010), mayor of Oldham: papers incl diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and council meeting minutes 1984-1998 (M234)
- Oxford Central Conservative Club: records 1874-2017 (Acc 6671)
- Crieff Womens Liberal Association: minutes 1923-1983 (18/26)
- Peterborough Conservative Association: minutes and account books 1898-1994 (2018/29)
- Richard Devereux Bromley (fl 1925-1927), mayor and chief magistrate: papers incl corresp and photographs during the office of Councillor Bromley c1920-1939 (9511)
- Sir Henry Sidney (1529-1586), knight, Lord Deputy of Ireland and President of Wales: Ludlow Castle Heraldic Roll 1525-1600 (9546)
- Phelips family of Montacute: diaries of Edward Phelips, MP 1784, 1789 (A/EOH)
- North Somerset Liberal Democrats: records incl minutes, election material, corresp and ephemera 1966-2009 (A/ENF)
- UK Independence Party, Taunton Deane branch: corresp, membership lists, minutes, candidacy papers, referendum papers ad manifestos 2013-2017 (A/EOS)
- Lucia Marion Foster Welch (1864-1940), suffragette and conservative politician: letters, photographs rel to a visit to the USA 1928 (D/Z 1494)
- Frank Wright (fl 1950-1960), lawyer and local government officer: personal papers rel to civic events c1950-1960 (D/Z 1375)
- Hampshire County Council: files rel to local government reorganisation 1997 (acc 7389)
- Helen Broadbent (fl 1968-1990), environmental activist: corresp, books, pamphlets and newsletters rel to involvement in the 'Glasgow for People' campaign 1968-1990 (1001058)
- Glasgow National Abortion Campaign: records incl publicity materials, newsletters and corresp 1974-1985 (1001228)
- William Orford White (1835 -1911), mayor of Ipswich and grand master Ipswich District Oddfellows: papers incl corresp, ephemera, programmes and accounts rel to his time as Mayor and family 1872-1936 (HD4154)
- Philip Goldenberg (fl 1981-2015), former Liberal Democrat Councillor of Woking: corresp files 1981-2015 (9945)
- Rosemary Hall (1923-2018), former mayor of Guildford: scrapbooks rel to mayoralty 1983-1985 (9936)
- Walter Kenyon, (fl 1895-1902), MP: campaign material for Liberal Party at national & local Stalybridge elections plus family history 1871-1949 (Acc 4587)
- George Lansbury (1859-1940), Labour politician: manuscript of 'The principles of the English Poor Law being a paper read at the Central Poor Law Conference held at the Guildhall 1897' 1897 (P/MIS/479)
- Edgar Lansbury (1887-1935), councillor, Labour and Communist: album containing photographs rel to the Poplar Rates Dispute 1922 (P/MIS/478)
- George Halkett (d1949), Communist Party County Councillor: personal papers incl campaign material and photographs c1930-1949 (GDD90)
- Swansea West Constituency Labour Party: records incl minutes, corresp and election ephemera 1978-2008
- Richard Cobden (1804-1865), statesman and businessman: letters (17) to various correspondents 1846-1862 (19097)
- Liberal Democrats, Bognor Regis: minutes c1989-1998 (19229)
- Salisbury Green Party: minutes 1992-1955 (1643D)
- Pewsey Vale Labour Party: minute books 1945-1970 (4427)
- Sir Peter Luff (b1955), Knight, MP: scrapbooks and photographs rel to his political career 1987-2014 (BA16174)
National
- Henry Bynner (1773-1867), British Vice-Consul: account and letter books for the consulate of Trieste 1818-1833 (Add MS 89331)
- Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), Baroness Burdett Coutts, philanthropist: letters (64), incl corresp with her husband, William Lehman Ashmead Burdett-Coutts, (1851-1921), politician 1846-1907 (Add MS 89321)
- Ishbel MacDonald (1903-1982), member of London County Council, and official hostess to Ramsey MacDonald: papers c1900-1982 (Add MS 89304)
- Anthony John Charles Meyer (1920-2004), 3rd Baronet, MP: papers incl corresp rel to challenging Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) for the leadership of the Conservative Party 1983-2005 (Add MS 89310)
- Frederick North (1766-1827), 5th Earl of Guilford: news of Europe, collection of political reports 1740 (Add MS 89320)
- John Alan Redwood (b 1951), Conservative Party politician, MP for Wokingham: diaries 2006-2017 (Add MS 89308)
- Independent Jersey Care Enquiry: additional records 2014-2017 (JA/3245)
- States Greffe: audio-visual material and edited Hansard transcripts 2017 (JA/3275)
- States of Jersey, Health and Social Services: copies of material used as evidence in the Independent Jersey Care Enquiry 2014-2017 (JA/3295)
- States of Jersey, Police: copy of States of Jersey training manual written by George Valentine May, with annotated copy of General Index of Jersey Legislation 1972-1985 (JA/3359)
- James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (b1942), Baron Selkirk of Douglas, lawyer and politician: additional papers 1980-2016 (Acc. 13902, 13964)
- Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1846-1923), politician and journalist: corresp, with some family corresp and papers 1876-1923 (Acc. 13890)
- William Mure (1799-1860), classical scholar, antiquary, MP: additional corresp 1820-1859 (Acc. 13914)
- Wendy Wood (1892-1981), Scottish Nationalist: letters to Joan Clark 1975-1980 (Acc. 13989)
- Scottish Anti-Poll Tax Federation: records incl minutes, corresp, publicity material and conference papers, with material rel to Strathclyde Anti-Poll Tax Federation 1989-1991 (Acc. 13968)
- Leighton Andrews (b1957), politician: papers incl corresp, material rel to Welsh National Assembly service, and papers rel to his early career 1962-2016 (LEIDREWS)
- Glyn Tegai Hughes (1923-2017), politician, writer and critic: papers incl diaries, political papers, research files (99899641802419)
- Sir Raymond Powell (1928-2001), knight, MP: political papers 1980-2005 (99884043702419)
- Peter John Mitchell Thomas (1920-2008), Lord Thomas of Gwydir, barrister, MP, Secretary of State for Wales: personal papers 1940-2008 (99885700002419)
- Plaid Cymru, Etholaeth Ceredigion: additional records 1995-2005 (PLAION)
- Cahir Healy (1877-1970), MP: political, literary and personal papers 1904-1911 (D2991/J)
Special
- Francis Edward Thorneycroft (1926-2017), political activist and gay rights campaigner: papers regarding communism and politics c1940-1999 (THORNEYCROFT)
- James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), politician and Labour Leader: assorted papers incl corresp, newspaper articles and a minute book from Abercynon Ward Labour Party 1910-1956 (Acc 1578)
- Medcalf, Emily (fl 1947) nee Wiltshire, politician: handwritten notebook from 1947 Labour Party Women’s Conference in Southport 1947 (Acc 1553)
- Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), Knight, politician and lawyer: papers rel to scientific instruments 1910 (MM/24/30-31)
- William Edwin Haigh (1878-1961), epidemiologist: corresp, primarily with the League of Nations Epidemiology Commission, incl comments on the current political situations 1918-1963 (PP/HAI)
University
- Newhills Liberal Association: minutes (vol also as commonplace book) 1878-1900 (895)
- Collected material rel to the 2016 UK Referendum on Britain leaving the Economic Union 2016 (DM2748)
- Malcolm Rifkind (b1946), politician: personal and political papers 1960-2010 (RFND, acc 1997)
- David Wilshire (b1943), MP: papers 1997-2010 (WILS, acc 2023, 2029 & 2043)
- Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Campaign: records 1973-1978 (Coll-1895)
- Otto John (1909-1997), head of West German intelligence: draft memoir and other autobiographical writings 1956-1974 (Acc 3713)
- Eric Arthur Roberts (1907-1972), spy: corresp with Sir Charles Henry Maxwell, Knight, OBE (1900-1968), MI5, directing his intelligence-gathering on the British Union of Fascists 1934-1935 (Acc 3697)
- Michael Leslie Ogilvy Faber (1929-2015), developmental economist: corresp, photographs and papers rel to Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1880-1991 (ICS198)
- Moses Mauane Kotane (1905-1978), South African politician and activist: letters to Hilda Saks (1914-1995), South African Communist party member, rel to Kimberley, British Bechuanaland and condemning British and Boer imperialism, as well as corresp from Moscow 1935-1936 (ICS197)
- Edward Crawford (fl 1960-2010), socialist: articles and corresp rel to Trotskyism 1929-2001 (MS1232)
- Anwar Ditta (b1953), immigration activist: papers rel to Anwar's life and her legal case to allow her children to come to the UK incl corresp, newspapers and campaign material 1970-2000 (2018/02)
- Walter Runciman (1870-1949), Viscount Runciman of Doxford, statesman: corresp 1870-1949 (WR)
- Fred Westacott (1916-2001), communist: autobiography and obituary 2000-2001 (FW: acc 2976)
- Madeleine Slade (1892-1982), also known as Mirabehn, follower of Gandhi: letters from Gandhi and Nehru to Mirabehn 1930-1945 (SxMs193)
- Aberavon Constituency Labour Party: committee minutes with records rel to South Wales Euro-Constituency Labour Party 1967-1986 (2018/31)
- Garw Valley Labour Party: minutes 1947-1959 (2018/25)
- Merthyr Communist Party: minutes 1981-1987 (2018/26)
- Stuart McPhail Hall (1932-2014), cultural theorist and political commentator: professional and political papers incl rel to New Left Review, CND, Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham and the Open University 1954-2017 (US121)
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), dramatist and politician: letter to Mr Hay 1808 (2018/027)
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