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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Politics |
Local
- Sir Edward Richard George Heath (1916-2005), Prime Minister: correspondence 1967-1968 (PEKET)
- Material relating to anti-racist and anti-fascist activity 1970s-1980s (MS 5120 (2023/080))
- Office of Government Commerce: records relating to Belasis Hotel, Haverton Hill nd (OGC)
- St Fagans Conservative Party branch: AGM and committee minutes, women's section AGM and committee minutes, membership book 1928-1998 (D1956)
- Ogmore Constituency Labour Party: minutes of Executive Committee and General Management Committee meetings 1982-2003 (D1957)
- Douglas French (b1944) MP: constituency papers as Conservative MP for Gloucester 1987-1997 (16179)
- Malden and Coome Labour Party: minutes 1952-1961 (KHC/2023/002)
- Leicester and Leicestershire Labour Party: printed material c1980-2020 (DE10552)
- Leicester Spokes, cycling campaign group: annual reports (1983/4-1990/1), accounts (1992 & 1995), newsletters (1983-2000), newspaper cuttings (1982-1992), notices & maps 1982-2000 (DE10473)
- William Biggs, (1804-1881), hosier, Mayor & MP for Newport: memoriam book, record of speeches, passport, cuttings and pedigrees, genealogical research papers and various other records relating to the Biggs family including scrapbook of John Worthington Biggs 19th-20th cent (DE10603)
- Charles Henry Roberts, (1865-1959), politician: correspondence and papers relating to Lincolnshire 1900-1923 (MISC DON 2147)
- Anthony Rampton (1915-1993), businessman and philanthropist: papers pertaining to the Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups chaired by Rampton 1977-1985 (Accession number: B23/111)
- Plymouth Save the Trees of Armada Way Campaign Group (STRAW): digital copies downloaded from the group's website: incl flyers, posters, policy statements, photographs and newspaper articles rel to removal of trees in Armada Way in March 2023 by Plymouth City Council 2018-2023 (4514)
- Bridgwater Conservative Association: minutes 1907-1986 (A/FDC)
- Lushington family of Ockham and Cobham: additional corresp incl letters to Sir Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) rel to his parliamentary career, and letters to members of the Lushington family from Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poet and dramatist, her sister Agnes and sister-in-law Sophia 1806-1850 (10565)
National
- Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (1925 -2014), Labour politician: archive 20th-21st cent (Add MS 89690)
- Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, cross-party campaigning organisation: records 1980-1999 (Acc.14461)
- Robin Charles Moreton Harper (b1940), politician: political and personal papers 1970-2020 (Acc.14462)
- Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie (1933-2012), politician: political papers 1970-2012 (Acc.14463)
- Ian MacDonald (b1934), SNP activist: papers 1970-1989 (Acc.14464)
- Anthony David Oliver (1940-1995), psychiatrist and Scottish Liberal Party candidate: papers relating to the Scottish Liberal Party 1968-1970 (Acc.14541)
- Rt Hon Mark Drakeford (b1954), First Minister of Wales: papers, incl material rel to the UK withdrawal from the European Union, and documents reflecting Welsh Government relations with the Westminster and devolved governments 202-2023
University
- Sir Bernard Ingham (1932-2023), Knight, journalist and civil servant: diaries, photograph albums 20th cent (INGH, acc 2258)
- Professor Alan Thompson (1924-2017), politician and economist: personal papers c1960-1989
- United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP): newsletters, printed material and papers of Craig Mackinlay when he was a leading member of the party, incl minutes, circulated papers and correspondence 1992-2017 (UKIP)
- Nottingham Clarion Choir, politically-inspired choir: papers 1988-2023 (CCN)
- Feminist Archive (East Midlands): Nottingham Women for Peace minutes and newsletters and Women Against Pit Closures ephemera c1980-1989 (FME/3/17)
- Christopher Richardson (1947-2020), socialist, historian and LGBTQ+ activist: album of photographs relating to the General Election campaign for Park Ward 1987 1985-1987 (MS 1056)
- Nabih Al-Azmah (1886-1972), politician, and his brother Adil Al-Azmah (c1888-1952), lawyer and state official, who played a major role in the development of Arab nationalism in the Middle East: papers (mostly photocopies) incl photographs 1900-1999 (EUL MS 215 add. 1)
- Leila Mantoura (1927-2000), Palestinian activist, humanitarian and company director: correspondence with her Israeli friend, Ruth Dayan (1917-2021), activist, humanitarian and arts company director; letters incl family news, as well as references to events in Palestine and Lebanon, prospects for peace, the Tewfik Canaan collection of amulets and folklore, Palestinian costumes, criticism of Abu Ammar [Yasser Arafat] and PLO policies, and the potential difficulties raised by their friendship within certain parts of the Arab and Israeli communities 1977-1995 (EUL MS 478 add. 1)
- Rosie Cooper, (b1950), health official and former politician: political campaign material 1970s-2000s (2023.003)
- Lord David Owen, Baron Owen, CH, PC, FRCP (b1938), politician and physician: political and working papers 20th-21st cent (2021.017)
- The McDougall Trust and the Electoral Reform Society: administrative records and publications c1860-2020 (1605)
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