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SDP Maclennan Archive

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The following is an outline of the papers contained in this collection. At the time of writing (May 2001) further work remains to be done on the sorting and listing of the box contents.

Box 1
Launch, 26 March 1981

Box 2
Council for Social Democracy meetings

Box 3
Scottish SDP; Joint (Alliance) Working Groups; ASDE (Association for a Social and Democratic Europe); Miscellaneous working groups

Boxes 4 and 5
National Committee

Box 6
Policy Committee; Policy Discussion Group

Boxes 7 and 8
SDP constitution

Box 9
Warrington By-election 1981; SDP press releases, 1987-88

Box 10
David Owen : speeches

Box 11
Robert Maclennan : speeches

Box 12
Agriculture and rural resources; Voices and choices for all; election literature; political party broadcasts and the BBC; financial assistance to opposition parties

Box 13
Legal papers; correspondence with solicitors

Boxes 14 and 15
Joint Negotiating Team

Box 16
Westminster seats : negotiations with the Liberals

Boxes, 17, 18 and 19
SDP/Liberal merger correspondence

Box 20
SDP/Liberals Strategy Group; Interim Federal Executive; Alliance Committee; Parliamentary Advisory Committee; Interim Co-ordinating Committee; KC Group

Box 21
SDP/Liberals Interim Policy Committee; Interim Federal & Finance Administration; Finance Planning Group; Interim Campaigns Sub-committee

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