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SDP McGivan Archive |
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SDP: McGivan Archive
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Back to the Special Collections Menu The archives of Lord (Alec) McGivan are divided into three main sectors: I. The Campaign for Labour Victory (CLV) and Labour Party Conference material 1978-1980 II. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) material, including material relating to by-elections III. Social and Liberal Democrats / Liberal Democrats papers The following list provides an indication of the material contained in this archive. At the time of writing (May 2001) further work remains to be done on the sorting and listing of box contents. I. Campaign for Labour Victory Archives box 1. Lists of CLV members and key contacts Archives box 2. Card index of CLV members and key contacts File boxes Box 1 - CLV Steering Committee; statistical analysis of Westminster seats Box 2 - CLV Conferences, 1979 and 1980 Box 3 - Correspondence 1977 Box 4 - Correspondence 1978 Box 5 - Correspondence 1979 - 1981 Box 6 - CLV circulars Box 7 - CLV publications and leaflets Box 8 - Labour Party conferences 1978 and 1979 Box 9 - Labour Party conference 1980; Election of Labour party leader; speeches and press releases Box 10 - Labour Party speeches and press releases: Left wing literature Box 11 - Labour Party: Commission of Enquiry into [its] Organisation, 1980 Box 12 - Social Democratic Alliance; Association of Democratic Groups; Campaign for Labour Party Democracy; Committee of Labour Democracy Box 13 - Early letters of support Box 14 - Launch of SDP; early policy statements; SDP organisation and finance Box 15 - Speeches of 'The Gang of Four' Box 16 - National Committee Box 17 - Organisation Committee; SDP units of organisation Box 18 - Co-ordinating Committee; Steering Committee; Finance Committee; Policy Committee Box 19 - By-election Committee; By-election Working Group; Campaigning Working Group; Social & Liberal Democrats; Organisers & Agents Association; Membership Group Box 20 - Press releases; SDP Constitution Box 21 - Area Party circulars; Area Party organization and correspondence; Welsh Consultative Assembly Box 22 - Area Party circulars Box 23 - Membership; recruitment; Campaign '84 Box 24 - SDP office organization; miscellaneous; Correspondence with solicitors Box 25 - Joint selection [with Liberals]; Joint Westminster Election Group; SDP Westminster Election Group; General Election Seats Group; General Election Unit Box 26 - Constituency surveys Boxes 27 and 28 - Seat targeting Box 29 - Parliamentary candidate selections Box 30 - Liberal Negotiating Team papers; Seat negotiations [with the Liberals] Box 31 - By-election planning papers Box 32 - By-election leaflets (general); National election material, 1983; By-election newspapers By-election files Box 33 - Bath; Banbury; Beaconsfield; Birmingham; Brecon & Radner; Cambridge; Cardiff; Carmarthen; Chesterfield; Clydesdale; Coatbridge & Airdrie Box 34 -Crosby; Croydon; Cynon Valley Box 35 - Darlington; Derbyshire; Dorset; Dundee Box 36 - Ealing; Edinburgh; Falmouth & Camborne; Fulham Box 37 - Fulham Box 38 - Gateshead; Glamorgan; Gower; Greenwich Box 39 - Greenwich Box 40 - Harrogate; Hertfordshire; Hillhead (Glasgow) Box 41 - Islington; Knowlesley; Milton Keynes; Mitcham & Morden; Newcastle-under-Lyme; Newham; Norfolk NW; Oxford & Abingdon; Peckham Box 42 - Peckham Box 43 - St Ives; Stafford; Stockton; Tynebridge Box 44 - Tynebridge; Western Isles Box 45 - Warrington Boxes 46 - 54 - Newspaper cuttings III. Social & Liberal Democrats Box 55 - Policy declaration 1988; Circulars and correspondence; Group papers; Press releases; Publicity Box 56 - Federal Executive / Interim Federal Executive; Federal Finance; Joint Review Body; 1991 Planning Group Box 57 - Publications |
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