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- 1954-1974 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
8 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1903; educated at Tonbridge School and City and Guilds College (Imperial College of Science and Technology); Works Manager, Aladdin Industries, Greenford, 1930-1946; Deputy President, Governmental Sub-Commission, Control Commission Germany, 1946-1947; Deputy Director, British Institute of Management, 1948; Labour MP for Edmonton, 1948-1974; Minister of State, Department of Economic Affairs, 1965-1967; Fellow of City and Guilds College and Imperial College; Chartered Engineer: died 1994.
Archival history
Deposited by Austen Harry Albu, via the Modern Political Archives Survey, in 1974.
GB 0097 ALBU 1954-1974 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Albu , Austen Harry , 1903-1994 , Labour MP
Born 1903; educated at Tonbridge School and City and Guilds College (Imperial College of Science and Technology); Works Manager, Aladdin Industries, Greenford, 1930-1946; Deputy President, Governmental Sub-Commission, Control Commission Germany, 1946-1947; Deputy Director, British Institute of Management, 1948; Labour MP for Edmonton, 1948-1974; Minister of State, Department of Economic Affairs, 1965-1967; Fellow of City and Guilds College and Imperial College; Chartered Engineer: died 1994.
Deposited by Austen Harry Albu, via the Modern Political Archives Survey, in 1974.
The collection comprises confidential constituency files of Austen Harry Albu, Labour MP for Edmonton, 1954-1974.
Mainly arranged according to subject.
Closed for 50 years.
Copyright retained by the depositor and their heirs. No documents may be photocopied.
English
Unlisted.
The BLPES holds material relating to Albu in the papers of Duncan Lyell Burn (Ref: Burn/8/8), Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (Ref: Crosland/10/1), the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society/E132/7, G25/4, G50/22, J30/1, J31/11, and J58/7), the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES/11/1/1) and Coll Misc 0321 (Ref: 1/12).
The Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge University, holds papers and correspondence (Ref: Albu); Rhodes House Library, Oxford University, has correspondence on colonial questions, 1950-1959 (Ref: MSS Brit Emp s365).
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2000 Albu , Austen Harry , 1903-1994 , politician Edmonton England Europe Government Labour Party Middlesex Political science Politics UK Western Europe London Enfield
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection comprises confidential constituency files of Austen Harry Albu, Labour MP for Edmonton, 1954-1974.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Mainly arranged according to subject.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Closed for 50 years.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright retained by the depositor and their heirs. No documents may be photocopied.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The BLPES holds material relating to Albu in the papers of Duncan Lyell Burn (Ref: Burn/8/8), Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (Ref: Crosland/10/1), the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society/E132/7, G25/4, G50/22, J30/1, J31/11, and J58/7), the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES/11/1/1) and Coll Misc 0321 (Ref: 1/12).
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Unlisted.
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Related units of description
The Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge University, holds papers and correspondence (Ref: Albu); Rhodes House Library, Oxford University, has correspondence on colonial questions, 1950-1959 (Ref: MSS Brit Emp s365).
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English