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      Civil and political rights

      • UF Civil liberties
      • UF Civil rights
      • UF Freedom
      • UF Political rights
      • UF Right to dignity
      • UF Droit à la dignité
      • UF Droits civils
      • UF Droits politiques
      • UF Liberté
      • UF Libertés civiles
      • UF Derecho a la dignidad
      • UF Derechos políticos
      • UF Libertad
      • UF Libertades civiles
      • UF Libertades políticas

      423 Archival description results for Civil and political rights

      423 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
      BARNESBURY MANOR, ISLINGTON
      GB 0074 M/83/BAR · Collection · 1621-1925

      Papers relating to Barnsbury Manor, Islington, including records of the courts baron and courts leet; deeds to the copyhold estate of the manor; surrenders; warrants; deeds of conveyance of land and premises at Holloway; deeds for Tufnell family holdings in Holloway, Manor of Canonbury, and in the Manor of Newington Barrow at Highbury; and deeds for the Tufnell family estates in Ireland.

      Manor of Barnsbury , Islington
      BARHALL DAWSON
      GB 0074 E/BDW · Collection · 1824-1907

      Collection of title deeds relating to ownership of property in Earl's Court Road, Somerset Place, Bath Place and Edwards Square, Kensington. Documents include leases, assignments, mortgages, abstract of title and releases.

      Various.
      GB 1556 WL 897 · Collection · 1944-1957

      Papers of Robert Philip Baker-Byrne, 1944-1957, notably include his personal papers including passport and notebook containing addresses and notes apparently taken during Baker-Byrne's time as investigator into war crimes in Kiel, 1948-1957; a memoranda from War Crimes Group (North West Europe) regarding the role and activities of Captain Robert Philip Baker-Byrne, 1947-1948; correspondence and papers regarding 'the Kiel Hassee case' in which 50 allied prisoners of war were summarily executed by Gestapo officers, 1948-1951 and correspondence including affidavits regarding an application for restitution money from the German government.

      Various
      GB 0074 E/BGS · Collection · 1816-1864

      Records of William Bagshaw relating to two properties in which he had an interest, 42 Craven Street, Strand and 3 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, and to a grave in Highgate Cemetery he purchased. One document shows him acting as a trustee. Two apprenticeship indentures have no obvious link with the rest of the documents, and may have come from another source.

      Bagshaw , William , fl 1816-1864 , accountant
      BACON, John (1777-1859)
      GB 0074 E/BN · Collection · 1683-1866

      Papers relating to the estate of John Bacon the younger, sculptor, including title deeds and documents relating to the purchase, ownership and sale of properties in the City of London, Bethnal Green, Paddington, Marylebone, Hoxton, Shoreditch, Stepney, Knightsbridge, Westminster and Kent; correspondence; articles of co-partnership with Charles Manning; and lists of sculptural works underway.

      Bacon , John , 1777-1859 , sculptor
      BACON FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0260 · Collection · 1815-1855

      Papers relating to property owned by the Bacon family, including copy of Act of Parliament to partition real estate devised by will of John Bacon of Friern Barnet containing an inventory of lands in question; notes of judgements in cases of debt brought against member of the Bacon family and accounts of debts and insolvency of Bacon family; legal opinion of liability of estates to creditors; agreement and conveyance for land in Muswell Hill.

      Various.
      BACKHOUSE ESTATE, SOUTHWARK
      GB 0074 O/405 · Collection · 1920

      Report on the disposal and development of the estate of Mr and Mrs Backhouse, Old Kent Road, Southwark.

      Hartley, Pilgrim and Hayman , solicitors
      LMA/4537 · Collection · 1685-1999

      Records of Ashurst Morris Crisp, 1685-1999, including partnership agreements; financial records; copy-out letters; client papers, including Fairey Aviation Company Limited and White Waltham Airfield; press cuttings; papers relating to firm's history; staff salary books; correspondence concerning staff matters; papers relating to Ashmor Musical Society; photographs of company dinners and functions; plans and deeds relating to firm's offices at Throgmorton Avenue; papers concerning the Ashurst, Morris and Crisp families.

      Green and Ashurst , 1823-1829 x Ashurst and Gainsford , 1835-1840 x Ashurst and Son , 1843-1864 x Ashurst and Morris , 1864-1865 x Ashurst Morris and Company , 1865-1877 x Ashurst Morris Crisp and Company , 1877-2003 x Ashurst LLP , 2003-
      ASHBURNHAM FAMILY ESTATE
      GB 0074 ACC/0524 · Collection · 1662-1894

      Papers relating to property owned by the Ashburnham family, including assignments of lease for premises in the precinct of the dissolved monastery of Westminster [later Ashburnham House, Dean's Yard]; agreements, leases, inventories, valuations and insurance documents for Ashburnham House, Dover Street, Piccadilly; and papers relating to property in Chiswick and Chelsea.

      Ashburnham , family , of Ashburnham, East Sussex
      GB 3032 N 320 PAM · 1944-

      Argentina: Political Pamphlets Collection comprising reports, conference reports, pamphlets and histories, 1944- issued by Anglican Council of South America, Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (Argentina), Asociación de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Comisión Argentina para los Refugiados, Comité de Défense des Prisonniers Politiques Argentins, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Southern Cone, Foro de Buenos Aires por la Vigencia de los Derechos Humanos and Juan Domingo Perón.

      Institute for the Study of the Americas
      GB 1556 WL MF 3 · 1939-1952

      Archives du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (ACICR) collection, 1939-1952, comprises files, reports and correspondence on the following subject areas: general background on hostages and political detainees; hostages and political detainees in Germany; hostages and political detainess by country and nationality (except Germany); assistance to hostages and political detainees; repatriations of deported; case files (all nationalities); civil war in Greece.

      Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross)
      GB 1924 Irish in Britain · c1930-2002

      Records of the Archive of the Irish in Britain, c1930-2002, comprising:
      Special Collections: including the Paul Hill Prison Letters, 1974-1989; correspondence related to the Commission for Racial Equality funded research programme into the Irish in Britain in the mid 1990s; correspondence between Irish Community Groups and the Greater London Council Irish Liaison Unit, in the 1980s, and individual accounts of experiences of migrating to, and settling in Britain during the 20th Century.
      Community Collection: including community organisation reports, information sheets and publicity material.
      Photographic collections: including prints by Joanne O'Brien of Irish community events in the 1980s, and a collection of photographs of activities of the London Irish Womens Centre.
      Audio recordings: including oral history interviews with Irish people in Britain, recorded in the 1980s; recordings of lectures given to the Irish in Britain History Group, 1980s; recordings of radio broadcasts on the Irish in Britain, 1980-1990s, and recordings of UNL Irish Studies Centre public lectures, 1991-2001.
      Ephemera including posters publicising political, cultural and social events; Irish step-dance medals, sporting medals and shields, rosettes and banners; exhibition panels relating to the Guildford Four Campaign, and about the activities of the Camden Irish Pensioners Group.
      Researchers should note that the archive contains no genealogical material.

      Irish in Britain History Group University of North London , Irish Studies Centre
      ANGUER FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0079 · Collection · 1547-1789

      Records of the Anguer family; comprising title deeds and legal documents relating to land and property in the Manor of Poplar, including Stepney, Stratford and Bromley by Bow.

      Various.
      ANGLESEY {MARQUESS OF}
      GB 0074 ACC/0446 · Collection · 1232-[1838]

      Records of the Paget family relating to the manors of West Drayton, Dawley, Harlington and Harmondsworth, and properties owned by the family in London, Westminster, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The papers include court rolls and books; court papers; customs; estate and financial management; court fines and estreats; wages; rentals; tenancy lists; surveys, valuations and inventories; maps and plans; enclosure records; tithe records; sales particulars; correspondence and muniments of title.

      Also papers relating to household management such as bills, receipts, inventories, valuations, insurance and correspondence; genealogies and pedigrees; business papers; records relating to appointments and commissions; personal financial accounts; diaries and legal papers.

      Paget , family , of Staffordshire and Middlesex
      ANDREWS FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/1058 · Collection · 1721-1923

      Deeds and other papers, 1721-1923, relating to the estates of the Andrews and Weall families; including title deeds and other documents relating to the Andrews' estate in Pershore, Worcestershire (comprising various premises), 1744-1910, including references to various other individuals (Ref: ACC/1058/1-77); and records relating to the administration of the trust funds and estate of Margaret Andrews (Ref: ACC/1058/78-302), comprising title deeds and other documents relating to the Pinner estate (comprising various premises), 1721-1881, including references to various other individuals (Ref: ACC/1058/78-176), and records relating to the administration of trust funds, 1855-1923, comprising accounts of the trustees, correspondence and conveyances of the estate to property developers (Ref: ACC/1058/177-302).

      The trustees' correspondence throws light on the state of farming and agriculture in Middlesex during the 1880s. The papers also include records relating to Margaret Andrews' litigation against her trustees.

      Also papers of Dr James Andrews, 1852-1919, including insurance policies and conveyance of premises at Hampstead (Ref: ACC/1058/303-318).

      Various.
      ALLEN-COOPER FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0351 · Collection · 1528-1878

      Records of the Allen and Cooper families of Finchley; including family pedigrees; grant of arms; wills; marriage settlements; copies from parish registers; papers relating to family finances; papers relating to property owned by the families; insurance policies; letters; historical research; surveys; papers relating to enclosure; legal papers including Chancery proceedings; and copies from court rolls.

      Allen , family , of Finchley Cooper , family , of Finchley
      Albany Trust
      GB 0097 HCA/Albany Trust · 1950-1984
      Part of HALL-CARPENTER Archives

      Papers of the Albany Trust, 1950-1984, relating to its counselling and research work with homosexuals, lesbians and sexual minorities, notably Annual Report material, 1968-1970; minutes and papers of Trustees Meetings, 1975-1977; correspondence, reports and papers, 1966-1967, mainly relating to the early days of the Trust and the passing of the Sexual Offences Act (1967); minutes and reports of the Management Committee, 1977-1979, the Publicity Committee, 1963-1970, and the Development Committee, 1967-1968; working files for the newsletters and journals produced by the Trust, 1963-1977, including Spectrum and Man and Society; outgoing correspondence files, 1963-1978, mainly comprising personal enquiries and material relating to government legislation; general correspondence files, 1960-1983, notably relating to members of parliament, clergy, the media, the police, the Sexual Offences Bill, homosexuality, transsexuality and transvestism, youth welfare, and counselling; correspondence relating to counselling referrals, 1968-1976; financial papers, 1964-1984, including documents concerning fundraising and donations; material relating to surveys and research into sexuality, 1960-1983, notably psychosexual treatment, social needs and organisation, homosexual liaisons and legal cases; papers relating to seminars, conferences, and courses, 1963-1982; reports, papers and fictional works by various authors, 1950-1983, mainly concerning gay issues; pamphlets and leaflets collected by the Albany Trust, 1959-1978; material collected by the Trust relating to links with other organisations, 1964-1984, mainly charities, research groups, academic associations and foundations, campaigns and counselling agencies; files of the Albany Trust's resident social worker, 1964-1978, including correspondence, case analysis and subject files; papers of the Albany Trust's Youth Officer, 1976-1979, including administrative papers, correspondence with youth associations throughout the country and papers relating to training courses for youth workers; papers of the Albany Trust's Field Officer, 1965-1980, mainly comprising administrative papers and correspondence with counsellors and social workers throughout Britain; publications, 1962-1979, including details of talks given by Anthony Grey throughout the country.
      Papers of the Homosexual Law Reform Society (later the Sexual Law Reform Society), 1959-1982, including Annual Reports, 1963-1967; financial papers, 1961-1982; Executive Committee papers, 1964-1975, including minutes, 1963-1970, reports on fundraising and cooperative projects and memoranda on homosexuality and law reform; general correspondence, 1963-1974, relating to the Sexual Offences Bill (1967), discussion groups, the HLRS Honorary Committee, and law reform; material relating to HLRS campaigns, 1959-1970; papers concerning the constitution of the Sexual Law Reform Society, including minutes of the Executive Committee and working party reports, 1974-1976; papers of the SLRS Working Party, 1970-1976, comprising minutes, correspondence, press releases, conference papers, research proposals and reports.

      Albany Trust Homosexual Law Reform Society
      GB 0101 ICS 1 · 1920-1976

      Papers of the African National Congress, 1920-1976; comprising;

      1. Papers of South African Indian organisations - resolutions, reports, petitions, memoranda, conference proceedings and agenda, etc., of the South African Indian Congress (1946, 1956), South African Indian Organisation (1951, 1959), Transvaal Indian Congress (1939-1963), Natal Indian Congress (1940-1961), Colonial Born and Settlers' Indian Association (1933-1934), South African Passive Resistance Council (1946), South African Indian Conference (1948), etc.
        1. Treason Trials (1954-1961) - including Treason Trial Defence Fund papers, papers relating to evidence, addresses at Natal Indian Congress and ANC conferences (1954), letters to Thomas Hodgkin in Oxford, England, mainly from Michael Parkington regarding the trial (1959)
        2. Miscellaneous Documents (1953, 1972-1976) - mainly ANC public statements and publicity material
      2. Government of India, Department of Education, Health and Lands, Overseas Section/Branch - microfilm copy of files from National Archives of India relating to Indians in South Africa.
      African National Congress
      Aden: Trades Unions Material
      GB 0101 TU.AD · 1963

      Pamphlet issued by the Aden Trades Union Congress.

      Institute of Commonwealth Studies
      GB 0101 PG.AD · 1964

      Pamphlets issued by the International Committee for Solidarity with the Workers and People of Aden - South Yemen.

      Institute of Commonwealth Studies
      ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
      GB 0074 ACC/0397 · Collection · 1767-1820

      A collection of local Acts of Parliament relating to Middlesex and Westminster, concerning building permission (including building bridges over the Thames at Richmond, Staines and Ealing); the powers of Justices of the Peace; the administration of the Militia; street maintenance; enclosures; and legacies, especially the disposition of estates and land after death.

      Houses of Parliament
      ABBOTT AND POWELL FAMILIES
      GB 0074 ACC/0536 · Collection · 1674-1821

      Papers relating to premises in Uxbridge owned successively by the Abbott and Powell families. Documents include marriage settlement, bonds, fines, releases, leases, assignments, and certificates of baptism, marriage and burial.

      Various.
      21 Cambalt Road, Putney
      GB 0347 D143 · Collection · 1891-1963

      Deeds, drawings and sales documents, 1891-1963, relating to 21 Cambalt Road, Putney.

      Please contact the Archive for further information.