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- 1922-1948 (Creation)
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0.45 linear metres
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The Clapham Labour Party was formed in 1918, three years after the formation of the London Labour Party. Prior to that date it had been a branch of the Independant Labour Party.
These papers were originally those of John Rose Battley F.R.S.A., J.P., member of the Clapham Labour Party and President in 1939. He was also a member of the London County Council. In 1936-37 he was nominated for the London Labour Party Executive Committee Local Trade's Councils and Labour Parties section and he was the first Labour Parliamentary Candidate for the Clapham Labour Party in 1940. Battley owned Battley Brother Printers business in Queenstown, established in 1923. This company undertook the majority of the printing work for the Clapham Labour Party during Battley's involvement with it and still exists today.
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Archival history
These records arrived with the Michael Ward collection, LMA/4282, accession number B00/100.
GB 0074 LMA/4284 1922-1948 Collection 0.45 linear metres Labour Party
Clapham Labour Party
London Labour Party
The Clapham Labour Party was formed in 1918, three years after the formation of the London Labour Party. Prior to that date it had been a branch of the Independant Labour Party.
These papers were originally those of John Rose Battley F.R.S.A., J.P., member of the Clapham Labour Party and President in 1939. He was also a member of the London County Council. In 1936-37 he was nominated for the London Labour Party Executive Committee Local Trade's Councils and Labour Parties section and he was the first Labour Parliamentary Candidate for the Clapham Labour Party in 1940. Battley owned Battley Brother Printers business in Queenstown, established in 1923. This company undertook the majority of the printing work for the Clapham Labour Party during Battley's involvement with it and still exists today.
These records arrived with the Michael Ward collection, LMA/4282, accession number B00/100.
Accession gifted to the Archive in September 2000.
Records relating to Clapham Labour Party. The collection includes minutes of Clapham Labour Party's executive committee and general management committee as well as information on borough and LCC elections. The correspondence referring to Dr MacGregor Reid (President of the Clapham Labour Party in 1926, d 1946), his alleged attack on other Labour and Socialist Parties and ensuing enquiry is especially engaging. However, the records also mention the Battersea Division and contain correspondence of the London Labour Party and national Labour Party. Of particular note are the official Labour Party posters reflecting policy on topics such as farming, coal strikes and the family and its publications about issues such as refugees, Soviet wartime policy and Palestinians in Israel.
The records have been arranged into the following series: LMA/4284/01 Administration; LMA/4284/02 The Labour Party.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Other records of interest deposited at London Metropolitan Archives are: ACC/2417 London Labour Party; ACC/2784 Labour Party; ACC/3814 Labour Party; A/HHL Hornchurch Constituency Labour Party; A/HVH Havering-Hornchurch Constituency Labour Party; ACC/1267 Southall Labour Party; ACC/1972 Ealing Labour Party; LMA/4023 Ealing North Labour Party; ACC/2527 Ilford South Labour Party.
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.
June to August 2010. Labour Party Political parties Visual materials Posters Groups Political groups Internal politics Political campaigns Political sociology Political behaviour Political participation Clapham Labour Party London Labour Party x Greater London Labour Party Clapham Lambeth London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Accession gifted to the Archive in September 2000.
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Records relating to Clapham Labour Party. The collection includes minutes of Clapham Labour Party's executive committee and general management committee as well as information on borough and LCC elections. The correspondence referring to Dr MacGregor Reid (President of the Clapham Labour Party in 1926, d 1946), his alleged attack on other Labour and Socialist Parties and ensuing enquiry is especially engaging. However, the records also mention the Battersea Division and contain correspondence of the London Labour Party and national Labour Party. Of particular note are the official Labour Party posters reflecting policy on topics such as farming, coal strikes and the family and its publications about issues such as refugees, Soviet wartime policy and Palestinians in Israel.
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The records have been arranged into the following series: LMA/4284/01 Administration; LMA/4284/02 The Labour Party.
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Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Other records of interest deposited at London Metropolitan Archives are: ACC/2417 London Labour Party; ACC/2784 Labour Party; ACC/3814 Labour Party; A/HHL Hornchurch Constituency Labour Party; A/HVH Havering-Hornchurch Constituency Labour Party; ACC/1267 Southall Labour Party; ACC/1972 Ealing Labour Party; LMA/4023 Ealing North Labour Party; ACC/2527 Ilford South Labour Party.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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