Collection MCC/CL/PRO - CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC RELATIONS

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MCC/CL/PRO

Title

CLERK'S DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC RELATIONS

Date(s)

  • 1888-1964 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1.53 linear metres

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Biographical history

In 1889 County Council policy was directed by 72 members and administered under the leadership of Sir Richard Nicolson, Clerk of the County Council, and a handful of staff. The number of members had risen to 116 by 1952 and by 1965 the County staff numbered some 32,000, of whom 2,000 head office staff occupied the Guildhall and five other offices in Westminster. This indicates the tremendous increase in administrative work under successive Clerks of the County Council.

In the years between the two wars a semi-rural county became an almost completely urbanised area. The introduction of new legislation made ever increased demands upon members of the administrative staff, involving in later years monthly meetings of some 50 committees and sub-committees.

Archival history

MCC/CL/PRO 1888-1964 Collection 1.53 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council

In 1889 County Council policy was directed by 72 members and administered under the leadership of Sir Richard Nicolson, Clerk of the County Council, and a handful of staff. The number of members had risen to 116 by 1952 and by 1965 the County staff numbered some 32,000, of whom 2,000 head office staff occupied the Guildhall and five other offices in Westminster. This indicates the tremendous increase in administrative work under successive Clerks of the County Council.

In the years between the two wars a semi-rural county became an almost completely urbanised area. The introduction of new legislation made ever increased demands upon members of the administrative staff, involving in later years monthly meetings of some 50 committees and sub-committees.

Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to public relations, 1888-1964, including personal files of the Public Relations Officer relating to the history of Middlesex; newspaper cuttings relating to Middlesex; and public information films about the West Middlesex Main Drainage System, the MCC Hospital Service, Hogarth's House and gipsy caravans on county highways.

MCC/CL/PRO-1: Public Relations Officer.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For Public Relations photographs see MCC/CL/PRO/PH.

For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.

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. April to June 2009 Documentary films Hospitals Press Newspaper press Press cuttings Drainage Water resources Health services Medical institutions Communication process Mass communication Public relations Ethnic groups Gypsies Films MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department , Middlesex County Council London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.

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Scope and content

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to public relations, 1888-1964, including personal files of the Public Relations Officer relating to the history of Middlesex; newspaper cuttings relating to Middlesex; and public information films about the West Middlesex Main Drainage System, the MCC Hospital Service, Hogarth's House and gipsy caravans on county highways.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

MCC/CL/PRO-1: Public Relations Officer.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For Public Relations photographs see MCC/CL/PRO/PH.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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

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