Collection GB 0097 COLL MISC 0196 - Labour Representation Committee

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GB 0097 COLL MISC 0196

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Labour Representation Committee

Date(s)

  • 1900-1918 (Creation)

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2 volumes

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The Labour Representation Committee was formed in February 1900 after a resolution drafted by James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) was carried at the 1899 Trade Union Congress (TUC). The resolution called for a special congress of the TUC parliamentary committee to campaign for more Labour members of Parliament.

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GB 0097 COLL MISC 0196 1900-1918 collection 2 volumes Labour Representation Committee
The Labour Representation Committee was formed in February 1900 after a resolution drafted by James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) was carried at the 1899 Trade Union Congress (TUC). The resolution called for a special congress of the TUC parliamentary committee to campaign for more Labour members of Parliament.

Volume 1: Minutes, papers, correspondence and pamphlets of the Labour Representation Committee and of the Labour Party Executive Committee, including conference agenda's rules and ephemera; Volume II: Minutes of the executive committee of the Labour Party, covering Labour Party business, promoting the Labour Party and getting its members elected.

Two volumes arranged by date containing minutes, letters and other papers: Volume 1 1900-1906. Volume 2 1906-1918.

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Volume 1: Minutes, papers, correspondence and pamphlets of the Labour Representation Committee and of the Labour Party Executive Committee, including conference agenda's rules and ephemera; Volume II: Minutes of the executive committee of the Labour Party, covering Labour Party business, promoting the Labour Party and getting its members elected.

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Two volumes arranged by date containing minutes, letters and other papers: Volume 1 1900-1906. Volume 2 1906-1918.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN MICROFILMED AND THE ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN FOR PRESERVATION PURPOSES. MICROFILM ONLY TO BE USED.

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British Library of Political and Economic Science

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  • English

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