Collection GB 0074 LMA/4462/R - WALTER RODNEY MEMORIAL TRUST

1.25 linear metres

GB 0074 LMA/4462/R 1980-2010 Collection 1.25 linear metres Walter Rodney Memorial Trust

Academic, historian and political activist, Walter Rodney, was assassinated in Guyana on 13th June 1980, aged 37 years old. A close friend of Eric and Jessica Huntley, Walter Rodney had also published two books through Bogle - L'Ouverture publications, The Groundings with my Brothers which had been fundamental to the launch of Bogle - L'Ouverture in 1969 and How Europe Underdeveloped Africa in 1972. In the wake of his death the Huntleys organised a public memorial held on 25th July 1980 and also founded the Walter Rodney Memorial Trust on 29th July 1980.

The trust was established to serve as a memorial to Walter Rodney's "profound contribution to the growing awareness and emancipation of the Caribbean working class." Its primary objective was to promote, encourage and organise "the documentation of the history and activity of the black working class in Britain, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and other parts of the world" (LMA/4462/R/03/001).

Their archive collections were the first deposit from the African-Caribbean community to be made to the London Metropolitan Archives, in 2005, with additional deposits since that time.

Records of the Walter Rodney Memorial Trust, including correspondence; publicity material; receipt books; and papers relating to events including photographs and programmes. Also DVD "Remembering Walter Rodney", research and commentary by Dr Margaret Andrews with contributions from Eric and Jessica Huntley, 2010.

These records are arranged into three series:
LMA/4462/R/01 - CORRESPONDENCE;
LMA/4462/R/02 - FINANCE;
LMA/4462/R/03 - EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATERIAL.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositors.
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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. November 2009 to February 2010 Group communication Conferences Social stratification Social inequality Building components Decorative features Memorials Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Racial discrimination Racial prejudice Ethnic groups African peoples Groups Campaign groups Communication process Black peoples Political activists Authors Rodney , Walter Anthony , 1942-1980 , political activist and historian Walter Rodney Memorial Trust London England UK Western Europe Europe

Their archive collections were the first deposit from the African-Caribbean community to be made to the London Metropolitan Archives, in 2005, with additional deposits since that time.

Records of the Walter Rodney Memorial Trust, including correspondence; publicity material; receipt books; and papers relating to events including photographs and programmes. Also DVD "Remembering Walter Rodney", research and commentary by Dr Margaret Andrews with contributions from Eric and Jessica Huntley, 2010.

These records are arranged into three series:
LMA/4462/R/01 - CORRESPONDENCE;
LMA/4462/R/02 - FINANCE;
LMA/4462/R/03 - EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATERIAL.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositors.

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English

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

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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