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Politics and Protest, 1102-1994

Politics and Protest, 1102-1994:From Major Party Politics to Popular Protest and Parliamentary History Trial Series

What's Inside

14 Collections
83 Volumes
1,394 Documents
359,132 Pages

Introduction

Politics and Protest provides students and researchers with a sweeping overview of British political history from the pre-Hansard era to the late-twentieth century. 

Many of the collections cover mainstream parties, including the Labour Party, Independent Labour Party, Social Democratic Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party, while others focus on extremist parties such as the British Union of Fascists. 

The records also cover extra-parliamentary groups and movements, with the suffragettes, Bryant and May strikers, trade unionists, and conscientious objectors all featured.

Dates Covered

1102-1994

Contributors

  • Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
  • Bishopsgate Institute
  • British Library
  • C L R James Library
  • Hull University Archives
  • Labour History Archive and Study Centre (c/o People's History Museum)
  • The London Archives
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • The Mitchell Library
  • The National Archives (UK)
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Secular Society
  • University College London
  • University of London
  • Wakefield One Library

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View document: Minutes for 1968/69 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1968/69 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1969/70 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1969/70 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1974 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1974 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1974/75 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1974/75 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1975/76 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1975/76 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1976/77 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1976/77 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1977/78 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1977/78 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1978/79 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1978/79 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994
View document: Minutes for 1968/69 session.

Licensed to access Minutes for 1968/69 session

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre
CollectionBritish Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994

Collections

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This is an image of James Callaghan, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on the left, and Max van der Stoel, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the right. The men are both dressed in suits and are engaging in conversation. Photo taken 1975.

Licensed to access British Labour Party Papers, 1968–1994

Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre (c/o People's History Museum) Contents 4 Volumes, 55 Documents (10,796 Pages)
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Benjamin Disraeli as British Prime Minister addressing the House of Commons in the 1870s

Licensed to access Trade Unionism and the Chartist Movement, 1833–1910

Contributor Bishopsgate Institute Contents 12 Volumes, 137 Documents (29,005 Pages)
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Bradlaugh triumphs. The Oaths Bill Passed by a Hundred Votes, from 'St. Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon'. In one scene, Bradlaugh is held by multiple police officers. In the next, he is freed, with his arms in the air in celebration

Licensed to access Atheism and Anti-War Sentiments in the Bradlaugh Family, 1833–1948

Contributor National Secular Society Contents 5 Volumes, 61 Documents (15,378 Pages)
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A black and white image of Suffragists demonstrating outside of a police court.

Licensed to access Scottish Women's Suffrage Movement, 1902–1933

Contributor The Mitchell Library Contents 3 Volumes, 16 Documents (5,359 Pages)
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A cartoon from The Day's Doings, showing the police clashing with protesting match girls

Licensed to access British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888

Contributor C L R James Library Contents 6 Volumes, 39 Documents (4,701 Pages)
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Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a man, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier.

Licensed to access Conscientious Objection During World War 1

Contributor Hull University Archives Contents 2 Volumes, 13 Documents (6,888 Pages)
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Roundheads breaking into the home of a royalist. A group of men are tied up.

Licensed to access British Parliamentary History, 1102–1803

Contributor Wakefield One Library Contents 12 Volumes, 205 Documents (113,099 Pages)
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Licensed to access Independent Labour Party Records, 1893–1960

Contributor London School of Economics and Political Science Contents 4 Volumes, 20 Documents (9,100 Pages)
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