Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the Labour Party (Great Britain)
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Abstract
The Tamiment Library, New York University, founded in 1906 as the library of the Rand School of Social Science, is a special collection documenting the history of United States radicalism, labor, and progressive social action. It accumulated this artificial collection of printed ephemera gradually over the years. The Printed Ephemera Collection on the Labour Party (Great Britain) consists of fliers, newspaper clippings, reports, pamphlets, publications, and other printed ephemera.
Historical/Biographical Note
The Labour Party of Great Britain formed around the turn of the 20th century in response to the need to represent the interests and needs of working-class people. The party grew out of the trade union movement and socialist political parties of the 19th century seeking these workers' representation. In 1900 the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (founded 1893) established the Labour Representation Committee, which took the name Labour Party in 1906.
The Labour party came to power for the first time in 1924 and again in 1929. The party survives today as one of the leading political parties in England.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series, chronologically and then alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
The collection documents activities and events of the British Labour Party from 1910 and on. The collection consists of memoranda, newspaper clippings, convention materials, and constitutions, as well as a pamphlets and publications.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection have been compiled by the Tamiment Library. There is no accession record associated with this collection.
Custodial History
The provenance of the materials is varied. Items were obtained through purchases, donations, standing orders with publishers, arrangements with labor unions and other organizations, exchanges with other libraries, and through ongoing collecting by Tamiment staff.
