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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
1,395 Documents
356,896 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

  • Bishopsgate Institute
  • C L R James Library, Hackney
  • Hull University Archives and others
  • Labour History Archive and Study Centre
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Mitchell Library, Glasgow
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Secular Society
  • Senate House Library, University of London
  • The National Archives
  • The National Archives (UK); The British Library; University College London; The London Archives.
  • Wakefield One

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Licensed to access WJ/SP/1645/012: Petition of Nurse Keeper Helen Rickets For Her Wages For 8 Weeks of Nurse Keeping During The Plague

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access H09/GYPH/18/19/01: Engraving Entitled 'The Manner of Burying The Dead' at Holy Well Mount Near London During The Plague of 1665

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access WJ/SP/1645/010: Petition of Richard Pemberton For Relief of His House Having Been Closed 7 weeks After He Had Lodged a Young Man with The Plague

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/053: Relief of The Distressed Poor - Warrants For Payments to The Poor of Cripplegate, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, and St Sepulchres

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/052: Petition of John Freeman, Cit. & Apothecary, to Whom Dr Charles Parker was Indebted for Medicines for Treating The Sick at His Own Death

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/051: Order For Payment of £50 to Dr. Pecke

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/050: Certificate By the Churchwardens of St Andrew Stating A Family Has Been Spared From The Plague

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/049: Account of Money Collected in The Parishes of The City of London and For The Relief of The Poor Visited By The Plague in Cambridge, Winchester, Salisbury, and Norwich

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

Licensed to access COL/SJ/12/048: Accounts of Money Paid for The Relief of The Visited Poor in The London Parishes, 1665-1671

Contributor London Metropolitan Archives
CollectionPandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

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A black and white image of nurses wearing masks.

Licensed to access Pandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925

17th Century 18th Century 16th Century Modern History Europe Science and Technology Culture and Society Medicine United Kingdom Early Modern
Contributor The National Archives (UK); The British Library; University College London; The London Archives. Contents 4 Volumes, 494 Documents (79,400 Pages)
An image of Oswald Mosley walking towards the camera. To the left of him are a line of people saluting to him.

Licensed to access The British Union of Fascists: 1933-1953

War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Politics and Social Movements Philosophy and Religion United Kingdom
Contributor The National Archives Contents 6 Volumes, 53 Documents (7,862 Pages)
A painting of Lady Welby on the left sat down, with William Welby-Gregory stood on her right.

Licensed to access 19th and 20th Century Philosophy in Perspective

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Philosophy and Religion
Contributor Senate House Library, University of London Contents 6 Volumes, 54 Documents (17,620 Pages)
Social Liberal Democrats at the party launch, March 1988

Licensed to access Liberal Party from Asquith to Ashdown, 1912-1988

20th Century Modern History Europe Politics and Social Movements
Contributor London School of Economics and Political Science Contents 7 Volumes, 52 Documents (22,742 Pages)
A black and white image of Clement Attlee addressing a crowd shortly after leading Labour to victory.

Licensed to access British Labour Party Papers, 1906-1969

20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Politics and Social Movements Culture and Society The Americas
Contributor Labour History Archive and Study Centre Contents 7 Volumes, 57 Documents (6,671 Pages)
On the left is an image of the Statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle and on the right is the Scottish flag in the wind.

Licensed to access Scottish Nationalist Leaflets, 1844-1973

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Media and Communications Politics and Social Movements
Contributor National Library of Scotland Contents 5 Volumes, 59 Documents (10,339 Pages)
Durham Miners Gala Clement Attlee and Hugh Gaitskell watch the rally from the balcony

Licensed to access Independent Labour Party Records, 1893-1960

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Politics and Social Movements
Contributor London School of Economics and Political Science Contents 4 Volumes, 20 Documents (7,117 Pages)
Roundheads breaking into the home of a royalist. A group of men are tied up.

Licensed to access British Parliamentary History, 1102-1803

18th Century 19th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Economics Europe Colonialism and Empire Politics and Social Movements Middle Ages Early Modern
Contributor Wakefield One Contents 12 Volumes, 205 Documents (113,100 Pages)
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