This set contains reprints of the Year Books issued by Britain's three governing parties - Conservative, Labour and Liberal - since 1885.

"The Social Democratic Federation was the first Marxist political organization founded in Britain. Includes individual collections at the Marx Memorial Library, London, and the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam."

These papers document the Labour Party's ideas and attitudes on social policy that became part of their platform. CRL owns Series 1, parts 1-3 of this collection.

Fiche set documents the growth of the PLP from its Edwardian origins in 1906 to the Party's landslide victory of 1945. It illustrates how the PLP responded to the challenges of the 1950s and charts the internal divisions that developed in the aftermath of the 1951 defeat.The set cotnains the following parts:

CRL owns parts 1-4 (of 4) of the section "Pamphlets and leaflets, 1885-1974." The section includes:

• Part One: 1885-1911 107 fiche
• Part Two: 1912-1939 101 fiche
• Part Three: 1940-1963 124 fiche
• Part Four: 1964-1974 96 fiche

See also: National Liberal Federation. Annual reports and council proceedings, 1877-1926 [catalog record].

CRL owns the following parts of this series

Parts One-Five: Pamphlets and Leaflets 1893-1975

Part Six: Minutes and Related Records, National Administrative Council Minutes and Related Records, 1894-1950

Part Seven: Minutes and Related Records, Branch Minutes and Related Records, 1892-1950

CRL owns portions of this large collection of records from the British Labour Party.

General Correspondence and Political Records

CRL owns parts 1-6 (of 11) of this fiche set.

CRL owns parts 1-10 (of 10) of the series "Pamphlets and Leaflets of the British Conservative Party." The set includes:

The "Campaign Guides" give the history of all important questions of the period and a full record of performances of Conservative, Labour, Liberal, and Radical parties. They are a primary source for the arguments, questions, evidence, and contemporary viewpoints for the electoral struggles of modern Britain. The microfiche set covers the following years: 1885, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, 1909, 1914, 1922, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1945, 1950. No guide appeared for the elections of 1910, 1923, and 1924.

These are the papers of the reformer Francis Place in the British Library (Add. mss. nos. 27789-27830, 27831-27859, 35142-35154, 36623-36628, 37949-37950). The papers document the beginnings of working men's associations and contain speeches and memoranda on taxation and Poor Law administration.