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Bishop Auckland Labour Party

Reference: D/BAL Catalogue Title: Bishop Auckland Labour Party Area: Catalogue Category: Charity and Society Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1932-1979

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Catalogue Description

Records of the Bishop Auckland Labour Party, deposited on long-term loan, 12 September 1981

Catalogue Contents

Bishop Auckland Labour Party (Ref: D/BAL)Minutes (Ref: D/BAL 1/1-10)

Minutes of meetings of women's section, 6 September 1932 - 24 April 1971
(1 volume, cardboard bound)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, January 1939 - 12 February 1953
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 19 January 1953 - 1 March 1967
(1 file)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 13 January 1955 - 9 September 1965
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes, agendas and reports of annual meetings and Executive Committee meetings, 1957 - 15 May 1976
(1 booklet, 2 papers, 18 files)


Minutes of Constituency Labour Party meetings, Executive Sub-Committee on Party Re-organisation, Executive Committee, and the Quarterly General Council, 23 November 1958 - 2 December 1972
(1 file)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party Women's Section, 20 February 1962 - 4 February 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of meetings of St. Andrews Local Labour Party, 5 February 1964 - 4 January 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 3 June 1964 - 16 June 1972
(1 volume, cardboard bound)


Minutes of meetings of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 14 October 1965 - 14 December 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Agendas, reports etc. (Ref: D/BAL 2/1-2)

Agenda, reports and correspondence re Durham County Federation of Labour Parties' meetings, 6 January 1967 - 22 March 1972
(1 file)


Reports on Northern Regional Council, annual meetings, conferences etc., 20 May 1967 - 20 November 1976
(1 file)

Financial papers, accounts, etc. (Ref: D/BAL 3/1-9)

Treasurer's cash book (Bishop Auckland Federation of Labour Women), 1951 - 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Postage book of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 1952
(1 booklet)


Records of expenditure for the 1970 General Election, 1 June 1970 - 6 July 1970
(7 papers, 2 files, 1 booklet)


Bishop Auckland Constituency Labour Party Financial Report for General Election 1970, 18 June 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence re income of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 20 February 1974 - 25 February 1974
(1 file)


Record of expenditure and income in 1974 General Election, 28 February 1974 - 5 July 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence between Bishop Auckland Labour Party and the Co-operative Bank re election account, February 1974
(1 file)


Accounts and correspondence re 1974 election, February 1974 - 14 March 1974
(2 files)


Notes on expenditure and donations and forms of counted votes, 2 April 1979 - 3 May 1979
(6 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: D/BAL 4/1-57)

Correspondence re Grand National Draw, and other draws, 12 August 1953 - March 1968
(2 files)


Correspondence re successor, as parliamentary candidate, to Dr. H. Dalton, including nomination forms, 20 November 1957 - 17 June 1958
(28 files, 3 papers)


Correspondence re booking of halls for and matters arising from Bishop Auckland Labour Party meetings, 17 January 1962 - 26 February 1974
(1 file)


General correspondence from J. Boyden, M.P., 3 August 1965 - 9 December 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence from Northern Council of the Labour Party, also nominations for Bishop Auckland U.D.C. and lists of members of Bishop Auckland Labour Party, 13 October 1965 - 10 October 1966
(3 files, 4 papers)


Correspondence re local government re-organisation in Bishop Auckland, new party constitution, and campaign against the Fair Rents Bill, 15 October 1965 - 3 April 1975
(1 file)


Correspondence re 1966 General Election in the Bishop Auckland constituency, March - April 1966
(30 papers, 9 files)


Circulars of Durham Women's Advisory Council, 1966 - 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence re amalgamation of Bishop Auckland, Coundon, Escomb and St. Andrew's local Labour Parties, 27 May 1967 - 5 June 1967
(1 file)


General correspondence with Northern Regional office re meetings, changes in parliamentary boundary, election of candidates etc., 9 June 1967 - 16 September 1976
(1 file)


General correspondence with Transport House, 31 June 1967 - 9 September 1976
(1 file)


Correspondence re Christmas card sales effort, 21 July 1967 - 1968
(1 file)


Correspondence re party re-organisation and election of officials in Shildon Local Labour Party, 18 August 1967 - 21 May 1975
(1 file)


Miscellaneous correspondence, 9 September 1967 - 20 December 1967
(1 file)


Correspondence and nomination forms for 1968 Annual General Meeting, 4 March 1968
(4 files)


Circulars of the Socialist Medical Associates, July 1968 - December 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence and nomination forms for executive committee election, 3 March 1969 - 6 March 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence re Donation Fund appeal, 23 April 1969 - December 1969
(1 paper, 2 files)


Correspondence re co-options to school management boards, January 1970
(5 papers, 3 files)


Correspondence re income for 1970 General Election, 18 May 1970 - 11 July 1970
(1 file)


General correspondence re Bishop Auckland U.D.C. Labour Group, 20 May 1970 - 8 May 1973
(1 file)


Correspondence re adoption of H.J. Boyden as prospective parliamentary candidate for the Bishop Auckland constituency, 23 May 1970
(1 file)


Candidate's timetable and correspondence re hire of halls, 30 May 1970 - 16 June 1970
(1 file)


Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the General Election of 18 June 1970, May 1970 - 4 June 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence re 1970 General Election campaign from Northern Regional office, May 1970 - 19 June 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence re appeals for funds for General Election of 18 June 1970, 2 June 1970 - 4 June 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence re Labour Party re-organisation, 3 January 1971 - 3 December 1973
(1 file)


Correspondence re dispute in Newton Aycliffe and timing of General Management Meetings, 18 November 1971 - 3 April 1975
(1 file)


Correspondence re Annual General Meeting nominations, 11 December 1971 - 28 January 1972
(1 file)


Correspondence re Durham County Temporary Co-ordinating Committee, 31 December 1971 - 10 May 1975
(1 file)


Correspondence and nominations for delegates to Annual General Meeting, 10 February 1973 - 8 March 1973
(1 file)


Correspondence and forms of the Acting and Deputy Acting Returning Officer re 1974 General Election, 11 February 1974 - 11 April 1974
(1 file)


General correspondence re 1974 General Election received by chairman of Bishop Auckland Constituency Labour Party, February 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence and forms received by D.R. Harburn re 1974 General Election, 6 September - 10 October 1974
(1 file)


General correspondence re election literature, 14 September - 15 October 1974
(1 file)


Reports and correspondence re 1974 Annual General Meeting, 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence re Annual General Meeting, 28 June 1975
(1 file)


Correspondence re nominations for the executive committee, secretary, treasurer, financial secretary and auditors and delegates to North Regional Labour Party at the 1976 annual meeting, 6 December 1975 - 31 March 1976
(1 file)


Correspondence re transport, fees, fares, resolutions for local government conferences and Labour Party conferences, 1966 - 11 September 1976
(1 file)


Correspondence with James Boyden M.P. re closure of Shildon Employment Office; dispute over take-away food establishment at Byerley Road, Shildon; transferences of houses from Aycliffe Corporation to Sedgefield D.C.; dispute over archaeological hut at Piercebridge etc., 6 December 1977 - 30 March 1979
(12 files, 5 papers)


Correspondence between Derek Foster and [S.] Weighall and Mr. Ryman re misunderstanding over Mr. Foster's support for the railways, n.d.
(2 files)


Literature, circulars and correspondence received from Transport House, 1971 - 1973
(1 file)


Literature, circulars and correspondence received from Transport House, 1974
(1 file)


Literature, circulars and correspondence received from Transport House, 1975 - 1976
(1 file)


Literature, circulars and correspondence received from Transport House, 1977
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars received from the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party, A.U.E.W. House, High Street, Gateshead, September 1966 - December 1974
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars received from the Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party, A.U.E.W. House, High Street, Gateshead, November 1976 - December 1977
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars received from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, London, August 1966 - September 1976
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars received from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1967 - August 1976
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars concerning opposition to joining the European Economic Community, November 1970 - May 1976
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars in favour of E.E.C. membership, (the Labour Committee for Europe), 1 March 1969 - July 1975
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars from the Socialist Medical Association, September 1975 - December 1976
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars concerning campaign for peace in Vietnam, February 1967 - November 1974
(1 file)


Literature, correspondence and circulars concerning the Young Socialists, August 1965 - September 1976
(1 file)


Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning the Labour Party Conference, 1976
(1 file)


Miscellaneous circulars, 1965 - 72
(1 file)


Miscellaneous circulars, 1973 - 77
(1 file)

Committees, councils and Annual General Meetings (Ref: D/BAL 5/1-8)

Lists of party members recommended for co-option on to school boards and committees, 2 October 1966 - 13 April 1967
(3 papers, 2 files)


Nominations, etc. for Annual General Meeting, 1967
(1 file)


Registers of party members, ward organisations and delegates to General Management Council, 1967 - 1968
(5 files)


Register of Party members, 1969
(1 file)


Nominations, election of Executive Committee, 10 February 1970
(4 papers, 5 files)


List of delegates to the General Management Committee, 1971 - 1973
(2 papers, 1 file)


Nominations for local government candidates, 18 April 1972 - 30 October 1972
(6 papers, 33 files)


Nominations for prospective parliamentary candidate, 19 January 1976 - 26 May 1976
(4 papers, 5 files, 15 booklets)

Election material (Ref: D/BAL 6/1-7)

Memoranda of agreement on appointment of election agent, 28 May 1970
(1 paper)


Notes on canvassers and checkers for General Election of 1970, 17 June 1970
(10 papers)


Election Address to the electors of the Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Division, 18 June 1970
(4 papers)


Bishop Auckland Constituency; counting of votes, 19 June 1970
(1 paper)


Forms from post office re use of postal and telephone services for election purposes, 12 February - 23 February 1974
(1 file)


Printer's quotations for election leaflets, 15 December 1978 - 16 January 1979
(1 file)


Canvas returns for Shildon polling district, 21 April - 1 May 1979
(1 file)

Photographs, press cuttings etc. (Ref: D/BAL 7/1-4)

Press cuttings relating to the General Election of 18 June 1970, 21 May 1970 - 17 June 1970
(32 papers)


Newspaper cuttings relating to the General Election, 1974
(13 papers)


Photographic plates of Bishop Auckland Labour Party members, n.d.
(10 photographs)


Photographs of Bishop Auckland Labour Party members at various functions, n.d.