Huddersfield Labour Party records

Comprises: Huddersfield Labour Party Executive Committee Minutes, 1918-1952, 1969-1988; Huddersfield and Kirkburton Central Labour Party Executive Committee Minutes, 1952-1969; Huddersfield Labour Party Women's Section Minutes, 1926-1983; Huddersfield and District Council for Civil Liberties Minutes, 1916-1919; 'Huddersfield Citizen' Board of Control Minutes, 1926-1941; Huddersfield Labour Party League of Youth Minutes, 1933-1950; Huddersfield Young Socialists Minutes, 1961-1965, correspondence, 1970s; Miscellaneous Minutes 1926-1987; Huddersfield East Constituency Minutes, 1952-1982; Huddersfield West Constituency Minutes, 1948-1973; Almondbury Ward Minutes, 1951-1965; Birkby Ward Minutes, 1953-1968; Deighton Ward Minutes, 1963-1974; Denby Dale UDC Labour Minutes, 1972-1975; Fartown Ward Minutes, 1925-1955; Holmfirth UDC Labour Minutes 1954-1972; Kirkburton UDC Labour Minutes, 1953-1959, Receipts, 1974; Lindley Socialist Society Minutes, 1907-1911, 1920-1934; Lockwood Socialist Institute Minutes, 1906-1939, Accounts, 1924-1939, Membership, 1924-1938; Oakes and Lindley Ward Minutes, 1905-1907; Paddock Ward Minutes, 1957-1966; Shelley Labour Party Minutes, 1964-1978; Shepley Labour Party Minutes, 1938-1947; Skelmanthorpe Labour Party Minutes, 1927-1974; Kirklees Metropolitan Council Labour Group Minutes, 1983-1990; General Election addresses, expenses, Committee minutes etc., 1910-1979; Local elections, Board of Guardians, County Councils etc., 1903-1970s; Annual Reports, 1923-1974, 1980-1992; Financial records, 1921-1989; Correspondence with the National Labour Party 1930s-1990s; Trades Union Congress pamphlet about the 1926 General Strike; Trade Union files, including National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), 1966-1987; Huddersfield United Nations Association correspondence, 1962-1968; Anti Apartheid Movement correspondence, 1985-1988; Militant Tendency, 1986-1987; Campaign for Women correspondence, 1987; Press cuttings, pamphlets and leaflets; Left Book Club books, 1888-1991; Photographs

The rise and development of Huddersfield Labour Party marked the demise of the Liberal tradition in the Huddersfield area.

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A handlist of the Huddersfield Labour Party records is available