REDMAN PAPERS

This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 97 COLL MISC 0763
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1972c-1984c
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • Two boxes

Scope and Content

Papers of Anthony Fortescue Heyden Redman, formerly chairman of the Havering and Upminster Branch of the Anti Common Market League. Includes the papers of other organisations opposed to British membership of the EEC, such as the Safeguard Britain Campaign and the National Council of Anti Common Market Organisations.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Anti-Common Market League (ACML) was founded in August 1961 by a group of Conservative activists to oppose the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's original application to join the Common Market. Initially the ACML worked as a focus for Conservative opposition, but in 1963 it developed into an active all-party co-ordinator of anti-Market activity. In 1962 the ACML's membership peaked at 30,000. It put up one candidate at the 1964 general election, and played a leading role in the formation of the anti-EU umbrella campaigning organisation, the British Anti-Common Market Campaign, which is now known as the Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB).

The ACML is committed to Britain's complete withdrawal from the EU. It currently has 500 members, the majority of whom are Conservatives. The ACML is affiliated to the pro-withdrawal Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB) and the anti-EU Anti-Maastricht Alliance (AMA).

Arrangement

18 sections

Access Information

OPEN

Acquisition Information

Mrs Humphries

Other Finding Aids

Printed handlist available

Conditions Governing Use

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