Archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain, London District (LDCP)

CP/LON

Archive of the Communist Party of Great Britain, London District (LDCP)

1921-1991

Archives of the London District Communist Party (LDCP):

District Congresses papers CP/LON/CONG

District Committee papers CP/LON/DC

District Secretariat papers CP/LON/SECT

District Secretary's papers CP/LON/SECY

Remnants of the LDCP CP/LON/REM

District correspondence files CP/LON/CORR

District Circulars and other papers CP/LON/CIRC

District Education and Propaganda Departments CP/LON/EDPRP

District finance papers CP/LON/FIN

District Industrial Organisers' papers CP/LON/IND

District Organisers' papers CP/LON/ORG

District Advisory Committee papers:

Transport Advisory CP/LON/ADVT

Women's Advisory CP/LON/ADVW

Cypriot Advisory CP/LON/ADVC

Education Advisory CP/LON/ADVE

Peace/International Advisory CP/LON/ADVP

Youth Advisory CP/LON/ADVY

Pensioners' Advisory CP/LON/ADVP

Irish Advisory CP/LON/ADVIR

Miscellaneous Non-Industrial Advisories CP/LON/ADV

Industrial Advisories CP/LON/ADVI

Student Advisory CP/LON/ADVS

District election materials CP/LON/ELEC

District events and campaigns CP/LON/EVNT

District Subject files:

Housing CP/LON/HOU

International CP/LON/INT

London CP/LON/LON

Morning Star CP/LON/STAR

Peace CP/LON/PEAC

Race CP/LON/RACE

Social Services CP/LON/SOC

Staffing CP/LON/STAFF

London Branches CP/LON/BRA

London Young Communist League CP/LON/YCL

The archive is organised as indicated in the index. The basic organisation of the records follows that established by the original cataloguer, Jo Stanley, though a great deal of additional material has since been inserted into her original list and the catalogue computerised. It should be remembered that as in any structured but evolving organisation there will be some overlap, e.g. between District Committee and Secretariat or Events and Circulars.

It has not been possible fully to sort the larger files (e.g. into strict date order); they have been kept as they were transferred. In a few cases loose unsorted papers clearly belonging to a particular series have been gathered into 'artificial' files, but most of the archive remains as it would have been when these were working documents. The material in the files is not usually listed in full detail, but a general indication of content given. Inevitably many papers were lost over the years, and most sections contain large gaps.

Numbering within sections has roughly followed a chronological order (sorted by earliest date, then if necessary by last date). This is not totally consistent - a lot of material turned up when a list was already in place - and files frequently covered quite a long time span.

English

• <corpname>Communist Party of Great Britain, London District, 1920-1991</corpname>
• <corpname>London District Communist Party, 1920-1991</corpname>
• <corpname>LDCP, 1920-1991</corpname>
• <persname>Egelnick, Max, Communist Party Organiser</persname>

34 sub & sub-sub-fonds.

This material was transferred to the National Museum of Labour History in 1996, to join remain separate from the central archives of the national Communist Party. Many of the London District officials also held prominent roles in the party as a whole, and Congress material in particular often has a national focus. Local issues are also dealt with throughout these records, especially in material created by individual London areas and branches (CP/LON/BRA).