Records of the Commonwealth Press Union

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): ICS 121

Title: Records of the Commonwealth Press Union

Date(s): 1909 - 1998

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 9 standard boxes; 8 outsize boxes

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Empire Press Union
Commonwealth Press Union

Administrative/Biographical history:

Archival history: Donated to ICS by the Commonwealth Press Union in [?1999]

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer:

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Records and publications of the Empire Press Union, later called the Commonwealth Press Union. Includes a limited number of official records relating to the administration of the organisation (reports, financial statements, rules, correspondence etc., several items being mounted in a volume entitled 'The Empire Press Union Guard Book') 1909-1998; circulars and bulletins covering the periods 1911-1924, 1929-1939 and 1964-1986; a good series of Conference papers and reports, 1909-1973, together with associated albums of news cuttings, 1919-1946, and photographs, c.1950-1985; a few publications, 1911-1978; a small series of Fellowship Scheme leaflets, 1965-1970; and papers relating to Sir Harry Brittain (the founder of the Empire Press Union) with other papers on the history of the organisation.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals: Additional material may be received.

System of arrangement: The records have been grouped according to type, as described under Scope and Content. Documents relating to conferences have been grouped into subseries for each conference, with the exception of the volumes of press cuttings, which appeared to form a separate series, and the photographs.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

Conditions governing access: The majority of the material is open. One file is restricted because of the personal data it contains.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Language/scripts of material: English

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids: A descriptive list is available in ICS Library.

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest:

Specific group:

Subjects

Journalism

Human rights

Civil and political rights

Freedom of expression

Freedom of the press

Personal/Corporate names

Brittain, Sir, Henry Ernest (Harry), 1873-1974, journalist and politician

Commonwealth Press Union

Empire Press Union

Places