The 'Coloured Population'

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Reference code(s): LBL/TC/R/205A

Title: The 'Coloured Population'

Date(s): 1951 - 1956

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Extent and medium of the unit of description: 1 file

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Name of creator(s): The Town Clerk's Department

Administrative/Biographical history: The Clerk's department was the forerunner of the Chief Executive's Office and took offer and expanded upon the functions of the Vestry Clerk. The business with which it dealt was wide and varied. This is reflected in the range of subjects covered in the files that survive.. The creation of the 'Coloured Population' file reflected the increasing interest in the immigration of people from the Caribbean into Lambeth during the post -war years

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Scope and content: Comprises of correspondence, reports, petitions, minutes and memoranda related to the African-Caribbean presence in Lambeth from the 1950s onward.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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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.

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Interest: Caribbean

Specific group: African-Caribbean peoples

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African-Caribbean peoples

Immigration

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Lambeth, London, United Kingdom