Category: Advice & reference

The SSLH publishes guidance to help labour movement organisations care for and conserve their histories, and advice for those wanting to use labour movement archives. These can all be found here.

Advice & reference, Topic guides

Sources for the History of Unemployment

This fact sheet on sources for the history of unemployment and the unemployed was created to coincide with a conference titled ‘From the Blanketeers to the Present: Understanding Protests of the Unemployed’, German Historical Institute, on 16 and 17 February 2007. It was updated in April 2019 and reissued in September 2024. The guide includes information on the major archives and thier holdings on this … Continue reading Sources for the History of Unemployment

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Sources for the Peterloo Massacre

The Society for the Study of Labour History has created a resource pack and guide to sources on the Peterloo massacre of 1819. Compiled by the Society’s Archives and Resources Committee, the guide includes information on the major archives and their holdings on this topic. Download it in PDF format. Find out more about the SSLH-Archives and Resources Committee. Continue reading Sources for the Peterloo Massacre

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Sources for the Parliamentary Labour Party

The Society for the Study of Labour History produced a fact sheet on sources for the history of the Parliamentary Labour Party to coincide with the Parliamentary Labour Party Centenary Conference, London South Bank University, 24-25 November 2006. The guide was updated April 2019 and reissued in September 2024. Compiled by the Society’s Archives and Resources Committee, the guide includes information on the major archives … Continue reading Sources for the Parliamentary Labour Party

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Keeping your records safe

The Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History has produced a brief, practical guide for Labour Party branches, co-operative societies and trade unions on preserving their historical records. It advises organisations to keep minutes, reports and financial records, along with publications, photographs, and mementos such as banners and badges. Download the guide in PDF format. Continue reading Keeping your records safe

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Preserving the labour landscape

The Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History has published guidance on the landscape of labour history. Titled Where Do You Stand? it is intended to help Labour Party branches, co-operative societies, trade unions, and local history societies in particular, to locate, identify and provide protection to buildings, monuments, and landscapes relating to the labour movement in their locality. … Continue reading Preserving the labour landscape

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