Key Information
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Date(s)
- 1951 Oct 17 - 1975 Jun 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2 files
Scope and content
Papers relating to Labour Party election campaigns and television election broadcasts for the UK Labour Party, 1951-1975, and to Mayhew's resignation from the Labour Party, 1974. Papers include Labour Party television transmission script for a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) production, 17 Oct 1951; typescript letter from the Broadcasting Advisory Committee to the Labour Party detailing opinion polls relating to political party television broadcasts during the 1959 UK general election; typescript television broadcast script written by Mayhew for the 1964 General Election, entitled 'Twelve Wasted Years', 29 January 1964; and, congratulatory letters to Mayhew from well-wishers including Rt Hon (James) Harold Wilson, 1964. 2 files.