Politics collections at Heritage Quay

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Huddersfield Labour Party, Local Rally, c.1910s

NON-CONFORMITY INDUSTRY WOMEN ARTS EDUCATION

These collections reveal the local realities of the national party political system, and how this system has been informed and influenced by the unique character of Huddersfield’s political landscape. The library of famous statistician G.H. Wood covers economic and social history, education, health, housing and women’s history during the late 19th and early 20th century, and complement more contemporary left-wing publications including the Left Book Club and modern periodicals.

POLITICS

Huddersfield’s fascinating political history is brought to life in Heritage Quay through the extensive range of collections that document the area’s 20th and 21st century political story. The overarching influence of the labour movement on the narrative of the political landscape emerges and develops from the Party’s grass roots (Huddersfield Labour Party archive; Colne Valley Labour Party archive and the Denby Dale Labour Party archive) to the upper echelons of Westminster (Robert Blatchford archive; J.P. Mallalieu (MP) archive; J.H. Whitley (MP) and Speaker of the House of Commons archive) and New Labour politics (Mick Clapham (MP) archive).

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