Papers concerning Margaret Thatcher's time as Member of Parliament for the Finchley Constituency, 1948-1992.

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0014/FINC

Scope and Contents

Including in and copy-out constituency correspondence answered by Margaret Thatcher and her constituency office staff, 1986; constituents' cases and surgery files, 1987-91; details of Mrs Thatcher's constituency engagements, 1971-87 (incomplete); annual yearbooks of the (then) Finchley and Friern Barnet Conservative Association, 1948/9-55/6, 1983, 1985/6-89/90; and other miscellaneous material, ca. 1983-92

Dates

Creation: 1948 - 1992

Creator

Finchley Conservative Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Closed while uncatalogued. Much of the material relates to individual constituents and would require closure on data protection grounds.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

28 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge and the National Register of Archives, London.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Papers were deposited at Churchill Archives Centre by the Association on 14 March 2000, 5 July 2000 and 7 November 2005.

Related Materials

The personal papers of Lady Thatcher held at Churchill Archives Centre (THCR) also contain extensive additional constituency material.

General

This collection (fonds) level description and summary box list was created by Andrew Riley of Churchill Archives Centre in January 2003 and updated in December 2005.