Youth Movement Archive

Scope and Content

The Youth Movement Archive includes:

  • Papers of the Kibbo Kift, 1919-1989
  • Papers of the Woodcraft Folk, 1910 - c1985
  • Papers of the C.J.Hunt, Treasurer of the Social Credit Party, 1919-1980
  • Papers of Charles A.Tacey relating to the Social Credit Party, 1928-1982.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Youth Movement Archive was established in 1973 at University College, Cardiff. The archives of the Kibbo Kift Kindred, the Green Shirt Movement and the Social Credit Party were placed in the College Library in 1978, with a further deposit in [1982]. The papers of the Woodcraft Folk were deposited by them in 1978. Papers of C J Hunt were deposited in 1982 by his executors and the Douglas Literary Trust. The entire Youth Movement Archive was transferred to the British Library of Political and Economic Science in 1984, with further material being given in 1986 and 1987. Further material concerning the Kindred was deposited by the Kibbo Kift Foundation in 1986 and 1989, and by C A Tacey in 1988.

Access Information

Open.

Archivist's Note

This description originally published as part of the London School of Economics and Political Science Archives Catalogue http://tinyurl.com/2qlhu6.

Conditions Governing Use

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.