File. Police. Private police

Reference No:
U DCL/7/6
Dates:
1939-1951
Description:

Including:

a) Public Order Act (1936)

b) an exchange of letters about the legality of police actions and asking for legal advice (Feb-Sep 1942, Sep 1951)

- concerning communism (Apr-Sep 1942)

c) a plea for funding for the supporters of Civil Liberty (12 Sep 1939)

d) a letter requesting for the legal department to advise about the legality of what can be written in letters sent abroad (6-23 Jul 1942)

e) letters to and from Vera Brittain, including:

1) Vera Brittain's Personal Letter to Peace-Lovers: Introductory Issue (4 Oct 1939),

2) letter from Winifred Eden-Green to Vera Brittain about the interest the police had in the fortnightly letters (n.d.)

3) letter to Brittain about the legality of the actions of the police in (2) (9 Feb 1942)

4) letters from Vera Brittain (4 Dec 1939; 29 Jan, 6 Feb, 11 Feb 1942)

f) Vol. 9 No.1 of 'Civil Liberty: Journal of the National Council for Civil Liberties' (Jan 1949)

g) a (New Series) of a newspaper 'Civil Liberty: A News Sheet and Speakers' Notes: Published by the National Council for Civil Liberties' including:

1) No.1 (London, Apr 1937)

2) No.4 (London, Apr 1939)

3) No.12 (London, Feb 1940)

4) No.21 (London, Jan 1941)

h) issues with private police, including:

1) newspaper clipping from the Manchester Evening News titled '"Ajax" man fined £5 for assault' (5 Oct 194?)

2) newspaper clipping, 'The New Statesman & Nation' (16 Oct 1948)

3) letters concerning the issue of the private police (1946-1948)

4) an article explaining the reason and purpose for the private police (Night Guards) reproduced in the Evening Standard (24 May 1946).

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)