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Local Government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Press: journal articles and press clippings, 1955-1968

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/2
Scope and Contents File of printed articles relating to architecture and London County Council housing developments. The majority of the articles are reprints from architectural journals in the 1950s. There are a few press-clippings relating to architectural developments. There are also some typescript and manuscript notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning a proposed article for the Town and Planning Association Journal , and a list of dissemination...
Dates: 1955-1968

Press: press releases, 1950-1962

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/1
Scope and Contents Incomplete file of press releases issued by London County Council. These relate to the Council's housing, architecture and town planning functions. The subjects encompass housing policy, housing developments areas, Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas and provision of public buildings. Individual projects featured include: housing developments in Wandsworth; construction of a number of new schools; redevelopment of Stepney / Poplar, Elephant and Castle and Deptford; and the South Bank...
Dates: 1950-1962

Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London: files, 1937-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/C/1
Scope and Contents File of papers and press clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, 1957-1960. This was Percy Johnson-Marshall's own file and contains information directly relating to the Commission, as well as information relating to the governance of London generally. The file contains: evidence submitted to the Commission from a number of bodies including: the British Group of...
Dates: 1937-1959

South Bank: drawings, c1954

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.3
Scope and Contents

6 draft perspective drawings, on 3 sheets of rough paper, in pen and coloured pencil, for buildings and pedestrian walkways on London's South Bank. These relate to London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: c1954

South Bank: London County Council press clippings, 1953-1960

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.4
Scope and Contents

File of press clippings and journal articles concerning the redevelopment of London's South Bank by London County Council, under the Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1953-1960

South Bank: photographs, 1954-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.6
Scope and Contents 3 files of black and white photographic prints relating to the redevelopment of London's South Bank through the London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank. The photographs consist of: 15 prints (20cm x 25cm) of the Hayward Gallery and the National Film Theatre. The majority of these are of an architectural model. 3 show the interior of the National Film Theatre post...
Dates: 1954-1961

South Bank: planning correspondence and papers, 1954-1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.1
Scope and Contents Contents of 3 files of planning correspondence and papers from London County Council Architect's Department relating to the development of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank. The first file is entitled "Redevelopment South Bank 1954" and statistics and a report relating to the development of "Upstream Offices" which was to be occupied by the Shell Group of Companies, a list of cases with their planning application reference numbers, a...
Dates: 1954-1955

St Anne's Neighbourhood: papers and photographs, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4a
Scope and Contents File of papers and photographs relating to the development of the St Anne's Neighbourhood housing scheme in Stepney. This was Neighbourhood Number 4a of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The black and white photographic prints consist of: 1 print (15cm x 20cm) showing the official naming ceremony for the development on 28 February 1956; 9 prints of a large scale architectural model for the reconstruction of the area; 3 photomontages...
Dates: 1955-1956

Staffing issues: internal telephone directories, 1953-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/3.1
Scope and Contents Internal telephone directories for London County Council Architect's Department. These include full department lists, general division lists and town Planning Division North East Group and Reconstruction Areas Group lists. There are also 2 clippings from the Architect's Journal, ( August 1956) which comprise a glossary to abbreviations in Government departments, societies and committees relating to the...
Dates: 1953-1959

Staffing issues: NE Group staffing issues, 1954-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/3.4
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's staff administration files for the North East Group of London County Council's Architect's Department Town Planning Division. The files include staff organisation lists and charts, job applications, time sheets, pay scales and individuals' pay rises, case lists and work plans.

Dates: 1954-1959