Introduction
[CCO 150/1] [Conservative Political Centre (CPC) National Advisory
Committee - held at Conservative Central Office]
CCO 150/2 Conservative Political Centre (CPC) General Correspondence
and Other Papers,
1947-72
Internal (CPC and CCO) correspondence and circulars,
1947-69
CPC Director's Correspondence,
1952-71
CPC Director's non-CPC correspondence and papers,
1952-72
CPC Deputy Director's Correspondence,
1968-71
CCO 150/3 CPC Contact Programme,
1960-71
[CPC Contact Programme]
[CPC Contact Programme]
CPC Contact Programme - Ad Hoc CPC Briefs and Study
Group Reports Not part of the regular Contact Programme,
1960-9
CPC Area Political Education Officers' Reports,
1960-6
Contact Programme Correspondence and Papers,
1967-71
CCO 150/4 Publications,
1952-73
Publications - correspondence,
1956-71
CPC Printing Files (details of individual pamphlets,
correspondence, galley proofs, press reviews),
1952-73
CPC Publications - Press Reviews,
1954-69
CCO 150/5 Meetings, Seminars, Schools and Courses, and Tours,
1953-69
CPC and Party Meetings, Seminars, Schools and Courses,
and Tours,
1953-69
CCO 150/6 Correspondence, Papers and Ledgers
1947-69
General Correspondence and Papers,
1955-69
CPC Ledgers,
1947-68
CCO 150/7 Papers,
1948-72, 1999
CPC Papers,
1956-72
Non-CPC Papers,
1948-72
CPC Papers,
1999
CCO 150/8 Miscellaneous,
n.d.
Miscellaneous,
n.d.
| Abstract: Papers of the Conservative Political Centre, 1947-73, 1999, including correspondence, briefs and reports, and papers relating to publications. |
Shelfmarks: CCO 150/1-8
Extent: 226 shelfmarks
The Conservative Political Centre (CPC) is the Party's political education body. The Conservative Political Centre went on to change its name to the Conservative Policy Forum in 1999.
The papers are divided into several sections including: minutes of the National Advisory Committee on Political Education (subsequently named the CPC National Advisory Committee), general correspondence and other papers, Contact Programme briefs and discussion papers, publications, and CPC and Party meetings, seminars, schools and courses.
Separated Material: The minutes of the National Advisory Committee on Political Education, subsequently named the Conservative Political Centre National Advisory Committee, (CCO 150/1) are currently held with the Conservative Policy Forum at Conservative Central Office, London.
General access conditions apply to this material.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Conservative Party Archive [followed by shelfmark, e.g. CCO 150/2/1/1].
[CCO 150/1]: [Conservative Political Centre (CPC) National Advisory Committee - held at Conservative Central Office]
Related Material: 1960-72 copies available, see CRD 3/5/1
CCO 150/2: Conservative Political Centre (CPC) General Correspondence and Other Papers, 1947-72
CCO 150/2/1: Internal (CPC and CCO) correspondence and circulars, 1947-69
CCO 150/2/1/1 | Circulars and review relating to General Elections
| 1947-50 |
CCO 150/2/1/2 | General Election duties of Area (political) Education Officers and of other information and research services, including CPC | 1949-51 |
CCO 150/2/1/3 | General Election Duties of Political Education Officers | 1954-5 |
CCO 150/2/1/4 | General Election - miscellaneous | 1955 |
Local Government Elections - miscellaneous | 1958 |
CCO 150/2/1/5 | General Election circulars and political broadcast transcripts | 1959 |
CCO 150/2/1/6 | CPC Director's general correspondence, including various Local Conservative Association policy proposals, other reports, and an index of subjects of special interest to Conservative Backbench MPs | Apr. 1966-Nov. 1967 |
CCO 150/2/1/7 | CPC Director's correspondence with Party Chairman | Dec. 1967-June 1969 |
CCO 150/2/1/8 | General | 1968-9 |
CCO 150/2/1/9 | Correspondence with Leonard Allen, Deputy Central Office Agent, Eastern Area | Dec. 1968-May 1969 |
CCO 150 2/2: CPC Director's Correspondence, 1952-71
CCO 150/2/2/1 | CCO General Director, Outside Organisations, Central Office circulars | 1952-64 |
CCO 150/2/2/2 | Job applications and academic enquiries Restrictions on Access: CLOSED | 1956-68 |
CCO 150/2/2/3 | Harkness Fellowships | 1960-1 |
CCO 150/2/2/4 | General | Oct.-Dec. 1966 |
CCO 150/2/2/5 | Mr. Edward Heath's office, including texts of some of his speeches | Dec. 1966-May 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/6 | General | Jan.-Nov. 1967 |
CCO 150/2/2/7 | Queries from the public, sent to Conservative Research Department for 2 replies | Dec. 1966-May 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/8 | General | Oct. 1968-Aug. 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/9 | Out - memoranda | Jan.-July 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/10 | Out - letters | Jan.-July 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/11 | General | Feb.-June 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/12 | General | Sept.-Dec. 1969 |
CCO 150/2/2/13 | General | Jan.-May 1970 |
CCO 150/2/2/14 | Coastal Problems Questionnaire | July 1971 |
CCO 150/2/3: CPC Director's non-CPC correspondence and papers, 1952-72
CCO 150/2/3/1 | CCO General Director | 1952-3 |
CCO 150/2/3/2/1 | The Research Study Group - minutes | Oct.-Dec. 1953 |
CCO 150/2/3/2/2 | The Research Study Group - minutes | Jan.-July 1953 |
CCO 150/2/3/2/3 | The Research Study Group - minutes | Sept. 1954-Apr. 1955 |
CCO 150/2/3/2/4 | The Research Study Group - miscellaneous | Feb. 1954-Mar. 1955 |
CCO 150/2/3/3/1 | The Industrial Relations Committee - minutes and memoranda | June-Oct. 1955 |
CCO 150/2/3/3/2 | The Industrial Relations Committee - minutes and memoranda | Nov. 1955-June 1956 |
CCO 150/2/3/4 | The Llandudno Document - research material and memoranda | Apr.-Aug. 1956 |
CCO 150/2/3/5 | Bow Group Policy Group on Social Security - memoranda and papers | 1965 |
CCO 150/2/3/6 | Annotated minutes of Advisory Committee on Policy Note: Unannotated minutes have been weeded | Jan. 1965-Nov. 1968 |
CCO 150/2/3/7 | Director's Speeches and notes for speeches | 1966-7 |
CCO 150/2/3/8 | Director's (Russell Lewis') personal administration, including correspondence with J. Enoch Powell on policy differences | Sept. 1968-July 1969 |
CCO 150/2/3/9 | Swinton Advisory Council - minutes and memoranda | 1969-72 |
CCO 150/2/3/10 | New Voter's Committee | Jan.-July 1972 |
CCO 150/2/4: CPC Deputy Director's Correspondence, 1968-71
CCO 150/2/4/1 | Out letters | July-Dec. 1968 |
CCO 150/2/4/2 | Out letters | Jan.-Mar. 1971 |
CCO 150/2/4/3 | Out letters | Apr.-June 1971 |
CCO 150/2/4/4 | Out letters | July-Sept. 1971 |
CCO 150/2/4/5 | Out letters | Oct.-Dec. 1971 |
CCO 150/3: CPC Contact Programme, 1960-71
[CCO 150/3/1]: [CPC Contact Programme]
Note: [Vacant]
[CCO 150/3/2]: [CPC Contact Programme]
Note: [Vacant]
CCO 150/3/3: CPC Contact Programme - Ad Hoc CPC Briefs and Study Group Reports Not part of the regular Contact Programme, 1960-9
CCO 150/3/3/1 | Conservative Research Department Briefs for CPC Long Term Discussion Groups on: - Town and Country Planning (1960); The National Health Service (1961); The Relation of the State of Industry (1961); The Commonwealth and Common Market (1962) | 1960-2 |
CCO 150/3/3/2 | Greater London CPC Study Group - reports on: Social Services; Housing; Labour Relations; Immigration; Traffic | 1965 |
CCO 150/3/3/3 | Greater London CPC Study Group - reports on: Reform of Taxation; Race Relations; Morals and the State; The Use of Leisure | 1968 |
CCO 150/3/3/4 | SouthEastern Area CPC Symposium on the Redcliffe-Maud Report | 1969 |
CCO 150/3/4: CPC Area Political Education Officers' Reports, 1960-6
CCO 150/3/4/1 | Monthly reports of CPC activities in Greater London Area | Jan. 1960-Jan. 1966 |
CCO 150/3/5: Contact Programme Correspondence and Papers, 1967-71
CCO 150/3/5/1 | General correspondence and papers | Apr. 1967-Nov. 1968 |
CCO 150/3/5/2 | Internal memos and correspondence with discussion groups | Nov. 1970-June 1971 |
CCO 150/3/5/3 | Correspondence with Ministers concerning replies to summaries of group discussions, Jan. 1971-July 1972; including statistics of Contact Programmes, Dec. 1967-July 1971 | Dec. 1967-July 1971 |
CCO 150/4: Publications, 1952-73
Related Material: The publications themselves can be found within the CPA in the Publications section.Publications of the CPC are also held within the main Library please consult OLIS.
CCO 150/4/1: Publications - correspondence, 1956-71
CCO 150/4/1/1 | Correspondence with Bow Group | June-July 1956 |
CCO 150/4/1/2 | Correspondence with Publishers Association | 1959-64 |
CCO 150/4/1/3 | Correspondence regarding CPC paper stocks | 1964 |
CCO 150/4/1/4 | Correspondence regarding CPC advertising | 1964 |
CCO 150/4/1/5 | Correspondence with Monday Club | July-Sept. 1965 |
CCO 150/4/1/6 | Correspondence with Bow Group | Apr. 1965-May 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/7 | Correspondence regarding paper stock | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/1/8 | Correspondence regarding advertising | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/1/9 | Correspondence regarding paper stock | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/1/10 | Correspondence regarding advertising | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/1/11 | Correspondence regarding publishing and promotions policy | June 1967-Mar. 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/12 | Correspondence with subscribers to CPC publications | Nov. 1967-Mar. 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/13 | Correspondence regarding direct mailing proposal | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/1/14 | Circulars (incomplete) | July 1967-Feb. 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/15 | Correspondence regarding scheme to raise number of CPC publication subscriptions | 1968-9 |
CCO 150/4/1/16 | Correspondence on rejected pamphlets | 1968 |
CCO 150/4/1/17 | Correspondence regarding proposals for Conservative Year Book | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/18 | Correspondence regarding proposed pamphlet on Air Reserves | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/1/19 | General correspondence | Aug. 1970-July 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2: CPC Printing Files (details of individual pamphlets, correspondence, galley proofs, press reviews), 1952-73
CCO 150/4/2/1 | Change Is Our Ally | 1952-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/2 | Foreign Affairs Survey | 1956-65 |
CCO 150/4/2/3 | The Tory Tradition | 1957 |
CCO 150/4/2/4 | The Case for Conservatism | 1959 |
CCO 150/4/2/5 | The Responsible Society | 1959 |
CCO 150/4/2/6 | Reception for The Responsible Society, its 200th publication | 1959 |
CCO 150/4/2/7 | Notes on Current Politics, and Swinton leaflets | 1960 |
CCO 150/4/2/8 | The Conservative Teacher/Education: Today and Tomorrow | 1960-5 |
CCO 150/4/2/9 | Commonwealth Affairs | 1960-5 |
CCO 150/4/2/10 | Local Government Series (12 pamphlets) | 1961-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/11 | Some Principles of Conservatism | 1961-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/12 | Conservative Overseas Bureau leaflets | 1961-7 |
CCO 150/4/2/13 | Commonwealth Affairs index | 1962-3 |
CCO 150/4/2/14 | Towards Victory over Poverty for the Commonwealth | 1962-3 |
CCO 150/4/2/15 | National Excellence | 1963 |
CCO 150/4/2/16 | Contemporary Communism | 1963 |
CCO 150/4/2/17 | Service Overseas | 1963 |
CCO 150/4/2/18 | Strike Out or Strike Bound | 1963 |
CCO 150/4/2/19 | Britons on Holiday | 1963-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/20 | Industrial Change - The Human Aspect | 1963-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/21 | Brains Trust Leaflets | 1963-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/22 | Education and the Technological Revolution | 1963-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/23 | Strategy for Schools | 1963-4 |
CCO 150/4/2/24 | A Source Book of Conservatism | 1963-5 |
CCO 150/4/2/25 | Unions Under The Law | 1963-5 |
CCO 150/4/2/26 | The CPC in Greater London | 1964 |
CCO 150/4/2/27 | Transport in Wales | 1964 |
CCO 150/4/2/28 | Millstones for the Sixties | 1964 |
CCO 150/4/2/29 | Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs Surveys: Questionnaire on value of | 1964-5 |
CCO 150/4/2/30 | Conservatives and Economic Planning | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/31 | A Bonfire of Restrictions | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/32 | New Life for Local Government | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/33 | About the Conservative Party | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/34 | A Fresh Approach | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/35 | One Europe | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/36 | New Tasks Series (12 pamphlets) | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/37 | Target for Homes | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/38 | Blueprint for Britain (YC pamphlet) | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/39 | A Europe of Nations | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/40 | Immigration and the Commonwealth | 1965 |
CCO 150/4/2/41 | Let Right be Done | 1965-6 |
CCO 150/4/2/42 | Home Truths | 1965-6 |
CCO 150/4/2/43 | A New Strategy for Social Security | 1965-6 |
CCO 150/4/2/44 | The Conservative Goal | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/2/45 | Social Security in the Seventies (YC pamphlet) | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/2/46 | A Case for Trial | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/2/47 | A Tax for our Time | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/2/48 | Reforming the National Health Service | 1966 |
CCO 150/4/2/49 | Government by Consent | 1966-7 |
CCO 150/4/2/50 | No Choice but Change | 1966-7 |
CCO 150/4/2/51 | Money for the Council (including papers from Modernising the Rates, 1965) | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/52 | The Middle East and Britain | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/53 | Students in Revolt | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/54 | Freeing London's Gluepot | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/55 | Changing Housing | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/56 | The Brain Drain | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/57 | Needs Must | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/58 | Innovation and Revival | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/59 | Face to Face with Europe | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/60 | The Grandest Thing in the World | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/61 | How to Sell Council Houses | 1967 |
CCO 150/4/2/62 | Whose Government Works? | 1968 |
CCO 150/4/2/63 | What Laws May Cure | 1968 |
CCO 150/4/2/64 | Red Fleet Off Suez | 1968-9 |
CCO 150/4/2/65 | Twice a Citizen | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/66 | Twice a Citizen | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/67 | In Place of Growth | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/68 | New Charter: proposals for Constitutional Reform | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/69 | Opportunity for Women | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/70 | Fair Share for the Fair Sex: Report of the Cripps Committee on Women's Rights | 1969 |
CCO 150/4/2/71 | The New Auxiliaries | 1969-70 |
CCO 150/4/2/72 | The Farming Future | 1969-70 |
CCO 150/4/2/73 | A Clean and Pleasant Land | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/73 | The Conquest of Crime | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/74 | Public Order | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/75 | Prescription for Drugs | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/76 | Pensions | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/77 | Politics and the Quality of Life | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/78 | Towards Nuclear Entente | 1970 |
CCO 150/4/2/79 | Counsel for Broadcasting | 1970-1 |
CCO 150/4/2/80 | The Modern Commonwealth | 1970-1 |
CCO 150/4/2/81 | The Incentive Case | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/82 | Measure for Measure | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/83 | Crisis in Crime and Punishment | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/84 | Freedom to Spend | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/85 | Great Britain in the Seventies | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/86 | Europe: Words to Remember | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/87 | A New Style Emerges | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/88 | Overseas Review | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/89 | The Price of Privacy | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/90 | Sovereignty | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/91 | Selling More Council Houses | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/92 | Unhappy Families | 1971 |
CCO 150/4/2/93 | The Spectre of Security | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/94 | New Deal for Industry | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/95 | An Ocean of Waste | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/96 | Square Deal for Consumers | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/97 | Prospects for Employment | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/98 | The Price of Peace | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/99 | An Introduction to VAT | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/100 | How is the Health Service | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/101 | American Troops in Europe | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/102 | Councils in Business | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/103 | The Conviction of the Guilty | 1972 |
CCO 150/4/2/104 | London's Flight East | 1972-3 |
CCO 150/4/2/105 | Liquor Licensing | 1972-3 |
CCO 150/4/2/106 | An Unlikely Conservative | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/107 | The Energy Equation | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/108 | Farming and the Nine | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/109 | Battlelines for Education | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/110 | The Cost of Crime | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/111 | The Acceptable Face of Western Civilisation | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/112 | Three Views of Europe | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/113 | Safety at Sea | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/2/114 | Workers on the Board | 1973 |
CCO 150/4/3: CPC Publications - Press Reviews, 1954-69
CCO 150/4/3/1 | Change is our Ally | 1954 |
CCO 150/4/3/2 | Rule of Law | 1955-6 |
CCO 150/4/3/3 | News and Views series | 1955-9 |
CCO 150/4/3/4 | Houses to Let, and Taxes for Today | 1956-8 |
CCO 150/4/3/5 | The Expanding Commonwealth; The Commonwealth: Expanding Opportunity | 1956-8 |
CCO 150/4/3/6 | Automation and the Consumer, and The Middle Way | 1956-9 |
CCO 150/4/3/7 | A World Security Authority; The Responsible Society; Everyman a Capitalist; CPC Meeting, Party Conference 1958 | 1958-9 |
CCO 150/4/3/8 | Various (sixteen pamphlets) | 1958-60 |
CCO 150/4/3/9 | The Challenge of Leisure | 1959 |
CCO 150/4/3/10 | Various | 1959-69 |
CCO 150/4/3/11 | Bow Group pamphlets press cuttings | 1960 |
CCO 150/4/3/12 | The Making of Aircraft, and Expanding Obligation | 1961 |
CCO 150/5: Meetings, Seminars, Schools and Courses, and Tours, 1953-69
CCO 150/5/1: CPC and Party Meetings, Seminars, Schools and Courses, and Tours, 1953-69
CCO 150/5/1/1 | Postal Study Courses - Industry, Trade Unions and Politics | 1953-60 |
CCO 150/5/1/2 | Miscellaneous meetings and courses | 1954 |
CCO 150/5/1/3 | CPC meeting at Party Conference - administration | 1955-8 |
CCO 150/5/1/4 | CPC briefing conference - The Commonwealth | 1959 |
CCO 150/5/1/5 | CPC Meeting at Party Conference | 1960 |
CCO 150/5/1/6 | Briefing Conference - The Government's Economic Policy | 1960 |
CCO 150/5/1/7 | Common Market Meetings | 1961 |
CCO 150/5/1/8 | CPC Swinton Week-end | 1961-3 |
CCO 150/5/1/9 | CPC Meeting at Party Conference | 1962 |
CCO 150/5/1/10 | Briefing Conference - The Government's Social Policy | 1963 |
CCO 150/5/1/11 | CPC Meeting at Party Conference | 1963 |
CCO 150/5/1/12 | European Seminar - Sussex University | 1968 |
CCO 150/5/1/13 | Miscellaneous meetings | 1969 |
CCO 150/6: Correspondence, Papers and Ledgers 1947-69
CCO 150/6/1: General Correspondence and Papers, 1955-69
CCO 150/6/1/1 | General | 1955-64 |
CCO 150/6/1/2 | Weekly Turnover Report | 1959-67 |
CCO 150/6/1/3 | General | 1965-6 |
CCO 150/6/1/4 | General | 1967-9 |
CCO 150/6/1/5 | CPC Booklists correspondence (no booklists contained) | 1967-8 |
CCO 150/6/1/6 | Conservative Political Centre: History and Development | nd. |
CCO 150/6/2: CPC Ledgers, 1947-68
Restrictions on Access: CLOSED
CCO 150/6/2/1 | Sale or return ledger Restrictions on Access: CLOSED | 1947-68 |
CCO 150/6/2/2 | Record of cash takings Restrictions on Access: CLOSED | 1960-6 |
CCO 150/6/2/3 | Standing Orders Restrictions on Access: CLOSED | 1964-6 |
CCO 150/6/2/4 | Order Book Restrictions on Access: CLOSED | 1964-6 |
CCO 150/7: Papers, 1948-72, 1999
CCO 150/7/1: CPC Papers, 1956-72
CCO 150/7/1/1 | CPC Political Education Handbook | 1956 |
CCO 150/7/1/2 | Minutes of GLA, CPC General Purposes Committee, 12/6/69 | 1969 |
CCO 150/7/1/3 | The CPC in Action - CPC Handbook | 1972 |
CCO 150/7/2: Non-CPC Papers, 1948-72
CCO 150/7/2/1 | Treasury Bulletins (incomplete) | 1953-64 |
CCO 150/7/2/2 | Target - Board of Trade and Ministry of Labour Journal, 1954-5; Ministry of Labour Gazette, 1955; Labour, Co-operative and Liberal Electioneering material, 1955; Preliminary Estimates of National Income an Expenditure (Cmd 9423), 1948-54; Economic Survey and financial statement (Cmd 9412), 1955-6 | 1948-56 |
CCO 150/7/2/3 | Literature on "Support the Conservatives" year | 1972 |
CCO 150/7/3: CPC Papers, 1999
CCO 150/7/3/1 | CPC Papers on the Constitution | 1999 |
CCO 150/8: Miscellaneous, n.d.
CCO 150/8/1: Miscellaneous, n.d.
CCO 150/8/1/1 | Miscellaneous, n.d. |