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*Apologies for cross-posting* **Another opportunity to book your place** UNDER PRESSURE: the politics and archives of pressure groups The Dennison Centre, the University of Hull 19 February 1999, 10 am - 4.15pm Cost: £55 (including refreshments and lunch) This Conference is designed to examine Pressure Groups from various viewpoints, including: * the reflections of a well-known parliamentarian and broadcaster on being subjected to all that pressure (Dr Austin Mitchell, Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby) * the methods, successes and failures of a leading British Pressure Group (John Wadham, Director, Liberty) * the creation of records during two local campaigns in Beverley and East Yorkshire (Richard Wilson, Visiting Professor, Northwestern University and Pressure Group activist) * how archives of all types can be used in support of a continuing campaign (Donald Lee, WEA Tutor and Pressure Group activist) * the historical impact of one Pressure Group on the development of the National Health Service (Dr John Stewart, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University) * issues connected with looking after Pressure Group archives (Brian Dyson, Archivist, the University of Hull, and Christine Woodland, Archivist, the University of Warwick) UNDER PRESSURE should interest: * researchers in the field of British social and political history * pressure group workers and activists * archivists and other custodians Provisional programme: 10am REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 10.30am Introduction - Professor the Lord Norton of Louth 10.45am Disorderly papers: two East Yorkshire campaigns - Richard Wilson 11.15am Pressure Group archives: a rich resource - Brian Dyson 11.45am The Warwick experience - Christine Woodland 12.15pm Winning with archives: their value to Rights of Way campaigners - Donald Lee 12.45pm Questions 1 - 2pm LUNCH 2pm The Socialist Medical Association and the National Health Service - Dr John Stewart 2.30pm On applying pressure - John Wadham 3.10pm TEA 3.30pm On being pressured - Austin Mitchell MP 4.15pm Questions and close ========================================================= BOOKING FORM [This form may be returned by e-mail, or printed out and sent by post] I wish to attend the UNDER PRESSURE Conference at the University of Hull on 19 February 1999. NAME JOB TITLE ORGANISATION ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX E-MAIL I enclose/will forward a cheque for £55 (made payable to 'The University of Hull')/Please invoice me [DELETE AS APPROPRIATE] Please send me details of local hotels Special dietary or other requirements CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12 FEBRUARY 1999 A cancellation fee of £10 will be payable up to 1 February 1999, after which the full conference fee will be payable. N.B. It is possible to send an alternative delegate. For further information and bookings, please contact: *********************************************************** * Helen Roberts, Archives and Special Collections, The * * University of Hull Brynmor Jones Library, Hull HU6 7RX * * Tel: 01482 - 465265 * * Fax: 01482 - 466205 * * E-mail: [log in to unmask] * * Web site: http://www.hull.ac.uk/lib/archives/ * *********************************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%