Papers of Tam Dalyell MP (b.1932), Labour politician... Papers of Tam Dalyell MP (b.1932), Labour politician, (1949)-1989
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Papers of Tam Dalyell MP (b.1932), Labour politician, (1949)-1989
Reference number
DAL
Date
(1949)-1989
Level
Collection
Description
Records concerning science and education policy and other issues.
Extent
8 boxes
Admin history
Tam Dalyell was born in 1932. A Labour member of parliament for West Lothian from 1962, he also served as parliamentary private secretary to Richard Crossman, 1964-1965 and 1967-1970. In 1989 he published 'Dick Crossman : a portrait'. He died on 26 January 2017.
Reference: Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, 'Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Volume 4: 1945-1979', (Sussex, 1981).
Access status
Open
Related material
The Modern Records Centre also holds the papers of Richard Crossman. Most of the rest of Tam Dalyell's papers are held by the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge (click URL below for summary of this collection). Some of his papers relating to Scottish devolution are held by the National Library of Scotland, and some of his constituency papers are held by the West Lothian Council Archives and Records Centre.