File of correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts and promotional literature relating to various aspects of the organisation of the Plymouth SDP including:

• Inner file labelled `Plymouth organisation' containing papers on early organisation of the Provisional Area Party, including letters from steering committee member Barbara Furzeman to David Owen with information on new members, arrangements for premises and meetings etc, Mar-Jun 1981; memoranda on membership register/figures; copy of David Owen's letter of welcome to new members; copy of letter to members announcing first meeting of the local SDP, May 1981; correspondence concerning practical arrangements for entry in telephone directory, re-direction of mail etc
• Inner file labelled `Plymouth organisation' containing correspondence and papers relating to the early organisation of the Provisional Area Party, including membership lists and copy letters from Maggie Smart concerning use of the lists, Nov 1981-Mar 1982; letter from Bill Rodgers requesting information concerning which seat each MP would fight if the Boundary Commission proposals to change constituency boundaries were implemented, 20 Oct 1981, with copy of David Owen's reply and correspondence between Ivor Crewe and David Owen discussing effects of boundary changes on David Owen's Plymouth Devonport seat, Oct-Nov 1981; letter from Barbara Furzeman to Maggie Smart enclosing proposed amendment to the draft constitution of the Plymouth Provisional Area Party, 11 Nov 1981, with copy of letter to members announcing meeting to discuss amendments, 9 Nov 1981; letter from Alan Clark, Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton, with notes on voting patterns in the three Plymouth divisions, [Nov 1981]
• Copies of constituency contact sheets, newspapers, phone cards, press releases and letters to members and correspondence, drafts and memoranda concerning the production of these items; including drafts of articles/statements contributed by David Owen on various constituency issues including the future of the Devonport Dockyards, education, local elections etc
• Memoranda, correspondence and campaign literature concerning the organisation of local elections, including copies of the SDP manifesto for the Plymouth City Council elections 1987 and 1991
• Correspondence and memoranda concerning various aspects of area party organisation including premises, office equipment, membership and recruitment and budget, particularly with David Owen's political agents Mick Quick (Mar 1985-Dec 1985) and later Jon Aarons
• Some copies of minutes of Plymouth Area Party committee meetings
• Membership lists
• Some letters from local activists to David Owen announcing their decision to leave the SDP following the merger, 1988-1989, with copies of David Owen's replies
• Copies of final agendas for Devon and Cornwall Regional Alliance Conventions, 21-23 Feb 1986 and 14-15 Mar 1987

Originally part of reference filing system