Parliament Week at the Bodleian

The VHL has contributed to the Bodleian's participation in Parliament Week this year, in collaboration with the Conservative Party Archive, held at the Bodleian. While Parliament Week is a UK focused initiative, we discovered an interesting crossover between the CPA and the VHL's Philip & Rosamund Davies Elections Archive. The CPA contains material relating to Conservative Party operatives travelling to the United States to observe and comment on US elections, most notably in 1956 and 1980, which we have been able to supplement and expand upon from our archive.

• US and UK Elections I: Exploring elections
• US and UK Elections II: Exploring elections, part two (Conventions and ephemera)

To see the rest of the Bodleian's Parliament Week coverage for 2012, visit the Bodleian website. And don't forget you can find out more about the VHL's Elections Archive at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/vhl/collections/elections-archive.