Archives

Welcome to LSE Archives. The collections held in the archives cover modern British political, economic and social history, the history of the social sciences with particular reference to economics and social anthropology, and the history of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The material dates mainly from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the present day. The department is also responsible for the Library's rare books| and older pamphlets|.

Latest news:

Find out what we've catalogued recently on our completed catalogues| page.

Take a look (and comment on) the photographs we're adding to our new Flickr account|, created as part of "LSE: a history in pictures".

See our Delicious| page for latest links to non-LSE websites relevant to archival research.

New posts from Out of the box| - the LSE Archives blog:

George Bernard Shaw’s photographic legacy
‘If Velasquez were born today, he would be a photographer and not a painter’ George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was not only a prolific playwright, writer and social-political commentator and thinker but an avid amateur photographer: taking and collecting over 16,000 images from the c1860s until his death in 1950 which are now held at [...]

Researching the E D Morel papers
Over the past year there has been a lot of interest in the papers of E D Morel (1873-1924), the human rights campaigner and journalist. Morel worked tirelessly against King Leopold’s rule of the Congo in the 1900s, and was a leading member of the Union of Democratic Control - a prominent peace group during the [...]

A Life in Three Acts
Images drawn from the Hall-Carpenter Archives make their West End debut later this month in London Artists Project’s latest show. ‘A Life in Three Acts’ charts the life of legendary performer and drag queen Bette Bourne. Prompted live on stage by playwright Mark Ravenhill, Bette discusses his role in the Gay Liberation Front, his life [...]