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.

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:

Off the edge
We heard earlier this month that, following the success of the Literary Weekend earlier this year, LSE will be holding a second literary festival in February 2010. The organisers of the festival are encouraging departments from around LSE to get involved, and as the Library is always keen to make the most of any opportunity [...]

LSE Archives in Milan
Last week I was in Milan giving a presentation on archives policies and management in the UK. One of my dearest friend teaches the Cultural Heritage and the Arts Market Workshop which is part of the MSc in Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment run by the Universita’ Bocconi in Milan. Back in July he invited me to be a guest speaker to talk [...]

Back to Beveridge
William Beveridge, 1921 After a period of quite a few months work has re-started on the project to get the catalogue of the William Beveridge papers online. I’ve now got up to series seven, “Other interests and activities” – and these are extremely varied. They include: 7 boxes on his campaigns for better care for the elderly, 1950s-early [...]