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Business history
Page contents > Online catalogue | People | Companies | Organisations | Other papers at LSE Archives | Other resources
LSE Archives is a major resource for the study of business history, especially from the mid-19th century onwards. Included are the papers of companies, business research organisations, industrialists and business historians. This guide highlights some of these archives.
Online catalogue
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The following link takes you to the Advanced search facility of the Archives catalogue: search for Business in the Term field to find the main collections relating to this topic: Archives catalogue).
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For a list of those collections with a full item-level catalogue on the Archives catalogue see Completed Catalogues.
People
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Philip Walter Sawford Andrews (1914-71) and Elizabeth Brunner (1920-83), economists. Material collated during their research into industrial economics.
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Theodore Cardwell Barker (1923-2001), economic historian. Includes research papers regarding glass manufacturing, airports and transport history.
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Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver (1890-1967), civil servant, industrialist and engineer. Includes personal papers, correspondence and transcripts of lectures.
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Duncan Lyell Burn (1902-88), journalist and economist. Includes material relating to the iron and steel industries, electricity and nuclear power; also, interviews with leading industrialists of the 1960s.
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Sir Ronald Stanley Edwards (1910-76), academic and industrialist. Includes papers of the Seminar on problems in industrial administration and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Advisory Council.
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George Elton Mayo (1880-1949), professor of industrial research. Correspondence.
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William Piercy (1886-1966), 1st Baron Piercy, economist and banker. Personal and business papers.
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Sir Arnold Plant (1898-1978), economist. Includes research papers, subject files and correspondence.
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William Joseph Reader (1920-90), business historian. Research papers.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright. Business papers. See our Shaw web page for more details.
Companies
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Bell Brothers (reference: COLL MISC 0003): over 50 pay books of South Brancepeth Colliery, 1863-1905 and Clarence Iron Works, Middlesbrough, 1864-75.
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William Brandt's Sons and Co, merchant bank: over 700 volumes relating to European, Russian and North and South American interests, 1814-1957.
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Clayton and Morris Co, bank: 9 boxes of correspondence, c1553-c1823.
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Ionian Bank: over 600 boxes of records, including reports, accounts, minute books, branch records and correspondence, c1835-1977. The bank's Court of Directors' minute books, 1839-1917, are available online.
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Jones Lloyd and Company (COLL MISC 0004): 24 volumes of financial papers of this banking firm based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1829-1948.
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Robert Newman and Co: over 100 volumes mainly regarding trade with Newfoundland, including letter books, financial records and shipping registers, 1774-1955.
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Selection Trust: over 300 boxes, including the papers of Sir (Alfred) Chester Beatty, comprising extensive information on mining in various countries, administrative papers, photographs, notebooks and printed materials, c1906-c1980.
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Steel Company of Wales (SCOW): around 200 boxes regarding Welsh steelworks, including statistical data and weekly reports from individual companies and works, 1928-1957.
Organisations
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Management Research Group (later the Industrial Management Research Association). Includes minutes of meetings, reports and correspondence, 1927-78.
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Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group. Includes minutes, committee papers and reports, 1973-89.
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National Institute of Industrial Psychology. Includes committee papers, correspondence and photographs, 1919-77.
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Tariff Commission: papers regarding the possible effects of tariff reform on industries, 1903-25.
Other papers at LSE Archives
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Papers relating to Charles Booth's Survey of Life and Labour of the People in London, includes much information relating to trade and industry in the capital, mainly 1890-1900s. For further information see the Charles Booth Online Archive, particularly the page about the Industry series of notebooks.
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The records of the London School of Economics include papers regarding the Business Administration Department and the Business History Unit.
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Papers collected by Beatrice and Sidney Webb for their 'History of Trade Unionism'; including mainly printed material relating to various trades and trade unions (19th-early 20th century).
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Transport papers, including:
a wide range of ephemera;
the research papers of the canal historian, Charles Hadfield;
papers relating to roads in the William Rees-Jeffreys archive;
transport pamphlets, many of which have been digitised and are available online (see Transport pamphlets for further details);
Bridges, canals, roads etc. in Scotland collection.
Other resources
Other guides to the holdings of LSE Archives may be of interest to business historians, especially:
There is an online guide to our extensive pamphlet collection|, including pages on:
The Library has produced subject guides| to general print and online resources, including a guide to management and business information
The National Archives' research guide to business history| is a good starting point for locating papers outside the LSE. Our other archival resources| pages also provides a list of general and subject-related resources outside LSE.
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