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Online catalogue
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The following link takes you to the Advanced search facility of the Archives catalogue: search for Economic* 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.
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A few collections have handlists which are not currently available on the Archives catalogue: if so, links are provided below. The handlists will be added to the online catalogue as soon as possible.
Main collections
LSE Archives holds the papers of significant economists, including (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):
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William Beveridge, 1879-1963
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John Barton, 1789-1852 (SR 1088)
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Edwin Cannan, 1861-1935 (CANNAN)
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Evan Durbin, 1906-1948 (DURBIN)
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James Meade, 1907-1995 (MEADE)
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John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873 (MILL-TAYLOR)
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Alban William Housego Phillips, 1914-1975 (PHILLIPS)
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William Piercy, 1886-1966 (PIERCY)
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Alan Prest, 1919-1985 (PREST): for a handlist see PREST
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Richard Henry Tawney, 1880-1962 (TAWNEY): for a handlist see TAWNEY
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Reginald Welby, 1832-1915 (WELBY)
Each archive may include:
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Professional papers, e.g. correspondence and lecture notes.
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Personal papers, e.g. diaries and family documents.
LSE Archives also holds the institutional papers of economic organisations, including:
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British Association for the Advancement of Science, Section F: Economics (SECTION F)
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Colonial Economic Research Committee and related organisations (COLONIAL RESEARCH)
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Economic History Society (ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY)
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Ionian Bank (IONIAN BANK)
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Political Economy Club (PEC)
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Political and Economic Planning (PEP)
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Royal Economic Society (RES)
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Tariff Commission (TARIFF COMMISSION)
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Youth Movement Archive: Kibbo Kift and Social Credit Party (YMA)
We also hold Land Utilisation Survey maps| for the 1930s.
See also our guide to business history| sources at LSE Archives
Rare books
Many of the Rare Books| held at LSE Archives relate to economics. Highlights include first editions of Adam Smith's 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', 1776 and David Ricardo's 'On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation', 1817. See especially:
Surveys of economic and social data
LSE Archives holds some papers regarding economic surveys, including Charles Booth's survey into life and labour in London, 1886-1903 (see the Charles Booth Online Archive|).
For more information search for Economic Surveys in the Term field in the Archives catalogue| or see our Archives of social investigation leaflet| (PDF).
Ionian bank
Minute books of the Court of Directors of the Ionian Bank, 1839-1917, are available online|. The Court of Directors was responsible for the formulation and development of bank policy and strategy. The minutes (reference IONIAN BANK/3/1-12) record resolutions on matters such as the appointment of directors and managers, the opening of new branches and agencies, and changes in the administrative structure of the bank.
In addition the following documents regarding the bank's foundation (IONIAN BANK/1/1) are available for download via the archives catalogue|:
Prospectus, 17 January 1839.
Regulations and by-laws for submission to the Senate of the United States of the Ionian Islands, 15 February 1839.
Resolution of the Senate of the United States of the Ionian Islands that the bank be established, Corfu, 23 October 1839.
Memorial for Sir Howard Douglas concerning the Ionian Bank on his departure from Corfu in June 1841.
For more information this archive see the Ionian bank| leaflet (pdf).
Library subject guides
For more information on sources for economics and economic history see the Library's subject guides|, including: