The Library has been acquiring archives since 1898 and the Archives Division holds over 1400 archive collections supporting research across the social sciences. We also hold the Library's rare books| and older pamphlets|.
We have created a variety of subject guides to our holdings to give users an introduction to the main relevant sources held by LSE Archives.
The subject based guides on the left menu cover:
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Finding relevant material on the Archives catalogue
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Lists of main collections relating to that topic
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Links to other sources held in the Library
Most of the material listed has not been digitised. For a complete list of documents from LSE Archives that are available online see Online resources|
To give a sense of the range of materials we hold, below are listed last year's most popular collections consulted in the reading room. Clicking on a link will take you to that collection's entry on the Archives catalogue.
Beveridge, William|
Booth, Charles (Survey of life and labour of the people in London)|
British Association for Early Childhood Education|
Campaign for an Independent Britain|
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)|
Citrine, Walter|
Crosland, Anthony|
Dalton, Hugh|
European Nuclear Disarmament (END)|
Fabian Society|
Firth, Raymond| (including his photographs|)
Hall-Carpenter Archives of lesbian and gay activism|
Independent Labour Party|
Ionian Bank|
Jeffreys, William Rees Jeffreys|
Lakatos, Imre|
League of Nations Union|
Liberal Party|
Longden, Gilbert|
London School of Economics and Political Science|
Malinowski, Bronislaw|
Morel, Edmund Dene|
Political and Economic Planning|
Rees, Merlyn Merlyn-|
Richards, Audrey|
Shore, Peter|
Wallas, Graham|
Webb, Sidney and Beatrice|
Webster, Charles|
Williams, Juliet Rhys-|
For a complete list of our collections see the online Archives catalogue| (search 'collection' in the 'level' field).