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|.
Last year's most popular collections consulted in the reading room included:
William Beveridge|
Charles Booth (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)|
Walter Citrine|
Anthony Crosland|
Hugh Dalton|
European Nuclear Disarmament (END)|
Fabian Society|
Raymond Firth| (including his photographs|)
Hall-Carpenter Archives of lesbian and gay activism|
Independent Labour Party|
Ionian Bank|
William Rees Jeffreys|
Imre Lakatos|
League of Nations Union|
Liberal Party|
Gilbert Longden|
London School of Economics and Political Science|
Bronislaw Malinowski|
E D Morel|
Political and Economic Planning|
Merlyn Merlyn-Rees|
Audrey Richards|
Peter Shore|
Graham Wallas|
Sidney and Beatrice Webb|
Charles Webster|
Juliet Rhys-Williams|
For a complete list of our collections see the online Archives catalogue| (search 'collection' in the 'level' field).