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Online catalogue
The following link takes you to the Advanced search facility of the Archives catalogue (search for Labour Relations in the Term field to find the main collections relating to this topic): Archives catalogue|
Some collections are catalogued to item-level on the Archives catalogue. For a full list of these see Completed Catalogues|.
Briefing paper
Labour history leaflet| (PDF)
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Main collections
LSE Archives holds significant papers regarding industrial relations, including (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):
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Sir Hugh Beaver, 1890-1967, civil servant, industrialist and engineer (BEAVER)
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William Beveridge, 1879-1963, economist (BEVERIDGE)
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Hugh Chevins, 1898-1975, industrial and labour correspondent (CHEVINS)
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Robert Chorley, 1895-1978, lawyer (CHORLEY)
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Walter Citrine, 1887-1983, trade unionist (CITRINE)
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Arthur Cooke, fl 1862-1935, trade unionist (COOKE)
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International Marxist Group INTERNATIONAL MARXIST GROUP)
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London Ambulance Service Strike, 1987-1985 (LASS)
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Violet Markham, 1872-1959, Liberal activist and public servant (MARKHAM)
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National Institute of Industrial Psychology (NIIP)
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Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group (NICG)
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William Piercy, 1886-1966, economist and banker (PIERCY)
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Lucy Streatfield, c.1860-1950, civil servant (STREATFIELD)
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Beatrice Webb, 1858-1943 and Sidney Webb, 1859-1947 (PASSFIELD)
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Women's Co-operative Guild (COLL MISC 0268 and COLL MISC 0657)
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Women's Industrial Council, 1895-1910 (WIC)
There is an archive of materials on trade unionism collated by Sidney and Beatrice Webb (WEBB TRADE UNION), mainly during research for 'The history of trade unionism, 1666-1920', 'Industrial democracy' and other works. The archive includes manuscript notes relating to various trades; pamphlets and printed material concerning trade unions; and, trade union rule books.
Papers of businesses (such as the Ionian Bank) may include personnel papers.
Rare books
Some of the rare books| held at LSE Archives relate to industrial relations, especially:
Surveys of economic and social data
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Information on working class living and working conditions and trade unionism was collected by Charles Booth and others for the Survey into Life and Labour in London, 1886-1903: see the Charles Booth Online Archive
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Survey of life and labour in West Ham, 1890-1909 (OUTER LONDON INQUIRY)
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New Survey of London, 1930s (NSOL)
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For more information, the following link takes you to the Advanced search facility of the archives catalogue (search for Economic Surveys in the Term field): Archives catalogue.
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Also, there is a Surveys of social investigation leaflet (PDF).