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Latest news
Foyle Foundation exhibition on Europe and international relations|
CND: The Story of a Peace Movement|
Catalogue of the papers of European Nuclear Disarmament now available|
Online catalogue
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The following link takes you to a list of collections held at LSE Archives relating to international history and international relations: Archives catalogue.
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Click on any name on that list to show the collection-level description for those papers (such as biographical or administrative information, and the scope of the papers).
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Some collections are catalogued to item-level on the Archives catalogue. For a full list of these see Completed Catalogues.
Briefing paper
European Union history briefing paper| (PDF).
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Main collections
LSE Archives holds many significant papers regarding international history and international relations. The following list gives an indication of the range of sources (reference codes to the documents are in brackets).
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Academics, e.g.
Reginald Bassett, 1901-1962, political scientist (BASSETT)
Kenneth Bourne, 1930-1993, historian (BOURNE)
James Meade, 1907-1995, economist (MEADE)
David Mitrany, 1888-1975, political economist (MITRANY)
(Robert James) Martin Wight, 1913-1972, historian (WIGHT)
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Diplomats, e.g.
Sir Colville Barclay, 1869-1929 (BARCLAY)
John Redcliffe-Maud, 1906-1982 (REDCLIFFE-MAUD)
Sir Charles Webster, 1886-1961 (WEBSTER)
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Events, e.g.
Second Russian Revolution, 1989-1991 (2RR)
Spanish Civil War Pamphlets and Publications, 1936 (COLL MISC 0091)
Wooly Al Walks the Kitty Back (FALKLANDS)
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International organisations, e.g.
British International Studies Association (BISA)
Colonial Research (COLONIAL RESEARCH)
Council for Education in World Citizenship(CEWC)
Federal Trust for Education and Research and Federal Union (FEDERAL TRUST)
International African Institute (IAI)
International Marxist Group (INTERNATIONAL MARXIST GROUP)
League of Nations Union (LNU)
United Nations Association: for a handlist see UNA
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Peace campaigners and peace groups, e.g.
John Bernal, 1901-1971 (BERNAL)
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
European Nuclear Disarmament (END)
Fellowship of Reconciliation, London Union (FOR)
National Peace Council (NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL)
Oxford Student Pugwash (OXFORD STUDENT PUGWASH)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, British Section (WILPF)
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Politicians (these papers may include documents relating to foreign policy or documents relating to European election campaigns, etc.), e.g.
Paddy Ashdown, 1941- (ASHDOWN)
Andrew Faulds, 1923-2000 (FAULDS)
Geoffrey Finsberg, 1926-1996 (FINSBERG)
Hugh Jenkins, 1908-2004 (JENKINS)
Sir Gilbert Longden, 1902-1997 (LONGDEN)
Ronald Mackay, 1902-1997 (MACKAY)
Sir Andrew McFadyean, 1887-1974 (MCFADYEAN)
Edmund Morel, 1873-1924 (MOREL)Denis Pritt, 1887-1972 (PRITT)Juliet Rhys Williams, 1898-1964 (RHYS WILLIAMS J)
Neville Sandelson, 1923-2002 (SANDELSON)
Peter Shore, 1924-2001 (SHORE)
George Wigg, 1900-1983 (WIGG)
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Social administrators (these papers may include documents regarding social policy and welfare outside the UK), e.g.
Brian Abel-Smith (ABEL-SMITH)
Richard Titmuss (TITMUSS)
There is also a small collection of letters - mainly copies - written by emigrants to the USA, Canada and Australia: for a handlist see EMIGRANTS LETTERS|.
Rare books
Some of the rare books| held at LSE Archives relate to international history and relations. See especially:
Library subject guides
For more information on sources for international history and relations see the Library's subject guides, including: