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Latest news
See our blog| for latest posts regarding George Bernard Shaw and the Man and Cameraman project| to catalogue and digitise his photographs. Early highlights from his photographic collections are featured on the Archives Hub|.
Summary
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, author and playwright, was one of the founders of the School. LSE Archives holds three main collections relating to him (reference codes to the documents are in brackets).
Business papers (SHAW)
This collection consists of:
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engagement diaries, 1877-1950
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correspondence with printers, publishers, translators and literary agents
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financial records, including bank statements, income tax returns and details of the royalties received from the theatrical companies, publishers and film companies
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photocopies of letters from Shaw's wife, Charlotte Shaw to various correspondents, 1899-1936 (SHAW/31).
The list of the business papers is available on the Archives catalogue|.
Diaries (SHAW DIARIES)
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13 personal diaries of George Bernard Shaw, written in Pitman shorthand with some longhand annotation, 1885-1897. They detail the minutiae of his daily life from the relative obscurity of his twenties to the notoriety of his early forties.
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5 volumes of loose translation of the diaries made after the second world war by Blanche Patch, George Bernard Shaw's secretary
This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes. The microfilm must be used.
Photographs (SHAW PHOTOGRAPHS)
This collection consists of over 40 boxes of photographs of George Bernard Shaw, his family and friends, and various productions of his work, 1865-1955. For information about a project to catalogue this collection and digitise some of the photographs see Man and Cameraman - revealing the photographic legacy of George Bernard Shaw|
Other papers
LSE Archives holds other documents of, or relating to, George Bernard Shaw - for example, among the Passfield and Fabian Society papers. Search for Shaw in the LSE Archives catalogue (Persons search|) for further details.
Shaw's literary papers are held at the British Library. For other papers relating to Shaw see the National Register of Archives|.