Our general resources| page gives details of resources with subject indexing facilities, but there are also a variety of specialist resources that deal with particular subjects or themes: this page lists some of these online and printed resources.
Reference copies to most of the printed resources noted below are available in LSE Archives reading room, but check the Library Catalogue| for full details of location and availability. The main Library collections also include a wide variety of other guides to archives, both in the UK and abroad. To locate these, search the Library Catalogue| including 'archives', 'manuscript sources' or 'documentary sources' as keywords.
Anthropology
Guide to Anthropological Fieldnotes and Manuscripts in Archival Repositories| Compiled by the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Coverage is international, but with a north American bias.
Business and economic history
Economists' papers 1750-2000| Compiled by the Royal Economic Society. Features information on records across the UK and elsewhere.
Sources for business history| Compiled by the National Archives. Features information on records at TNA and elsewhere.
WWW Virtual Library: business and economic history| Maintained by the Netherlands Economic History Archive. General list of resources, including section on archives.
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Records of British business and industry 1760-1914: textiles and leather
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Records of British business and industry 1760-1914: metal processing and engineering
R. Paul Sturges, Economists' papers, 1750-1950: a guide to archive and other manuscript sources for the history of Britain and Irish economic thought
Family and local history
Research guides maintained by The National Archives:
Helpers (Higher Education Libraries in your PERsonal history reSearch)| Guide to resources for family and local history research held in London University's libraries and archives. The project's links page| includes details of various online guides to family history research.
Government and politics
Chris Cook, Sources in British political history, 1900-1951
Chris Cook, Jane Leonard and Peter Leese, Longman guide to sources in contemporary British history
Chris Cook, Routledge guide to British political archives
Political Parties and Parliamentary Archives Group (PPPAG)| Information about political archives in the UK including guides to records and repositories
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Papers of British politicians 1782-1900
International history
Sources for Imperial and Commonwealth history| Compiled by The National Archives. Features information on records at TNA and elsewhere.
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Private papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900
Sources in European political history, compiled by Chris Cook
Labour history
Sources for labour history| Compiled by The National Archives. Features information on records at TNA and elsewhere.
WWW Virtual Library: labour history| Maintained by the International Institute for Social History. General list of resources, including section on archives.
LGBT history
Gay and lesbian history at The National Archives: an introduction| Compiled by The National Archives. Focuses on records at TNA, but also includes information about other archival sources.
Out There| Portal aimed at helping researchers to identify archive resources for the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history.
LGBT history links| Maintained by Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archives. General list of resources, but includes much useful information on archival sources.
Women's history
Genesis| Collection descriptions relating to women's history from archives, libraries and museums around the UK. Also includes Genesis Guide to Sources, a list of web resources on women's history.
WWW Virtual Library: women's history| Maintained by the International Institute for Social History. General list of resources, including section on archives.
Other
CASBAH| Collection descriptions of research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK held in academic, public and special libraries and repositories.
DANGO (Database of Archives of Non-Governmental Organisations)| Information on the availability of records relating to non-governmental organisations and pressure groups active in the UK since 1945.
The National Archives Research Guides| Subject guides relating primarily to records held by TNA, but often include information about archival sources elsewhere.